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With the addition of Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC this year, has the Iron Bowl taken a backseat as the conference's second best rivalry?
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Originally published on SECRant.com
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DoubleDown4 months
Alabama vs. LSU, Alabama vs. Tenn and Alabama vs. Auburn are all better than Texas/OU. frick these newcomers. Get bent and know your role.
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BobABooey4 months
Alabama/LSU and Alabama/Tennessee don’t come near the Red River Rivalry. Not saying they aren’t heated rivalries but objectively not close.
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idlewatcher4 months
The RRR hasn't determined anything in several years. Ergo, no one cares about it.
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YMCA4 months
Those 2 may not come close when TX and OU were in their previous conference, but as an SEC rival, TX/OU is just the game being played that week in my opinion. It’ll still be big to fans of those 2 schools, but it’ll be a while before a majority of the SEC make it that way and it still won’t be at the top.
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jbird74 months
I turned on sec network Sunday night and it was nothing but a Texas suckfest (fittingly during pride month). I think Finebaum found his new school to suck up too. This whole thing doesn’t seem right and I’m finding it harder and harder each year to get excited about the upcoming season. Sad to see what CFB has become.
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Naked Bootleg4 months
Don't worry. With Texas, it's a vicious cycle. Go .500 last year? "Watch out for Texas, they'll be tough to beat!" Have a good season last year? "Texas is in my top 3, no question!" Over and over. Texas has a football culture problem but even after decades of failing to meet pre-season expectations, they're still a media darling leading up to 2 or 3 games into the season. Just ride it out.
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Thracken134 months
Chokelahoma has been that way as well. hell toss USC in also. no matter had bad a season they had, they are always highly touted the next year only to lose a game to a team that should be running out of the stadium.
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PuertoRicanBlaze4 months
Vandy and Ole Miss is a more interesting rivalry than that Big-12 horse shite.
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skrayper4 months
Alabama has three rivalries more interesting than Texas/OU.
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AirForceSooner4 months
??????
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theballguy4 months
It's no longer really the SEC anyways.
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SECdragonmaster4 months
Not a chance. Stupid question.
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tide064 months
There’s no way a game that kicks off at 11am will ever get as intense as a similar game at 6-7pm.

I’ve been to UM-OSU at noon and you simply don’t end up with the same atmosphere even with similar stakes because the tension doesn’t have a chance to build all day and the crowd doesn’t get a chance to tailgate and drink meaning they don’t get nearly as loud.

There is a huge difference between a noon kick, a 330 kick and a 6pm kick and it’s apparent to anyone who has been to lots of big games.
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LunkerDawg4 months
HORNS DOWN.
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NytroBud4 months
NO...Next question please
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TailbackU4 months
They lost all credibility when they changed it from the Red River Shootout to the “Showdown” (Gheeeey) to the “Rivalry”. Real rivalries don’t succumb to the mob.
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PetroBabich4 months
The SEC died
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SECSolomonGrundy4 months
Your father is gonna kill you, Larry.
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TerryDawg034 months
Even if they still called it the Red River Shootout, it wouldn't come close.
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genuineLSUtiger4 months
I don’t think that the RRR can surpass the Iron Bowl.
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Broadside Bob4 months
No.
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KingOfTheWorld4 months
What kind of stupid question is this? Pfffft.
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HarryBalzack4 months
Texas ain't shite, so how could they even be in consideration. Plus, they suck.
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P2K4 months
Auburn sucks worse
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HarryBalzack4 months
No matter what they do, that game will always be "the old SWC/Big12 rivalry game."
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Timeoday4 months
The quality of the athletic performances of the players from OU or UT is just not the equivalent of an LSU or Alabama player.
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BabyTac4 months
UT is about to own LSU for several years
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chadr074 months
I’m sure UT thinks they are going to own the whole SEC until yall get hit in the mouth. Y’all aren’t doing shite in this conference. Hell y’all rarely ever won the little 12 conference lololol
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ImBatman4 months
Dude, you are funny and stupid at the same time.
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Chad4Bama4 months
LOL...uh, no.
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Geaux Guy4 months
Their fans think it’s important. It’s been irrelevant for quite some time.
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