Truth. :cool2:Their attachment to him was entirely different from the attachment Bama fans have to him... If they had coaches like Thomas, Wade, Bryant and the like in their past, it would be different,but they don't. As I pointed out earlier, I've never heard a Bama fan call him "Nick." They thought they owned a piece of him. They didn't. The difference is that we realize no one does...
(shruggs) Maybe ... but I still feel like we own them for the most part. The fact that they really really hate us when most of us don't hate them helps me to come to that conclusion.How could you not consider LSU our biggest rival after these past few years. This matchup has turned into the elite football game unrivaled by any other.
Because rivalries have history. This Bama-LSU dance has a long way to go to attain rivalry status.How could you not consider LSU our biggest rival after these past few years. This matchup has turned into the elite football game unrivaled by any other.
A very good point. Until CNS arrived at LSU, there was not a whole lot to it. We go to BR, drink their beer :cool2:, dance with their girls :cool2: and take home the W :BigA:. Which we still do quite a bit of. :biggrin:Because rivalries have history. This Bama-LSU dance has a long way to go to attain rivalry status.
Let me disabuse you.Because rivalries have history. This Bama-LSU dance has a long way to go to attain rivalry status.
I've always thought LSU fans look at Coach Saban like a lover who jilted them.Their attachment to him was entirely different from the attachment Bama fans have to him. Saban would probably be the first to acknowledge it. If they had coaches like Thomas, Wade, Bryant and the like in their past, it would be different,but they don't. As I pointed out earlier, I've never heard a Bama fan call him "Nick." They thought they owned a piece of him. They didn't. The difference is that we realize no one does...
To an extent but normally the UT game was the one televised other than a couple of times with LSU when Bert Jones was QB'ing the Bengal Tigers. A couple of years later an LSU game with Charles Alexander who was honored Saturday night was televised as well.Let me disabuse you.
For those of us that remember the Coach Bryant years we consider LSU a rivalry. Bryant vs McClendon
LSU vs Bama was a big series in the early 1970s when both teams were ranked near the top of the polls for several years. LSU had future all-pro Burt Jones at QB and the games determined the winner of the SEC and right to play for a National Title. It was one of the few games that would be televised nationally. I lived in Boston from 1971-1973 and it was the Bama game that was televised nationally each year. The game made the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1972.
I am glad to see it regaining its status of rivalry game for the entire nation.
I agree, but the last few years have added to this game's history. If it continues, and Auburn along with Tennessee stay as uncompetitive as LSU was for so long, I can see it growing into what you are talking about.Because rivalries have history. This Bama-LSU dance has a long way to go to attain rivalry status.