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re: Third Saturday in October Rivalry (if you can call it that) and other rivalries
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:14 am to BammerDelendaEst
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:14 am to BammerDelendaEst
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AU-UGA and UA-UT are EASILY the historically greatest inter-state rivalries in the SEC, probably in the nation.
OSU-Michigan and Texas-Oklahoma are the only ones I can think of that come close.
UGA/UF is right up there alongside UGA/AU
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:22 am to WG_Dawg
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UGA/UF is right up there alongside UGA/AU
Totally slipped my mind - yea that is def. on the list.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:25 am to WG_Dawg
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UGA/UF is right up there alongside UGA/AU
In modern times, I agree.
Not sure about historically, but UGA fans would know better than me.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:26 am to BammerDelendaEst
Old timers would argue the Alabama-Georgia Tech and Auburn-Georgia Tech rivalries were as big as any.
My grandfather hates Tech more than anyone else.
My grandfather hates Tech more than anyone else.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:27 am to atlau
I think TSiO should be a game where both teams wear their home colors, so much tradition between the two.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:04 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I mean, not trying to be rude, but if you don't think there is much "history" in the Alabama-Tennessee series then you need to take a College Football 101 class.
Damnit I just up voted a bammer fan.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:39 am to SummerOfGeorge
Your grandfather is a very smart man.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:45 am to YHCDawg
I've never seen so much knowledge dropped in one thread 
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:46 am to SummerOfGeorge
Especially during the gap in the AU-UA rivalry, Tech was right up there with UGA as our rival - probably more hated than UGA.
I think Tech had a 14-game streak on us until Shug beat them in 1955.
I wish that we still played them every year.
I think Tech had a 14-game streak on us until Shug beat them in 1955.
I wish that we still played them every year.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:52 am to SavageOrangeJug
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We play Bama and Florida every year with no complaint.
Your point?
Well played. Game, set, and match.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:53 am to Orangeswarm
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I think TSiO should be a game where both teams wear their home colors,
As it used to be.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 11:56 am to atlau
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atlau
Third Saturday in October Rivalry (if you can call it that) and other rivalries
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Looking at the Wikipedia page, there's not much history there.
Wat?
Third Saturday in October Wikipedia Page
Compared to
Iron Bowl Wikipedia Page
What other "great rivalry" takes a 40 year hiatus? You just disproved your point.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:05 pm to auburnphan23
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auburnphan23
Third Saturday in October Rivalry (if you can call it that) and other rivalries
i know your stats are wrong just from my own knowledge of following it my entire life
Well, here's a stat for you. We stopped playing Auburn for forty fricking years. How do you like that stat? Only a fricking moron would seriously compare the Iron Bowl to TSIO from a historical point of view.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:06 pm to BamaGradinTn
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What other "great rivalry" takes a 40 year hiatus? You just disproved your point.
I don't see how.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:12 pm to Orangeswarm
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I think TSiO should be a game where both teams wear their home colors, so much tradition between the two.
Only Florida/Georgia gets that privilege.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:12 pm to atlau
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atlau
Third Saturday in October Rivalry (if you can call it that) and other rivalries
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What other "great rivalry" takes a 40 year hiatus? You just disproved your point.
I don't see how.
Of course you don't. That's why we're having to explain everything for you.
You posted the Wikipedia page for the Iron Bowl...which shows that the two schools took a 40 year hiatus. Most people understand that a historically great college rivalry doesn't take 40 years off. In questioning whether or not TSIO is actually a rivalry, you posted evidence that it's historically bigger than the IB.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:20 pm to BamaGradinTn
you are the moron, because i never tried to compare anything. i just pointed out the numbers the other moron kept posting about the iron bowl were wrong. i would be perfectly fine with bammers focusing their massive amounts of stupidity on tennessee instead of auburn. unfortunately i dont think that is true. i was born and raised in the state sand i didnt meet a single person who thought tennessee was bigger face to face until i was in my 20's
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:34 pm to SummerOfGeorge
quote:meh...
1975 - #6 Alabama vs #16 Tennessee
1979 - #1 Alabama vs #18 Tennessee
1982 - UR Tennessee beats #2 Alabama
1983 - UR Tennessee beats #13 Alabama
1985 - #15 Alabama vs #20 Tennessee
1987 - UR Alabama beats #8 Tennessee
1989 - #10 Alabama vs #6 Tennessee
1990 - UR Alabama beats #3 Tennessee
1991 - #14 Alabama vs #8 Tennessee
1992 - #4 Alabama vs #13 Tennessee
1995 - #11 Alabama vs #6 Tennessee
1996 - #7 Alabama vs #6 Tennessee
1999 - #10 Alabama vs #5 Tennessee
2002 - #19 Alabama vs #16 Tennessee
2005 - #5 Alabama vs #17 Tennessee
Since 1974 Alabama has 12 SECC and Tennessee has 5. That means Alabama or Tennessee has won the SEC roughly 40% of the years since 1974.
Since 1974 Alabama is 25-14-1 (63.7%) vs Tennessee, but only 25-15-1 (62.2%) vs LSU.
Since 1974 Alabama has 12 SECC and LSU has 6 (including 2-0 vs UT in SECCG).
(1979 - #1 Alabama 3, @ UR LSU 0)
1982 - #11 LSU 20, @ # 8 Alabama 10
1985 - #20 Alabama 14, @ #15 LSU 14
1986 - #18 LSU 14, @ # 8 Alabama 10
1987 - #13 Alabama 22, @ #5 LSU 10
1988 - #13 LSU 19, @ # 18 Alabama 18
1993 - UR LSU 17, @ # 5 Alabama 13
1996 - #10 Alabama 26, @ #11 LSU 0
2002 - #10 Alabama 31, @ #14 LSU 0
2005 - #5 LSU 16, @ #4 Alabama 13 - OT
2007 - #3 LSU 41, @ #17 Alabama 34
2008 - #1 Alabama 27, @ # 15 LSU 21 - OT
2009 - #3 Alabama 24, vs #9 LSU 15
2010 - #12 LSU 24, vs #5 Alabama 21
2011 - #1 LSU 9, @ #2 Alabama 6 - OT
2011 - #2 Alabama 21, vs #1 LSU 0 - BCSCG
2012 - #1 Alabama 21, @ #5 LSU 17
2013 - #1 Alabama 38, vs #10 LSU 17
2014 - #4 Alabama 20, @ #14 LSU 13 - OT
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But yea, nothing going on since 1974
Seemingly, not as much as with LSU.
Also, I believe since 1974 LSU and Alabama have played on the 2nd Saturday in November more often than Bama and UT have played on the ETA: 3rd Saturday in October.
But for some reason Tennessee is always presented as some big fricking deal.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:36 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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Seemingly, not as much as with LSU.
Also, I believe since 1974 LSU and Alabama have played on the 2nd Saturday in November more often than Bama and UT have played on the 2nd Saturday in October.
But for some reason Tennessee is always presented as some big fricking deal.
Right - but his point was Alabama-Tennessee was great until 1974 and meh after. So, Alabama-Tennessee has a roughly equally good history with Tennessee and LSU since 1974 (Which was labeled as meh), plus an amazing history with Tennessee from 1900-1974.
The game has been on the 4th saturday for most years now since the split in 1992. It's just the historical name of the game much like the Iron Bowl is still called the Iron Bowl even though we don't play it in the Iron Capital of the South anymore (Birmingham).
That's why.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 2/13/15 at 12:38 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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But for some reason Tennessee is always presented as some big fricking deal.
You have such a hate boner for UT. Just face it, LUS and Bama aren't even historical rivals, no one cares what you think.
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