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re: Better Rivalry: Bama-Tenn or OM-LSU? Other 10 teams only please
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:15 pm to RANDY44
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:15 pm to RANDY44
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No offense but that just means you're probably less than 50 years old. Any football fan born prior to 1970 would know that OM vs LSU was a helluva rivalry for decades.
Damnit Randy. If you were born in 1970 you'd only be 44. 44<50.
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Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:16 pm to GeauxPack81
UA/UT.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:19 pm to Korin
Bama-UT by far.
Sure, Tenn has sucked lately, but I still think of that as one of the top ten rivalry games in the SEC (possibly in the top 5).
Sure, Tenn has sucked lately, but I still think of that as one of the top ten rivalry games in the SEC (possibly in the top 5).
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:21 pm to GeauxPack81
I'm aware of the history of OM-LSU, but I've followed Bama/TENN more.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:21 pm to RANDY44
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No offense but that just means you're probably less than 50 years old.
i'm a man. i'm 40
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:25 pm to GeauxPack81
Traditionally, Tennessee was a huge game for both Bama and Tennessee. That is because it was competitive. Tennessee needs to step it up for this game to regain its luster.
I have always thought that the Bama/LSU game was a bigger rivalry than LSU/Ole Miss.
I have always thought that the Bama/LSU game was a bigger rivalry than LSU/Ole Miss.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:28 pm to GregAl
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I have always thought that the Bama/LSU game was a bigger rivalry than LSU/Ole Miss.
Pre-1970, Mississippi/Tulane
Post-1970, Alabama
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:30 pm to BamaDoc14
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Both teams are pretty mediocre historically, so maybe that has something to do with it. There is never really anything at stake.
Are you like 11 years old? LSU is far from mediocre historically. Try #9 all time according to CFB Data Warehouse. Way to show your homerism bigtime.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:32 pm to Legendary0903
Granted I am younger, so when I first started following football closely Bama was pretty bad so these games never meant anything. Then UT started to get bad when Bama got good. So honestly I didn't know UT and Bama were rivals, much less had a name for their rivalry until I was in my 20s.
That being said, I also have never really thought of Ole Miss as huge rivals either. Outside of 2003 this will be the only game of national significance I can remember watching. I've heard many great stories about LSU fans chanting "go to hell Ole Miss" after games against other opponents though.
That being said, I also have never really thought of Ole Miss as huge rivals either. Outside of 2003 this will be the only game of national significance I can remember watching. I've heard many great stories about LSU fans chanting "go to hell Ole Miss" after games against other opponents though.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:34 pm to spslayto
Everybody who is a real college football fan knows that LSU-Ole Miss is one of the greatest rivalries in the South (which means the nation).
I'm glad we are finally doing our part to return the rivalry to national prominence. The game has the history and pageantry but we (Ole Miss) havent held up our end of the deal.
Times are a changing.
I'm glad we are finally doing our part to return the rivalry to national prominence. The game has the history and pageantry but we (Ole Miss) havent held up our end of the deal.
Times are a changing.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:36 pm to GeauxPack81
Tennessee vs Alabama.
The story of southern football is etched into the history of the rivalry. It's hard to pick a more important series in the history of the SEC.
LSU vs Ole Miss has a wonderful clash of culture and connects the two schools in the SEC most closely connected to the Mississippi River and it's delta. That being said, it lacks the historic relevance of the TSIO.
The story of southern football is etched into the history of the rivalry. It's hard to pick a more important series in the history of the SEC.
LSU vs Ole Miss has a wonderful clash of culture and connects the two schools in the SEC most closely connected to the Mississippi River and it's delta. That being said, it lacks the historic relevance of the TSIO.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:38 pm to Carolina_Girl
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Damnit Randy. If you were born in 1970 you'd only be 44. 44<50.
Oh how I wish it were true, Carolina_Girl.
My point is simply that any college football fan old enough to remember the days of Manning, Stovall and Cannon would not be questioning the authenticity of the Tiger/Rebel rivalry. It got much national press back in the day and was often the "game of the week" from the mid-fifties through the early eighties.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:38 pm to GregAl
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I have always thought that the Bama/LSU game was a bigger rivalry than LSU/Ole Miss.
