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Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:30 pm to TexasTiger08
I believe you are correct
Posted on 4/17/18 at 12:35 pm to TexasTiger08
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I don’t think ‘oldest’ means longest running. If they started their rivalry earlier, then it is still older.
AU-UGA first game was played on February 20, 1892. The UVA-NC first played in 1892 also, but I did not see the month.
Posted on 4/17/18 at 4:49 pm to TexasTiger08
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I don’t think ‘oldest’ means longest running. If they started their rivalry earlier, then it is still older
Technically correct, but we have to read the "rivalry" part in terms of practical application lest we get a pair of teams that have only played a few games against each other. Nobody wants a stat where two teams played once in 1887, once in 1953, once in/ 1971 and then again last year and trying to claim it's the South's oldest rivalry.
Honestly, I'm of the opinion that Virginia hasn't a respectable part of the South since Reconstruction anyway, so I'm more than happy to say the AU/UGA rivalry is the sole legitimate contender for the title of the South's oldest rivalry
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