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re: What is the appeal of rivalries?
Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:05 pm to TheTideMustRoll
Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:05 pm to TheTideMustRoll
I seem to recall “one for the thumb”?
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Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:25 pm to Landmass
Don't act like you didn't have your own little temper tantrum when Lane left for LSU.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 6:29 pm to Landmass
I use to enjoy the deep rooted Auburn-Bama hate on here. Then, after Bama went on that run 2010’s, Auburn fans just quit flaming.
Sad really
Sad really
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:24 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
Auburn fans are super fair-weather so the Iron Bowl is really only the Iron Bowl during those infrequent periods when Auburn is competitive.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:42 pm to Godawgs4
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State & Ole Miss are rivals but I do not dislike Ole Miss. When I was young I did but in my old age, I actually want both of our teams to win so that when we play each other, the game means more.
For example, I was pulling for Ole Miss to win in the recent Regionals and CWS.
Half my family went to State. One of my cousins married a well known State baseball player. I've never been a State hater and root for them more times than not. I also root for LSU and Arkansas a lot. A lot of LSU fans seem to be showing their arse in this thread. I really have nothing against them except when they talk shite about us. I root for Ole Miss and whatever teams that help us but I also like to see the nearby teams do well also. Hell, I even root for Memphis on occasion.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:45 pm to Lucado
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Don't act like you didn't have your own little temper tantrum when Lane left for LSU.
Only because he tried to burn down the program on his way out. I wanted him gone early in the season because I was afraid he may do what he tried to do. I really don't care that he left. I only cared how he left. Anyway, I don't like posting about the guy. There's enough of that crap from others.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:51 pm to Landmass
Without rivalries, you wouldn't have fun things like trash talking your opponents on their own campus:
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:52 pm to Landmass
If I ever doubted the concept of a rivalry (which I haven’t) all it took was one trip to Morgantown for the Backyard Brawl.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 7:52 pm to Landmass
Very basic human instincts.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:02 pm to Landmass
Like I said, throwback to a different age.
A couple years back after my dad passed, I looked at some of his pictures. He went to a small engineering school in the Catskills in the early 50's before joining the Air Force, probably currently a D3 school (although to be fair, I think they're a bit of a power in NCAA hockey). He said they used to have a decent football team until hockey season, then everyone would swap over.
There were pictures of guys playing on a field, don't think there were even bleachers. Certainly not the pageantry of bigtime football today. But damned if there wasn't also a picture of an old Studebaker all trussed up with banners, and a big "Beat Fordham" painted on the windshield, with a crowd of folks all drinking around it.
Got me to thinking- once upon a time, you didn't see games on TV. A lucky few teams got on the radio (LSU on WWL, where people could hear it at night all the way to St Louis maybe). You saw some grainy B&W photos of some team that the AP said was "the best" in the paper. But damn it, you could go see YOUR team in full color, and the teams your team played. And in the SEC, you might be able to go see the Sugar Bowl if your team made it; and it didn't really matter if you were #1 or #10. If you beat "your rival", life was good. And if you beat a bunch more teams and made the Sugar, life was even better. And to hell with what some dude in NYC said was the best, that SEC champ was the best team you saw.
Or maybe to our former SWC teams, the Cotton. Or to Oklahoma fans, the Orange.
Screw the other teams, the Big 10 and Pac playing in their exclusive Rose Bowl. They were intangible concepts, they didn't come play us.
And I'm sure they felt the same way.
And unlike stuff like MLB, there were colleges everywhere in the country, close enough for you to go to, and another close enough that you had to deal with their fans too.
Nowadays, every damn game is on tv, probably half in multiple language broadcasts. Rivalries are a thing of the past, pride in beating them or winning your conference is a thing of the past. Regional ties mean little, your neighbor might be an Oregon or Ohio State fan because they win a lot and all their games are on TV.
College football just ain't the same.
A couple years back after my dad passed, I looked at some of his pictures. He went to a small engineering school in the Catskills in the early 50's before joining the Air Force, probably currently a D3 school (although to be fair, I think they're a bit of a power in NCAA hockey). He said they used to have a decent football team until hockey season, then everyone would swap over.
There were pictures of guys playing on a field, don't think there were even bleachers. Certainly not the pageantry of bigtime football today. But damned if there wasn't also a picture of an old Studebaker all trussed up with banners, and a big "Beat Fordham" painted on the windshield, with a crowd of folks all drinking around it.
