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With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC this year, has the Iron Bowl taken a backseat as the conference's second best rivalry?
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Originally published on SECRant.com
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Lithium3 months
Bama vs Auburn is #1 by far. Especially since it's the last game. Just take last year the gravedigger
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atltiger64873 months
just because OU and Texas will be in the SEC doesn't make that rivalry an "SEC rivalry." That game, which is fantastic, comes from a long history in the old Southwest Conference and then the Big-12. It ain't an SEC rivalry.
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ouflak3 months
Actually the vast majority of that series has been played with the teams in different conferences (Big 8/SWC).
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OU Goofball4 months
I think we should agree all of these are good games between honorable schools For the sake of the students we should strive to be respectful to one another to set a good example.
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RockyRococco4 months
the georgia/florida rules make the most sense. during the game you can scream as many obscenities as you want but at the tailgate before and the bars after be civil
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HarryBalzack4 months
Texas ain't shite, so how could they even be in consideration. Plus, they suck.
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P2K4 months
Auburn sucks worse
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HarryBalzack4 months
No matter what they do, that game will always be "the old SWC/Big12 rivalry game."
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CDawson4 months
It’s not better than LSU vs Bama either.
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TailbackU4 months
They lost all credibility when they changed it from the Red River Shootout to the “Showdown” (Gheeeey) to the “Rivalry”. Real rivalries don’t succumb to the mob.
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TerryDawg034 months
Even if they still called it the Red River Shootout, it wouldn't come close.
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LunkerDawg4 months
HORNS DOWN.
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ColoradoElkHerd4 months
For this season Aggies vs. longhorns is biggest game due to 12 year hiatus. Not biggest game every year but fully expect by game week it will cost $1000 to buy a ticket.
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ImBatman4 months
I hate all four of those teams.
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genuineLSUtiger4 months
I don’t think that the RRR can surpass the Iron Bowl.
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Flashback4 months
I don't give a shite either way
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hogminer4 months
Stop it
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Timeoday4 months
The quality of the athletic performances of the players from OU or UT is just not the equivalent of an LSU or Alabama player.
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BabyTac4 months
UT is about to own LSU for several years
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chadr074 months
I’m sure UT thinks they are going to own the whole SEC until yall get hit in the mouth. Y’all aren’t doing shite in this conference. Hell y’all rarely ever won the little 12 conference lololol
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ImBatman4 months
Dude, you are funny and stupid at the same time.
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ClaimToFame4 months
The Egg Bowl is the biggest SEC rivalry.
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Chad4Bama4 months
LOL...uh, no.
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TouchdownTony4 months
No way. The Iron Bowl isn't the best rivalry in the SEC its the best in the country. It's one game where you can "literally" throw out the records.
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Sleptaway4 months
Iron Bowl isn't top in the country. It probably is in your neck of the woods though.
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ImBatman4 months
And his neck of the woods is at his brothers house on a date with his brother.
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ForeverGator4 months
Florida-Georgia is better than all of these.
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KennabraTiger4 months
No it isn’t
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TerryDawg034 months
Not even close.
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TailbackU4 months
Bruh…
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tide064 months
There’s no way a game that kicks off at 11am will ever get as intense as a similar game at 6-7pm.

I’ve been to UM-OSU at noon and you simply don’t end up with the same atmosphere even with similar stakes because the tension doesn’t have a chance to build all day and the crowd doesn’t get a chance to tailgate and drink meaning they don’t get nearly as loud.

There is a huge difference between a noon kick, a 330 kick and a 6pm kick and it’s apparent to anyone who has been to lots of big games.
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DoubleDown4 months
Alabama vs. LSU, Alabama vs. Tenn and Alabama vs. Auburn are all better than Texas/OU. frick these newcomers. Get bent and know your role.
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BobABooey4 months
Alabama/LSU and Alabama/Tennessee don’t come near the Red River Rivalry. Not saying they aren’t heated rivalries but objectively not close.
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idlewatcher4 months
The RRR hasn't determined anything in several years. Ergo, no one cares about it.
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YMCA4 months
Those 2 may not come close when TX and OU were in their previous conference, but as an SEC rival, TX/OU is just the game being played that week in my opinion. It’ll still be big to fans of those 2 schools, but it’ll be a while before a majority of the SEC make it that way and it still won’t be at the top.
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