re: Wonder what Les would say.....

Lots of football fans outside of the Big 10 pay attention to Ohio State and Michigan. The Tennessee-Alabama game hasn't meant squat in 40 yrs.

LSU and Florida don't crank either fanbase's tractor. Sure there have been some great games such as the 2007 game. But its funny that Alabama fans whine about LSU's concerns about Florida especially since LSU and Florida have met annually since 1971.LSU and Alabama have played every year since 1964 yet when anyone mentions that LSU and Alabama are "rivals" the entire Gump nation wets their collective pants with their brainwashed mantra "you aren't our rival!Stop saying you're our rival !" and then erupts into a temper tantrum. Yet the same Gumps think LSU and Florida should continue playing.

Alleva makes a good point. If Tennessee and Alabama just have to continue playing, play it every year as a non conference game when its not in the rotation. Of course 'Bama hypocrisy knows no boundaries as Tennessee wanted Alabama to agree to let them wear orange in Tuscaloosa in 2009 as the two did reguarly until 1971 and the NCAA had agreed to a rule for games such as Southern Cal-UCLA if both agreed to do so, but Alabama in its own self-asorbed, holier than thou way, shot that request down.