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re: Bama fans, which game means more -- UT or AU?
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:45 am to diddydirtyAubie
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:45 am to diddydirtyAubie
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A little off subject, but one example I know is Bama had the luxury of playing Vanderbilt from 1917 thru 2002 until the SEC finally made teams only have 1 East divisional rivalry game. Auburn was forced to play Florida every year.
A little off subject? How about completely out of left field. But yea, Tennessee was great and Florida pretty much sucked til Spurrier got there. And isn't Auburn right around a .500 team against Vandy?
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Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:47 am to diddydirtyAubie
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Florida was the team of the 90s in the SEC.
Even if I give you the entire decade, Tennessee was still a far superior program on a yearly basis during that time period that you described. That didn't change until Spurrier took over.
You "were forced" to play Florida every year... while we played a much, much, much better Tennessee team for 70+ yeaers.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 8:48 am
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:47 am to Ice Cold
UT for me, but i'm < 40.
I have no love for AU at all, but I fricking hate UT from the bottom of my heart.
I have no love for AU at all, but I fricking hate UT from the bottom of my heart.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:47 am to bigpapamac
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And isn't Auburn right around a .500 team against Vandy?
Yes they are, but they didn't have the luxury of playing them 85 straight years like Alabama.
Auburn and Alabama both have the same amount of losses to Vanderbilt.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:48 am to superman
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You "were forced" to play Florida every year... while we played a much, much, much better Tennessee team for 70+ yeaers.
Auburn played Florida and Georgia. Alabama played Vandy and Tennessee.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:49 am to superman
As a matter of fact, Florida didn't win 10 games in one year until 1991 under Spurrier.
Florida has had THREE winless seasons and not a single undefeated season.
Florida has had THREE winless seasons and not a single undefeated season.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 8:50 am
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:49 am to bigpapamac
This whole "there's still a respect there between UA and UT" is absolute horseshite. 10 years ago, you couldn't get on a message board without "fat phil this" or "fat phil that"..."Roy Kramer, tennstud, ncaa, fbi, etc. are all against us"...yada yada yada. It's a never ending cycle. Give it another 5 years, and Tennessee will be the devil again for Bama fans...if LSU isn't first. They have to have somebody to hate.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:52 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
Our hatred towards Tennessee is based almost fully around Phil Fulmer and his posse that he had while he was at UT. As soon as Phil takes over as AD at Tennessee, that hatred will return. Until then, it has returned to a rivalry of respected teams... for me at least.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 8:53 am
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:53 am to diddydirtyAubie
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Yes they are, but they didn't have the luxury of playing them 85 straight years like Alabama.
Auburn and Alabama both have the same amount of losses to Vanderbilt.
So in 85 or so games Alabama has the same amount of losses to Vandy as Auburn does in 30 or so games? Is that the point you were trying to make?
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:53 am to superman
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that hatred will return.
My point exactly.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:54 am to superman
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Our hatred towards Tennessee is based almost fully around Phil Fulmer and his posse that he had while he was at UT. As soon as Phil takes over as AD at Tennessee, that hatred will return. Until then, it has returned to a rivalry of respected teams... for me at least.
:kige:
But it's never been as bad and as heated as the Auburn rivalry is now.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 8:55 am
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:54 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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My point exactly.
The rivalry is weird. It seems like one team dominates for a long time and then the other team wins a bunch.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 8:57 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
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My point exactly.
So your point is that the only reason we hate Tennessee is because of Phil Fulmer, and as long as he's not there - the hatred will be gone?
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 8:58 am
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:06 am to superman
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So your point is that the only reason we hate Tennessee is because of Phil Fulmer, and as long as he's not there - the hatred will be gone?
My point is that is has become a never-ending cycle with Bama fans calling a series "toxic". 10 years ago, we heard the same thing about how Tennessee and Fulmer had ruined a good rivalry. Now, it's Auburn and Dye/Chizik/Lowder/Tigerettes/Trooper/Luper/etc. that has ruined a good rivalry.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:14 am to Ice Cold
We can't get rid of either.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:30 am to Ice Cold
UT. I'm hoping we keep them as a permanent rival.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:46 am to Ice Cold
UT
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:46 am to superman
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As soon as Phil takes over as AD at Tennessee
You shut your dirty whore mouth
Posted on 9/21/11 at 9:50 am to crimson crazy
I'm confused - are most of the Bama fans replying in this thread OK with getting rid of the Iron Bowl if Auburn moves to the East?
Posted on 9/21/11 at 10:06 am to Ice Cold
Barn.
I really couldn't care less about the Vols.
I really couldn't care less about the Vols.
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