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Title: Tennessee series still matters (Cecil Hurt) Post by: pmull on October 15, 2012, 10:32:54 AM Quote Over the summer, as the alignment of the newly-expanded SEC was being debated, the University of Alabama's athletic administration fought fiercely to preserve its annual rivalry with Tennessee. It would be easy for a cynic to look at this weekend's game, which Alabama enters as an 18-point favorite, and observe that it is easy to see why. But it's not really about recent history of the notoriously streaky series. Nick Saban has beaten the Volunteers in each of his first five seasons, with only one close call. Setting aside the intra state rivalry with Auburn, most Alabama fans of recent vintage would regard Alabama-LSU as a far more significant series. Even Alabama-Florida, not an annual event, carries more resonance with fans (and with the two teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the first BCS poll of 2012, fans of both teams would love to see a renewal in Atlanta.) There are still plenty of Alabama fans, though, who cherish the Tennessee series for many historical reasons. For years, the two teams dominated the SEC. At Alabama, there was a Tennessee rivalry for a long stretch of years when Auburn wasn't even on the schedule. http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1422445 Title: Re: Tennessee series still matters (Cecil Hurt) Post by: pmull on October 15, 2012, 10:39:01 AM These is a tremendous amount of history between Alabama and Tennessee. These two teams made southern football and the SEC what it is today. When I was young Tennessee was the most important game on the schedule. More important than Auburn. I am glad both schools fought hard during conference expansion to make sure they will continue to play every year.
Title: Re: Tennessee series still matters (Cecil Hurt) Post by: XBAMA on October 15, 2012, 06:54:39 PM the Tenn. game to me has always been bigger than the barn
there is nothing like the Iron Bowl but lets be real for as long as I can remember the Viles game was the most important broken bones , smoking cigars , snitches the list is very long as to why ... BEAT THE VOLS !!!! Title: Re: Tennessee series still matters (Cecil Hurt) Post by: bama87 on October 15, 2012, 07:55:24 PM Please beat UT!!!!
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