Tennessee and Florida not a rivalry?

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#253
anyone who has been to school at tn in the last 10 years knows that florida is our biggest rival. may not get the espn hype anymore but its our rival. we hate them they hate us. I lived in Florida for a year after i graduated from tn and trust me floridians hate tn football. Kiffin re opened the rivalry a little more with all his comments so the rivalry is still alive wins or losses.
 
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Gatorules said:
So Grizz, how many years of "history" will it take for UF to be acceptable in your eyes? Granted, UT has more "tradition/history" than UF but most all of it took place before 1970. Not all of it, but most of it. Not trying to disprect anybody here, but generally speaking, when folks are making the tradition/history arguement, they haven't had much "recent" success.
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lol florida has no football history before Spurrier. and fyi he is from Johnson city, tn. So tn started your so called flordia tradition. Do you research and see that tn is all tradition
 
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#257
His statement was a ridiculous generalization that's simply not accurate. Wanting to beat Florida doesn't change that.
 
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#258
people are giving history lessons on here and yet some would put tennessee-florida over tennessee-bama as a rivalry.
 
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I posed the question on GatorEnvy (their equivalent to VN) and the first reply I got was the administrator...


"I would have to lean towards... HELL YES!"
 
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99gator said:
people are giving history lessons on here and yet some would put tennessee-florida over tennessee-bama as a rivalry.
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Count me out on that one. Bama holds a special place of hate in my heart.
For some reason and i know the Gators have had the better end of the deal, but after Spurrier that series just really hasn't been the same for me. The ole Bowel coach made it interesting. Zook was terrible and Urban really didn't engage in trash talk, didn't need too i guess. Seems like that pretty much doesn't happen as much in today's game. I liked it myself, made the game more intriguing.
 
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99gator said:
people are giving history lessons on here and yet some would put tennessee-florida over tennessee-bama as a rivalry.
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It's not even close...Although some Gator fans would like to imagine it to be...Alabama is and always will be our biggest rival....Florida is just a hate filled rivalry that has its place but not near the aforementioned Bama rivalry...Maybe some of the younger VOL fans might think of UF as bigger but in the big scheme of things, Bama is historical and UF is a temporary pain in the rear...We'll take care of that problem shortly :yes:
 
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VOLnMiami said:
It's not even close...Although some Gator fans would like to imagine it to be...Alabama is and always will be our biggest rival....Florida is just a hate filled rivalry that has its place but not near the aforementioned Bama rivalry...Maybe some of the younger VOL fans might think of UF as bigger but in the big scheme of things, Bama is historical and UF is a temporary pain in the rear...We'll take care of that problem shortly :yes:
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i would think this would by the thought process of most folks, but i don't know.

maybe a poll is needed.
 
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Gatorules said:
So Grizz, how many years of "history" will it take for UF to be acceptable in your eyes? Granted, UT has more "tradition/history" than UF but most all of it took place before 1970. Not all of it, but most of it. Not trying to disprect anybody here, but generally speaking, when folks are making the tradition/history arguement, they haven't had much "recent" success.
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A 1998 BCS National Championship came "before 1970"? What kinda calendar do you guys use?
 
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#267
Did not read this thread, but Bama is a far bigger rivalry than Florida imo. Bammers hate us far more and I hate them far more. 40-50+ year old Bama fans even hate us more than Auburn. No UF fans hate us more than F$U or UGA.

It is a far better rivalry, the two top programs historically in the SEC.

Florida is like Buzz Lightyear and Bama is like Woody.
 
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sthoma32 said:
lol florida has no football history before Spurrier. and fyi he is from Johnson city, tn. So tn started your so called flordia tradition. Do you research and see that tn is all tradition
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Well by your definition UF doesn't have any history before Spurrier (championships). But if that is your measure, how much history did UT have in 100 years of football before 1990? Five NC's in 100 years? UF has three in 15 years. And I'm sure that no out of state players have ever helped in defining UT's history/tradition (Travis Henry, Tee Martin, Peyton Manning, etc). My point is, when a team hasn't had recent success against an opponent, the only card they have to play is the history card. UGA is a great example of that.
 
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I can say, at least on my end, i want to beat Tennessee more then any team that Florida plays on our schedule. Cost for living up here for so long i guess, but in general Florida fans look forward to the Tennessee game, but it doesn't generate the same passion as say the georgia game, or the FSU game imo.
 
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volwarrior33 said:
Did not read this thread, but Bama is a far bigger rivalry than Florida imo. Bammers hate us far more and I hate them far more. 40-50+ year old Bama fans even hate us more than Auburn. No UF fans hate us more than F$U or UGA.

It is a far better rivalry, the two top programs historically in the SEC.

Florida is like Buzz Lightyear and Bama is like Woody.
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I feel like it's one of the most underrated rivalries in the country. It really burns me to see rivalries like Cal-Stanford, Florida-Georgia, the Apple Cup, Clemson-USCjr, and other rivalries like the Egg Bowl on lists above UT-Bama simply because Bama has Auburn. I really believe that if it wasn't for Auburn being in-state, I wouldn't be stunned if Tennessee-Alabama was considered one of the best in the country.
 
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Gatorules said:
Well by your definition UF doesn't have any history before Spurrier (championships). But if that is your measure, how much history did UT have in 100 years of football before 1990? Five NC's in 100 years? UF has three in 15 years. And I'm sure that no out of state players have ever helped in defining UT's history/tradition (Travis Henry, Tee Martin, Peyton Manning, etc). My point is, when a team hasn't had recent success against an opponent, the only card they have to play is the history card. UGA is a great example of that.
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fashion smack is also available. everyone loves a good "jort" reference.
 
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#273
The rivalries would have more interest if Tennessee would start holding up their end of the bargain. No success against any of them in a while. Makes people disinterested, fans and media alike.
 
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#274
It's still a rivalry, but not much of one. Once we get back into the national spotlight and win it'll be back to a great rivalry
 
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