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August 1, 2007

DAILY AFFIRMATION: DAY 31

Hat tip to reader Joshua for today’s Daily Affirmation. In 31 days, we will all have to choose sides. Choose wisely, sailor.

Filed under: Blog Buddies, hope, stabbing=passion by Orson Swindle

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Chris says:

#41: Georgia fans would lead you to believe that, but I can assure you that if you meet anyone with any ties to Georgia Tech, they will harbor a festering hatred for all things associated with that Cow College to the east. The fact that’s it’s non-conference has tempered the significance somewhat, but the feeling is still the same.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:05 am
52

Jonathan says:

#20 I believe it is six in a row!

August 1st, 2007 at 10:07 am
53

Jonathan says:

#41 and #50

Ask Donnan what happens when you lose to the North Atlanta Trade School…

August 1st, 2007 at 10:11 am
54

Scalz1 says:

Where’s the UCF/Rollins banner ?

August 1st, 2007 at 10:12 am
55

Albino Tornado says:

Ah. The only reason Nebraska/Texas Pirate Academy is up there is because that’s the particular history of the proprietors.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:13 am
56

lawtool says:

“Forced” rivalry? At least we didn’t try to give our own stadium a nickname….welcome to the jungle, what a joke. By the way, Reggie Ball owns you.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:13 am
57

SunDawg says:

What happened to Alien vs. Predator?

AUgator is correct, Georgia’s SEC rivalry is with Florida, but alas, we haven’t been doing our part to keep it an actual rivalry. Georgia Teck is a proximity rivalry with the loser being forced to eat at a local Varsity for a week. Talk about colon cleansing.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:14 am
58

Raider Red says:

Good lord, people! Take a chill pill. It’s not just “#1 RIVALRY” flags, it’s “HOUSE DIVIDED” flags! My wife and I got a SMU/Tech flag from them last year. They do fine work.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:14 am
59

Chg says:

If we’re talking intensity and depth of emotion, Carolina-Clemson is just as deep as Alabama-Auburn. I’ve lived in Florida and Georgia, and the passion is not as inflamed nor as pervasive for the big in-state rivals there, but Alabama-Auburn is right up there.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:16 am
60

TIGERinATL says:

#50 – Good point, and I have encountered that.

But the trouble is that there are relatively very few with any real ties to GT and all the “rooters” are UGA fans. Mostly its old codgers who remember when Bobby Dodd was whipping ass who foster much hatred on either side.

Its just not one of those where an outsider says “these people are insane!” like the Iron Bowl, the Coke Orgy, Egg Bowl, UT/Bamer, AU/LSU.

I think most Atlantans transplanted from other SEC locales (and thus a third party perspective) would back me up on this. Perhaps Orson will chime in.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:16 am
61

WVUFan says:

#18 thats tough to answer. I always assumed that the “house divided” garbage referred to families who have spouses and/or children who went to the rival schools.

I know a ton of families who have members that went to WVU and VT, but sadly we do not play them anymore.

Same goes for WVU and Marshall, but they are only rivals in a MU fan’s mind. To WVU fans they are just a mid-major warm up game, i.e. “rivalry” implies a certain level of competition.

WVU’s biggest rival is and historically has been Pitt, but I do not know of any families where some members went to WVU and some went to Pitt.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:18 am
62

rjsplow says:

thanks for the thoughts, WVU fan…. i was always confused about who y’alls “proper” rival is, and it looks as though it comes down to what your definition of a rival really is…

August 1st, 2007 at 10:22 am
63

SunDawg says:

#51 – Festering is an appropriate adjective to describe the North Avenue Trade School populace. Thank you for that.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:22 am
64

Jmuthaf'nT says:

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

August 1st, 2007 at 10:23 am
65

Jmuthaf'nT says:

GimmeGimmeGimme

August 1st, 2007 at 10:23 am
66

cockengr says:

faded black sweat pants…..Did you own a pair of the parachute tiger stripe pants that your pansy ass coaching staff used to wear, circa early 90s? Hey, fuck clemson and fuck your rock and fuck your purple people eater uniforms. The only thing that could be better than the time that guy broke his leg running down the hill would be if TWO of your players broke their legs running down the hill. Or one player broke both legs. and an arm.

