re: Do you feel like it is acceptable to have different rivals in different sports?

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Do you feel like it is acceptable to have different rivals in different sports?

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Yes. Alabama-Mississippi State was huge back when Gottfried and Stanbury were coaching. Auburn still remains Alabama's biggest rival in basketball, despite Tennessee and Alabama being mirror images of each other in terms of success. But in other sports, yes. Alabama's biggest rival in softball is Florida- even though Florida kicks our arse more times than not. Gymnastics, it's Georgia.

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And they can change as times change?

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Yes. I would say under Wells, Alabama-LSU was always a fun game in baseball. Since then, Alabama has fallen off the map, and LSU has sustained its success.