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I get that. However, that hate started somewhere. And many years from now, Alabama LSU WILL be like that. The catalyst was Saban going to Bama. We weren't alive for the beginning of the rivalries we know today. But years from now, it'll be talked about the same. Remember, LSU wasn't ever "good" consistently until the 2000s. Just because it isn't an old rivalry now, doesn't mean it won't be later. And I think it will.

Right, I’m just pointing out that the competitive rivalry is just that now. I don’t think it has gone on quite long enough to survive a prolonged period of non-factor LSU teams.

I would point to Florida. Over the Spurrier era through Tim Tebow, Florida was something approximating what Alabama has with LSU now. There was growing animosity because we kept on meeting up with these guys in relevant games.

Not that we act like Florida is Vanderbilt now, but the same juice just ain’t there anymore. Alabama hasn’t lost to Florida since Tebow took over the 4th quarter of the 2008 SECCG. 2009 SECCG is one of the most important wins of the Saban era. The other matchups? Not hardly the same since the overhyped 2010 game that turned into boa constrictor affair at the hands of Alabama.

This post was edited on 10/27/23 at 6:35 am