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re: Who's Georgia's biggest rival?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:02 pm to DawgsLife
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:02 pm to DawgsLife
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And you know how many times Georgia has been named National Champions? According to the NCAA site Auburn has 5 and Georgia has 6. Do you really want to start claiming National Titles that your own school doesn't claim?
It's as if you choose to willfully ignore the point? 1980...one time since 1980 when your team played the season in a way where people might consider them a champion.
This post was edited on 1/21/18 at 12:03 pm
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Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:03 pm to TIGERSPIKE
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Unrelated, but why is it Bama is the only school that gets to claim fake national championships?
Nobody should. It's not a good look. But, even if you took their contested titles away from them, they would still dwarf most, if not all other programs.
quote:I doubt they were the first, honestly. I would take a look at ND, Michigan's and probably Ohio State's. I would imagine other programs have some questionable claims. but there wasn't a single source to determine a titles years ago. Shoot, Yale claims a ton. Problem is, when they got theirs the Ivy League was pretty much the only ones playing football.
Is it because they were the first to fudge the numbers?
There is a NCAA site that claims 5 for Auburn, so there's that. You could claim those if you truly wanted to, but i tend to claim the ones my school recognizes, personally. if the school doesn't recognize it, why should I?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:04 pm to flyAU
Done hit a nerve with the buttsniffers.
It's fun seeing them twist themselves into pretzels trying to lie about how AU isn't all they think or care about.
Good stuff buttsniffers. Keep the chuckles coming.
It's fun seeing them twist themselves into pretzels trying to lie about how AU isn't all they think or care about.
Good stuff buttsniffers. Keep the chuckles coming.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:05 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Auburn is both Georgia and Alabama’s biggest rival, every single year.
They can lie and disagree all they want.
They can lie and disagree all they want.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:07 pm to TTsTowel
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Auburn is both Georgia and Alabama’s biggest rival, every single year.
They can lie and disagree all they want.
I think most people realize this...well stated.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:08 pm to Tigerman97
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It's as if you choose to willfully ignore the point? 1980...one time since 1980 when your team played the season in a way where people might consider them a champion.
Is your point thta you want to claim a title that your own school doesn't reognize? have at it.
I mean, Auburn fans want to claim titles for years you didn't play for a title. You want to claim years you were not allowed to play in the postseason because you were on probation. Have at it, if you want to. If some newspaper publisher wants to award Auburn a national title and his was the only source to rcognize it...have at it. Seems to cheapen National Titles, though.
But, you are wrong about Georgia not having anyone recognize a title. The same NCAA site that recognizes 5 for Auburn recognizes 6 for Georgia. You can spin and argue all you want to, but it is a fact.
Personally, I recognize the two that Georgia recognizes.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:12 pm to TTsTowel
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Auburn is both Georgia and Alabama’s biggest rival, every single year.
Hope you feel better. But we have discussed this on the Georgia board away from prying eyes, and every Georgia fan that I saw rated Auburn at best 2nd and worst 3rd. Either Florida or GT was our biggest rival.
However, if it makes you feel better, go ahead and believe what you want. But it wasn't Georgia starting threads about Auburn after the National Championship game. It was Auburn starting threads about Georgia. 5 on the first page the day after the game. What does that tell you?
I don't know why it feeds your ego for another fan base to think you are their rival. What exactly do you get out of that? Validation?
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:13 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Done hit a nerve with the buttsniffers.
It's fun seeing them twist themselves into pretzels trying to lie about how AU isn't all they think or care about.
Who started this thread? 'Nuff said.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:18 pm to DawgsLife
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Is your point thta you want to claim a title that your own school doesn't reognize? have at it.
I mean, Auburn fans want to claim titles for years you didn't play for a title. You want to claim years you were not allowed to play in the postseason because you were on probation. Have at it, if you want to. If some newspaper publisher wants to award Auburn a national title and his was the only source to rcognize it...have at it. Seems to cheapen National Titles, though.
But, you are wrong about Georgia not having anyone recognize a title. The same NCAA site that recognizes 5 for Auburn recognizes 6 for Georgia. You can spin and argue all you want to, but it is a fact.
Personally, I recognize the two that Georgia recognizes.
Auburn fans simply recognize we have a program that gets into position to win National titles more frequently than many of our competitors including uga.
We don't worry about Postseason probation...because we know the NCAA enforcement is arbitrary and unbalanced. You recently played guys who had taken cash but neither your school nor those teams faced punishments. The cash amounts were in the same range that Auburn lost an entire season on TV and two years of post season play for in the early 90's. The punishment for a uga WR and RB, they lost a few games...no school penalty.
Auburn fans aren't worried about cheap national titles...we share a state with bama. We understand cheap national titles better than most. We understand they are beauty contest and even now with the CFP it still has more to do with the name on your jersey than the play on the field. The playoff and the BCS are better than the Poll era, but it is by no means a true champion.
Finally, the point isn't that throughout history Auburn is superior to uga...its that uga has done less with more than any program in CFB in the modern era. 1980!
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Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:24 pm to Tigerman97
Where is this link of ncaa football national championships?
The ncaa never voted or endorsed any polls prior to the BCS.
It is unreal the amount of bullshite that people make up on a message board. It is unreal the amount of reality that people ignore when they try to spin one thing into something completely different.
The ncaa never voted or endorsed any polls prior to the BCS.
It is unreal the amount of bullshite that people make up on a message board. It is unreal the amount of reality that people ignore when they try to spin one thing into something completely different.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:33 pm to Tigerman97
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Auburn fans simply recognize we have a program that gets into position to win National titles more frequently than many of our competitors including uga.
