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re: Better Rivalry: Bama-Tenn or OM-LSU? Other 10 teams only please
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:13 pm to GeauxPack81
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:13 pm to GeauxPack81
For you youngsters, LSU-UM was not really like the UA-UT rivalry, but more kind of like the recent brief UF-UT rivalry.
In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
Despite Ole Miss sucking hard for the better part of the last 40 years or so, due to the atmosphere involved in rivalry games, the Rebs have been able to muster enough emotion to mount occasional upsets in the series since then--winning roughly a third of the games total since '74.
In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
Despite Ole Miss sucking hard for the better part of the last 40 years or so, due to the atmosphere involved in rivalry games, the Rebs have been able to muster enough emotion to mount occasional upsets in the series since then--winning roughly a third of the games total since '74.
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Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:09 pm to TheDude321
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In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
I wasn't around then, but that sounds about right.
-In 58 LSU went undefeated and won the NC
-1959 was the Billy Cannon run that messed up Ole Miss' perfect season and possible AP Poll Championship (and then they beat LSU 21-0 in the Sugar Bowl). That Ole Miss team only gave up 21 points for the whole season.
-In 1960, a 1-4 LSU team tied what would end up being a 10-0-1 Ole Miss team in Oxford. LSU won out after that.
-In 1961, LSU beat what was an undefeated Ole Miss team in Baton Rouge.
-In 1962, Ole Miss went undefeated.
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