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With contemporary blood arriving within the SEC, CBS’ Will Backus believes the Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn has now been dethroned because the convention’s prime rivalry.
In his current soccer rivalry rankings, Backus argued that Texas and Oklahoma bringing the Crimson River Showdown to SEC Nation makes it the brand new must-watch sport down south.
“The pageantry. The custom. The stakes. The pure dislike for each other. The Crimson River Rivalry, née Shootout, checks just about each field you need in a university soccer blood feud,” Backus wrote.
“It additionally helps that the video games are aggressive,” he identified. “Neither crew has received greater than 4 consecutive installments since 2004, and eight of the final 10 Crimson River video games have been determined by a single rating.”
There is definitely no scarcity of unhealthy blood within the SEC, particularly on the subject of the Tigers and the Crimson Tide.
The 2 in-state foes cannot stand one another and successful the Iron Bowl means one college has bragging rights for the whole season.
The Egg Bowl (Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss), the “World’s Largest Out of doors Cocktail Occasion” (Florida vs. Georgia) and the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry (Auburn vs. Georgia) rounded out CBS’ prime 5.
With the Lonestar Showdown between Texas and Texas A&M narrowly lacking the reduce.
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