Eh, its up and down. Most would say Ole Miss is a bigger "rivalry" but Bama is typically a bigger game with more on the line.
There used to be threads about changing the East/west format into everyone gets 3/4 permanents and then it rotates after that. I would always post that for LSU it would be A&M (eventually it will be a thing), Ole Miss, Arky (because the golden boot, even though not a huge rivalry), but the 4th team was always a toss up between Bama/Auburn. Those games are very similar to LSU fans IMO
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:42 pm to NickPapageorgio
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The game has the history and pageantry
Couldn't have said it any better. As far as I know, y'all are the only team that we have a specific chant for (Geaux to hell). I also saw it posted that y'all have begun to wear the red jerseys for the LSU game every year which is pretty bad arse if that becomes a thing.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:43 pm to BamaDoc14
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Am also under 50 and also didn't even know Ole Miss and LSU was a "rivalry". Both teams are pretty mediocre historically, so maybe that has something to do with it. There is never really anything at stake.
Someone else stated it, but it does bear repeating, that LSU, like UT UGA and 'Bama is "Historically" one of the winningest FBS schools ever. Around 11th last time I looked. Only 'Bama has won more wire-service national titles than LSU(tied with UF)in SEC history. I believe they currently have the 2nd longest bowl-eligible streak in the nation among power 5 conferences. Therefore, your statement may be factually mediocre but LSU football certainly is not. Hell, historically speaking, OM football is better than average so you're wrong about them too.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 2:44 pm to Duke
I'm not answering the question, but it seems like LSU/Ole Miss have had the more memorable games:
-Billy Cannon's Halloween Run
-The night the clock stopped
-Eli tripping
-Les Miles "Clock it!" with Jordan Jefferson
I wasn't around for the first two, but heard about them enough.
That 2010 game where Mount Cody blocked that game winning FG attempt by Tennessee was very memorable though.
-Billy Cannon's Halloween Run
-The night the clock stopped
-Eli tripping
-Les Miles "Clock it!" with Jordan Jefferson
I wasn't around for the first two, but heard about them enough.
That 2010 game where Mount Cody blocked that game winning FG attempt by Tennessee was very memorable though.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 3:13 pm to GeauxPack81
For you youngsters, LSU-UM was not really like the UA-UT rivalry, but more kind of like the recent brief UF-UT rivalry.
In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
Despite Ole Miss sucking hard for the better part of the last 40 years or so, due to the atmosphere involved in rivalry games, the Rebs have been able to muster enough emotion to mount occasional upsets in the series since then--winning roughly a third of the games total since '74.
In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
Despite Ole Miss sucking hard for the better part of the last 40 years or so, due to the atmosphere involved in rivalry games, the Rebs have been able to muster enough emotion to mount occasional upsets in the series since then--winning roughly a third of the games total since '74.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:09 pm to TheDude321
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In short, LSU-UM was no big deal to anyone anywhere for decades (roughly up to 1957), then a very big deal for about 15 years (roughly from about 1958-73), and lastly a big deal only to the two schools involved because of the bad blood from the previous 15 years (roughly from about 1974-onward).
I wasn't around then, but that sounds about right.
-In 58 LSU went undefeated and won the NC
-1959 was the Billy Cannon run that messed up Ole Miss' perfect season and possible AP Poll Championship (and then they beat LSU 21-0 in the Sugar Bowl). That Ole Miss team only gave up 21 points for the whole season.
-In 1960, a 1-4 LSU team tied what would end up being a 10-0-1 Ole Miss team in Oxford. LSU won out after that.
-In 1961, LSU beat what was an undefeated Ole Miss team in Baton Rouge.
-In 1962, Ole Miss went undefeated.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:10 pm to GeauxPack81
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GeauxPack81
Why are you a Cal fan?
Posted on 10/23/14 at 4:12 pm to FreeWillie
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Right now? Magnolia bowl. I haven't watched the Alabama Tennessee game in like ten years.
I mean, if by "right now" you mean this year, then sure. But it's not like Ole Miss has been a force in the SEC West in recent years.
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