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re: Where do you rank the Iron Bowl among the greatest rivalries in sports?
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:14 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:14 pm to Pettifogger
name a single other rivalry in sports that ONLY is around because the two teams play each other in the championship. not because of being next to one another or playing each other every year a bunch of times in the regular season. ill wait. im not the only one who thinks this way at all
This post was edited on 12/1/13 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:16 pm to WestCoastAg
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name a single other rivalry in sports that ONLY is around because the two teams play each other in the championship. not because of being next to one another or playing each other every year a bunch of times in the regular season. ill wait. im not the only who thinks this way at all
Cowboys/Steelers
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:21 pm to WestCoastAg
Why does that criteria make any difference? Simple fact is that it impacts very few people. The large majority of American sports fans aren't avid NBA fans, and the large majority of NBA fans don't care about Boston/LA.
This rivalry, like a lot of rivalries and a lot of programs/teams, will never draw the interest it once did. Considering it has been a couple of decades since this rivalry truly garnered national attention, I can't put it up too highly.
Auburn-Alabama is up there for different reasons, primarily the impact on the sport, on the South, and the way it dominates life in Alabama. Very few pro rivalries have any claim like that, so hence I'm looking at it from a national interest perspective.
UNC-Duke, Yankees-Sox, Mich-OSU can hang. But to be honest I don't think any NBA or NFL rivalry is in the same league as these, at least indefinitely.
This rivalry, like a lot of rivalries and a lot of programs/teams, will never draw the interest it once did. Considering it has been a couple of decades since this rivalry truly garnered national attention, I can't put it up too highly.
Auburn-Alabama is up there for different reasons, primarily the impact on the sport, on the South, and the way it dominates life in Alabama. Very few pro rivalries have any claim like that, so hence I'm looking at it from a national interest perspective.
UNC-Duke, Yankees-Sox, Mich-OSU can hang. But to be honest I don't think any NBA or NFL rivalry is in the same league as these, at least indefinitely.
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