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Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:02 pm to Stanky Legg
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Slightly older? Get the frick out of here.
You graduated on the heels of losing to Auburn 5 times in a row
Bama is currently 3-1 against Auburn during my tenure at UA and I still consider Tennessee the bigger rival.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:05 pm to ipodking
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How much of a rivalry is this game going to be for the next 10 years? Someone tell me why Tennessee won't be Bama's bitch for the forsiable future?
These are the types of things that make LSU fans not understand Rivalries. The UA/UT rivalry has always gone in streaks of one team winning for several years, and then the other one winning for several years.
Alot of LSU fans tend to always look at the present. Rivalries are rooted in the past.
This post was edited on 6/1/12 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:10 pm to therick711
written in the midst of 5 year winning streak against Bama in 1999. at the time, UF-UT rivalry was at its fiercest but still Bama is #1 rival
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THE BAMA GAME . For me, one of my main reasons for living and
breathing as a Tennessee Volunteer Fan is so that I CAN HATE THE ALABAMA
CRIMSON TIDE! As most of you know by now, I DESPISE THEM. I really don't
give a rip about Florida. Someone asked me two years ago to write an
equivalent post prior to the Florida game. I couldn't come up with anything
more than a few sentences.
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For me, BAMA not Florida, is Tennessee's nemesis. Tennessee and
Bama already had a series record long before Florida students knew how to
spell the word "football".
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I also know that a majority of the players we have on our team now
consider Florida to be our arch rival in the SEC. There are only a handful
of players on our team who can remember the last time we lost to ALABAMA.
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Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:14 pm to Crompdaddy8
I can understand how many do not understand. I know a lot of people born in the late 80s or early 90s hate Florida more than Bama because they grew up marking Bama down as a win on the calendar, not seeing it as a rivalry.
That's probably how many Bama fans feel now. The streakiness has really damaged the "hatred" factor imo.
That's probably how many Bama fans feel now. The streakiness has really damaged the "hatred" factor imo.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:16 pm to volfan30
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The streakiness has really damaged the "hatred" factor imo.
It's always been streaky. Go back and look at the history.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:16 pm to NATidefan
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These are the types of things that make LSU fans not understand Rivalries.
Way to group all of us together based on one post.
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Alot of LSU fans tend to always look at the present. Rivalries are rooted in the past.
I hate Ole Miss. A lot of people older than me still hate them. The younger fans and players not so much.
But it isn't the same any more.
They've lost 5 out of their last 7 games against their true rivals.
Vanderbilt.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:17 pm to BrerTiger
UF/UT was only a big rivalry in the 90's.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:18 pm to BrerTiger
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Way to group all of us together based on one post.
Sorry, but let's say 80% or better.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:19 pm to NATidefan
I understand that, but many fans do not. A lot of Tennessee fans took wins over Bama for granted when they were coming every year, and now a lot of Bama fans are doing the same.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:21 pm to volfan30
Bryant never beat Gen.Robert Neiland while he was the coach.
This is why Alabama would smoke cigars after a win over UT.
Older Bama fans remember when the third week end in October ment something.And AU was just that team across the state.
You had to live it to really understand.
This is why Alabama would smoke cigars after a win over UT.
Older Bama fans remember when the third week end in October ment something.And AU was just that team across the state.
You had to live it to really understand.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:23 pm to NATidefan
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Sorry, but let's say 80% or better.
Does it really matter whether LSU fans "understand" your rivalries?
You're keeping your precious rivalries.
You got your 6-1-1.
For the time being, that's the way it is.
Until enough schools get fed up with 6-1-1 the same way they got fed up with 5-2-1. And then it'll be back to the drawing board. And once again, rivalries will be non-negotiable. Rinse and repeat.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:24 pm to Herman Frisco
Bryant never beat Neyland while at Bama?
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:25 pm to USMC Gators
no
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:26 pm to therick711
It depends who you ask and their age. The 60 and older crowd would probably be about 70% Tennessee, 30% Auburn.
Younger it'd be more about 90% Auburn, 10% Tennessee.
It has absolutely nothing to do with Phil Fulmer. My grandfather HATED Tennessee, and was somewhat indifferent towards Auburn, and some of that mentality rubbed off on me. I think Auburn is s bigger rival mainly because we're in the same division, but the gap isn't very large.
Younger it'd be more about 90% Auburn, 10% Tennessee.
It has absolutely nothing to do with Phil Fulmer. My grandfather HATED Tennessee, and was somewhat indifferent towards Auburn, and some of that mentality rubbed off on me. I think Auburn is s bigger rival mainly because we're in the same division, but the gap isn't very large.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:26 pm to Herman Frisco
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Older Bama fans remember when the third week end in October ment something
I've already adressed this, but it's really not much of an age thing as it's being potrayed on this board. I graduated '09, I consider UT by far our biggest rival, along with many that I went to school with.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:28 pm to USMC Gators
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This is a good read if you're interested
This is a good read if you're interested
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From the mid-1920s through the early 1980s, Tennessee’s Gen. Robert Neyland and the University of Alabama’s Paul W. “Bear” Bryant put their respective stamps on college football in the Deep South, shaping the game with discipline and defense. They won a combined 21 conference championships and 10 national titles.
Long before Steve Spurrier’s decade of dominance at Florida or Nick Saban’s current reign as king of the Southeastern Conference, Bryant and Neyland carved their reputations and the league’s by building championship teams and contenders. Trace the roots of the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry, which resumes today, and you will find them planted in soil tilled by the two coaching legends.
“I suppose you could say that Neyland helped shape the old SEC, ‘Bear’ the new SEC,” said Dan Jenkins, historian at the College Football Hall of Fame. “They both became larger than life. I can’t think who else you’d rank with them.”
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:28 pm to BrerTiger
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BrerTiger
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Does it really matter whether LSU fans "understand" your rivalries?
I personally dont give a shite, but you might want to check out the OP, and what fanbase started this thread.
Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:29 pm to NATidefan
To show the streaks. Bama wins are in bold.
1903
1904
1905-1913 LONG STREAK
1914 (gap didn't play) 1928, 1929 MED STREAK
1930
1931-1932
1933-1937 (36 was a tie) MED STREAK
1938-1940
1941-1945 (44 was a tie) MED STREAK
1946
1947
1948-1953 (49&53 were ties) MED STREAK
1954
1955-1960 (59 was a tie) LONG STREAK
1961-1966 (65 was a tie) LONG STREAK
1967-1970 MED STREAK
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1982-1985 MED STREAK
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2007-2011 LONG STREAK
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1905-1913 LONG STREAK
1914 (gap didn't play) 1928, 1929 MED STREAK
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1933-1937 (36 was a tie) MED STREAK
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1941-1945 (44 was a tie) MED STREAK
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1948-1953 (49&53 were ties) MED STREAK
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1955-1960 (59 was a tie) LONG STREAK
1961-1966 (65 was a tie) LONG STREAK
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Posted on 6/1/12 at 2:30 pm to USMC Gators
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Bryant never beat Neyland while at Bama?
Neyland retired in 1952. Bryant returned to Alabama in 1958.
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