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re: Where do you rank the Iron Bowl among the greatest rivalries in sports?
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:24 pm to Pettifogger
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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Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:26 pm to TeLeFaWx
So false newbie.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 9:37 pm to TeLeFaWx
Um, no it isn't.
As I clearly indicated, I don't judge pro and college rivalries the same way. College isn't in the same league, but it has a much more dominant impact on local areas and regions than almost any pro rivalry, especially a cross country one that consumes very few people.
Very few people live and die with the Boston/LA rivalry. As in, almost none. It has no political impact, no regional/geographical relevance, and in modern times, it has simply become a nice side story for an event that would be quite popular independent of the history.
As I clearly indicated, I don't judge pro and college rivalries the same way. College isn't in the same league, but it has a much more dominant impact on local areas and regions than almost any pro rivalry, especially a cross country one that consumes very few people.
Very few people live and die with the Boston/LA rivalry. As in, almost none. It has no political impact, no regional/geographical relevance, and in modern times, it has simply become a nice side story for an event that would be quite popular independent of the history.
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