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re: Bama LSU Rivalry Question
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:11 am to texasaggie08
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:11 am to texasaggie08
Ok got through the first 5 pages and no one has really given a flame-free answer so Ill give it a shot.
It wasn't. From a Bama standpoint, LSU was considered more of an ally because 1)They didn't beat Alabama often, but they still had a solid program 2)They have good fans 3)They werent Auburn or UT. We used to refer to them as the "good" Tigers. The baseball rivalry(that was a rivalry) was a good one in the 90's when Bama was still decent.
Its only a rivalry because both teams are good. LSU probably considered Auburn much more of a rivalry than Bama when Shula was coaching here. You want to see hate? Just wait until UT gets good again and beats Alabama.
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Before Saban ever coached in the SEC and even during the time Saban was at LSU and with the Dolphins, how intense was the hate between these two?
It wasn't. From a Bama standpoint, LSU was considered more of an ally because 1)They didn't beat Alabama often, but they still had a solid program 2)They have good fans 3)They werent Auburn or UT. We used to refer to them as the "good" Tigers. The baseball rivalry(that was a rivalry) was a good one in the 90's when Bama was still decent.
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Its clearly one of the top rivalries in the SEC today and has been since Saban went to Bama + won 3 championships, but was the hate anything close to what it is now before the Saban factor was there?
Its only a rivalry because both teams are good. LSU probably considered Auburn much more of a rivalry than Bama when Shula was coaching here. You want to see hate? Just wait until UT gets good again and beats Alabama.
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Part of me thinks that if Saban would have gone to any other SEC West program post-LSU and had won 3 titles, LSU fans would have that program at the top of their "hate" list.
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Posted on 5/21/13 at 10:11 am to texasaggie08
These games in the last 4-5 years have been battles. Very evenly matched outside of 1/9/12 when LSU didn't show up.
frick Bama.
frick Bama.
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