Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry

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Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry
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Rivalry Series history
First series 2015–16
Georgia State 14, Georgia Southern 7
Latest series 2015–16
Georgia State 14, Georgia Southern 7
Total years 1
All-time series Georgia State leads 1–0
Largest victory Georgia State, 14–7 (2015–16)
Longest streak Georgia State, 1 (2015–16)
Current streak Georgia State, 1 (2015–16–present)
Football history
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)
Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern University
Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Locations in Georgia

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 the 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.

# Season Georgia Southern Score Georgia State Score Winner
1 2015–16 7 14 Georgia State
Series: Georgia State leads 1–0

Football game results

Georgia Southern victories Georgia State victories
# Date Location Winner Score
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
# Date Location Winner Score
1 February 19, 1972 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 103–55
2 March 1, 1972 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 107–77
3 February 19, 1973 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 79–62
4 February 24, 1973 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 97–96
5 February 20, 1974 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 126–91
6 March 1, 1974 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 89–71
7 December 7, 1974 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 69–59
8 January 16, 1975 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 82–73
9 December 8, 1975 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 83–72
10 February 14, 1976 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 107–88
11 January 15, 1977 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 83–65
12 February 21, 1977 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 81–75
13 November 30, 1977 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 75–73
14 January 9, 1978 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 88–83
15 November 27, 1978 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 86–68
16 January 20, 1979 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 81–79
17 December 8, 1979 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 70–66
18 February 13, 1980 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 96–68
19 December 6, 1980 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 81–69
20 January 14, 1981 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 80–61
21 January 10, 1985 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 77–61
22 February 7, 1985 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 77–50
23 March 2, 1985 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 109–61
24 January 9, 1986 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 91–77
25 February 6, 1986 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 66–62
26 January 3, 1987 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 85–79
# Date Location Winner Score
27 February 5, 1987 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 73–68
28 January 7, 1988 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 80–60
29 February 11, 1988 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 73–65
30 March 10, 1988 Daytona Beach, FL Georgia Southern 71–55
31 January 5, 1989 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 100–93
32 February 2, 1989 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 95–90
33 January 27, 1990 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 68–66
34 February 22, 1990 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 78–66
35 January 17, 1991 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 73–72
36 February 14, 1991 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 90–86OT
37 January 11, 1992 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 88–87
38 February 8, 1992 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 91–84
39 March 11, 1992 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 95–82
40 December 12, 1995 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 60–58
41 December 21, 1996 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 68–49
42 December 22, 2009 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 85–65
43 December 22, 2010 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 74–72OT
44 December 22, 2011 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 72–52
45 December 29, 2012 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 68–64OT
46 December 20, 2013 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 73–61
47 February 5, 2015 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 58–54
48 March 7, 2015 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 72–55
49 March 15, 2015 New Orleans, LA Georgia State 38–36
50 January 19, 2016 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 69–66OT
51 February 23, 2016 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 54–52
Series: Georgia Southern leads 34–17

External links

References

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