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Non LSU Fans - What Is the Deal With Bama Fans and Tenn?
Posted on 9/18/14 at 8:57 am
Posted on 9/18/14 at 8:57 am
So for like 99% of college football the team you designate as a "primary rival" is usually a team you hate. Fans talk down about their primary rival, celebrate their failures, and overall do their best to be anti that rival team.
Except for Bama fans with Tenn.
It seems like EVERY time we have one of those almost daily "is the Tenn program dead?" threads, the Bama fans jump out of the woodwork to remind us all that "Tenn has the second most SEC titles!" or some other leather helmet statistic. Bama fans will compliment parts of the Tenn program and sometimes even try to sell the omni-present argument of "Tenn is back, just no one knows it yet!" To see them compliment Butch or some of the players is surreal.
So I ask most of tRant and especially OG SEC teams: what is going on there? It feel like some sort of weird weird bromance, and normally us Aggies know our bromances but this is off the charts!
Now for the reason I excluded LSU fans, this should be obvious but I will still state it because I don't want the whole thread to be that argument. LSU fans are excluded because:
1. Yall don't have a primary rival so you lack a framework to conceptualize the issue and
2. Yall will say its "because Bama wants Tenn to seem legitimate so they have a reason to fist us with Florida every year" or some shite like that, and I want real answers not a schedule thread.
Except for Bama fans with Tenn.
It seems like EVERY time we have one of those almost daily "is the Tenn program dead?" threads, the Bama fans jump out of the woodwork to remind us all that "Tenn has the second most SEC titles!" or some other leather helmet statistic. Bama fans will compliment parts of the Tenn program and sometimes even try to sell the omni-present argument of "Tenn is back, just no one knows it yet!" To see them compliment Butch or some of the players is surreal.
So I ask most of tRant and especially OG SEC teams: what is going on there? It feel like some sort of weird weird bromance, and normally us Aggies know our bromances but this is off the charts!
Now for the reason I excluded LSU fans, this should be obvious but I will still state it because I don't want the whole thread to be that argument. LSU fans are excluded because:
1. Yall don't have a primary rival so you lack a framework to conceptualize the issue and
2. Yall will say its "because Bama wants Tenn to seem legitimate so they have a reason to fist us with Florida every year" or some shite like that, and I want real answers not a schedule thread.
This post was edited on 9/18/14 at 8:59 am
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Posted on 9/18/14 at 8:58 am to cardboardboxer
You can't tell me what to do.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:05 am to cardboardboxer
History.
That said buck fama and I hope they lose every game.
That said buck fama and I hope they lose every game.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:06 am to cardboardboxer
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because Bama wants Tenn to seem legitimate
you answered your question
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I want real answers
well then you should definitely ask the SEC rant
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:06 am to cardboardboxer
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1. Yall don't have a primary rival so you lack a framework to conceptualize the issue and
Untrue.
Our rivals just couldn't hang with us or we gave them the silent treatment.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:07 am to cardboardboxer
You can respect your rivals while hating their ever-living guts...
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:11 am to cardboardboxer
SECRant.... Land of the Free...Home of the retards
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:14 am to cardboardboxer
just for future reference.....putting "Non LSU Fans" in your title is a sure fire way to get your thread bombarded by LSU fans.
should've just left that part out because we don't give a shite about bama/UT
should've just left that part out because we don't give a shite about bama/UT
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:16 am to cardboardboxer
Because for many Bama fans, especially ones over the age of 40 or 50, Tennessee is their main rival. It dates back to the 60's and 70's when Auburn wasn't as competitive as they started to be in the 80's. Some also use it as a slight to Auburn.
Any Bama fan that still claims Tennessee is our biggest rival is either trolling Auburn fans, is old, or is a dumbass.
