Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

(11-25-2019 11:10 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

There were like 3 separate rivalry threads for the GS/App game. Meanwhile, hardly anyone is paying attention to this thread much less posting in it. The difference between that rivalry and this one is staggering. There's barely any hype for this game from either side, even with Ga State having their best season ever.

(11-25-2019 07:58 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  I know it is Thanksgiving week, but there is not any where near the pissing contest that it should be 24 hours in. Yall empty-headed animal food trough wipers! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

*spittake*

Lol

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(11-25-2019 10:37 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  I’m assuming attendance will be somewhere around 15k in actual attendance or 45k using Ga State methodology

That's more like it...

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Even in 2014 when we had to use the student overflow section of the upper-deck every home game because of our attendance numbers, the student turnout was awful that Thanksgiving weekend. Not to mention, it was essentially a pseudo Sun Belt Championship game.

A lot of students are home for the first time this semester. They're with their families back home or out of town. I'm a lifelong fan, and even I only made one Thanksgiving weekend game when I was a student there.

(11-25-2019 11:10 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

I mean, yeah we don't like Georgia State and anyone who claims it isn't a rivalry is lying. But when comparing it to how we feel towards App and how they feel towards us, it isn't even close. Ask any Southern fan who they'd rather beat, App or Georgia State, and they're going to say App 98% of the time.

I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Georgia State fans hate Southern more than Southern fans hate Georgia State.

(11-25-2019 03:05 PM)kdarnell233 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:10 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

I mean, yeah we don't like Georgia State and anyone who claims it isn't a rivalry is lying. But when comparing it to how we feel towards App and how they feel towards us, it isn't even close. Ask any Southern fan who they'd rather beat, App or Georgia State, and they're going to say App 98% of the time.

I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Georgia State fans hate Southern more than Southern fans hate Georgia State.

No. I would say the hate between us is equal. I would also agree that y'all hate App more. Our basketball teams sell out each others' arenas. We both have our demons when it comes to playing this weekend. School is out. Competing with GA/GA Tech. I wish this matchup was a tad earlier in the year.

I'd agree you guys would rather beat App, but you would rather not lose to us. Kind of like UGA/Florida and UGA/Tech.

(11-25-2019 03:05 PM)kdarnell233 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:10 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

I mean, yeah we don't like Georgia State and anyone who claims it isn't a rivalry is lying. But when comparing it to how we feel towards App and how they feel towards us, it isn't even close. Ask any Southern fan who they'd rather beat, App or Georgia State, and they're going to say App 98% of the time.

I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Georgia State fans hate Southern more than Southern fans hate Georgia State.

Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

Like..."Hello Neumann..."

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(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:05 PM)kdarnell233 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:10 AM)StanMolsonMan Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 11:06 AM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 10:59 AM)TheAppalachianState Wrote:  Things are getting really heated up in here, what i rivalry I tell ya. /sarcasm

It's what happens when you try to manufacture a rivalry with a bad name and a plastic trophy

Whatever makes you feel better.

I mean, yeah we don't like Georgia State and anyone who claims it isn't a rivalry is lying. But when comparing it to how we feel towards App and how they feel towards us, it isn't even close. Ask any Southern fan who they'd rather beat, App or Georgia State, and they're going to say App 98% of the time.

I don't think it's a stretch at all to say that Georgia State fans hate Southern more than Southern fans hate Georgia State.

Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.


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Funny you say that, cause that's exactly how I describe our rivalry to folks. We don't hate them, they're just.....annoying. Like that new kid that shows up and just starts talking **** about how great they're going to be one day, media marketz and AAC invites, being "Atlanta's" team, etc.

Even at work, there's a couple Georgia State grads that try and rib me from time to time and all I can think is, "....okay?". Like I said, it's not a hatred, just annoyance.

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

Like..."Hello Neumann..."

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

You would think that with a series record of .500 they would be more complimentary rather than dismissive.

However, I don't like Georgia State's chances to get above .500 with Ellington hurt and playing.

(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

Like..."Hello Neumann..."

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

Minus the banner, this was me in 2009/2010. Except they made it a point to make their opinions well known in areas our fanbase frequented, as well as shitting on everyone in FCS at the time, not just us. Welcome to the shitshow that is our rivalry.

To me as an old guy the team I hated was Mercer and then after that disliked Southern and then maybe UCF.


