Alacrity

I'm not sure this guy at the Chicago Sun-Times is an authority, but I still like his ranking of the top 20 sports rivalries because he acknowledges my most dearly held hatred of Bama:

"Alabama-Auburn: No rivalry comes close to the bitterness between these schools. The Iron Bowl divides the state, and that's why from 1948 to '89 it was played in neutral Birmingham. There was no meeting for almost 40 years because of a dispute between the schools over nearly everything, including how many players to suit up. When Fob James, a former All-American halfback at Auburn, ran for governor in 1978, Crimson Tide fans paid for advertisements asking the public if it wanted a former Auburn player in the governor's mansion? He won the election nonetheless."

I didn't realize Fob James was Auburn-affiliated. If I had known, maybe I wouldn't have helped so many of his campaign signs disappear.