Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alabama–Texas A&M football rivalry

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The result was delete. OK, this is obviously ridiculous, as everyone recognized. There is no rivalry here. There will be revenge, though, next time we run into those ******s. Drmies (talk) 02:13, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Alabama–Texas A&M football rivalry

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No evidence that these two teams have a rivalry. They played 5 times in the last 50 years, and only once since 1988. GrapedApe (talk) 03:13, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no evidence of notability, as per nom. AutomaticStrikeout 04:13, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. First, the Alabama-Texas A&M football series is not rivalry as that term is normally understood. How could it be? It's only been played five times in 70 years. Second, the series is not inherently notable per WP:SPORTSEVENT because it is not a championship, bowl game or all-star game, nor does it satisfy the general notability guidelines as a series because the series has not received in-depth coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources per WP:GNG. Third, it is the consensus of Wikipedia:WikiProject College football that college football series should not have stand-alone articles unless the series is notable as a rivalry, not merely as a series. In the event of long-standing series that are not commonly recognized rivalry games, relevant content should be merged to the parent team articles (e.g., Alabama Crimson Tide football) or the team-season articles (e.g., 2012 Alabama Crimson Tide football team). This series is not notable as rivalry and there is no article content that is worth preserving that is not already included in other related CFB articles. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:43, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There's no indication that this is an actual rivalry, much less a notable one. No sources and no prose, just a single table.--xanchester (t) 08:32, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. What Dirtlawyer said. I'm sure it's on as far as Alabama is concerned, but five games in fifty years do not a rivalry make. Mackensen (talk) 13:16, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per Dirtlawyer. Although there is some unique history between the two programs with Bryant and Stallings, at least from the Alabama side I can say this is not a "rivalry". Just playing in the same conference does not constitute one either. Patriarca12 (talk) 13:50, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Dirtlawyer. Cbl62 (talk) 02:37, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, clear case of recentism bias due to 2012 result. Jhortman (talk) 16:58, 14 November 2012‎ Jhortman
Delete My arbitrary definition of a rivalry would be that it has to have been played at least once every two years. Go Phightins! 00:01, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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