With the kickoff for the Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl in Nashville just a day away, the Tennessee Volunteers (6-6, 3-5 SEC) and the North Carolina Tar Heels (7-5, 4-4 ACC) are making final preparations for the game that nearly never happened.

Scheduled to play a home-and-away series in 2011 and 2012, Tennessee abruptly canceled the series a few months ago, much to the displeasure of Vol and Tar Heel fans alike.

Strangely enough, after Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton paid Carolina a $750,000 buyout to scratch the series, it was Hamilton who lobbied for the Vols to line up against the Tar Heels i...

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