The result was delete. Yunshui 雲 水 14:20, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Non-notable college football rivalry that fails WP:NRIVALRY and WP:GNG. Per WP:NRIVALRY, no sports rivalry is inherently notable, and every sports "rivalry" must satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. That means significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources explicitly covering the series as a rivalry, not merely as a recurring game series. By that GNG standard, it is almost impossible to find significant, in-depth coverage of Mississippi State-Vanderbilt as a "rivalry" in multiple, independent, reliable sources per WP:RS. Has anyone ever written an in-depth feature article about the history and significance of the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series as a rivalry? Has anyone has ever written a book about the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series as a rivalry? Ole Miss-Mississippi State? Tennessee-Vanderbilt? Alabama-Tennessee? Florida-Georgia? Auburn-Georgia? Yes, to all of those. Mississippi State-Vanderbilt? Never. And that's not very surprising, really; this game has only been played 21 times in 110 years, and has only been played in four consecutive years once during that time. This series has none of the hallmarks of a traditional college rivalry. If the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series is notable as a "rivalry," then practically every annual series in the Southeastern Conference could be considered a "rivalry." When every conference series is a rivalry, then the term "rivalry" has effectively become meaningless. This is not what was intended by WP:NRIVALRY, and is not supported by the precedents of the previous AfDs and talk page discussions of WP:CFB. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 20:32, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
The result was delete. Yunshui 雲 水 14:20, 19 August 2014 (UTC)
Non-notable college football rivalry that fails WP:NRIVALRY and WP:GNG. Per WP:NRIVALRY, no sports rivalry is inherently notable, and every sports "rivalry" must satisfy the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. That means significant coverage in multiple, independent, reliable sources explicitly covering the series as a rivalry, not merely as a recurring game series. By that GNG standard, it is almost impossible to find significant, in-depth coverage of Mississippi State-Vanderbilt as a "rivalry" in multiple, independent, reliable sources per WP:RS. Has anyone ever written an in-depth feature article about the history and significance of the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series as a rivalry? Has anyone has ever written a book about the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series as a rivalry? Ole Miss-Mississippi State? Tennessee-Vanderbilt? Alabama-Tennessee? Florida-Georgia? Auburn-Georgia? Yes, to all of those. Mississippi State-Vanderbilt? Never. And that's not very surprising, really; this game has only been played 21 times in 110 years, and has only been played in four consecutive years once during that time. This series has none of the hallmarks of a traditional college rivalry. If the Mississippi State-Vanderbilt series is notable as a "rivalry," then practically every annual series in the Southeastern Conference could be considered a "rivalry." When every conference series is a rivalry, then the term "rivalry" has effectively become meaningless. This is not what was intended by WP:NRIVALRY, and is not supported by the precedents of the previous AfDs and talk page discussions of WP:CFB. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 20:32, 12 August 2014 (UTC)