I guess SMU needs to be our rival since we seen to be stuck with each other

(01-11-2022 11:48 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 11:33 AM)memtigbb Wrote:  In my opinion, for there to be a rivalry BOTH schools have to consider it a rivalry. I know there are some schools we consider to be our rivals and other schools that consider us rivals (Ark St for instance) but are there any that we both agree we are rivals?

Agree.

That is why Tennessee is interesting.

Their three biggest rivals Bama, Florida, Georgia all have other teams they hate worse.

Bama has Auburn.

Georgia has Florida, Tech, and actually maybe Clemson as much as they've played.

Florida has LSU, Georgia, and FSU.

I guess UK wants UTk as their rival in FB, but UTk is reluctant to embrace that.


Memphis is the same in that we want to punch up for our rivals (OM, Ville, UTk) but we laugh at the schools who want to punch up to us (Arky State, UAB)

good point.

(01-11-2022 02:56 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:35 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  How many rivalries are there where both teams consider themselves rivals.

Maybe 20 ? Depends on which sport. Bama/Auburn , Ohio St/ Michigan, Army/Navy, Texas/OU, USC/UCLA maybe? I guess most of the U vs State rivalries like Ole Miss / State. But not many more. Is USC / Notre Dame a rivalry now ?

Duke and the Tarheels?

(01-11-2022 04:19 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 03:55 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  The survey is about basketball, for starters. So think in those terms. (IMO this matters. I don't consider Old Miss a bb rival but I do in fb. With Cincy, I'm the other way around.)

Pre-conference realignment, there were a lot of 2-sided rivalries around. And Memphis-Lville was one of the best. We mutually hated each other.

Basketball was Louisville, Cincinnati and for a few years Arkansas. I said was

Those were some awesome games.

(01-11-2022 06:27 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 05:41 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:56 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:35 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  How many rivalries are there where both teams consider themselves rivals.

Maybe 20 ? Depends on which sport. Bama/Auburn , Ohio St/ Michigan, Army/Navy, Texas/OU, USC/UCLA maybe? I guess most of the U vs State rivalries like Ole Miss / State. But not many more. Is USC / Notre Dame a rivalry now ?

Agreed...There really aren't that many.

Duke\UNC

But does UT really consider us a rival in football.

UT doesn’t consider us a rival in anything

So they say.
Yet when we played at their place in basketball 2 years ago, we were the only hard sellout they had all season.
I don't know if they've had one since then.

(01-11-2022 09:42 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 06:27 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 05:41 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:56 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:35 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  How many rivalries are there where both teams consider themselves rivals.

Maybe 20 ? Depends on which sport. Bama/Auburn , Ohio St/ Michigan, Army/Navy, Texas/OU, USC/UCLA maybe? I guess most of the U vs State rivalries like Ole Miss / State. But not many more. Is USC / Notre Dame a rivalry now ?

Agreed...There really aren't that many.

Duke\UNC

But does UT really consider us a rival in football.

UT doesn’t consider us a rival in anything

So they say.
Yet when we played at their place in basketball 2 years ago, we were the only hard sellout they had all season.
I don't know if they've had one since then.

UT thinks Kentucky is their basketball rival. Kentucky thinks UT is their football rivals. Both are one sided

(01-12-2022 08:40 AM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 09:42 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 06:27 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 05:41 PM)macgar32 Wrote:  

(01-11-2022 02:56 PM)Eagleonpar Wrote:  Maybe 20 ? Depends on which sport. Bama/Auburn , Ohio St/ Michigan, Army/Navy, Texas/OU, USC/UCLA maybe? I guess most of the U vs State rivalries like Ole Miss / State. But not many more. Is USC / Notre Dame a rivalry now ?

Agreed...There really aren't that many.

Duke\UNC

But does UT really consider us a rival in football.

UT doesn’t consider us a rival in anything

So they say.
Yet when we played at their place in basketball 2 years ago, we were the only hard sellout they had all season.
I don't know if they've had one since then.

UT thinks Kentucky is their basketball rival. Kentucky thinks UT is their football rivals. Both are one sided

Yet I believe they set a home attendance record when we played there in 2019.
If UK fans were completing this survey, they would put 95% on Louisville. The other 5% would be random - including UTK, UNC, Dook.