Teams I hate:
1. Florida - incredibly rude fans and people in Gainesville, which is too bad because I was a big Spurrier fan.
2. Mizzou - the team going on strike, the safe space nonsense, etc.
3. Arkansas - bad fanbase, Danny Ford, etc.
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Teams I don't like, mainly because they're rivals:
4. Georgia
5. Auburn
6. LSU
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Neutral:
7. Bama - incredibly nice fans and so many great, amazing memories in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa win, lose and draw. I want to put them at #13, but I often root against Bama because they're the team to beat. Also claiming BS national titles even though they have so many real ones to be proud of already is lame. We've started doing that lately too.
8. Mississippi
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Teams I like:
9. Mississippi State
10. Vandy
11. Kentucky - their smug basketball fans are so lame, but their football fans are so cool. Always a nice road trip.
12. Texas A&M
13. South Carolina - very, very nice fans.
This is basically how I feel as well..I actually divide it into groups:
Profound Dislike
Bama
Florida
South Carolina (with Muschamp)
Vandy
Georgia
Casual Disdain
South Carolina (normally)
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Missouri
Ole Miss
Actually Kind of Like Them (when we're not playing them)
LSU
Kentucky
Auburn
A&M
Within the groups there is generally no ranking, though Bama and Florida at the top two spots are deliberate.
This is pretty much my feelings spot on.I was never able to develop a strong dislike for Georgia because 1) Richt was there for so long and 2) when we are better than Georgia, or play better than them in a particular game, we beat them. Also, when I was a kid, they weren't good and we routinely beat them.
I absolutely despise Florida because 1) in my young, formative years as a kid watching Tennessee they almost always beat us and spoiled our SEC/national title chances, despite being evenly matched with them, and I hated Spurrier, and 2) we both suck now, yet they still almost always win.
I also get Bama hate, especially if you are an older fan. When I was growing up we routinely drilled them so I couldn't develop a deep dislike for them either. They drill us every year now, but hey, they are in the midst of the greatest dynasty college football has ever seen. It happens. They routinely drill a lot of people.
For the most part the team you dislike the most comes from the state of play when you were a kid.
If this was real life, I would agree with you, but it's about college football. Within the context of college football, hate is a very healthy thing, especially for Bammer.Put me down for "none of the above". Call me a pansy. But as much as I love pulling for the Vols, as much as I hate to lose, hate for another team has never been a part of the equation. They're just a bunch of young men who chose another place and are trying to do the same thing we are.