Can new rivalries be made

[u/KosmoKanyon]

Georgia and Alabama have had some crazy games over the past 20 years or so. We've had some of the craziest games. They had our fucking number but we're finally turning the tide on them(no pun intended lol) We won our first national championship in 40 years against a team that shut our shit down time and time again.

Yet people keep telling me this is not a true rivalry. But it's the team and game I look forward to the most now fuck florida. So I want other people's opinion, is this not the biggest rivalry in the SEC at this point or what

[u/hotsauce126]

No. We have three rivals and it doesn’t change

[u/KosmoKanyon → u/hotsauce126]

Florida Auburn and Tech?

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/KosmoKanyon]

Clarke County PD?

[u/ImmNottCurious → u/Artvandelay29]

Can't be rivals if the score is so lopsided

[u/Artvandelay29 → u/ImmNottCurious]

Very true

[u/randomthrowaway9796 → u/KosmoKanyon]

Yes. You could also make arguments for Tennessee, Clemson, and South Carolina being rivals, but theyre all significantly weaker arguments than the main 3. Then Bama and Texas are the modern epic SEC matchups, but not rivals with Georgia.

[u/AndrewMcIlroy → u/randomthrowaway9796]

Yea South Carolina considers us a big rival. Clemson was huge but was lost. I'd really say Tennessee isnt one.

For me Clemson and USC make the cut.

[u/randomthrowaway9796 → u/AndrewMcIlroy]

The issue with South Carolina is that they really dont have a lot of history with most SEC teams, so you throw in geography and a few big upsets over the years, and thats how a rivalry is born.

Clemson 100% is a lost rivalry. The fact that we didnt once play them during their late 2010s peak is asinine. And now with the 9 conference game schedule, 4 games with them have been canceled, and idk when we'll encounter them next. Very unfortunate, they are literally the closest P4 school to Athens.

Tennessee feels like a rivalry. That game last year was one of my favorites from college. They've been a big team that we've played a ton through the SEC east days. Im a younger fan, so maybe I'm just not aware of the lack of history with them.

[u/HBTFD1785 → u/randomthrowaway9796]

SC makes up for it with 11 years of Hatin' Ass Spurrier as their coach.

As a Braves fan, SC reminds me of the Washington Nationals. Despite being in the same division as us, I didn't ever truly hate them. I just indirectly hated them through my hate for Harper/Spurrier. After those people were gone, I was cool with them again.

[u/dfsmitty0711 → u/KosmoKanyon]

Wasn't Clemson considered a rival back in the day?

[u/Schmenza → u/dfsmitty0711]

Clemson Georgia should be a yearly thing with how close they are

[u/thor_1225 → u/Schmenza]

And all the natty battles in the 80s and all close

[u/redneckswearorange → u/dfsmitty0711]

Prior to going to divisions in 1992 Clemson and UGA played a ton due to the proximity. Outside of Ga Tech, they are our closest p4 school and there’s a book about the history of the rivalry called “fighting like cats and dogs.”

At 1992, we had played Clemson more than we had played

Tennessee
South Carolina
Ole Miss
Miss State
LSU

[u/Dr_Lizardo11 → u/dfsmitty0711]

Clemson was a big rival back when I was there (early 80s)

[u/Late-Application-47 → u/dfsmitty0711]

It wasn't even that long ago that UGA v Clemson was a fairly frequent early season game; I recall it being played several times during the Richt era.

Historically, Clemson and Auburn are rivals of both UGA and Tech. Should we combine our hate against them...🤔

Sorry for even entertaining that blasphemy. It is tradition that we take a yearly rivalry-week beating out of pure spite with a side of self-masochism, celebrating our once-per decade victory (the two victories from the 2010s will cover us for this pathetic decade). 😂

On our side, I'd like to see one of our historic SEC rivalries renewed. To me, Vanderbilt is the obvious choice; the location is good fit, the series has a trophy attached to it, and, unless things change for either program, it would be a consistently competitive game.

[u/RighteousBiscuit → u/KosmoKanyon]

A non-biased officiating crew?

[u/KosmoKanyon → u/RighteousBiscuit]

What would bama know about that lol

[u/RighteousBiscuit → u/KosmoKanyon]

Last week told me all I need to know about who Hoover loves now

[u/southernflatlander → u/RighteousBiscuit]

A full week later and you're still whining lmao

[u/RighteousBiscuit → u/southernflatlander]

A full week later and an admission from your own player and UGA still pretends they won a legitimate game last weekend