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10 Great Football Rivalries
26 November 2008 | bobjam

Posted on 11/26/2008 11:13:02 AM PST by bobjam

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To: bobjam

The KU vs. MU game is a long bitter rivalry.
It started when the border war across their common border was still within the memory of those living and has keep some of that spirit of bitterness.

The last regular season game is permanently scheduled as this match and has always produced unexpected results. Whichever team has the best record or rating (most often in recent decades, Missouri) better watch out as they often lose.

I expect a great battle again this year.


41 posted on 11/26/2008 11:40:35 AM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: Deb

“USC (I am a proud alum!!!) is hardly “Hollywood” since it’s located in the big, fat, middle of gang territory. And who cares where UCLA is?”

USC=University of Spoiled Children


42 posted on 11/26/2008 11:40:49 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: ghostrider

Back in the glory days of Florida-Miami (Florida Flop, ornage fights, etc) the trophy was a Seminole Indian canoe that had been made by the Seminole tribe several decades ago.


43 posted on 11/26/2008 11:40:52 AM PST by bobjam
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To: Canedawg

My favorite is the FSU/Miami game. It is always a thunderous game. The teams fight light gladiators with mutual respect. The FSU/Florida rivalry is fueled by many years of dislike.


44 posted on 11/26/2008 11:42:38 AM PST by ghostrider
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To: bobjam

Never witnessed it first hand but I’ve heard some pretty wild stories about Colorado vs. Colorado State. One involved tear gas.


45 posted on 11/26/2008 11:42:50 AM PST by Alcibiades ("First come smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire"--Roland Deschain)
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To: truth_seeker
Some of us were on scholarships...and to the FILM SCHOOL Toooooo!!!!
46 posted on 11/26/2008 11:43:44 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Deb
And who cares where UCLA is?

If your grades had been higher you would have known that it is in Westwood. So instead you had to go to the University of Second Choice. ;-)

47 posted on 11/26/2008 11:45:35 AM PST by CommerceComet
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To: bobjam
Harvard - Yale is probably my favorite.
It is the country's longest - having started in 1875 - they met for the 125th time the other week.
48 posted on 11/26/2008 11:45:47 AM PST by CT-Freeper (Said the frequently disappointed but ever optimistic Mets fan.)
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To: bobjam
5) Ohio State vs Michigan: This dates back to the war fought between Michigan and Ohio over Toledo. They say Ohio lost.

LOL.
I was gonna cite the WIKI reference where Ohio got Toledo when it "won", but then my sense of humor kicked in.
Good one.
49 posted on 11/26/2008 11:45:49 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: Deb

Two words:

13-9


50 posted on 11/26/2008 11:49:03 AM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: CommerceComet

Yeah, like I didn’t know UCLA is in Westwood...I said “Who cares” where it is. Obvisouly, you just follow the Bruin Gay Parade up Westwood Blvd and you’re there.


51 posted on 11/26/2008 11:51:39 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: reagandemocrat

Not listening.


52 posted on 11/26/2008 11:52:35 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: bobjam

2) California Berkley vs Stanford: The peace-niks vs the tree huggers (or the other way around). This shows that even leftist wackos enjoy college football.


I’m not aware that Stanford had a lefty reputation beyond the deserved leftist reputation of almost any college or university).

I’d frame this one as “the country-clubbers vs the peaceniks”, or maybe better “the tree-huggers vs the trees” (the unofficial Stanford mascot).


53 posted on 11/26/2008 11:53:10 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Politicians, like diapers, should be changed often. And for the same reason.)
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To: Terry Mross

Rebuilding, yes. I would also agree about Mustain. It didn’t bother me that Nutt left. I think he had pretty much run his course here in Arkansas as far as coaching and had his eye on the AD’s job knowing that Frank Broyles was about to retire. He didn’t get it, and I think he realized it was time to move on.


54 posted on 11/26/2008 11:55:05 AM PST by OB1kNOb (I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
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To: Big Steve

I thought the day this game is played was a State holiday.

Go Tigers!


55 posted on 11/26/2008 11:56:07 AM PST by neal1960 (This space for rent.)
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To: Red Badger
I bet the Tailgate Parties have Chablis and Brie..............

Nope - they're catered.

56 posted on 11/26/2008 11:59:21 AM PST by TexasNative2000
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To: Paco

My friend you have nailed the competition between the Coloradians and the real people of Nebraska. We not only don’t like the Buff fans because they don’t understand what “Rivalry” means but also they are just so Bush in all phases of the game that true fans will simply pay them no heed!!!
Go Big Red We are on the way back to the top level with Bo.


57 posted on 11/26/2008 12:00:02 PM PST by Oldsailor
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To: bobjam

I’ve never understood the appeal of semi-pro (some call it “college”) football.


58 posted on 11/26/2008 12:00:26 PM PST by Hardastarboard (0bama IS a socialist - I don't care what the elite media poofters say.)
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To: bobjam

Back when there was a Southwest Conference, Arkansas vs Texas was a great rivalry.


59 posted on 11/26/2008 12:02:07 PM PST by Jackson57
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To: bobjam

You might want to mix in a little Texas vs. Texas A&M.


60 posted on 11/26/2008 12:02:35 PM PST by TexasNative2000
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