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re: SEC rivalries grouped in tiers.
Posted on 4/19/19 at 3:13 pm to Fives
Posted on 4/19/19 at 3:13 pm to Fives
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Tier 2: Alabama - Tennessee, Mississippi State - Ole Miss, Tennessee - Florida, Georgia - Tennessee
One of these is not like the others, the level of hate of the egg bowl alone makes it tier one. Yes, both schools have historically sucked at football, but there is no doubt the Egg Bowl is a tier 1 rivalry in the conference. The teams hate each other like no other two schools except maybe Bama-AU.
It is also the longest-running rivalry in the conference and one of the longest running in the country. That is just football, you can move to baseball where the two teams are good and there is real hate there.
There is a reason there is a thing called an Egg Bowl thread on this board.
This post was edited on 4/19/19 at 3:16 pm
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Posted on 4/19/19 at 4:43 pm to Rayburn8
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One of these is not like the others, the level of hate of the egg bowl alone makes it tier one
I must concur. Rivalries are measured by the level of hate. Army and Navy are irrelevant to the national championship picture, and yet everyone agrees it's a major rivalry. Army HATES to lose to Navy, and vice versa. Ole Miss-Miss St. is at least tier 1B. The only rivalries involving more hate would be Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Georgia, and Auburn-Georgia.
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