Who Is Our Biggest Rival

the true passion behind a rivalry is having to live amongst the enemy.

i saw a post earlier that had florida's rivals ranked as 1)uga, 1a)tennessee, 3) florida state.

that's way, way off.

if tennessee beat florida 59-0, you know who i'd be taking grief from. florida state, georgia, and miami fans. i don't have to worry about tennessee fans because i don't run into them in my daily life.

when you go to work, school, the grocery store, the post office, or wherever.....and you see the enemy and they smirk or make a comment, etc. you get the idea.

you know who florida state people are hearing it from for losing to south florida. not south florida fans. miami and florida fans, that's who.

that's what makes a rivalry.

that's why i would assume for tennessee folks, it's bama hands down.
 
I would say this is a fair assesment of where all the rivalries stand RIGHT NOW...

Florida
1a. Georgia
1b. FSU
3. Tennessee

Most, if not all, UF fans would agree with this. Tennessee is nowhere near the top 2 of UGA/FSU in terms of rivalry. They're a rival, make no mistake about it, but not that kind of rival.
 
I take my son everyday to school in the morning. There are 3-4 cars that have Florida bumper stickers. I mean come on, they are not all from Florida.

They are probably Steelers fans from last year too.. Giants from the year before, and I'll bet they had a really hard time getting the Patriots stickers off their cars... There are tons of bandwagon fans out there, and they are irrelevant. True fans.. thru thick and thin.. are the ones that matter.

GO VOLS... all of us.
 
Biggest SEC Rivalry Games

1. Alabama / Auburn
2. Florida / Georgia
3. Ole Miss / MSU
4. Tennessee / Alabama

So Vol fans may claim UF as their biggest rival, but that's kind of sad when UF has UT # 4 on their list behind FSU, UGA, and Miami.
 
Biggest SEC Rivalry Games

1. Alabama / Auburn
2. Florida / Georgia
3. Ole Miss / MSU
4. Tennessee / Alabama

So Vol fans may claim UF as their biggest rival, but that's kind of sad when UF has UT # 4 on their list behind FSU, UGA, and Miami.

putting UT/Bama that low is kinda......well, I'm sure you know
 
Biggest SEC Rivalry Games

1. Alabama / Auburn
2. Florida / Georgia
3. Ole Miss / MSU
4. Tennessee / Alabama

So Vol fans may claim UF as their biggest rival, but that's kind of sad when UF has UT # 4 on their list behind FSU, UGA, and Miami.
that Miami game this year is going to be a bear. Let us know how it turns out.

Putting largely irrelevant rivalries up there invalidates anything else you might have tried to say.
 
It is really split between UT and Auburn mostly by age, as has already been pointed out. When UT and Auburn play most BAMA fans I know follow the saying, "We love to see UT lose, but hate to see Auburn win." This is in line with the thought “We love beating UT, but hate losing to Auburn." Regardless both the UT and Auburn game are the highlight of the season. This week I'll be pulling against Auburn.
 
Kentucky!

I think our current biggest rival has to be Florida with all that has been going on this season just fanning the flames. Historically, its Alabama. And yes, the Kentucky game is a big one for me too. I live around all those morons, so I enjoy beating them.
 
It seems like I get more pumped for the Florida game each year but I would agree that Bama is our biggest rival.
 
I'm over 25 (by a good margin) but I now think of Florida as our biggest rival. They aren't just a rival in football like Alabama but also basketball, baseball, and every other sport.

Tennessee's biggest football rivalries in my book

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Georgia
4. South Carolina
5. Kentucky
6. Vandy
 
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