DAVE AMMENHEUSER

Final reader suggestions naming Vandy-Vols rivalry game

David Ammenheuser
USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee
Vanderbilt's Derek Mason, left, and Tennessee's Butch Jones

More than 800 Tennessean readers submitted more than 225 suggestions to name the annual Vanderbilt-Tennessee football game.

Vanderbilt director of athletics David Williams and Commodores football coach Derek Mason have told The Tennessean that they fully support the idea.

Williams will meet with Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart soon to gauge the Vols' interest in the idea.

If that meeting is positive, the next step will be to narrow the list of suggestions to 20 and have a vote among the two programs' alumni and fans. Details on how that voting will be completed will be announced.

As I wrote in my original column, published in July, Tennessee and Vanderbilt play one of the nation's oldest running college football rivalry games, it's only fitting that the special date on the calendar each year has a special name to go with it. The Commodores and Volunteers meet for the 110th time on Nov. 28.

The column asking for suggestions was posted July 22 on Tennessean.com and printed July 26 in The Tennessean. It became a topic of debate on social media and sports talk radio.

The Tennessean is willing to pay for a trophy or cup for the two rivals to pass back and forth each year.

Here are the final suggestions, listed alphabetically:

1796 Cup

AG-Com Cup, Alvin C. York Trophy, The Anchor-Rifle Rivalry, Andrew Jackson Trophy, Appalachian Showdown, Avery's Trace

The Bacon Bowl, Backyard Battle, Banjo Bowl, Barbecue Bowl, Barrel Bowl, The Battle,  Battle for I-40, Battle for the Golden Musket, Battle for the Steel Guitar, Battle for the Volunteer State, Battleground Brawl, Battle in the Hills, Battle of the Big Bend, Battle of the Rift,  Battle of the V's, Battle of the Cumberlands, Battle of Old Betsy, Battle of Tennessee, Battle of the Villes, Battle on the River, Bean Pot,  Bible Belt Bowl, Big Bend Bowl, Big Benders Bowl, Black and Gold Rocky Top Rumble, Biscuit Bowl, Black Bear Classic, Bootlegger’s Bowl, Boundary Line Battle, Bourbon Barrel Battle, Bourbon Bowl, Bourbon Brawl, Brothers in Arms Bowl, Buckle Bowl

The Cap Clash, Catfish Bowl, Catfish Cup, Cherokee Cup, Chicken and Dumplings Bowl, Civil War, Clash of I-40, Classic Bowl, The Coal Creek War, Copper Bowl, Country Bowl, Country Ham Bowl, Country Music Cup, Crockett-York Memorial Cup, Cumberland Gap Bash, Cumberland Cup

David & Goliath Bowl, Davy Crockett Bowl, Davy Crockett Frontiersman Bowl, Davy Crockett Rifle Bowl, Dueling Banjos Bowl, Dixie Cup, Dixieland Cup, Dixie Stroll, Dudley/Neyland Legacy Trophy, Duel in Dixie

East/Middle T-V Bowl

Family Feud, The Feud, Fiddle Bowl, Fight Of 40

General’s Cup, Glory Cup, Gold 'N Orange Bowl, Golden Fiddle, Golden Guitar, The Goo Goo Cluster Bowl,  Golden Fiddle, Grand Ole Feud, Grand Ole Rivalry, Grantland Rice Cup, The Gravy and Biscuit Bowl, The Great Rift, Great Rift Cup, Grit & Grits Bowl, Grits Bowl, Guitar Bowl

Ham Bowl, Harvest Cup, Hermitage Cup, Heritage Cup, Hickory Stick, Highway 1 Bowl, Hillbilly Music Bowl, Hot Chicken Bowl, Hound Dog Bowl, Hunter’s Cup

I-40 Banner Bowl, I-40 Battle Bowl, I-40 Battle for Glory, I-40 Billboard Bowl, I-40 Bowl, I-40 Flag, I-40 Feud, I-40 Rumble, I-40 Showdown, I-40 Sortie, I-40 Tri-State Battle, I-40 TV Bowl,  Iris Bowl, Iris Cup

Jackalope Bowl, Jackson-Crockett Cup, Jackson Duel

King of the Plateau, Kings Mountain Cup,

The Last Waltz

The Mason Jar, Midstate Rumble, Milk Bowl, Moon Pie Cup, Moonshine Bowl, Mountain Music Bowl, Mountain Music Game, McGugin-Neyland Cup, Music Bowl, Music City Marvel, The Music Row, Musket Bowl

The Officer's Duel, The Old 1892, Old Cocked Hat, Old Glory Bowl, Old Hickory Bowl, Opry Bowl, Orange and Gold Cup

Pearl Cup, Pewter Bowl, Poplar Bowl, Presidents Cup

Raccoon Bowl, Red-Eye Gravy Bowl, Rhythm Rumble, Riverbank Rivalry, River Bowl, River Fight,  River Rumble, River War, Route 70 Bowl

Settling the Score, Shot Glass Bowl, The Show, The Showdown, Skillet Bowl, Smoky Bowl, Smoky Mountain Cup, Smoky Mountain Music Moonshine Bowl, Smoky Mountain/Music City Rivalry Bowl, Smoky Mountain Music Game, Smoky Mountain Showdown, Sounds of the South, Sounds of Tennessee, Sour Mash Barrel, Sour Mash Jug, Southern Bowl, Southern Hospitality Bowl,  Southern Pride Bowl, Southern Waltz, South’s Family Feud, South’s Oldest Rivalry Bowl, State Bowl, The State Fair, State Quake

T-Cup, Tennessee Capitol Cup, Tenn Cup, Tennessee Feud, Tennessee Pride, Tennessee River Rivalry, Tennessee Star Bowl, Tennessee Squire Cup, Tennessee Tomato Bowl, Tennessee Tussle Bowl, Tennessee Waltz, Three Star Throw Down, The TN Tussle, Tobacco Cup, Trans-Cumberland Tussle, Tri-Star Bowl, Tri-Star Cup, Tri-Star Showdown, Tri-Star Throwdown, The Tri-Star Title, Tri-Star Trophy, The T-Star Trophy, Turkey Bowl, Turkey Leg, Turkey Trot, TVA Bowl, Two Rivers Bowl, Two Stars Battle

Victory Bowl, Victory Cup, Vintage Cup, Vol-Com Autumn, Vol-Dor Classic

Wagon Wheel, The Waltz, War of I-40, Whiskey Barrel Bowl, Whiskey Bowl, Whiskey Medallion, Whiskey Rebellion, Whiskey War, Wonder Bowl

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