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(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

Like..."Hello Neumann..."

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

And that’s because you jumped in in 2014 and knew nothing of the things that went on before Southern was invited to the Sun Belt that caused some of that animosity.

From a Southern perspective, here’s a timeline of events:

2008: Georgia State announces the addition of a football program, and as part of that, goes through a complete rebranding phase including trademarking the initials GSU which State and Southern had both unofficially used and been referred to by without incident until that point.

2010: Georgia State played their first football game in the Georgia Dome with an announced attendance of 30,237. On various platforms - Facebook, Twitter, GSUfans, AGS just to name a few - there was lots of commentary from the newly minted GAST fans proclaiming them to be the next big thing. How they would soon be playing in a P5 conference and how if we were lucky, Southern would be invited to the Georgia Dome one day to be their yearly cupcake for their season opener.

2012: Georgia State accepts an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference much to the chagrin of Southern fans who until then brushed off the comments that State was on the fast track to the ACC. More comments of GAST leaving Southern behind and how they will always out-recruit Southern because they play in The Dome and who wouldn’t want to play in the Dome? Georgia Southern announced our intentions to move up to the FBS in November 2012.

2013: Georgia State officially joins the Sun Belt Conference. This year the Sun Belt Conference is still expanding and Georgia State becomes the only school in the conference to vote against adding Georgia Southern, and after pulling all the stops to try to block Georgia Southern from joining the conference, they are ultimately unsuccessful and Georgia Southern joins the conference the following year.

2014: Georgia Southern and Georgia State play football against each other for the first time. The attendance was north of 28k mostly Georgia Southern fans. After Georgia Southern won, we unfurled a banner on our sideline that said “Paulson Stadium North,” a callback to a playoff game against Wofford in which we outnumbered their fan base in their own stadium and dubbed their stadium “Paulson North.” Georgia State fans took this as a direct insult which it was.

2015: Our AD showed his true negotiating prowess when he talked with the Georgia State AD about a football rivalry trophy and ended up agreeing to an all-sports+gpa+community service rivalry point system in which basketball would be the major factor. Georgia Southern fans immediately mocked the idea. At the end of the season, Georgia Southern amidst a departing head coach and Georgia State seeking a 6th win for bowl eligibility took the field in Statesboro where the Panthers pulverized the Eagles to become bowl eligible for the first time ever. Willie Fritz announced his departure to Tulane soon after and Georgia State extended Trent Miles’s contract after the win.

2016: Our AD again showing his true skill at this position, hire the worst thing that has ever happened to Georgia Southern in the history of our program. Georgia State purchases the abandoned Turner Field with plans to turn it into a football stadium, again with comments from State fans about how this ensures their move up and out of the Sun Belt. Ben Moore writes an article that declares Georgia State has outgrown the Sun Belt and that their are no peers for Georgia State in this conference and they need to move on. Georgia State defeats a Tyson Summers lead Eagles team by 6 points in their last season in the Dome. Trent Miles is fires by GAST and Shawn Elliott is hired.

2017: Georgia State officially moves into the old Braves Stadium for football. Meanwhile, Tyson Summers is fired in the middle of Georgia Southern’s season, and interim Chad Lunsford take the helm in one of the darkest periods of Georgia Southern sports history. The Eagles fall to Georgia State in Lunsford’s first home game since taking over a winless GS team. Georgia State has now pulled ahead in the football series 3-1. To make matters worse, Georgia State becomes bowl eligible and wins their first bowl game in their history.

2018: After putting the 2017 behind us, GS resets with Chad Lunsford putting together an Allstar cast of assistant coaches to help pull the Eagles out of the pits of despair. After being re-energized and winning several games, Georgia Southern and Georgia State meet in Turner Field for the first time where Southern fans again outnumber State fans who were wrapping up a 2 win season. Georgia Southern wins and begins to make up the small deficit in the football record against State.

(11-25-2019 05:33 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

Like..."Hello Neumann..."

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

And that’s because you jumped in in 2014 and knew nothing of the things that went on before Southern was invited to the Sun Belt that caused some of that animosity.

From a Southern perspective, here’s a timeline of events:

2008: Georgia State announces the addition of a football program, and as part of that, goes through a complete rebranding phase including trademarking the initials GSU which State and Southern had both unofficially used and been referred to by without incident until that point.