Not really. I mean Alabama for one, and we have been in position to win, but haven't. LSU has more. Florida has more. Being "in position" is not winning, but that seems to be a big deal to Auburn fans that want to claim false National Titles.
I mean, one year you guys seem to want to claim you finished ranked #3. Is that being in position? I mean, Georgia finished #2 in 2007. We were as close to winning one as Auburn that year in 2012.
We can go on and on. What it all boils down to is winning a National Title, not being close. We've been close a lot of times.
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We don't worry about Postseason probation...because we know the NCAA enforcement is arbitrary and unbalanced.
Yes. We've all noticed.
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You recently played guys who had taken cash but neither your school nor those teams faced punishments.
No we didn't. When it was discovered we immediately put them on the bench. I am guessing you are talking about Gurley and AJ Greene? Both missed timeand the NCAA did not make us do that. The NCAA, however, did add a game or two to what Gurley had already missed.
Now if you are talking about Ole Miss, well, they are paying the price right now.
quote:Yet some of your fans were on here touting 3-4 titles that your own school doesn't recognize. ...in this very thread, so, I think you are wrong.
Auburn fans aren't worried about cheap national titles..
quote:Then you are justa rguing with facts:
Finally, the point isn't that throughout history Auburn is superior to uga...
Wins all time
Higher win % all time
More bowl games
More bowl wins
More SEC titles
More consensus All-Americans
More first round NFL draft picks
More NFL Draft picks
More weeks in the AP Poll
More weeks at #1 in the AP Poll
To ignore the above and claim superiority is arguing with reality. It is like saying you are richer than Trump because he had a head start. Either you are, or you are not.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:38 pm to wareagle9
Older fans will say Tech, younger will say Florida. Most rank Auburn third but Tech has sucked for so long they're kinda seen as second
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:54 pm to meansonny
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Where is this link of ncaa football national championships?
I had it at one time. Some of the Auburn posters were using it to claim 5 National Titles, until we counted up and found the site claimed 6 for Georgia. I'll see if I can find it. But it basically was saying that if any semi-credible source named a team a National Champion, then it counted.
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The ncaa never voted or endorsed any polls prior to the BCS.
The NCAA wasn't naming a title. It was simply acknowledging that sources had named a team a title holder in those years.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:55 pm to tarzana
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The correct answer is Tennessee.
I've been seeing this a lot lately from UGA fans and other SEC fans and it surprises me. I mean, we should be rivals (the series is as even as you can get with Tenn leading by 1 game and it's a game that is a must win in terms of pursuing the East crown) but I don't see us as rivals.
I do see a nascent rivalry growing but it's not quite there yet. I think part of the reason we haven't been rivals is that despite the closeness of the series, we haven't played as much as we've played other teams. For example, despite expansion stopping the UT-AU game, we've played Auburn 52 times but UGA only 47 times.
That said, I think UT-UGA may develop just like UT-UF did. The stage is set for it to happen in a lot of ways but it's not happened yet.
This post was edited on 1/21/18 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 1/21/18 at 1:00 pm to wareagle9
With the level of obsession their fans have with Auburn, I think it’s pretty clear.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 1:04 pm to DyeHardDylan
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With the level of obsession their fans have with Auburn, I think it’s pretty clear.
On the first two pages of the Rant there are 4 threads started by Auburn fans about Georgia and one thread started by a Georgia fan about Auburn.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 1:07 pm to DyeHardDylan
It's obvious.
And it makes it fun when they twist themselves into pretzels (like Trumpkins) trying to convince people water isn't really wet, lol.
And it makes it fun when they twist themselves into pretzels (like Trumpkins) trying to convince people water isn't really wet, lol.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 1:10 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
Wins all time
Higher win % all time
More bowl games
More bowl wins
More SEC titles
More consensus All-Americans
More first round NFL draft picks
More NFL Draft picks
More weeks in the AP Poll
More weeks at #1 in the AP Poll
Is this twisting? Please explain how?
Do you have the link from the NCAA site with all the National Championships that was being passed around a while back? I never saved it and somebody is looking for it, now.
Higher win % all time
More bowl games
More bowl wins
More SEC titles
More consensus All-Americans
More first round NFL draft picks
More NFL Draft picks
More weeks in the AP Poll
More weeks at #1 in the AP Poll
Is this twisting? Please explain how?
Do you have the link from the NCAA site with all the National Championships that was being passed around a while back? I never saved it and somebody is looking for it, now.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 1:14 pm to wareagle9
Florida is the biggest rival in terms of competitiveness.
GT is the most hated because losing to them would be embarrassing and should never happen.
GT is the most hated because losing to them would be embarrassing and should never happen.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 2:13 pm to Tigerman97
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It's as if you choose to willfully ignore the point? 1980...one time since 1980 when your team played the season in a way where people might consider them a champion.
There's also this:
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This is the schedule UGA won a national championship with in 1980:
Tennessee 5-6
Texas A&M 4-7
Clemson 6-5
TCU 1-10
Ole Miss 3-8
Vandy 2-9
Kentucky 3-8
South Carolina 8-4
Florida 8-4
Auburn 5-6
GA Tech 1-9-1
Notre Dame 9-2-1
So understand this for UGA in 1980:
- Their quality opponents in 1980 were two 8-win teams: Florida and SOUTH CAROLINA.
- They played two 1-win teams on their 11-game regular season schedule.
- 8 of the 11 teams they played on their regular season schedule had losing records.
- Their regular season opponent winning percentage that year was 37.8% (their average opponent was a 3 or 4 win team).
- The Sugar Bowl saw fit to have them face a Notre Dame team that already had a loss *and* a tie in the regular season for the "national championship" game.
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