re: Programs Where Their Main Rival Does Not Consider Them Their Main Rival

Yeah what would I know about it. How many of each of those games have you been to again?

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Tennessee Tech? You mean the Tennessee Vols, right?

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I like what you did there.

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Except Georgia tech is our biggest rival

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You beat me to it.

Agreed.

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Except Georgia tech is our biggest rival


Not in my book. They were for decades when I was younger. But not now.

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HEre's the thing about this topic though. It doesn't matter what your book says. Nor mine, or anyone's. What matters is the University of Georgia; the thoghts of random men on the internet don't change what is actual real life reality. I can sit here all day screaming that the sky is green and steadfastly believing it with every fiber of my being but it doesn't change what the sky actually IS, and it aint green. We can talk all day about how much tech sucks nad it's not a close rivalry anymore and yadda yadda, but none of that matters and it doens't hcange the fact that the University of Georgia's biggest rival is georgia tech.

You also hit on another great point I like to address when this topic comes up, which is permanance. Do you think Auburn or Alabama will ever in history NOT be each other's primary rival? Of course not. Or OSU/UM? Or SC/Clemson? No...it doens't matter the ebbs and flows, it's jsut the natural way of life that those teams are each other's rivals. Period.

So it's impossible to say "UGA's biggest rival used to be [insert team] but it's not now"...that can't be! Either a team is your biggest rival or they aren't. Your biggest rival doesn't flap in the breeze like a falling leaf on a windy day. It's forever. Unchanging.

Now granted UGA has had many cycles of what I refer to as a "primary nemesis". In the early 80s you'd be hard pressed to find a more nasty and competitive rivalry in the south than UGA/Clemson. In the 90s UT and UF rose to the top of the hate list, mainly becuase they kept beating our brains in. AU has had various cycles of being a massive throrn in our side and ruining our season down the home stretch. Then of course in the present era bama has head and shoulders been our biggest stumbling block. All of these teams and eras represent big time rivals to UGA's success during the time period, but that doesn't make them our "biggest rival". For that question there can only be one, and it's the same one we've had since 1892.

Looks like UGA's biggest rival is indeed UF.

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Georgia is not our main rival..the frick

It is very, very, very clearly FSU.

The harassment and the pro Texas bias in DFW in the media and around town are the two things that kind of suck for OU fans playing down there.

But we wouldn't have it any other way.

It is weird..I think UF and FSU is a bigger rivalry but they both hate Miami...go to Miami, you will get it quickly. It is basically a bunch of trust fund people from up North who think they are gangsters..or actual gangsters that did not go to the school but love the Thug-U nickname. It is a very odd mix.

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The harassment and the pro Texas bias in DFW in the media and around town are the two things that kind of suck for OU fans playing down there.

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I agree that the media in dfw is more favorable to Texas than Oklahoma but not the fans. Hell I know more Sooner grads in Dallas than Texas Grads. I see people everywhere in Sooner gear every time I'm up there.

..but it's in Texas. I can understand why you'd feel like the visitor side every year, regardless of which uniform you are wearing. not sure what we could do to fix it, I do think the fans should swap sides in the bleachers every year, however. Home team should get the locker exit/entrance side imo. Probably an unpopular suggestion.

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He always freaks out for some reason over UF being UGA's biggest rival

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He has a legitimate argument. There are plenty of UGA fans who still consider GT the primary rival. And I’m certainly open to the discussion that I might be in the minority.

Change happens.