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Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:31 pm to Buckeye06
It wouldn't surprise me one bit. Birmingham, despite its relatively small size, is the largest college football market in the country. We just like college football more than y'all.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:31 pm to Buckeye06
I'm going to tell you this is the most subjective argument ever and it gets brought up every 6 months.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:32 pm to Patton
I think for most people who didn't grow up in the Southeast, OSU-Michigan is bigger. For people in the Southeast the Iron bowl is bigger.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:33 pm to Buckeye06
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I haven't been in the heart of Bama/Auburn so I won't judge that since it can't be fair
I live a punt away from Alabama, so I will judge it. It's big, but has nothing on Ohio State/Ann Arbor.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:34 pm to Dawgsontop34
I think for the most part people not in Ohio, Michigan, or Alabama don't care.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:34 pm to genro
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You don't think AL and AU fans feel this way about one another?
You deliberately left out the first part of my sentence there.
If an Alabama fan and an Auburn fan walked into a bar without their school colors on and just got into a non-football conversation, they would be able to get alone swimmingly. That wouldn't happen with OSU/Michigan fans because they are separate demographics of people. They don't have the same values
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:34 pm to genro
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You don't think AL and AU fans feel this way about one another?
We fought a war against each other.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:34 pm to Mo Jeaux
This is better than the t-shirt "how can we feel better about ourselves" thread.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:35 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
And our state legislature forced the rivalry to stop for 30 years because there was much violence and destruction
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:35 pm to genro
We don't have pro sports teams, whoopdy do
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Ohio and Michigan don't have NFL teams, either. Unless you count the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions as such!
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Ohio and Michigan don't have NFL teams, either. Unless you count the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions as such!
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:35 pm to Buckeye06
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That wouldn't happen with OSU/Michigan fans because they are separate demographics of people. They don't have the same values
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:36 pm to Buckeye06
quote:You are describing a personalty disorder, not a rivalry.
If an Alabama fan and an Auburn fan walked into a bar without their school colors on and just got into a non-football conversation, they would be able to get alone swimmingly. That wouldn't happen with OSU/Michigan fans because they are separate demographics of people. They don't have the same values
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:37 pm to WDE24
Right. There are certain Auburn/Bama fans who think literally every other rival fan is a bad person. That's just being a dick, not proof of a rivalry
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:37 pm to genro
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Historically, it's more comparable than the IB
No one really cares outside of a few counties in northern Alabama and eastern Tennessee.
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This is wrong.
No, it's correct, another term that would apply here would be "provincial".
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The rest of the country didn't give a shite about the Iron Bowl during much of the 2000s.
You're right, that rivalry isn't as big, nationally, as OSU-Michigan either. Sorry.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:38 pm to genro
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And our state legislature forced the rivalry to stop for 30 years because there was much violence and destruction
Is that why?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:39 pm to genro
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Yes
Prove it, after you prove your nonsense about historical ratings.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:40 pm to genro
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Right. There are certain Auburn/Bama fans who think literally every other rival fan is a bad person. That's just being a dick, not proof of a rivalry
I'm saying take the football out of the equation completely. If 4 people are in a room together, 1 of each of the 4 teams, the 3 from Ohio State, Bama and Auburn will hang out with each other. The "Michigan Man" won't. They think of themselves as the 'aristocracy' of life.
Edit: actually they think of themselves like that with or without college football so I'm editing
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:41 pm to Buckeye06
I found them to be pleasant and engaging in Dallas a few years back.
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