re: Which game was the most satisfying win over a rival

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14 and 16 were particularly satisfying. Had the mutts crying in Sanford Stadium

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Look at that. Tech's blind squirrel actually found two nuts...in 20 years.

1996 vs Auburn
1999 @ Auburn
2001 @ Auburn
2005 vs Tennessee
2008 vs Auburn
2009 vs Tennessee taking over Neyland

Vs Nebraska 2003
Kansas at Arrowhead in 2007
Oklahoma 2010

SLU: vs Louisville 2003 and Butler 2013.

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1996 vs Auburn (7-3 NR, finished 8-4 #24)
1999 @ Auburn (5-5 NR, finished 5-6 NR)
2001 @ Auburn (7-2 #17, finished 7-5 NR)
2005 vs Tennessee (3-2 #17, finished 5-6 NR)
2008 vs Auburn (5-6 NR, finished 5-7 NR)
2009 vs Tennessee (3-3 NR, finished 7-6 NR)

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So your most satisfying rivalry wins are when your rivals suck?

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- 1996 was Bebes last regular season game and we won on a last minute drive to win the SEC West (and was a good Auburn team)

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That was a great game, but AU was coming off a gutwrenching 4-OT marathon loss to UGa that took us out of contention for the West. Plus it was the typical Bowden team in terms of talent distribution - i.e., a lot of 3- and 4-stars in the skill positions, and 1- and 2-stars in the trenches (it still amazes me how poorly AU used to recruit compared to recent years). Yeah, that was a decent team, but they lost to every team they played that year with a pulse.

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- 1999 was the first win in Auburn and clinched a trip to the SEC Title game

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Hands down the largest talent discrepancy between the two teams in the last 40 years. It's a miracle we were even competitive in that game, a real tribute to the incompetence of the Bama coaching staff (save possibly for Dabo).

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- 2001 was the most out of the blue win and beatdown of an Iron Bowl in my recent lifetime (and was a good Auburn team at the time before we helped start the collapse)

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That beatdown was out of the blue, alright, but to call that a "good" Auburn team is a huge stretch. Granted, we were in the driver's seat for the West title coming in, but we'd already been blown out by Syracuse, needed last-second FGs to beat 2-9 Vandy and 3-8 MSU, and were taken to overtime by LA Tech before getting hammered 42-17 by a mediocre Arky squad. Our only claims to respectability were the miracle win over then #1 and apparently invincible Florida and a DSOR where Richt went brain dead with a chance to tie in the final seconds and called a running play from the 3 yard line with 20 seconds and no time outs (karma for Dye losing the same way in '92). We very realistically could have been 2-7 coming into the Iron Bowl instead of 7-2. In short, the 2001 Auburn team was living a lie, and when Caddy went down with an injury in the first quarter the end result was inevitable.

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- 2008 Auburn was a 36 point beat down that broke the streak and finished an undefeated regular season

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I think everyone in the state could see this one coming.

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Nitro Express

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yall sure do have a lot of rivals

1. 2006 VS. Auburn. They were top-5, and we were mediocre. Still beat the (dog) crap out of them in their yard.

2. 2007 VS. Auburn. The first time we ever wore black.

3. 2017 VS. Tennessee. Gave them their worst beating at home since 1905.

4. 2017 VS. Florida. Would have been better if it had been 42-0, but after all those years of losing, I was very happy with 42-7.

5. 2009 VS. GT. As previously stated, they had the better team that night, but choked. UGA ran the same 4-5 running plays over and over and beat them at their own game....running the ball.

Honorable mention....Beating a #2 ranked Clemson at home on a Butler FG of 60 yards in 1984...back when Clemson was a big UGA rival.