How about that for hate.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:42 am
67

PeterPumpkinhead says:

You’ll notice there’s not LSU/BAMA flag… yeah, those houses all got divorced back in February… Saban didn’t have time for that shit.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:59 am
68

Rob says:

I’ll second all the Nebraska/Texas Tech comments… with the added note that the two schools aren’t even playing each other this year, barring a bizarre series of occurences that knocks both Texas and Oklahoma out of the race for the Big 12 south and puts Tech in the driver’s seat.

August 1st, 2007 at 10:59 am
69

PJ from NU in SF says:

Craig #47 -

Ah, but that’s not the half of it. You can get Grand Valley, but not Saginaw Valley. No Northwestern, no Louisville, either. It’ll be a while before they get a dime from me. You’d think they’d get the major conferences fleshed out, before they went bottom feeding with the likes of Ferris State.

August 1st, 2007 at 11:01 am
70

CouchBurnin'Girl says:

rjsplow – for “house divided” purposes, I say Marshall. But for just plain old rivalry purposes, I would say Pitt.

Of course Pitt fans will say Penn State… so it’s all relative.

August 1st, 2007 at 11:44 am
71

sjs1959 says:

Yeah, what about (SCHOOL REDACTED)/Northwestern?

Memphis/Southern Mississippi?

August 1st, 2007 at 11:49 am
72

I've Got a Herd on says:

The weirdest “House Divided” license plate I’ve seen is East Carolina/Nebraska. Have they even ever played in anything?

August 1st, 2007 at 11:55 am
73

Brian says:

#58 Wow, another SMU/GT group, never woulda’ thought Id see it. My sister goes there now.

August 1st, 2007 at 12:47 pm
74

Brian says:

hah oops, fuck me, The only real tech in my book is Ga Tech. Red Raider handle. duuuuuuh.

August 1st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
75

oldballsack says:

#66 – Thanks for the kind words. 100+ years of frustration and underachievement lends itself to a lot of pent up anger, huh? At least you won’t be accused of false advertising when you wear that “Cock” hat. Congratulations on another preseason national championship and your pending 4th place finish in the SEC East!

August 1st, 2007 at 12:48 pm
76

Boston Frog says:

No BC? I was considering a TCU-BC for the fiance as a bit of a wedding gift… On second thought, it’s probably better that there is no BC flag.

August 1st, 2007 at 1:33 pm
77

Boston Frog says:

fiancee

dammit

August 1st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
78

CFB Authority says:

I would bet 1,000 Shrutebucks that Swindle didn’t make the house divided collage.

August 1st, 2007 at 1:45 pm
79

robert says:

Clemson is a Southern school that plays Zombie Nation during games. That’s enough shame to spread around, and I didn’t even get to orange overalls. Even Vol fans have enough sense not to wear those.

August 1st, 2007 at 1:55 pm
80

ctgarric says:

Where’s South Carolina/Clemson. Orson, I know you spend time on message boards while pretending to work in these InterWebs. You know how rediculous it can get.

August 1st, 2007 at 1:56 pm
81

dave says:

Nobody willing to bring up the greatest named rivalry starting last year ever…?

The “Friends of Coal Bowl” with West Virginia and Marshall. Destined to have every game shown on ESPN Classic leading up to the game that week…

August 1st, 2007 at 2:08 pm
82

DawgNaton says:

georgia yech is not good enough to be rival of us DAWGS. There team has been owned by us forever n ever. Loved Reggie Ball!! My hero cuz MVP! QB cant count so dumb we cheered him. Next year the same thing come. End of game will see finl score yech 0 DAWGS 999 – to bad for yech ha ha. Yech fan love tickle piles n are nerds! Everybody in GA laughs yech.

August 1st, 2007 at 2:31 pm
83

A.G. says:

#53…

It is the North Avenue Trade School…

Considering North Atlanta would be above Buckhead…

The address is 225 North Avenue…Grant Field is 193 North Avenue..

August 1st, 2007 at 2:59 pm
84

Josh says:

I made this and sent it in.. I just pulled some flags off of http://www.housedividedflags.com/. I used what they had. Obviously there are better rivals than those pictured but the spirit is there…

August 1st, 2007 at 3:20 pm
85

lawtool says:

#82…yes I do want fries with that.

August 1st, 2007 at 3:22 pm
86

Kelly Williams says:

#20 TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!

