A GAA Reeling in the Years of the 2000s would no doubt have at its core the three championship meetings bewtween Kerry and Tyrone.
The latter reigned supreme in all three and into the mix they twice beat the Kingdom in All-Ireland finals. The other collision was at the last-four stage when Tyrone's swarm took the sting out of Kerry and left them a well-beaten docket at the final whistle.
That was then. This is now.
Sunday next sees a continuation of that rivalry. Yes, there was the qualifier encounter from that sun-drenched evening in Killarney in 2012. Kerry won pulling up against a Red Hand outfit who were clearly a pale shadow of the force that reached the summit in the noughties.
Mickey Harte is building something again with Tyrone and in Darren McCurry, Peter Harte, Mark Bradley and Mattie Donnelly, the talent is there to make them a formidable force again. In their six championship games to date, the Ulster side have only conceded one goal. Their performance in losing narrowly to Donegal last May suggested a long summer could be in the offing. That has now come to pass.
"Tyrone have made real progress this year," says Oisín McConville.
"Looking back to last season they lost tamely enough against Armagh and you wondered what the future for them was. Fair play to Mickey Harte, he's given young lads their chance and he's coming with a good team again. When they lost to Donegal (Ulster preliminary round) I thought they were plucky but they were a good bit off being considered a top four or five side in the country. They are that stage now. Playing Kerry, however, will be the acid test."
The former All-Ireland winner with Armagh believes that Harte's side will prove difficult opponents for the Kingdom but fears it won't be enough to stop Éamonn Fitzmaurice's side from reaching a successive September decider.
"Tyrone will bring a huge work rate and will ask questions of Kerry," he added.
"Much has been said about how defensive Tyrone have been this year but what has impressed me is their transition from defence to attack. That said keeping the Kerry forwards quiet and to limit their mobility for over 70 minutes is asking a lot. Kerry also have that ability to thread a pass that can cut through the blanket. I also think that the experience of seeing off Donegal in last year's All-Ireland final will stand to them.
"You have to go with Kerry but Tyrone are on the right track in getting back to the top table."
Former Monaghan and Meath manager Seamus McEnaney is also of the view that Tyrone are making a dash again and adds that their "defensive system will see them live with Kerry for a long time."
However, the class of the Kerry attack and their strong midfield will, he concludes, see them progress to the 20 September decider.
"Kerry have too many good forwards for Tyrone to be able to curtail the whole lot of them," said 'Banty'.
"Around the middle, Kerry are awesome. From number eight up, they'll be too powerful for Tyrone."
McEnaney also highlighted a strategy that the Munster side will implement on Sunday.
"Kerry will make Tyrone kick the ball out to the middle of the field, unlike Monaghan the last day who made a huge mistake in not making Tyrone kick the ball out the pitch. For me it's Kerry by between three and six points."
