Woo Hoo - A rival we don’t always lose to 
Now here is an idea I think all the brits should get on board with. Instead of considering Germany, Argentina or the other really good teams as our main rivals, lets choose lesser teams like the Faroe Islands, Lichtenstien or Albania as our fiercest rivals then we can revel in victory every once in a while 
New Englander who is a hop, skip and a jump from the Big Apple.
Big Giants fan. Go Big Blue! The Giants have two main rivals:
Eagles: In any season, it’s a safe bet that the 2 meetings between Blue and Green will be some of the hardest hitting games all year. This rivalry is bolstered by the yearly MNF matchup between the two, which was sadly ditched this year in favor of the Tuna bowl. (Go Parcells! Just not against NY.)
49ers: Last year’s playoff debacle was, I would say, fair payback for us crushing their hopes at a threepeat in the late 80s. hehheh. “I hurt all over.” - Joe Montana These games are also usually hard hitting, but more often than not it’s only the Giants doling out the punishment. Just how I like it. 
I’m such a harcore Parcells fan that I still have secondary feelings for the 0-1 Jets. The Jets - Dolphins rivalry is superb. Hearing the Miami stands shouting “J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!” a couple years back was priceless. Only to be exceeded by the fact that those same hapless Dolphins were unable to sell out their home playoff game. How sad. This rivalry is also afforded the coveted yearly MNF status. Not sure about this year…tuna bowl may have usurped it as well.
All other sports are meaningless exhibition games.
Oh, I’m well aware of Florida’s past scandels and the Charlie Pell era. However, we’ve been clean in recent history. But most of the animosity directed toward Bama currently is because of their recent history of recruiting violations. And Travis Carroll was one of the first sources of evidence against Alabama after he transferred to UF.
I’m also well aware of Alabama’s past championships. I actually grew up a Bama fan, so I was always hearing about all that until I started at UF. It’s an impressive record. Twenty-one SEC championships is alot, even if you take away that '99 one (hey, we had to foreit one retroactively in 84,) but I hope the Gators start to work on catching up soon.
Huge wolverines fan, hate (OSU)[sup]999999999[/sup], MSU Penn State, Notre Damn[sup]3[/sup]. Hate the entire big 12 for their weak ass schedules.
Huge Red Wings fan, hate Blackhawks, Maple leafs, Avs[sup]4[/sup].
Big Dolphins fan, no real hatreds.
Decent Rockies fan, Hate Yankees[sup]3[/sup], Braves, Dodgers
Note: Team[sup]n[/sup] indicates hatred to the power of n
Beagle, you’ve always struck me as a reasonable fellow. And I won’t even hold it against you that you went to Florida; people have to go to the school that’ll let 'em in.
But really, to let a mere fillip of academic misfortune brainwash you into rooting against the Georgia Bulldogs is clearly the act of a desperate and deranged character. I recommend therapy.
Dang! I was going to post the Atlanta Beat, too! Maybe we should explain to the others that the WUSA is the Women’s United Soccer Association, the only fully-professional women’s soccer league in the world. Eight teams, all in the US but including up to four non-US players per team.
Atlanta, Boston, Carolina, New York, Philadelphia, San Jose, San Diego, Washington DC.
Rysler’s team is the always-classy Boston Breakers, who came out on top in the league this year after failing to make the playoffs in the WUSA’s first two seasons. Kristine Lilly (US), Maren Meinert (Germany), and Dagny Mellgren (Norway) make a formidable troika. My own team is the San Jose CyberRays, with local hero Brandi Chastain and the Brazilian trio of Sissi, Katia, and Pretinha, who won the initial Founder’s Cup in 2001 but just failed to make the playoffs in 2002 and 2003. Both of these teams are always fun to watch, play a classy game, and are worth rooting for.
The Atlanta Beat, however, are a team that I always want to see lose. Of course, Murphy’s Law thereby guarantees them the best record over the WUSA’s three seasons, having made the playoffs each year and the Founder’s Cup game twice. Boo hiss. But have they ever gone all the way and won? No.
[Nelson Muntz]
Ha! Ha!
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Ironically, if Nelson Muntz were a female soccer player, he’d be playing for the Atlanta Beat.
I’m amazed no Scots, Northern Irish or Welsh have been up in arms about this yet. Perhaps they are all still drunk and haven’t woken up yet.
Association Football:
National: Germany, Gernmany and Germany. And Scotland.
Local: Coventry City. Well, not actually local but the time I have supported ever since I grew up in the area. There are not really that many quality teams near Coventry and all of them have a club nearer to them that are their main rivals. Hence we dislike Aston Villa and Leicester City, but they really don’t give a crap about us.