August 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pm
87

Big Ten Joe says:

69 & 71:

Actually, I have seen Northwestern/Illinois, Northwestern/Minnesota (and, I think, Northwestern/Michigan and Northwestern/Notre Dame) ‘A House Divided’ flags at The Locker Room in Evanston the last couple of autumns. I’m surprised they’re not on the list–maybe NU said ‘no’ on the licensing going forward, but I’m not sure why they would’ve done that.

August 1st, 2007 at 5:48 pm
88

Big Ten Joe says:

Re: 87

So sorry, it wasn’t The Locker Room, it was Let’s Tailgate (just down Central Street from Dyche-Stadium-I-Mean-Ryan-Field and The Locker Room), which runs Northwestern’s official online store. I bet they have an exclusive license.

See NU Flags and Pennants for the Northwestern “divided” flags.

August 1st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
89

WVUFan says:

Guarantee #81 is a MU fan. See my #61 post. Not only does she fail to notice that at least 2 previous posts mentioned WVU/MU, she also wants you to believe that a series that began with a 42-10 shellacking of MU is a rivalry.

August 1st, 2007 at 6:33 pm
90

PW says:

War Damn Hawk?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hawk_eating_prey.jpg

August 1st, 2007 at 8:18 pm
91

eric y says:

UK v. KSU! “Jay Whitlow” and I will be there to see the JAYHawks rule over Willie the Wildcat! “Jay Whitlow” is always for the JAYHAWKS! Sammie, we ill see you at the game October 6 in Manhattan (Manhattan, Kansas, you idiot).
eric y
jay whitlow

August 1st, 2007 at 9:26 pm
92

Nate (ltdomer98) says:

PW: “I iz fuckt”

August 1st, 2007 at 9:41 pm
93

cockengr says:

75, dems was jokes. I don’t actually wish bodily harm on your players. And thats “cock” visor, now, turd burgler.

August 2nd, 2007 at 9:36 am
94

MBH says:

#18:

The WVU – Pitt Backyard Brawl has always been a great rivalry, but often of little importance and gaining only marginal national coverage.

The WVU – Va Tech rivalry, for the “Black Diamond Trophy”, has been a bit more important and harsher (esp. with unruly fans) over the past decade, and usually had post-season implications (recall the 2003 game – WVU 28, refs 7 – when Va Tech was ranked 3rd).

Now, with Va Tech in the ACC, the WVU – Louisville rivalry is picking up. Both programs are solid, and the game has the potential to have national championship implications. If I recall correctly, last year’s game was the second most watched college game in ESPN history (behind the previous year’s FSU-Miami game). This year will likely have a similar draw. The WVU – Pitt game, on the other hand, will merely be an ego booster for Mountaineer fans, and Heisman footage for Steve Slaton.

August 2nd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
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iceman says:

Pitt-WVU is more important to people in northern wv who tend to think of Pittsburgh as being the closest big city. In southern or eastern wv, people don’t really hate Pitt or anything, they are just kind of an irrelevant school with no fanbase. VT-WVU was much better and more heated.

August 2nd, 2007 at 2:55 pm
96

dave says:

#89…

She? I thought my name would give my gender away a little more clear than I gave West Virginia credit for…

I was also poo-pooing on your “rivalry” with Marshall. That’s like calling the Ohio State v. Akron game this year an in-state rivalry…

August 2nd, 2007 at 3:06 pm
97

Ed says:

#40 The Peanut Patch in Courtland, VA carries a UVA/vt flag for way less than $65.00–a neighbor has one. Another good use might be for different undergrad/grad/professional attendees.

August 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 am
98

Mudder says:

#5, you were in the same state for a long time, then this whole war thing between the states broke out and divided your house. I think its perfectly fitting.

August 3rd, 2007 at 1:30 pm
99

amicus says:

60,

Seriously, being a transplant doesn’t give you street cred to judge a rivalry. Move to Jackson, Miss and you won’t give two sh_ts about their rivalry either. A transplant says that UGAy v Ga Yech is not a rivalry. Oh the irony. You are the reason traffic sucks and old Atlanta now means “I moved her before the Olympics.”
Wait, why would anyone move to Jackson/

August 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
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amicus says:

60,

Seriously, being a transplant doesn’t give you street cred to judge a rivalry. Move to Jackson, Miss and you won’t give two sh_ts about their rivalry either. A transplant says that UGAy v Ga Yech is not a rivalry. Oh the irony. You are the reason traffic sucks and old Atlanta now means “I moved her before the Olympics.”
Wait, why would anyone move to Jackson?

August 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm