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Rank these rivalries

Posted on 10/30/24 at 6:25 am
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
4366 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 6:25 am
South Carolina / Clemson
Georgia / Georgia Tech
Florida / Florida State
Kentucky / Louisville
Missouri / Kansas
LSU / Tulane
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15879 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 6:39 am to
Only one of these is rooted in literal war.
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
51516 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 6:55 am to
South Carolina / Clemson
Missouri / Kansas

Georgia / Georgia Tech
Florida / Florida State
Kentucky / Louisville

LSU / Tulane
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:01 am to
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Florida / Florida State



In 1979, I went to the Kentucky/Florida game in Gainesville. Florida was getting blown out by Kentucky. The two things I remember...Florida fans were throwing cup lids like frisbees from the top of the stadium and they were landing on the field (freaking amazing) and the crowd was chanting "It's Great to Hate Florida State" throughout the game. They had zero interest in who they were currently playing...all they cared about was screaming about playing Florida State the following week. It was pretty freaking impressive (the crowd, not the team...the team sucked).


For those who ask why was I there...we passed by on our way to my grandparent's house for Thanksgiving week and my father is a UK alum.

Posted by OldRebYeller
Member since Jan 2017
321 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:10 am to
Florida / Florida State

South Carolina / Clemson
Kentucky / Louisville
Missouri / Kansas

Georgia / Georgia Tech


LSU / Tulane
Posted by pubes
Brest, Franch
Member since Dec 2023
177 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:13 am to
Many people from Missouri and Kansas very much hate each other and it has nothing to do with the colleges
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
32675 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:19 am to
1. South Carolina / Clemson
2. Florida / Florida State
3. Georgia / Georgia Tech
4. Kentucky / Louisville
5. Missouri / Kansas
6. LSU / Tulane
Posted by Demosthenian
Zetto, Granite Bowl, & points btwn
Member since Sep 2021
507 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:31 am to
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Georgia / Georgia Tech
Let UGA lose a few of these to Tech and it’ll remind everyone how hated this rivalry is between the fans and the schools.

Both sides have cost each other natties, both have used state politics to impede the other, both at one point had their entire identity wrapped about harming the other school.

Perhaps second only to Kansas-Missouri, although the difference there is their football game has never been competitive sport
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 7:33 am
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
26992 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:36 am to
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Only one of these is rooted in literal war.


That you can thank SC for starting for you...
Posted by BennyAndTheInkJets
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Member since Nov 2010
5713 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 7:47 am to
Mizzou-Kansas is #1

Those that don’t rank it there just aren’t aware of the true hatred between them.
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
24031 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:01 am to
Missouri and Kansas.

The rest don't come close.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
CSRA
Member since Jan 2023
9534 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:47 am to
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Mizzou-Kansas is #1

Those that don’t rank it there just aren’t aware of the true hatred between them.



Clean old fashioned hate is the victim of UGA and GT basically playing a different sport for the last 50 years or so....UGA plays football, GT plays something close but not quite there. That said when GT does mistakenly actually play the same game for more than one season the rivalry is one of the best in sport. Occasionally UGA will drop down to Tech's level and the rivalry is REALLY heated then....it happens about once every 25 years or so....
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
103250 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:54 am to
Missouri/Kansas and Clemson/Carolina are 2 of the most hate filled ones in the country.

FSU/UF and UL/UK are relatively new comparatively

Tech/UGA is historically a fantastic rivalry but hasn't been very competitive outside of short spurts since Tech left the SEC. But when Tech is good and Tech people are excited (early Johnson era, late 90s/early 2000s) it's a fantastic rivalry. Especially in Metro Atlanta.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 9:02 am
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
6335 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:54 am to
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Perhaps second only to Kansas-Missouri, although the difference there is their football game has never been competitive sport


I've lived in SC and in Georgia.

There is no comparison between the Ga/GT series and SC/Clemson. The Palmetto Bowl has far more hatred and vitriol. It's not close.

I can agree with Missouri/Kansas as being No.1. It's a manifestation of an actual war, now being waged through sports. I get that.

SC/Clemson and UF/FSU are behind that.

After that, who GaS.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
103250 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:56 am to
While Tech isn't a private school the geographic makeup of the alumni base makes it much more like Vanderbilt/Tennessee than Carolina/Clemson or Alabama/Auburn.

Random towns in Georgia outside of metro Atlanta have less Tech people than Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, etc folks, whereas go to a random town in South Carolina or Alabama and there are going to be a minimum of 20-25% of one or the other fans.

It was not like that back during the heyday of the rivalry when Tech was in the SEC and was much more like other big in-state games.
This post was edited on 10/30/24 at 8:57 am
Posted by TeLeFaWx
Dallas, TX
Member since Aug 2011
29279 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:57 am to
1. Mizzou/Kansas
2. USC/Clemson

The rest.
Posted by GreatPumpkin
Member since Mar 2022
2309 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:58 am to
Here’s to Carolina turning inexplicably turning into a machine as they like to do and taking a big bite out of that Clemson arse this November.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
6335 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 8:59 am to
quote:

Random towns in Georgia outside of metro Atlanta have less Tech people than Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, etc folks, whereas go to a random town in South Carolina or Alabama and there are going to be a minimum of 20-25% of one or the other fans.


Agreed. Tech alumni also tend to move around the country a little more often, as they work with engineering firms around the US.

That said, whenever I travel through small-town GA, I'm always surprised as to just how many random baws in trucks you see with a GT plate. Guys running manufacturing plants, or tending to construction firms and the like. If GT had the ag school, you'd see even more of it.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
103250 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:03 am to
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That said, whenever I travel through small-town GA, I'm always surprised as to just how many random baws in trucks you see with a GT plate. Guys running manufacturing plants, or tending to construction firms and the like. If GT had the ag school, you'd see even more of it.


Yep - and there are a lot of old multi-generational Tech families out there. Tech just become such a good school and such a tough admit while also sinking in football that it kind of broke the line of non-alum fandom that other southern state schools have kept over the years.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
6335 posts
Posted on 10/30/24 at 9:14 am to
I firmly believe that Tech de-emphasized sports over the last 20 years or so. They more or less chased away all their sidewalk fans, to the point that they really don't have them any longer. Every time I meet a Tech fan, they're either an alum or they have a distinct family connection. They're good people, almost without exception. They're more like Vandy than any school in the SEC.

Honestly, kinda seen the same during the time I've spent in Mississippi. Most State fans I've met are alum. Cowbells, do you see that, too, or am I underestimating the sidewalk contingent?
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