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Why won't LSU embrace the rivalry with Florida?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:58 am
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:58 am
SEC head office is trying to make things happen.
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:58 am to weagle99
It's not a rivalry.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:59 am to weagle99
trollololololololololololol
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:00 am to weagle99
LSU fans enjoy playing UF, it's usally a good game and it goes back and forth.
But we aren't their rivals.
But we aren't their rivals.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:00 am to weagle99
History Channel even has a show about it.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:00 am to weagle99
I think both teams have embraced it as much as you can embrace a manufactured rivalry. I think we took pride in the fact that the game decided the national champion for a 3 year period.
That said, it is still manufactured so that Alabama can play Tennessee and Auburn can play Georgia. Why should we care about your rivalries? That is the real question. Also, in what universe is it fair that LSU plays Florida every year while Ole Miss plays Vanderbilt? Care to take a stab at that one?
That said, it is still manufactured so that Alabama can play Tennessee and Auburn can play Georgia. Why should we care about your rivalries? That is the real question. Also, in what universe is it fair that LSU plays Florida every year while Ole Miss plays Vanderbilt? Care to take a stab at that one?
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 11:01 am
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:01 am to weagle99
Nice Buzzard, Aubie.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:14 am to weagle99
Despite the Admins wanting to get rid of this game annually, everyone I know loves this game and would be pissed to get rid of it.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:15 am to weagle99
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Why won't LSU embrace the rivalry with Florida?
It's not that LSU won't embrace a rivalry with Florida, it's that Florida won't embrace LSU as a rival - with good reason, LSU is a rival killer.
SEE: Tulane, Ole Miss.
NO ONE wants to be LSU's rival and end up like those two programs.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:22 am to weagle99
I like playing Florida every year if it doesn't screw everything up
The problem is with a 14 or 16 team SEC you don't get to play the rest of the teams from the opposite division when you have only 1 or 2 rotating opponents from the opposite division.
If a 16 team SEC with pods were to emerge I'd like LSU and Florida to remain fixed opponents - its a great game for a national television audience that promotes both schools
The problem is with a 14 or 16 team SEC you don't get to play the rest of the teams from the opposite division when you have only 1 or 2 rotating opponents from the opposite division.
If a 16 team SEC with pods were to emerge I'd like LSU and Florida to remain fixed opponents - its a great game for a national television audience that promotes both schools
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:32 am to weagle99
LSU having an annual game with Florida make LSU the center of the College Football Universe.
The last 7 national champions play an annual game with LSU.
This is why Texas A&M wanted to get on LSU's annual schedule, so they could compete for championships.
The last 7 national champions play an annual game with LSU.
This is why Texas A&M wanted to get on LSU's annual schedule, so they could compete for championships.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:37 am to weagle99
Before aTma and Mizzou joined UF and LSU I think has the most distance between the campuses of any other schools. Rivals usually are near by.
So frick The SEC Office.
So frick The SEC Office.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 12:51 pm to weagle99
We don't want or need a rival, bro.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 12:52 pm to weagle99
Everyone is our rival
Posted on 2/7/13 at 2:48 pm to weagle99
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SEC head office is trying to make things happen.
SEC head office has an agenda, no question. But fostering some made-up rivalry between LSU and Florida isn't part of it. Move 'Bama and Auburn to the East, and Mizzou and KY to the West, and have LSU play 'Bama every year--that's a rivalry.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 4:25 pm to weagle99
Because Alabama's rival sucks and they keep winning national titles instead of us....it's very simple.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 4:48 pm to weagle99
Embrace it? Hell they want out of it ASAP.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 7:01 pm to weagle99
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LSU
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rivalry with Florida
Posted on 2/7/13 at 7:10 pm to weagle99
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Why won't LSU embrace the rivalry with Florida?
1. Not a real rivlary
2. The loser is usually out of the SEC race.
3. MOSTLY because the pukes in the SEC office make it as easy for bama as possible by making these two teams play each other every year.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 7:52 am to weagle99
I would like to shed some truth on this subject. First, the majority of LSU fans absolutely do embrace the UF game, and with good reason. The UF game is year in and year out one of the most anticipated games on our schedule, and the winner of that game is more times than not a big player on the national stage. So much so that both schools should embrace this game. Since 2000, the winner:
2000- UF Sugar
2001- UF Orange (LSU Sugar)
2002- none
2003- LSU BCS Champs
2004- none
2005- none
2006- UF BCS Champs (LSU Sugar)
2007- LSU BCS Champs
2008- UF BCS Champs
2009- UF Sugar
2010- none
2011- LSU BCS NCG
2012- UF Orange
9 of 13 years the winner goes to a BCS bowl. 4 times the winner is also the national champion.
Now, the administration has raised the issue that the West division schedules are not on a level playing field because they really aren't. The teams in the west that we compete against have easier paths to Atlanta than we do. I don't really see how anyone could argue against that:
LSU vs UF/USCe & UGA
Bama vs UT/Mizzou & UK
Ole Miss vs Vandy/UGA & Mizzou
Texas A&M vs Mizzou/UF & Vandy
One team has 2 top 10 teams and the others don't. It's that simple. However, the idea that the fans do not embrace this game is simply not true.
ETA: LSU didn't win this game in 2003, so it's actually 8 of 13.
2000- UF Sugar
2001- UF Orange (LSU Sugar)
2002- none
2003- LSU BCS Champs
2004- none
2005- none
2006- UF BCS Champs (LSU Sugar)
2007- LSU BCS Champs
2008- UF BCS Champs
2009- UF Sugar
2010- none
2011- LSU BCS NCG
2012- UF Orange
9 of 13 years the winner goes to a BCS bowl. 4 times the winner is also the national champion.
Now, the administration has raised the issue that the West division schedules are not on a level playing field because they really aren't. The teams in the west that we compete against have easier paths to Atlanta than we do. I don't really see how anyone could argue against that:
LSU vs UF/USCe & UGA
Bama vs UT/Mizzou & UK
Ole Miss vs Vandy/UGA & Mizzou
Texas A&M vs Mizzou/UF & Vandy
One team has 2 top 10 teams and the others don't. It's that simple. However, the idea that the fans do not embrace this game is simply not true.
ETA: LSU didn't win this game in 2003, so it's actually 8 of 13.
This post was edited on 2/8/13 at 8:09 am
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