BAMA biggest game to 40 and up!

[coachjkb]

Guys, I completely understand the magnitude of East Division wins to Tenn versus West wins. That being said, to fans 40 or older(I'm almost 41) the BAMA game holds the honor of being #1 to a lot of us. Most would say Florida or Georgia because of our division and that is a very strong argument. Growing up as a pre-teen and teenager/college in the 80's and early to mid 90's nothing rivaled the 3rd Saturday in October. My saddest memories are losses to Bama such as the 1990 9-6 loss. My greatest memories are 1982 vs Bama to end a long streak. We dominated Bama from 1995 thru 2004 only losing to them once. Our team is more talented than we have been in years and we have a week off to rest/heal and prepare for Bama. We will probably be 10-14 point underdogs when the line comes out. I don't know if this is the year as we may be a year away, but this rivalry is about to get good again. College football is better when Tenn/ Bama rivalry is strong. Go big Orange and please unite to hate Bama as much as I do! GO VOLS!

 

[SDV]

I'm 39. It's Florida for me

 

[GBO97]

Buck Fama! Would love nothin more than to shock the world in 2 weeks

Worst is still Florida though

 

[UTCVol]

Vandy is probably the biggest game to many people on here. We're only 1-2 against them since they were born.

 

[Vol_til_I_die]

I'm 38. It's Bama for me.

 

[jonnon111]

I think it's stupid we keep the rivalry and play them every year. We need out of that IMO. I don't care how it looks.

 

[Vol_til_I_die]

Vandy is probably the biggest game to many people on here. We're only 1-2 against them since they were born.

lmaoooooooo

 

[yoyoyoyo]

34 and it's no doubt Alabama.

 

[MrBiggles]

I'm 39 and it will always be Bama followed by Spurrier and then Florida!

 

[dduncan4163]

I'm 35 and my hatred for Florida burns the hottest easily. Bama is second on my list however.

 

[Vol_til_I_die]

I think it's stupid we keep the rivalry and play them every year. We need out of that IMO. I don't care how it looks.

It wouldn't matter. Whoever was rotated in would have their best team ever. Every year.

 

[utvolpj]

I think it's stupid we keep the rivalry and play them every year. We need out of that IMO. I don't care how it looks.

Were you saying the same thing in the mid 90s?

 

[coachjkb]

Also, I should have added that I live in Southern Middle Tennessee so we have a lot of Bama fans who live here. Really hard to live here when they are dominating the series as they are now.

 

[BornOrange33]

26 here and it's Florida for me, but my pops is 59 and would say Alabama. Matter of fact the first game I can really recall going to as a kid was the 98 year against Bama and seeing Peerless Price take back that 100 yard kickoff for a TD. Was a thing of beauty.

 

[Other_Guy]

I live with Bammers so yes, they're #1 #2 and #3.

 

[Alto1]

Over 50.

If we win one game a year and it's bama, I'm OK with that..........

 

[QuickSmurf]

I think Bama's next three games will be against teams coming off a bye week. I bet Nick really appreciates that lol.

 

[MAD]

I'm 51 and Florida is the team that I despise all year round.

 

[cgbtn]

Obviously, it should be 'Bama. Tennessee and Alabama are the two traditional Southern football powers, and there have been many epic battles between the two. Before divisional play, we rarely played either Georgia or Florida. Georgia has a good football history, but before Spurrier, Florida was a nothing program. They were the only SEC team which had never won a championship in either the SEC or its predecessor conference. Spurrier's mouth created our rivalry with them.

 

[Beagle Bill]

I'm 51 and it will always be Bama for me. I do work with a lot of Bama fans but I have always hated Bama.

 

[supersmo18]

Were you saying the same thing in the mid 90s?

I think he was born in 2005

 

[MSCE09]

32 Florida
For two reasons:
Florida is a division game and was most of the time the gate keeper for us to get to Atlanta.
and
We had such a long streak over Bama when I was growing up that it wasn't much of a game, definitely not to the magnitude of Florida.

 

[supersmo18]

34 and its definitely BAMA, with Florida in a close 2nd for me, but nothing will overtake my hatred for Bama, ever. EVER.

 

[Boomer_Vol]

I'm 25, and it's Bama all day for me. I hate Florida with a burning passion and just wish we could beat them, but I will always be happier beating Bama than Florida.

 

[utvolkyle06]

I will be 68 tomorrow and once we changed to divisional play it became Florida for me.