Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Georgia–Ole Miss football rivalry

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:56, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia–Ole Miss football rivalry

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Not necessarily a rivalry, both schools have no notable history. However, both did play on the field for nearly forty years, but I don't think it could be considered a rivalry due this fact. There are many Southeastern Conference teams who played traditionally before and after the expansion of Southeastern Conference, and don't consider them as rivals. I also could not find any reliable sources to support this as a major rivalry. CollegeRivalry (talk) 20:49, 14 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:18, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 01:18, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom; the only source that describes this as a rivalry is a fan-blog that calls it "forgotten". It doesn't remotely compare to Georgia's rivalries with Auburn, Florida, or Georgia Tech. power~enwiki (π, ν) 01:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per power~enwiki. Jweiss11 (talk) 03:19, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. My searches do not reveal significant coverage dealing with this series as a historical rivalry. That said, there is IMO also room for stand-alone articles about historically significant series that have had a particularly long history, major upsets or multiple match-ups where both teams were highly ranked. Here, the history is not so long -- the period of annual play ran only from 1966 to 2002. Further, there has not been even one game where both teams were ranked in the top 10 -- the highest ranked matchup was 1968 (#13 vs. #17). Nor is there a history of major upsets -- the biggest upset was 1967 (unranked Ole Miss upset #3 Georgia in an early season game). Cbl62 (talk) 05:31, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – nothing more than a cross-divisional matchup that occurs once every few years. PCN 02 WPS 05:35, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Pile on vote here. The very first reference is titled "the forgotten rivalry." "Forgotten" could probably be interpreted as "not notable" here. PCHS-NJROTC ^{(Messages)Have a blessed day.} 11:56, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
NOTE: Focus on the word "forgotten" is misplaced. Remember, notability is not temporary. Accordingly, a historic rivalry from 50 or even 100 years ago that is defunct or "forgotten" by today's fan base remains notable for our purposes. Here, my searches focused on the years when the GA-MS series was most active, and I did not find significant coverage even then dealing with it as a rivalry. So it's not that this is a "forgotten" rivalry, but, rather, that it appears to be a "never was" rivalry. Cbl62 (talk) 16:06, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, and merge as needed. This may be a real thing, under WP:NOT#INDISCRIMINATE, but clearly not independently WP:Notable. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 09:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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