2010: Georgia State played their first football game in the Georgia Dome with an announced attendance of 30,237. On various platforms - Facebook, Twitter, GSUfans, AGS just to name a few - there was lots of commentary from the newly minted GAST fans proclaiming them to be the next big thing. How they would soon be playing in a P5 conference and how if we were lucky, Southern would be invited to the Georgia Dome one day to be their yearly cupcake for their season opener.

2012: Georgia State accepts an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference much to the chagrin of Southern fans who until then brushed off the comments that State was on the fast track to the ACC. More comments of GAST leaving Southern behind and how they will always out-recruit Southern because they play in The Dome and who wouldn’t want to play in the Dome? Georgia Southern announced our intentions to move up to the FBS in November 2012.

2013: Georgia State officially joins the Sun Belt Conference. This year the Sun Belt Conference is still expanding and Georgia State becomes the only school in the conference to vote against adding Georgia Southern, and after pulling all the stops to try to block Georgia Southern from joining the conference, they are ultimately unsuccessful and Georgia Southern joins the conference the following year.

2014: Georgia Southern and Georgia State play football against each other for the first time. The attendance was north of 28k mostly Georgia Southern fans. After Georgia Southern won, we unfurled a banner on our sideline that said “Paulson Stadium North,” a callback to a playoff game against Wofford in which we outnumbered their fan base in their own stadium and dubbed their stadium “Paulson North.” Georgia State fans took this as a direct insult which it was.

2015: Our AD showed his true negotiating prowess when he talked with the Georgia State AD about a football rivalry trophy and ended up agreeing to an all-sports+gpa+community service rivalry point system in which basketball would be the major factor. Georgia Southern fans immediately mocked the idea. At the end of the season, Georgia Southern amidst a departing head coach and Georgia State seeking a 6th win for bowl eligibility took the field in Statesboro where the Panthers pulverized the Eagles to become bowl eligible for the first time ever. Willie Fritz announced his departure to Tulane soon after and Georgia State extended Trent Miles’s contract after the win.

2016: Our AD again showing his true skill at this position, hire the worst thing that has ever happened to Georgia Southern in the history of our program. Georgia State purchases the abandoned Turner Field with plans to turn it into a football stadium, again with comments from State fans about how this ensures their move up and out of the Sun Belt. Ben Moore writes an article that declares Georgia State has outgrown the Sun Belt and that their are no peers for Georgia State in this conference and they need to move on. Georgia State defeats a Tyson Summers lead Eagles team by 6 points in their last season in the Dome. Trent Miles is fires by GAST and Shawn Elliott is hired.

2017: Georgia State officially moves into the old Braves Stadium for football. Meanwhile, Tyson Summers is fired in the middle of Georgia Southern’s season, and interim Chad Lunsford take the helm in one of the darkest periods of Georgia Southern sports history. The Eagles fall to Georgia State in Lunsford’s first home game since taking over a winless GS team. Georgia State has now pulled ahead in the football series 3-1. To make matters worse, Georgia State becomes bowl eligible and wins their first bowl game in their history.

2018: After putting the 2017 behind us, GS resets with Chad Lunsford putting together an Allstar cast of assistant coaches to help pull the Eagles out of the pits of despair. After being re-energized and winning several games, Georgia Southern and Georgia State meet in Turner Field for the first time where Southern fans again outnumber State fans who were wrapping up a 2 win season. Georgia Southern wins and begins to make up the small deficit in the football record against State.

In before GaSt posters respond to a pretty well-rounded recap of things with: "SeE??... ObSeSsEd"

(11-25-2019 05:33 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

And that’s because you jumped in in 2014 and knew nothing of the things that went on before Southern was invited to the Sun Belt that caused some of that animosity.

From a Southern perspective, here’s a timeline of events:

2008: Georgia State announces the addition of a football program, and as part of that, goes through a complete rebranding phase including trademarking the initials GSU which State and Southern had both unofficially used and been referred to by without incident until that point.

2010: Georgia State played their first football game in the Georgia Dome with an announced attendance of 30,237. On various platforms - Facebook, Twitter, GSUfans, AGS just to name a few - there was lots of commentary from the newly minted GAST fans proclaiming them to be the next big thing. How they would soon be playing in a P5 conference and how if we were lucky, Southern would be invited to the Georgia Dome one day to be their yearly cupcake for their season opener.

