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re: Auburn vs Georgia known as Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:17 am to OU Guy
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:17 am to OU Guy
Auburn and Georgia need to jointly announce that we’re changing the name to “The South’s Oldest Rivalry.”
Currently North Carolina vs Virginia claims this moniker, but it rightly belongs to Auburn vs Georgia.
Auburn and Georgia first played on February 20, 1892. UNC and Virginia first played on October 22, 1892. So AU-UGA is older.
Both rivalries have 128 meetings. Auburn vs Georgia did not play in 1943 due to WW2 so UNC-UVA took a one-meeting lead. This allowed them to get away with taking the “South’s Oldest Rivalry” name despite it not being older.
But then in 2017, Auburn and Georgia played a second time in the SEC Title Game which caught us back up.
Now that the number of meetings is equal and the fact we did in fact play sooner, we need to lay claim to this rightful name.
Currently North Carolina vs Virginia claims this moniker, but it rightly belongs to Auburn vs Georgia.
Auburn and Georgia first played on February 20, 1892. UNC and Virginia first played on October 22, 1892. So AU-UGA is older.
Both rivalries have 128 meetings. Auburn vs Georgia did not play in 1943 due to WW2 so UNC-UVA took a one-meeting lead. This allowed them to get away with taking the “South’s Oldest Rivalry” name despite it not being older.
But then in 2017, Auburn and Georgia played a second time in the SEC Title Game which caught us back up.
Now that the number of meetings is equal and the fact we did in fact play sooner, we need to lay claim to this rightful name.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:27 am to AUTiger789
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Auburn and Georgia need to jointly announce that we’re changing the name to “The South’s Oldest Rivalry.”
Currently North Carolina vs Virginia claims this moniker, but it rightly belongs to Auburn vs Georgia.
Eh...that's a grey area.
I like it as DEEP South's oldest rivalry since we're further South than those stares.
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 7:57 am
Posted on 4/30/24 at 11:28 am to AUTiger789
Major College football’s oldest rivalries ranked by # of meetings:
133- Minnesota vs Wisconsin
128- Auburn vs Georgia
128- N Carolina vs Virginia
127- Cincinnati vs Miami (OH)
125- Indiana vs Purdue
124- Army vs Navy
121- Kansas vs Kansas St
120- Clemson vs S Carolina
120- Ole Miss vs Miss St
120- Kansas vs Missouri
119- Oklahoma vs Texas
119- Kentucky vs Tennessee
119- Baylor vs TCU
118- Texas vs Texas A&M
118- Oklahoma vs Oklahoma St
118- Tennessee vs Vanderbilt
These are the 18 oldest. In total, 15 of the 36 teams involved in these will be in the SEC next season…. And it represents 12 of the 16 schools (only Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and LSU don’t have a rivalry with at least 118 meetings).
133- Minnesota vs Wisconsin
128- Auburn vs Georgia
128- N Carolina vs Virginia
127- Cincinnati vs Miami (OH)
125- Indiana vs Purdue
124- Army vs Navy
121- Kansas vs Kansas St
120- Clemson vs S Carolina
120- Ole Miss vs Miss St
120- Kansas vs Missouri
119- Oklahoma vs Texas
119- Kentucky vs Tennessee
119- Baylor vs TCU
118- Texas vs Texas A&M
118- Oklahoma vs Oklahoma St
118- Tennessee vs Vanderbilt
These are the 18 oldest. In total, 15 of the 36 teams involved in these will be in the SEC next season…. And it represents 12 of the 16 schools (only Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and LSU don’t have a rivalry with at least 118 meetings).
Posted on 4/30/24 at 4:36 pm to AUTiger789
I've been on the campus at UVA on multiple occasions and it is the most beautiful college campus I've ever seen. The students would be pretty too if they weren't so ugly on the inside. The commie synch makes me want to vomit. Mr. Jefferson should send a thunderbolt from oh high and burn the whole place down and start over. I don't recognize anything positive about them at all.
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