re: Why is Bama's Bye the week before LSU if Tennessee is their biggest rival?

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Tennessee is a historical rivalry. Kind of like Gt and Georgia. LSU is not a team that Bama necessarily hates. We've always had a lot of respect for their program and yes we love to beat them when we do but they're not a rival in the sense that we hate them like we do say, Auburn or Tennessee. Why make it into something that it's not?

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This^
I have no hatred to bama, I have a lot of family who lives there. Mainly just respect.