2012: Georgia State accepts an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference much to the chagrin of Southern fans who until then brushed off the comments that State was on the fast track to the ACC. More comments of GAST leaving Southern behind and how they will always out-recruit Southern because they play in The Dome and who wouldn’t want to play in the Dome? Georgia Southern announced our intentions to move up to the FBS in November 2012.

2013: Georgia State officially joins the Sun Belt Conference. This year the Sun Belt Conference is still expanding and Georgia State becomes the only school in the conference to vote against adding Georgia Southern, and after pulling all the stops to try to block Georgia Southern from joining the conference, they are ultimately unsuccessful and Georgia Southern joins the conference the following year.

2014: Georgia Southern and Georgia State play football against each other for the first time. The attendance was north of 28k mostly Georgia Southern fans. After Georgia Southern won, we unfurled a banner on our sideline that said “Paulson Stadium North,” a callback to a playoff game against Wofford in which we outnumbered their fan base in their own stadium and dubbed their stadium “Paulson North.” Georgia State fans took this as a direct insult which it was.

2015: Our AD showed his true negotiating prowess when he talked with the Georgia State AD about a football rivalry trophy and ended up agreeing to an all-sports+gpa+community service rivalry point system in which basketball would be the major factor. Georgia Southern fans immediately mocked the idea. At the end of the season, Georgia Southern amidst a departing head coach and Georgia State seeking a 6th win for bowl eligibility took the field in Statesboro where the Panthers pulverized the Eagles to become bowl eligible for the first time ever. Willie Fritz announced his departure to Tulane soon after and Georgia State extended Trent Miles’s contract after the win.

2016: Our AD again showing his true skill at this position, hire the worst thing that has ever happened to Georgia Southern in the history of our program. Georgia State purchases the abandoned Turner Field with plans to turn it into a football stadium, again with comments from State fans about how this ensures their move up and out of the Sun Belt. Ben Moore writes an article that declares Georgia State has outgrown the Sun Belt and that their are no peers for Georgia State in this conference and they need to move on. Georgia State defeats a Tyson Summers lead Eagles team by 6 points in their last season in the Dome. Trent Miles is fires by GAST and Shawn Elliott is hired.

2017: Georgia State officially moves into the old Braves Stadium for football. Meanwhile, Tyson Summers is fired in the middle of Georgia Southern’s season, and interim Chad Lunsford take the helm in one of the darkest periods of Georgia Southern sports history. The Eagles fall to Georgia State in Lunsford’s first home game since taking over a winless GS team. Georgia State has now pulled ahead in the football series 3-1. To make matters worse, Georgia State becomes bowl eligible and wins their first bowl game in their history.

2018: After putting the 2017 behind us, GS resets with Chad Lunsford putting together an Allstar cast of assistant coaches to help pull the Eagles out of the pits of despair. After being re-energized and winning several games, Georgia Southern and Georgia State meet in Turner Field for the first time where Southern fans again outnumber State fans who were wrapping up a 2 win season. Georgia Southern wins and begins to make up the small deficit in the football record against State.

1) There are 70 year olds who played sports at Georgia State with GSU jerseys.

2) I could never give an exhaustive history of Southern sports because I don't care.

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(11-25-2019 07:06 PM)CC Eagle Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 05:33 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 04:18 PM)GSUALUM17 Wrote:  

(11-25-2019 03:32 PM)panama Wrote:  Yeah but our hate is more annoyance.

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damn. couldn't find more perfect words to describe how I feel.

now before I start ranting, my opinions are my own and don't hold it against the Panthers fanbase for what I say.

I see the argument for forced rivalry. Before that 2014 home game drama, I couldn't care less about where Southern was, who went to Southern, and whatever Southern did. I just assumed it was some school located somewhere in Georgia that some people chose to attend. I HAD ABSOLUTELY ZERO ANIMOSITY TOWARD GS at this point. Just another in-state school that we co-existed with. Live and let live right?

Well, after that arrogant banner crap, I browsed the internet to find a little bit more about Georgia Southern and its fanbase (which is when I found this site.) Holy crap the comments by Southern fans were salty, obsessive, and obnoxious as ****. Their hate level seemed unreasonable and I don't think I've been as annoyed in my entire life. It was really bizarre to encounter those comments for the first time. No, it wasn't just few bad apples either.

