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re: What is the appeal of rivalries?
Posted on 7/11/26 at 1:49 pm to tide06
Posted on 7/11/26 at 1:49 pm to tide06
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You dont understand college football if you dont understand rivalries.
This.
Rivalries are as ingrained in the culture of college football as conferences.
It’s also part of the fun. I mean I know we’ve suffered a long time against our two main rivals, but when we recover it’s going to hit like crack.
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Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:50 pm to Landmass
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What is the appeal of rivalries?
quote:Someone steal your login information?
Landmass
Posted on 7/11/26 at 3:55 pm to Landmass
If you have to ask...you should stop watching sports and find something you passionate about.
Because rivalries are very important to fanbases in sports. From Yankee-Red Sox, the Iron Bowl, to Michigan-OSU, Texas vs OU, Lakers vs Celtics, The Florida trio(UF, FSU, and thugU), Packers vs Bears, LSU vs Auburn, Duke vs UNC, Kentucky vs Louisville, Barcelona vs Real Madrid, etc..
They are fricking huge in sports.
Because rivalries are very important to fanbases in sports. From Yankee-Red Sox, the Iron Bowl, to Michigan-OSU, Texas vs OU, Lakers vs Celtics, The Florida trio(UF, FSU, and thugU), Packers vs Bears, LSU vs Auburn, Duke vs UNC, Kentucky vs Louisville, Barcelona vs Real Madrid, etc..
They are fricking huge in sports.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:26 pm to Landmass
If you know, you know …..
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:30 pm to hookem33
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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.
Why don't you hate us? Are we not good enough for you to hate???
This post was edited on 7/11/26 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:33 pm to SidewalkTiger
bullshite so you come home find you wife fricking another guy do you stay let them frick all the time fuk that fuk. Him you guys are pos for thinking he ole miss should let that happen but that being said fuk off ole miss
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:33 pm to Landmass
Posted on 7/11/26 at 4:53 pm to Diamondawg
Dude, I have never hated on State. You must have me mistaken MetalReb.
Posted on 7/11/26 at 9:59 pm to Landmass
New guys these days
Posted on 7/11/26 at 10:12 pm to southernboisb
Only team I hate and all their fans is Miami. Seriously..frick them all.
Posted on 7/12/26 at 10:29 am to Gunga Din
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Why don't you hate us? Are we not good enough for you to hate???
I hate losing to you frickers...that's about the best I can do
Posted on 7/12/26 at 3:53 pm to hookem33
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I hate losing to you frickers...that's about the best I can do
That's better!!!
Posted on 7/12/26 at 3:55 pm to Landmass
Is this thread legit and is it a reaction to LSU always beating Ole Miss? Rivalries are fun.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 6:56 am to Landmass
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I wanted him gone early in the season
Horse shite
Posted on 7/14/26 at 7:53 am to Landmass
Not sure about the other rivalries - but the Missouri - Kansas rivalry dates back to actual war and 10+ years of citizens of each rigging elections, attacking the other, sacking entire towns, and killing one another. Makes a friendly (and maybe sometimes not so friendly) weekend in the fall with food, drink and football seem like a much better alternative.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 10:28 am to Landmass
I don't know how old you are. Pre ESPN before we saw games on every channel, rivalries were cool. Like when USC vs Notre Dane or Oklahoma vs Nebraska was the game of the week. Those games were awesome. Another one I watched in the 70's as Aggy vs Texas. Mostly on or around Thanksgiving.
Some think it's watered down because we can watch whoever we want at any given time. I am not in that crowd. I want LSU to play Bama, Florida and Barn every season. Anticipation leading to those games is half the fun.
Some think it's watered down because we can watch whoever we want at any given time. I am not in that crowd. I want LSU to play Bama, Florida and Barn every season. Anticipation leading to those games is half the fun.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:43 pm to kajunman
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Some think it's watered down because we can watch whoever we want at any given time. I am not in that crowd. I want LSU to play Bama, Florida and Barn every season. Anticipation leading to those games is half the fun.
Yeah, I get it but I see every SEC game that way, not just MSU or LSU.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 12:45 pm to BuckI
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Is this thread legit and is it a reaction to LSU always beating Ole Miss? Rivalries are fun.
LSU hasn't won in Oxford since before covid, so not sure that "always beating Ole Miss" quite checks out. All conference games are fun. I don't see why some people value some more than others just because of the name.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 1:58 pm to Landmass
quote:People "value" their personal feelings, which are tied to personal experiences derived from events tied to a given opponent. The more impactful the event, the more wide-reaching and impression-making those experiences and feelings are.
I don't see why some people value some more than others just because of the name.
Thus, rivals are simply designated teams that have a caused a critical mass of other teams' fans aggrieved feelings
Posted on 7/14/26 at 2:58 pm to Scoob
It's what makes college sports so special.
The passion.
The passion.
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