Got me to thinking- once upon a time, you didn't see games on TV. A lucky few teams got on the radio (LSU on WWL, where people could hear it at night all the way to St Louis maybe). You saw some grainy B&W photos of some team that the AP said was "the best" in the paper. But damn it, you could go see YOUR team in full color, and the teams your team played. And in the SEC, you might be able to go see the Sugar Bowl if your team made it; and it didn't really matter if you were #1 or #10. If you beat "your rival", life was good. And if you beat a bunch more teams and made the Sugar, life was even better. And to hell with what some dude in NYC said was the best, that SEC champ was the best team you saw.
Or maybe to our former SWC teams, the Cotton. Or to Oklahoma fans, the Orange.
Screw the other teams, the Big 10 and Pac playing in their exclusive Rose Bowl. They were intangible concepts, they didn't come play us.
And I'm sure they felt the same way.
And unlike stuff like MLB, there were colleges everywhere in the country, close enough for you to go to, and another close enough that you had to deal with their fans too.
Nowadays, every damn game is on tv, probably half in multiple language broadcasts. Rivalries are a thing of the past, pride in beating them or winning your conference is a thing of the past. Regional ties mean little, your neighbor might be an Oregon or Ohio State fan because they win a lot and all their games are on TV.
College football just ain't the same.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:13 pm to Landmass
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I wanted him gone early in the season
No you didnt lol. More stories.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:17 pm to Landmass
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I honestly don't get why so many people hate one team more than all of the others. It seems like such a pointless mindset. I see all SEC teams as the same... opponents. I see so many LSU and Ole Miss dick waggers on here and it just seems like a waste of energy.
Yup.
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That being said, Tennessee can eat a dick.
Succinct message. You could probably be a writer.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:18 pm to Landmass
quote:History and competition for resources.
I honestly don't get why so many people hate one team more than all of the others.
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:25 pm to Landmass
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That being said, Tennessee can eat a dick.
I think this is a good point and I am sorry that others do not share that sentiment so far. Have a fourth upvote!
This post was edited on 7/10/26 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 7/10/26 at 11:36 pm to Landmass
Why would you choose an Ole Miss alter for this?
Posted on 7/11/26 at 8:19 am to Godawgs4
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State & Ole Miss are rivals but I do not dislike Ole Miss. When I was young I did but in my old age, I actually want both of our teams to win so that when we play each other, the game means more.
I actually laughed when I read this...
I can't count how many times when I was young...
Some older guy would say..."I'm an OU fan... but I root for OSU when they aren't playing OU because I want all the state schools to do well."
I used to think "What the hell is wrong with you old man?".
Posted on 7/11/26 at 8:37 am to Landmass
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I also root for LSU
We do not want you to root for us. Stop doing this.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:01 am to VFL67
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Because Ole Miss has never been a great program
Ole miss was one of the best program in the country in the 1950’s-1960’s ya fricking idiot. 6 sec championships. 3 national titles.
And Ole Miss has certainly been a better program than Tennessee for the last 20 years. Tennessee has been a dumpster fire since Fat Phil quit cheating.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 12:38 pm to ManBearSharkReb
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3 national titles.
Uhm no
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And Ole Miss has certainly been a better program than Tennessee for the last 20 years
Yet they have the same amount of playoff appearances. Vols have actually played for an SEC title in your timeframe while Ole Miss has never in their history so not sure how you can say with certainty they have been better when TN has a division title
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Fat Phil
Has an undisputed Natty which Vaught and Ole Miss dont. Yall have never finished number 1…
Posted on 7/11/26 at 12:54 pm to Landmass
if you have to ask why people love rivalries then you wouldn't understand.
to clarify. I don't "hate" Oklahoma or Texas A&M. I love to beat them and hate losing to them, but hating people because of the school they attended or team they root for his childish and stupid.
You can love rivalries without hating the other side. I know many will disagree. Plenty of Texas fans I know absolutely despise Oklahoma and Aggie fans. I don't get it and I never have.
to clarify. I don't "hate" Oklahoma or Texas A&M. I love to beat them and hate losing to them, but hating people because of the school they attended or team they root for his childish and stupid.
You can love rivalries without hating the other side. I know many will disagree. Plenty of Texas fans I know absolutely despise Oklahoma and Aggie fans. I don't get it and I never have.
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