Who do you feel is our #1 rival

[#1fulmerite]

Some of you young whippersnappers don’t realize how impactful the SEC used to be nor, how large some of the SEC games loomed. Some of us oldies remanence how it was before Spurrier (1990) and Florida dominated.

Who do you feel is our primary rival in football?

 

[TAF]

Headspace when crossing the Gainesville Florida City limit!

 

[NighthawkVol]

It's Alabama and it's really not debatable.

Florida (and Georgia) became a rival in the 1990s due to the divisions being split and those programs being good at the time. But The Third Saturday in October has a rich history of well over 100 years.

 

[YankeeVol]

Bama.

 

[VolPack22]

I’m in my 30s so it’s Florida for me. I hate them all but Florida athletics make my skin crawl.

 

[VolFanNC09]

Bama in football, Kentucky in basketball and Vandy in baseball.

 

[1725gatorhater]

No question Bama!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

It's Alabama and it's really not debatable.

Florida (and Georgia) became a rival in the 1990s due to the divisions being split and those programs being good at the time. But The Third Saturday in October has a rich history of well over 100 years.

This. They were pretty much manufactured rivalries. They were distant rivals simply because they were in the conference and we played them in other sports but football we didn't play them all that much.

In the traditional sense Vandy and Kentucky are actually bigger rivals especially when you factor in basketball but football wise not so much because historically they suck and Vandy's fanbase has been dwindling a while. But they possibly might be on the uptick since they weren't awful in football this year and both basketball teams are better.

 

[zeppelin128]

It's Bama.

 

[Nicovfl8]

Kentucky should be on this list, they are an original.

 

[miket4god]

Kentucky should be on this list, they are an original.

Not in football.

 

[busper]

Some of you young whippersnappers don’t realize how impactful the SEC used to be nor, how large some of the SEC games loomed. Some of us oldies remanence how it was before Spurrier (1990) and Florida dominated.

Who do you feel is our primary rival in football?

I hate the bullpuppies more than anybody in sports period.

 

[hog88]

Bama and will always be Bama

 

[Savannahbayvol]

75 years ago in 1950 when i was 3 years old my parents took me to the Alabama game. Hated the MoFos every since.

 

[praxite33]

I hate the bullpuppies more than anybody in sports period.

This. It really is Bama.. But the uga rage I feel is different.

 

[goldvol]

It's definitely Bama. Living blocks from the Georgia line makes Vols fan in this area hate the dawgs a little extra, tho

 

[Volanta]

I voted floriduuuhhh but I literally hate every team thats not Tennessee. Im really starting to hate Texas. They got darling treatment thier first year, and I hate when folks call them "UT."

 

[Volanta]

It's definitely Bama. Living blocks from the Georgia line makes Vols fan in this area hate the dawgs a little extra, tho

I hate UGA so much that I cheer for GA Tech. Living in Atlanta is funny--- UT has a lot of allies here.

 

[DaddyChad]

Kentucky should be on this list, they are an original.

84-26. And most of those 26 weren’t in the last fifty years.

 

[Ernie McCracken]

For the tradition, history, and long run it's Bammer by far. However, with previous divisional play ( 30'ish years ) it's the gators!

Can I Just pick two HA...?

GBO

 

[Just a VolinTears]

It's Bama and it will always be Bama

 

[MAD]

Some of you young whippersnappers don’t realize how impactful the SEC used to be nor, how large some of the SEC games loomed. Some of us oldies remanence how it was before Spurrier (1990) and Florida dominated.

Who do you feel is our primary rival in football?

The intensity of our SEC rivals in baseball is like the third Saturday in October every weekend.

 

[sami]

Bama in football, Kentucky in basketball.

This. It was the same when I was here in the early '80's, and it really hasn't changed despite the Fulmer-Spurrier period where Florida was it. Hell, it's the only rivalry we've ever had with a specific date every year. In hoops it's never been anyone but Kentucky.

 

[Special Ed]

Our toughest opponent is often the game officials.

 

[sami]

The intensity of our SEC rivals in baseball is like the third Saturday in October every weekend.

True, and it's starting to become that way during the basketball conference schedule.