Don't get me wrong, there are few insightful Eagle faithfuls out there. I don't hate the school itself either (still don't), but the antics by their sports fans were annoying and it just never stops. It's weird, I only hate losing to Southern because I don't want to hear their crap afterwards. Is this a sign of healthy rivalry? probably not. /rant

And that’s because you jumped in in 2014 and knew nothing of the things that went on before Southern was invited to the Sun Belt that caused some of that animosity.

From a Southern perspective, here’s a timeline of events:

2008: Georgia State announces the addition of a football program, and as part of that, goes through a complete rebranding phase including trademarking the initials GSU which State and Southern had both unofficially used and been referred to by without incident until that point.

2010: Georgia State played their first football game in the Georgia Dome with an announced attendance of 30,237. On various platforms - Facebook, Twitter, GSUfans, AGS just to name a few - there was lots of commentary from the newly minted GAST fans proclaiming them to be the next big thing. How they would soon be playing in a P5 conference and how if we were lucky, Southern would be invited to the Georgia Dome one day to be their yearly cupcake for their season opener.

2012: Georgia State accepts an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference much to the chagrin of Southern fans who until then brushed off the comments that State was on the fast track to the ACC. More comments of GAST leaving Southern behind and how they will always out-recruit Southern because they play in The Dome and who wouldn’t want to play in the Dome? Georgia Southern announced our intentions to move up to the FBS in November 2012.

2013: Georgia State officially joins the Sun Belt Conference. This year the Sun Belt Conference is still expanding and Georgia State becomes the only school in the conference to vote against adding Georgia Southern, and after pulling all the stops to try to block Georgia Southern from joining the conference, they are ultimately unsuccessful and Georgia Southern joins the conference the following year.

2014: Georgia Southern and Georgia State play football against each other for the first time. The attendance was north of 28k mostly Georgia Southern fans. After Georgia Southern won, we unfurled a banner on our sideline that said “Paulson Stadium North,” a callback to a playoff game against Wofford in which we outnumbered their fan base in their own stadium and dubbed their stadium “Paulson North.” Georgia State fans took this as a direct insult which it was.

2015: Our AD showed his true negotiating prowess when he talked with the Georgia State AD about a football rivalry trophy and ended up agreeing to an all-sports+gpa+community service rivalry point system in which basketball would be the major factor. Georgia Southern fans immediately mocked the idea. At the end of the season, Georgia Southern amidst a departing head coach and Georgia State seeking a 6th win for bowl eligibility took the field in Statesboro where the Panthers pulverized the Eagles to become bowl eligible for the first time ever. Willie Fritz announced his departure to Tulane soon after and Georgia State extended Trent Miles’s contract after the win.

2016: Our AD again showing his true skill at this position, hire the worst thing that has ever happened to Georgia Southern in the history of our program. Georgia State purchases the abandoned Turner Field with plans to turn it into a football stadium, again with comments from State fans about how this ensures their move up and out of the Sun Belt. Ben Moore writes an article that declares Georgia State has outgrown the Sun Belt and that their are no peers for Georgia State in this conference and they need to move on. Georgia State defeats a Tyson Summers lead Eagles team by 6 points in their last season in the Dome. Trent Miles is fires by GAST and Shawn Elliott is hired.

2017: Georgia State officially moves into the old Braves Stadium for football. Meanwhile, Tyson Summers is fired in the middle of Georgia Southern’s season, and interim Chad Lunsford take the helm in one of the darkest periods of Georgia Southern sports history. The Eagles fall to Georgia State in Lunsford’s first home game since taking over a winless GS team. Georgia State has now pulled ahead in the football series 3-1. To make matters worse, Georgia State becomes bowl eligible and wins their first bowl game in their history.

2018: After putting the 2017 behind us, GS resets with Chad Lunsford putting together an Allstar cast of assistant coaches to help pull the Eagles out of the pits of despair. After being re-energized and winning several games, Georgia Southern and Georgia State meet in Turner Field for the first time where Southern fans again outnumber State fans who were wrapping up a 2 win season. Georgia Southern wins and begins to make up the small deficit in the football record against State.

In before GaSt posters respond to a pretty well-rounded recap of things with: "SeE??... ObSeSsEd"

I mean... seriously....

#Neumann

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BTW any history that doesn't include Talon between 2008 and 2011 is fake news.

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