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re: Where do you rank the Iron Bowl among the greatest rivalries in sports?
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:21 pm to WestCoastAg
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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Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:23 pm to Pettifogger
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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.
For good or for bad, yep.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:24 pm to Pettifogger
quote:which is why the 2010 nba finals was the highest watched NBA finals series in years. 28.2 million people watched game 7 in 2010. how many do you think watched the iron bowl this past week>
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.
quote:2 nba finals in the last 5 years have been between who?
Considering it has been a couple of decades since this rivalry truly garnered national attention,
quote:auburn/bama is not very high on the national interest perspective. it was this year, but as a whole since college football is a very regional sport, unless its OSU/UM it isnt going to be nationally relevant
I'm looking at it from a national interest perspective.
This post was edited on 12/1/13 at 9:26 pm
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:24 pm to Pettifogger
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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 is just stupid and false.
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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.
You're saying it's been a couple decades since the Lakers/Celtics garnered national interest?
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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.
If Auburn and Alabama were both unranked, the Iron Bowl has zero national relevance.
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