Rugby Union:
National: Scotland, Wales, France and Ireland are probably the main ones due to the annual five nations (a few years ago upgradedto six with Italy) tournament, but England are more concerned with playing the big southern hemisphere teams these days (Australia, NZ and South Africa), although we have been quite happily beating them of late as well. It is good to have an national team for a sport that we care about that can actually play the game well. We have missed it.
Local: It has been a long, long time since I cared about club-level Rugby Union.
I grew up in the DC area as a college basketball and pro football fan mostly. In college basketball I was a fan of the Maryland Terrapins (this in the era of Lefty and Lenny. I still get sad thinking about how great Len Bias would have been. He was better than Jordan IMHO), so I hate all things Duke and Carolina. I still have an incredible aversion to the color “powder blue”.
Pro Football: I am a die-hard 'Skins fan. (This in the era of Theismann, the Hogs, etc…), so naturally the Cowboys are Public enemy Number One. The 'Skins could finish 2-14 and I’d be happy if both wins were against the Cowboys.
I am also an Orioles fan (though not as die-hard), so I don’t like the Pittsburgh Pirates (I was sad the Orioles didn’t win the series in '79), and of course the Yankees and Red Sox, though the Red Sox do get a bit of sympathy for persevering since 1918.
While in Germany I was a fan of FC Kaiserslautern and naturally hated Bayern Muenchen.
In international football I am a fan of Brazil and Holland and hate Germany (schizo, I know, but that’s the way it is), England and Argentina.
Here in the Netherlands I am a fan of PSV Eindhoven (heck, Romario and Ronaldo played there, and I got to meet them in person. Romario is a garden gnome by the way), and naturally hate Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam.
Why England? We have no rivalry with the Scandiwegians.
They grew up watching English football on TV (national TV shows 3pm Division One games on a Saturday, pay-TV shows 3pm Premiership games on a Saturday).
Most Swedish national team players play in England.
They are not happy with their national coach (and he is not happy either) and Swedes, in general, seem to want Svennis.
They can have him. He’s hugely overated.
I’v tried telling them that. They don’t believe me.
Beagle is quite the misnomer. The dude has the memory of an elephant, the tenacity of a bulldog, and the huge, gaping jaws of a …Crocodile? Is it to be the “Florida Crocks” now that that’s the animal on the cover of the Gator’s media guide? 
I don’t likje the way the SEC schedule ended the Auburn/Florida series. Auburn’s annual games with both Tennessee and Florida are now changed into occasional things, so that we can play Kentucky or South Carolina or some other team in the east that’s not a traditional game. Bummer, I say.
But Beagle, all’s not lost. I predict Florida and Auburn will play this year! In the SEC championship game in Atlanta, come December. See ya’ there!
Arkansas might sneak up and bite both of y’all in the ass.
In the immortal words of General Bullmoose: “Pigfeathers!”
As a Kent State University alum our biggest rival was Akron U, which is just over in the next county. It’s like watching two midgets fight to the death while using “Nerf” brand toy swords.
jackelope Well, I was reduced to rooting against the Bulldogs last year. Usually I root for the SEC schools that we’re not playing. After last week, I’m rooting against all the other SEC schools.
Which brings me to, John Carter of Mars. I’m not going to say anything about the obvious, except that USC is probably going to contend for the NC and it’s more exciting and ballsier to play an opening game like that rather than wasting a home game on a patsy.
As for the SEC Championship, that is my dream matchup: Auburn from the West against a resurgent young Crocodile team from Florida. It’s the Tigers/War Eagles/Plainsmen against the generic large carnivorous reptiles. Let’s say you’re the Tigers. Croc versus tiger? It’s a stand off. I’ve seen tigers go in the water around crocs, but they don’t mess with them. I predict a close game.
Atlanta in December HAD become a tradition. Maybe I should go ahead and get tickets like I used to. :rolleyes:
Don’t worry Beagle, even if the Gators don’t make it Atlanta this year, next year (and every year after that, if Zook keeps up this recruiting) we’ll be there. We will be loaded with talent, and that talent will be experienced after taking a few lumps this year.
Go Giants!
We hate:
The Dodgers, cause they’re fuckers.
The Angels, because they’re from the same area as the Dodgers. (Yeah, and last year, too.)
The Braves. 1993. Plus anyone who deems themselves “America’s Team” is a little toady bitch.
The A’s, cause they’re right here.
The Yankees, because it’s a prerequisite.
I could go on about my personal feelings, but they far surpass the generally known and accepted rivalries.
College basketball: As a Kentucky student, I am required to hate the following: Louisville, Duke, UNC, Michigan State and Florida.
Baseball: The Chicago Cubs. (I’m a Cardinals fan.)
Soccer: Arsenal. Go Man U!