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re: Is Alabama everyone's rival in the SEC?
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:06 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:06 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
If so then forgive me. I don't take being compared to that countnugget kindly
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Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:07 am to oleheat
I always thought LSU biggest rival was Ole Miss in the early years and Ark since the 90s. For the most part rivals do not change every 5 years. If you ask FL who their biggest rival was 10 years ago they would have said TN, but the real rival was always GA and FSU.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:10 am to bamaboy87
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You're a fricking retard too apparently
I don't get it.
I'm a retard because LSU's athletic program puts Alabama's to shame?
47 NATIONAL championships in 8 different sports, multiple national championships in 6 different sports.
LSU: Winning national tiles since 1908.
Suck it Bama.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:11 am to Irons Puppet
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I always thought LSU biggest rival was Ole Miss in the early years and Ark since the 90s. For the most part rivals do not change every 5 years. If you ask FL who their biggest rival was 10 years ago they would have said TN, but the real rival was always GA and FSU.
They used to be. But at present time it would have to be Alabama- with Auburn down a little presently. Couple the fact that Bama & LSU are the two best teams in the country (IMHO) AND WHO THEIR COACH IS- and you have a genuine rivalry.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:11 am to Irons Puppet
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I always thought LSU biggest rival was Ole Miss in the early years and Ark since the 90s. For the most part rivals do not change every 5 years. If you ask FL who their biggest rival was 10 years ago they would have said TN, but the real rival was always GA and FSU.
Like a lot of SEC teams, LSU has multiple rivals: Tulane, Ole Miss and A&M.
For the life of me I don't understand why LSU fans are so averse to having rivals.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 10:32 am to Irons Puppet
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If you ask FL who their biggest rival was 10 years ago they would have said TN, but the real rival was always GA and FSU.
I don't really think this is true. If you asked during the 90's or early 00's FSU would definitely be the answer, but most will give you some combination of UGA and FSU. UT is at the highest 3rd in a list of rivals.
This post was edited on 11/10/11 at 10:33 am
Posted on 11/10/11 at 2:47 pm to oleheat
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Unless someone is in denial, LSU fans most assuredly consider Bama their chief rival right now.
Bama has a good team right now. LSU fans think Saban is a dick. That doesn't make Bama a rival. Rivalries are things that go on for years. Until recently nobody cared about LSU v. Bama more than any other game. The Florida game is usually a bigger deal. At one point Ole Miss or A&M might have been considered LSU's rival (I grew up hearing "Go to hell, Ole Miss" and aggie jokes). The golden boot thing was an attempt to create a rivalry where none existed. I think it was partly in response to the perception (real or not) that LSU is one of the few teams in the SEC with no significant rivalries. If something happened that ended the annual Bama-AU game, fans of both teams would have a fit. If the annual meeting between Bama and LSU ended, most LSU fans wouldn't care. Auburn and Bama fans experience an intense amount of schadenfreude when they see the other team lose. I don't get happy because Bama loses. I don't cheer for every team that happens to be playing Bama. Auburn fans do. That's a rivalry.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 2:50 pm to bamaboy87
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I don't take being compared to that countnugget kindly
for some reason that word made me think of snookie
This post was edited on 11/10/11 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 11/10/11 at 3:04 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
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For the life of me I don't understand why LSU fans are so averse to having rivals.
I don't think we're averse to it. I think the environment just hasn't been right for one to develop. It doesn't seem like we're striving to beat the same opponent year after year. Every year, somebody else is the team to beat. If LSU and a regular opponent were both consistently at the top/middle/bottom of the pack and the games were always close, a rivalry might develop. If LSU lost year after year to the same opponent, that annoyance might develop into a rivalry. If LSU had wound up with a shitty coach when Saban went to Bama, that might have developed into a rivalry. As it is, I think both teams are convinced they have the better coach, so I don't see the current Bama-LSU competition amounting to much in the long term. I think it would be fun if we had a real rival, but nobody has earned that level of loathing or frustration. I'm certainly not going to pretend I enjoy seeing Arkansas lose because of a golden boot.
Posted on 11/10/11 at 3:10 pm to CzarChasm
Alabama is Tennessee's and Auburn's "rival" in strict terms.
The LSU-Bama rivalry will grow if both teams continue to be so strong year in year out just like LSU-Florida or LSU-Auburn will/would.
For other SEC teams, Alabama is a big game even if Alabama is in a down year because of their tradition more like Texas or Notre Dame or USCw would be a big game but not really a "rivalry".
The LSU-Bama rivalry will grow if both teams continue to be so strong year in year out just like LSU-Florida or LSU-Auburn will/would.
For other SEC teams, Alabama is a big game even if Alabama is in a down year because of their tradition more like Texas or Notre Dame or USCw would be a big game but not really a "rivalry".
Posted on 11/11/11 at 5:58 am to RollTide316
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Is Alabama everyone's rival in the SEC?
Meh - Auburn and LSU... maybe UT. We'll always be no more than 3rd to Bama though.
Posted on 11/11/11 at 6:29 am to TriumphTiger
No
Posted on 11/11/11 at 7:42 am to RollTide316
No.
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/rant
Posted on 11/11/11 at 7:59 am to RollTide316
yea. sustained success and media attention get you that.
like florida of the tebow days.
like florida of the tebow days.
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