re: Does anyone else think the UT/Bama rivalry feels forced?

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I'm in a CFB group text thing on GroupMe and at least half the guys on there are Vol fans. Never do I hear shite about this rivalry. It's always about UF. I've never seen anyone outside of this board even refer to it as "TSIO".

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Back in the 90s, I used to post on rec.sport.football.college and the topic came up every year.

The "I Hate Tennessee" thread got posted each and every year like clockwork.

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(snipped a good chunk because it's too damn long.. Google for the rest if you're curious)

> This is the Third Saturday in October. That means
> something folks. It meant something to our
> grandfathers. It meant something to our fathers. It's
> sacred. It's pure. It's beautiful. It's Crimson and
> Orange. It's Bryant and Neyland. It's Alabama and
> Tennessee.


> And I love it.


> I love it.


> I love it so much I can't stand to think about it
> because all I want to do is get up, hand in my
> resignation, fill up the gas tank, put on my 'Nothing
> Sucks Like A Big Orange' t-shirt and make that
> wonderful drive down the road to the most beautiful
> campus in the land, walk to the Quad and yell at the
> top of my lungs: I HATE TENNESSEE!


> And I'm going to die if it doesn't hurry up and get
> here.


> This is a chance to make things right. It's a chance
> for some guy in a Crimson jersey to put disappointing
> seasons and losses behind him and do something.
> It's why I'm sitting here thinking of Stacy Harrison.
> It's a chance to become part of Alabama lore.


> We need to let Tennessee know what it means to play
> Alabama.


> It's about tradition.


> It's about memories.


> And it's about the future.


> I can't wait.


> I can't freakin' WAIT!


> In case your not fired up enough already I offer the
> following example of what it means when Alabama plays
> Tennessee. It's a quote from Tennessee lineman Bull
> Bayer about Bama All-American Bully Van de Graaf who
> lined up opposite him in the 1913 Bama-UT game: "His
> ear had a real nasty cut and it was dangling from his
> head, bleeding badly. He grabbed his own ear and tried
> to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him
> and the managers bandaged him. Man was that guy a
> tough one. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he
> could keep playing."


> Oh My God! Somebody call a doctor! I'm about to have a
> stroke!


> I'll meet you on the Quad in two hours.


> I HATE TENNESSEE. YOU SHOULD TOO.
> ROLL DAMN TIDE!

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