Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry
Football Rivalry
First meetingOctober 25, 2014
Georgia Southern 69, Georgia State 31
Latest meetingOctober 26, 2023
Georgia Southern 44, Georgia State 27
Next meeting2024
Atlanta
Meetings total10
All-time seriesGeorgia State, 6–4
Largest victoryGeorgia Southern, 69–31 (2014)
Longest win streakGeorgia State, 3 (2015–2017, 2020–2022)
Current win streakGeorgia Southern, 1 (2023–present)
Men's Basketball Rivalry
First meetingFebruary 19, 1972
Georgia Southern 103, Georgia State 55
Latest meetingFebruary 2, 2023
Georgia State 58, Georgia Southern 49
Next meetingJanuary 13, 2024
Atlanta
Meetings total66
All-time seriesGeorgia Southern leads 39–27
Largest victoryGeorgia Southern, 103–55 (1972)
Georgia Southern, 109–61 (1985)
Longest win streakGeorgia Southern, 7 (3x)
Current win streakGeorgia State, 1 (2023–present)
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Locations of Georgia Southern and Georgia State

The Georgia Southern–Georgia State rivalry, also known as Modern Day Hate, is a college athletics rivalry between the Georgia Southern Eagles and Georgia State Panthers.[1][2] Both schools are members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). For the 2021–22 school year, the men's soccer rivalry temporarily moved to the Mid-American Conference, with both schools joining that league for men's soccer after the SBC disbanded its men's soccer league.[3] However, SBC expansion in 2022 and the addition of three "Power Five" programs led to the reinstatement of SBC men's soccer effective in 2022–23.[4] While the teams have only met nine times in football (due to Georgia State beginning their program in 2010),[5] the rivalry dates back to the 1970s in basketball and other sports.[6]

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 ASUN Conference) and since the 2014–15 season in the Sun Belt Conference.[6][7] Starting in December 2009, the two teams went nearly 10 years without losing a home game to their rival. The streak was snapped on March 9, 2019 when Georgia State won in Statesboro by a score of 90–85. Georgia Southern has a 38–26 lead in the all-time basketball series.[8]

Because both schools can be abbreviated GSU, a point of conflict between the two is the claim by either fan base that their university is, in fact, "the real GSU." Georgia State lays claim to the initials as it became a university (and therefore GSU) in 1969 while Georgia Southern didn't achieve university status until 1990.[9] Both schools are referred to as GSU colloquially in their region of the state, though Georgia State is the only one of the two that officially brands itself "GSU." In 2014, when Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt Conference (the conference Georgia State joined the year prior), Georgia Southern updated its branding and media guidelines to explicitly state the school should be referred to as "Georgia Southern" or "GS" to avoid confusion in the media. But fixtures on their campus such as the "GSU" hedge and traditions like the marching band's "GSU Scramble" remain.

The rivalry intensified after the hire of former Appalachian State (longtime rival of Georgia Southern) athletic director Charlie Cobb to the same position at Georgia State University. 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 first met on the gridiron during the 2014 football season. During the run up to the game, fans from both teams expressed their dislike for the other over social media outlets such as Twitter. Students at the time used the hashtags "SouthernNotState" and "StateNotSouthern" in their tweets to differentiate which GSU they attended. Both schools adopted the phrases as a slogan that defined their side of the rivalry.[11] During the period before the game, a beat writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 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 in the Georgia Dome in front of 28,427 fans.[12] After the game, Georgia Southern fans unrolled a banner saying "Paulson Stadium North" claiming the stadium as their own and cementing the rivalry. The following season, Georgia State handed Georgia Southern their worst home defeat in school history with a final score of 34–7.[13][14] Georgia State leads the football series 6–4.

Football game results

Georgia Southern victoriesGeorgia State victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 25, 2014 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 69–31
2 December 5, 2015 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 34–7
3 November 19, 2016 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 30–24
4 November 4, 2017 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 21–17
5 November 24, 2018 Atlanta, GA Georgia Southern 35–14
6 November 30, 2019 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 38–10
7 November 28, 2020 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 30–24
8 October 30, 2021 Statesboro, GA Georgia State 21–14
9 October 8, 2022 Atlanta, GA Georgia State 41–33
10 October 26, 2023 Statesboro, GA Georgia Southern 44–27
Series: Georgia State leads 6–4

Men's basketball game results

Table shows results since both teams officially entered NCAA basketball competition with one another.[8]

Georgia Southern victoriesGeorgia State victories

Men's soccer results

Georgia State leads Georgia Southern 32–11–7 in men's soccer competitions.

Georgia Southern victoriesGeorgia State victories

Rivalry series

On October 1, 2015, both schools' athletic directors at the time announced the beginning of an annual "rivalry series" in which the winner takes home the Rivalry Series trophy and bragging rights at the following year's football game. The trophy was awarded to the school that defeats the other in a points-based system that encompasses all sports. Most wins counted as 1 point with football counting as 2 points. 2 points total were awarded to community service projects, and 1 to the school with the highest departmental GPA. [17][18]

Georgia Southern victoriesGeorgia State victories
No.DateWinnerScore
1 2015–16 Georgia State 14–7
2 2016–17 Georgia State 18–4
3 2017–18 Georgia State 16.5–5.5
4 2018–19 Georgia State 13–9
Series: Georgia State leads 4–0

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sun Belt Conference announced that all remaining spring sporting events after March 16 of that year would be suspended. Those sports included Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Golf, Baseball, Softball, and Women's Outdoor Track and Field. Georgia Southern was leading 9–6 in the 2019–2020 rivalry series at that time.[19]

On September 12, 2020, new Georgia Southern athletic director, Jared Benko, made a public statement that the all-sport rivalry series would be discontinued.

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Ben (August 18, 2015). "Who Takes Title For 2015–16 in Modern Day Hate?". CBSsports.com. 247sports. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Roberson, Doug (October 26, 2014). "Georgia Southern destroys Georgia State". Cox Media Group. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Southern, Georgia State Added As Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Georgia State Football Timeline". Georgia State University. April 17, 2008. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Sounds like Georgia State and Georgia Southern have a rivalry?". Atlanta Journal and Constitution. October 24, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ Georgia State 2015–16 Men's Basketball, p. 153.
  8. 1 2 "Men's Basketball History vs Georgia State University from Feb 19, 1972 - Mar 11, 2020". Georgia Southern University. November 29, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Becoming a University". Making History. Georgia State University. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ Roberson, Doug. "Q&A with new Georgia State AD Charlie Cobb". Cox Media Group. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ Roberson, Doug (October 26, 2014). "Sounds like Georgia State and Georgia Southern have a rivalry". Cox Media Group. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Georgia Southern vs Georgia State (Oct 25, 2014)". Georgia State Sports. Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ Brown, Mike (December 5, 2015). "Georgia State rolls to victory in Statesboro". The Telegraph (Macon). Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ Roberson, Doug. "Georgia State dominates Georgia Southern". AJC. Cox Media Group. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Georgia State Men's Soccer History and Record Book" (PDF). nmnathletics.com. Georgia State University. December 13, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  16. ↑ "Georgia Southern Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). gseagles.com. Georgia Southern University Athletics. August 24, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  17. ↑ Roberson, Doug (October 1, 2015). "Georgia State and Georgia Southern add trophy to rivalry". Cox Media Group. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  18. ↑ Holmes, Mike (October 1, 2015). "Georgia State-Georgia Southern Rivalry Series Announced". Georgia State Athletics. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  19. ↑ "2019-20 Georgia Southern - Georgia State Rivalry Series". Georgia Southern Athletics. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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