# I just knew the Tigers would win **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 14, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392 "2020-01-14T06:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/1 "2020-01-14T06:44:14Z")
I had a feeling that no matter what, the Tigers were going to win the NCAA football championship game, and I was right! ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/2 "2020-01-14T07:41:35Z")
Aw, crap! I was really rooting for the Tigers! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/3 "2020-01-14T12:19:44Z")
For that matter, I was equally certain the Tigers would lose. Called it! (Thinking about this last night, I realized that just under half - 42% - of SEC teams are either “Tigers” or “Bulldogs”. Weird.) ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/4 "2020-01-14T13:40:36Z")
I think it’s closer to 36%. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/5 "2020-01-14T15:10:42Z")
The Tigers didn’t have a shot this season. There were too many better teams. Heck, they couldn’t even win the Outback Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/6 "2020-01-14T15:45:21Z")
How many leagues or conferences have teams with the same names/nicknames that play each other? Certainly it can happen in college but how about the pros? I know for a time the CFL had two teams called the Roughriders although I think they were spelled differently. MLB has the Red Sox/White Sox and the Red Soxs/Reds. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/7 "2020-01-14T19:53:54Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > How many leagues or conferences have teams with the same names/nicknames that play each other? Certainly it can happen in college but how about the pros? I know for a time the CFL had two teams called the Roughriders although I think they were spelled differently. MLB has the Red Sox/White Sox and the Red Soxs/Reds. When the ABA merged into the NBA, the Denver Rockets had to change their name to Nuggets. It would be too confusing, especially in the NFL as a lot of sports betting refers to the teams by their nicknames in order to differentiate them from college teams (e.g. “Miami” could refer to the Dolphins and the Hurricanes, so usually “Miami” refers to the college, and the NFL team is called “Dolphins”). ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/8 "2020-01-14T20:07:27Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I had a feeling that no matter what, the Tigers were going to win the NCAA football championship game, and I was right! I’m an Aggie, and having watched my team play both Clemson and LSU, I had no doubt about the eventual outcome. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/9 "2020-01-14T20:09:20Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > How many leagues or conferences have teams with the same names/nicknames that play each other? Certainly it can happen in college but how about the pros? I know for a time the CFL had two teams called the Roughriders although I think they were spelled differently. MLB has the Red Sox/White Sox and the Red Soxs/Reds. The SEC West has the Auburn Tigers and the LSU Tigers who play each other every year in every sport. Pretty sure the pro leagues prohibit identical names. And actually more confusingly, that division of the SEC has Texas A&M and Mississippi State who have the same exact uniform colors. They often resort to having special alternate uniforms for that game to reduce confusion. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/10 "2020-01-14T20:27:50Z")
When the Missouri Tigers host South Carolina (or vice-versa) the game’s always in Columbia! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/11 "2020-01-14T21:18:37Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I think it’s closer to 36%. Tigers: Louisiana State, Auburn, Missouri. Bulldogs: Georgia, Mississippi State. 5 out of 12 is 41.666…% ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/12 "2020-01-14T21:29:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Tigers: Louisiana State, Auburn, Missouri. > > Bulldogs: Georgia, Mississippi State. > > 5 out of 12 is 41.666…% Yes but the SEC doesn’t have 12 teams. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/13 "2020-01-14T21:40:11Z")
In the 2017 Music City bowl, I totally called it that the Wildcats would win. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/14 "2020-01-14T21:45:54Z")
I predicted that the championship trophy would wind up in Death Valley. So there! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-knew-the-tigers-would-win/846392/15 "2020-01-14T22:17:15Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > Yes but the SEC doesn’t have 12 teams. Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Louisiana State… …and Texas A&M and Arkansas. You’re right. Totally forgot about the Aggies and the Hawgs. :smack: