War on I-4 is on!

[Rocky Style]

43 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

Close, but going up 4-0 when we were in a BCS conference and they weren't didn't really constitute a rivalry.  That's like saying we're rivals with UF and FSU.  It's a rivalry now only because we're on an equal playing field in the same conference, which certainly isn't by our design, but can be best summed by, "it is what it is."  

I like that for a rivalry series: The worlds largest backyard it is what it is game.

[ambienknights]

15 hours ago, George Jenkins said:

Technically SR 582 and SR 434.

I prefer the battle of the 28th Parallel, you know, just to avoid any confusion. 

I'm a 417 elitist 

 

Way less stressful drive than 408 to I4

 

[ArmyBull]

3 hours ago, GaUSFBull said:

Close, but going up 4-0 when we were in a BCS conference and they weren't didn't really constitute a rivalry.  That's like saying we're rivals with UF and FSU.  It's a rivalry now only because we're on an equal playing field in the same conference, which certainly isn't by our design, but can be best summed by, "it is what it is."  

I know the conversation is "old hat" but regardless of conference affiliation, I have always hated them.  I wanted to hate UF, FSU, and Miami, but I never really did, despite my best attempts and I am sure their fans feel the same.  I did not have to try to hate Ucf, it is just a thing.  Even with FSU coming to town, you don't hear about animosity or other rivalry-ish words.

[Brad]

Rivalry does not equal hate.  

[ArmyBull]

3 minutes ago, Brad said:

Rivalry does not equal hate.  

Would you prefer I use a softer tone?  Dislike perhaps? 

[Triple B]

2 minutes ago, Brad said:

Rivalry does not equal hate.  

A concept still not grasped by some. If it did, I'd have been pushing the War on I-75 for decades..

[pascobull]

19 hours ago, Bullinchinashop said:

UcF is our little brother.

I like to think of them as an ugly sister.

[Brad]

1 hour ago, ArmyBull said:

Would you prefer I use a softer tone?  Dislike perhaps? 

 

I coached for YEARS against a "rival" team, but had the utmost respect for the team and their coach.  I don't think dislike was ever a part of the rivalry.  Now, some believe you have to dislike for it to be a rivalry.  My experience was it consisted more of a history of playing competitive games against each other. I guess in absence of that, dislike suffices.  

 

[GaUSFBull]

2 hours ago, ArmyBull said:

Would you prefer I use a softer tone?  Dislike perhaps? 

I think it would be better put "hate does not equal rivalry."  

I hate Miami, but we're not rivals.  

UCF has always been on our jock ever since we got selected for the BE and they didn't.  They've slashed tires, threatened our QB, etc. and that's why most of us hate them - pretty much because most of their fans are pure trash.  Not because we had some rivalry back then.  

[ArmyBull]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

 

I coached for YEARS against a "rival" team, but had the utmost respect for the team and their coach.  I don't think dislike was ever a part of the rivalry.  Now, some believe you have to dislike for it to be a rivalry.  My experience was it consisted more of a history of playing competitive games against each other. I guess in absence of that, dislike suffices.  

 

I wonder what the result would be if you polled 100 Alabama and Auburn fans and asked them to choose which word, respect or hate, would best describe their feelings toward each other.  I doubt very much that many would choose respect over hate.