I agree that Texas vs. A&M belongs on the list over Cal vs. Stanford, but several?
Not sure on that one. Personally, I would delete any of the Florida-Florida St. and Miami rivalries, but I thought that might be two provincial of me.
Well, I certainly agree with the Cal. - Stanford but also with the Notre Dame - USC rivalry. Maybe "several" was an exaggeration, but it definitely belongs on there.
The Texas games have not only inter-conference implications, there are intra-state honors involved, not to mention the general dislike of the tree-huggers at t.u. by Aggies.
When one school mentions another in its fight song for 100 years, I think that's a rivalry:
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!
Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!
Goodbye to Texas University,
So long to the Orange and the White.
Good luck to the dear old Texas Aggies,
They are the boys who show the fight.
The eyes of Texas are upon you,
That is the song they sing so well,
So, goodbye to Texas University,
We're going to beat you all to ----
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Chig-gar-roo-gar-rem!
Rough! Tough!
Real stuff! Texas A&M!