Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry
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Football history | |||
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First meeting |
October 25, 2014 Georgia Southern 69, Georgia State 31 | ||
Latest meeting |
December 5, 2015 Georgia State 34, Georgia Southern 7 | ||
Next meeting | November 19, 2016 | ||
Meetings total | 2 | ||
All-time series | Tied 1–1 | ||
Largest victory | Georgia Southern, 69–31 (2014) | ||
Longest streak |
Georgia Southern, 1 (2014) Georgia State, 1 (2015–present) | ||
Current streak | Georgia State, 1 (2015–present) | ||
Men's basketball history | |||
First meeting |
February 19, 1972 Georgia Southern 103, Georgia State 55 | ||
Latest meeting |
February 23, 2016 Georgia Southern 54, Georgia State 52 | ||
Next meeting | 2017 | ||
Meetings total | 51 | ||
All-time series | Georgia Southern leads 34–17 | ||
Largest victory |
Georgia Southern, 103–55 (1972) Georgia Southern, 109–61 (1985) | ||
Longest streak |
Georgia Southern, 7 (1977–1979) Georgia Southern, 7 (1981–1987) Georgia Southern, 7 (1988–1990) | ||
Current streak | Georgia Southern, 1 (2016–present) |
The Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry is a college athletics rivalry between the Georgia Southern University Eagles and Georgia State University Panthers, also known as Modern Day Hate.[1][2] Both schools are members of the Sun Belt Conference. While the teams have only met twice in football (due to Georgia State beginning their program in 2010),[3] the rivalry dates back to the 1970s in basketball and other sports.[4]
History
Georgia Southern and Georgia State have only competed against each other in football since 2014. They played annually in basketball from the 1971–72 to 1980–81 seasons, 1995–96 and 1996–97, and 2009–10 to 2013–14 out-of-conference and as conference mates from the 1985–86 to 1991–92 seasons (in the Trans America Athletic Conference, which is now the Atlantic Sun Conference) and since the 2014–15 season in the Sun Belt Conference.[4][5] As of 2015, Georgia Southern has a 34–17 lead in the all-time series.[5]
Since both schools can be abbreviated GSU, a point of conflict between the two schools is that both fan-bases claim that their university is, in fact, the real GSU. Georgia State lays claim to the initials as it became a university (and therefore GSU) long before Georgia Southern did in 1990 (Georgia State became a university in 1969).[6][7] Also, Georgia State's URL and official logo both contain the abbreviation.[8] Georgia Southern officially uses GS in all of their branding.[9]
The beginning of the football rivalry was initiated after the hire of former Appalachian State (a major rival of Georgia Southern) athletic director Charlie Cobb to the same position at GSU. During Georgia State's press release introducing Cobb, he revealed that Georgia Southern's athletic director Tom Kleinlein told him "welcome, now the war is on."[10] The two teams met on the gridiron during the 2014 football season at Georgia Dome. During the run up to the game, fans from both teams expressed their dislike for the other over social media outlets such as Twitter, at times trending with tags of "SouthernNotState" and "StateNotSouthern" both of which were used as slogans for shirts given out by both universities.[11] During the period before the game, fans dubbed the matchup as "Modern Day Hate," a play on the rivalry between Georgia Tech and UGA, Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.[2] Georgia Southern beat Georgia State by a final score of 69–31, while drawing the second largest crowd of 28,427 for any Georgia State game.[12] In 2015, Georgia State beat Georgia Southern 34–7 to give the worst home defeat for Georgia Southern in school history.[13][14] Currently, the series is tied at 1–1.
Rivalry series
On October 1, 2015, both schools' athletic directors announced the beginning of an annual "rivalry series" in which the winner takes home a yet-to-be-announced trophy and bragging rights at the following year's football game. The trophy will be awarded to the school that defeats the other in a points-based system that encompasses all sports. Most wins will count as 1 point with football counting as 2 points. 2 points total are awarded to community service projects, and 1 to the school with they highest departmental GPA. Points will be totaled at the end of each academic school year.[15][16] See external links section for full points explanation and scoreboard.
Georgia State currently leads the 2015–16 series 11–5.
Football game results
Georgia Southern victories | Georgia State victories |
# | Date | Location | Winner | Score | ||||
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1 | October 25, 2014 | Atlanta, GA | Georgia Southern | 69–31 | ||||
2 | December 5, 2015 | Statesboro, GA | Georgia State | 34–7 | ||||
Series: Tied 1–1 |
Georgia Southern's first official season was in 1924. But due to World War II, football at the school was suspended in 1941 and did not resume until 1981. Georgia State's first season was in 2010. Teams did not meet in out-of-conference games prior to both being members of the Sun Belt upon Georgia Southern's arrival in 2014.
Men's basketball game results
Table shows results since both teams officially entered NCAA basketball competition with one another. [17]
Georgia Southern victories | Georgia State victories |
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External links
- Rivalry series point system
- Rivalry series scoring page
- Georgia State athletics
- Georgia Southern athletics
References
- ↑ Ben, Moore (August 18, 2015). "Who Takes Title For 2015–16 in Modern Day Hate?". CBSsports.com. 247sports. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- 1 2 Roberson, Doug (October 26, 2014). "Georgia Southern destroys Georgia State". Cox Media Group. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Georgia State Football Timeline". Georgia State University. April 17, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- 1 2 "Sounds like Georgia State and Georgia Southern have a rivalry?". Atlanta Journal and Constitution. October 24, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
- 1 2 Georgia State 2015–16 Men's Basketball, p. 153.
- ↑ "Becoming a University". Making History. Georgia State University. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ Wilver, Paul. "Georgia Southern University Fack Book 2000–2001" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ Hillyard, Chris. "GSU Set to Host Georgia Southern (GaSo)". Panthersville.com. Scout. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Georgia Southern University Identification Standards Guide" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
- ↑ Roberson, Doug. "Q&A with new Georgia State AD Charlie Cobb". Cox Media Group. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ↑ Roberson, Doug (October 26, 2014). "Sounds like Georgia State and Georgia Southern have a rivalry". Cox Media Group. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Georgia Southern vs Georgia State (Oct 25, 2014)". Georgia State Sports. Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Mike (December 5, 2015). "Georgia State rolls to victory in Statesboro". The Telegraph (Macon). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ↑ Roberson, Doug. "Georgia State dominates Georgia Southern". AJC. Cox Media Group. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ↑ Roberson, Doug (October 1, 2015). "Georgia State and Georgia Southern add trophy to rivalry". Cox Media Group. Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ↑ Holmes, Mike (October 1, 2015). "Georgia State-Georgia Southern Rivalry Series Announced". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Georgia Southern Men's Basketball 2015–16 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 18, 2015.
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