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Carolina Tide is a good poster. If thats his experience, great. I can only speak from my lifelong experiences as a Bama fan. Again my parents and inlaws had one game they wanted to go to this year more than any other, and that was UT. My aunt went to LSU, my Dad has always loved y'all and LSU is pretty much my second favorite team in the league. Those things are unfathomable to me regarding AU or UT

Plus I'm not from Alabama, and no one in my immediate family went to or roots for Alabama, so I had no idea who Alabama's biggest rivals were, other than Auburn. I didn't step foot on this campus until 2011, in the midst of LSU being number 1 in the nation and UT wallowing in mediocrity. It was just easier to hate LSU than UT.

I think most out of state kids view LSU as a bigger rival than UT now a days, (unless they grew up in Tennessee) simply because we see them as a bigger threat and a more important game. The fact that we played each other for a national title also comes into play as well. There used to be a brief time when I hated LSU more than Auburn (2011-2013).

Whenever Tennessee beats us again the hatred will come back. For some us it will be a new feeling, Tennessee winning against us.