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Unbalanced sports rivalries/series

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Blitz, Nov 5, 2009.

  1. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    Mississippi State is the one women's team in the Southeast Conference that's never beaten Tennessee.
    And yes, Steak, the Ole Miss has dominated series with the MSU women 60-15 all-time, although it's like 11-9 in favor of MSU in the last 20 matchups.
    The 70s, 80s and 90s weren't good for MSU when it came time to play Ole Miss.
     
  2. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    Texas and Texas A&M football -- UT leads the all time series 74-36-5
     
  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Flacco never played for Wannstedt at Pitt. He transferred before the start of the 2005 season, Wannstedt's first. He did sit behind Palko in 2004, but that was with Walt Harris as coach.

    By the way, Palko was a second-team All-Big-East selection in 2004. He threw for 3,067 yards, 24 touchdowns and seven interceptions. So it's not like it was obvious that Wannstedt should have handed the job to Flacco, who hadn't really shown much of anything at Pitt.

    Pitt-Penn State was a great rivalry for a long time. Paterno didn't end it because he thought doing so was right for his program. He did it out of vindictiveness because Pitt dared not follow his lead.

    Penn State has a huge following in Pittsburgh. Both programs recruit heavily in the same territory. But now both programs lose out because of one bitter old man.
     
  4. D-3 Fan

    D-3 Fan Well-Known Member

    5 of the last 7.

    Iowa owned Iowa State for 15 straight years and they owned Northwestern for about that long as well until 2000.
     
  5. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    Navy at Notre Dame in football.
     
  6. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Trying to recall the last time the Browns and Bengals contested anything meaningful.
     
  7. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Two years ago? Didn't the Bengals keep the Browns out of the playoffs in week 15?

    And don't we love it?
     
  8. Hammer Pants

    Hammer Pants Active Member

    Tennessee is 72-23-9 against Kentucky, 70-27-5 against Vanderbilt, 20-6-3 against LSU, 22-4 against South Carolina and 13-3 against Arkansas.

    Pretty staggering numbers.
     
  9. Hammer Pants

    Hammer Pants Active Member

    And come on, guys and gals, four pages on this thread and not one reference to the SEC versus Ohio State in football?

    Shame on all y'all.
     
  10. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Yeah Palko was a good college QB. Flacco was better and anyone who watched knew he had a stronger arm and more raw talent. If you're a good coach you can develop that.
    I'm not sure how Penn State loses out by not playing Pitt. By not playing Penn State, Pitt gets to lose to teams like NC State.
     
  11. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Then you just don't understand what Pitt-Penn State brought to the table. Natural rival with strong local ties. But the old crank just can't swallow his pride. Honestly, I'm not a passionate enough college football fan to really care about Pitt losing the game. I just think it is ridiculous that Paterno keeps fucking it up.

    Regarding Flacco, potential is nice, but you don't take over a program with a quarterback who just had the year Palko did and just hand the job to his backup. Sorry, that is just a ridiculous assertion and Flacco's success on the next level doesn't change that.
     
  12. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    maybe you don't just hand it to him, but you don't piss on him and make him think he has no chance. of course wannstedt has a lot of bowl wins with Pitt and was an offensive guru with the Dolphins so he would know.

    http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/011709/spo_378222297.shtml
     
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