re: Most HATED rivalry?

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Auburn and Alabama is a big rivalry, but I fricking HATE Georgia.

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This really is an underrated rivalry. It's not overlooked by any means, but there is some deep-seeded hatred here.

The Iron Bowl is fierce, but at least on the alumni level, it's a lot more respectful than people think. A lot of families are split down the middle due to their educational wants and needs (business/law/medicine v. engineering/leading vet school), and end up a house divided on Thanksgiving weekend. Alabama is a small state, and while there is absolutely disdain, Barners and Bammers coexist rather well.

Auburn and Georgia - there's hardly crossover. They really don't like each other.

One of my earlier memories of this game was in 2004 when Junior Rosegreen damn near killed a Georgia player, and the AU fans still went ballistic. There's some bad blood there.