Kentucky hoping to end long losing streak to Vols
By Will GravesThe Associated Press
Originally published: November 28. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: November 27. 2009 7:49PM
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Rich Brooks has spent the last four seasons rewriting history at Kentucky.
From turning from victim to bully against hated Louisville to knocking off perennial Southeastern Conference powers to qualifying for bowl games with regularity, the Wildcats have become respected -- if not always feared -- under their eternally optimistic coach.
Yet there is one chapter Brooks and the Wildcats have been unable to complete: beating Tennessee.
The Volunteers have owned the Wildcats for nearly a quarter century. Tennessee (6-5, 3-4 SEC) has won 24 straight games against the Wildcats (7-4, 3-4) heading in Saturday's season finale at Commonwealth Stadium, a streak that has trumped all others.
Good games, bad games. Nail biters, blowouts. No matter the weather, the talent or the circumstances, the Volunteers have owned the border rivalry since 1985, putting together the kind of streak that should probably start with a capital S.
"It's going to be broken sometime, I hope," Brooks said.
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