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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:43, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
Georgia–Kentucky football rivalry
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While I found a couple passing references to a "Georgia–Kentucky rivalry" on Newspapers.com, I don't believe this matchup has received sufficient sustained coverage to qualify as a rivalry worthy of a stand-alone article. Jweiss11 ( talk) 16:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete. Not finding depth of coverage about a rivalry. I did find a passing reference or two. E.g., here ("The Georgia-Kentucky rivalry has been a little something less than friendly."). And one of the sources questioned whether it was a top-level rivalry. See here ("The Georgia-Kentucky rivalry certainly doesn't rank among the SEC's most heated."). Yes, the teams have played more than 75 times dating back to 1939, but other factors weigh negatively: (1) lack of geographic proximity/not border states; (2) not a competitive series (Georgia has dominated throughout the history--63–12–2); (3) no trophy or named series; and (4) lack of ranked matchups (2023 matched #1 vs #20 but that's about as good as it gets). Cbl62 ( talk) 17:40, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: American football, Georgia (U.S. state), and Kentucky. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete per above. No evidence that this is a notable "rivalry". glman ( talk) 19:19, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete: This rivalry has had some passing coverage over the years, but mere mentions and questioning whether the teams are even rivals at all don't lend to notability. User:Let'srun 19:34, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete, per all above. Both of these teams have real rivalries elsewhere, and this ain't it. Ejgreen77 ( talk) 18:25, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- Delete fails GNG with lack of SIGCOV specifically describing these teams as rivals. Being in the same conference and having many previous meetings does not automatically make teams rivals. Frank Anchor 13:03, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
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