Any Bama fan that still claims Tennessee is our biggest rival is either trolling Auburn fans, is old, or is a dumbass.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:17 am to cardboardboxer
It's because they want Tenn to seem legit to make us playing UF every year seem like a fair deal. I know this because I can conceptualize the idea of a primary rival.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:17 am to cardboardboxer
quote:our old rival (Tulane) went away when we were no longer conference opponents. Seems to me yours (Texas) did as well. I feel as the Aggies are in the same boat as us as having no true rival
1. Yall don't have a primary rival so you lack a framework to conceptualize the issue
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:18 am to cardboardboxer
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1. Yall don't have a primary rival so you lack a framework to conceptualize the issue and
Who is aTms primary rival? How the hell is auburn not bamas primary rival?
Your premise doesn't make sense, this is a pretty obvious LSU troll attempt.
No, you cannot be our primary rival.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:18 am to cardboardboxer
Alabama has a real rival; they are called Auburn.
to protect the bama vs ut series at the expense of the rest of the conference sucks. it's NOT just about schedule parity, it's about NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY OTHER GREAT SEC SCHOOLS for the rest of us. unless we go to a 9 game SEC slate, the rest of us simply get screwed. in LSU's case, that means WE hardly ever get to face USCe, UT, UGA, Mizzou, Kentucky or Vandy. it's like these games, when they finally arrive are OOC contests.
i'm sure you will discount the above but there are MANY SEC fans that agree. either we are a conference that sticks together or not.
there are solutions to the problem other than the 9 game schedule. the 9 game schedule may hurt the SEC placing a team in the NC playoff. the rest of the country wants to exclude the SEC any chance they get even tho it means dipshit BYU, etc gets in.
to protect the bama vs ut series at the expense of the rest of the conference sucks. it's NOT just about schedule parity, it's about NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY OTHER GREAT SEC SCHOOLS for the rest of us. unless we go to a 9 game SEC slate, the rest of us simply get screwed. in LSU's case, that means WE hardly ever get to face USCe, UT, UGA, Mizzou, Kentucky or Vandy. it's like these games, when they finally arrive are OOC contests.
i'm sure you will discount the above but there are MANY SEC fans that agree. either we are a conference that sticks together or not.
there are solutions to the problem other than the 9 game schedule. the 9 game schedule may hurt the SEC placing a team in the NC playoff. the rest of the country wants to exclude the SEC any chance they get even tho it means dipshit BYU, etc gets in.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:19 am to cardboardboxer
Bama fans value that cupcake win every year.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:19 am to cardboardboxer
I must be missing all the love for UT? Seems like there is a healthy hate for the few fans they have here.
Now I will admit I pulled for them against OU, but that's bc I'm still mad about the sugar bowl and bobs trash talk.
Now I will admit I pulled for them against OU, but that's bc I'm still mad about the sugar bowl and bobs trash talk.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:20 am to cardboardboxer
because Bama wants Tenn to seem legitimate so they have a reason to fist us with Florida every year
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:21 am to cardboardboxer
The hate disappears when you think another program is no longer a threat to you. Kind of the same reason not many people hate Aggie
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:25 am to cardboardboxer
Because in a way we want them to be back. Tennessee has sucked for a long time now and while we've enjoyed the hell out of it, the game used to be one we looked forward to.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:26 am to cardboardboxer
Gumps are dumb.
However, I think bama fans actually like Tenn for the most part. They are always complimenting them and seem to pull for them to do well most of the time.
It isn't a real rivalry IMO. Just some sort of weird one way homo vibe from bama to UT IMO. UT doesn't seem to like bama, so appears to be a one way thing.
However, I think bama fans actually like Tenn for the most part. They are always complimenting them and seem to pull for them to do well most of the time.
It isn't a real rivalry IMO. Just some sort of weird one way homo vibe from bama to UT IMO. UT doesn't seem to like bama, so appears to be a one way thing.
Posted on 9/18/14 at 9:32 am to cardboardboxer
frick UT. There's no other team I'd rather beat. They are my #1 rival by far.
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