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re: Florida Fans... Would you like to see AU on your schedule...
Posted on 5/25/12 at 2:03 pm to USMC Gators
Posted on 5/25/12 at 2:03 pm to USMC Gators
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Although according to UGA, we started playing them in 1905.
Oh, well, I got that from Alligator Army
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When the SEC ended the annual meetings between Florida and Auburn, the Gators had faced the Tigers as many times as they had played Georgia. The two schools are only 277 miles apart, making Auburn the Gators closest conference rival. (In fact, if a line were drawn to divide the SEC between east and west, Auburn would be in the east.) Auburn is also the Gators oldest rival.
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Although according to UGA, we started playing them in 1905.
Wait, what?
This post was edited on 5/25/12 at 2:04 pm
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Posted on 5/25/12 at 2:16 pm to TheSandman
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Wait, what?
"The two universities do not agree on when the rivalry began. The University of Georgia's athletic department counts a 1904 match its football squad played against a team from a school known as the University of Florida.[1] The game was held in Macon, Georgia, and Georgia won 52–0.[1] However, this was not the modern University of Florida in Gainesville, but one of its four predecessor institutions: a school previously known as Florida Agricultural College, based in Lake City.[2] Florida's University Athletic Association does not include this game in the series record,[3] as it occurred before the modern university was established by the Florida Legislature in 1905,[4] and before the new entity fielded its first officially-recognized football team in 1906.[3]"
Florida-Georgia football rivalry - Wikipedia
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