re: Is Bama/LSU a rivalry? It's taken me some time... but I now say yes.

This can change from year to year, era to era. LSU/Auburn felt like a much bigger deal last decade than this decade.

LSU/Bama are in the same division and won the last 2 national titles. That will always intensify things.

Missed opportunity ramps things up as well. Who knows what would have happened had Tua played smarter and stayed healthy.