Ok, really, I mean it this time. Last post before Monday. I'll be on vacation as of tomorrow, for crying out loud.
I just had to post something here because I just had an argument with a Michigan fan from the west side of the state. Due to his proximity to South Bend, he has on many occasions made it clear that the Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry is more important to him than that between Michigan and Ohio State. My intendedly comedic jabs at him that he's wrong quickly escalated into a heated debate of epic proportions, ending in him playing the victim and telling me that I clearly don't care what he has to say.
At the heart of the debate was his contention that Michigan-Notre Dame is, nationally, the #2 rivalry in all of college football (behind Michigan-OSU, of course). Personally, I don't think it even compares to USC-Notre Dame; however, he contends that his proximity means he knows Notre Dame fans better -- never mind that there are the Michigan and USC halves of the equations were left unattended in his argument. I'm not even convinced that the rivalry is a bigger deal than Michigan-Michigan State, but I'll ignore that for the moment. More importantly, I think it is unbelievable to argue that the Michigan-Notre Dame -- while it is an intense rivalry -- is bigger than the likes of Army-Navy, USC-UCLA, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma, Florida-Florida State, etc., etc., etc..........
I would say that I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, but I don't. I'm pretty damn confident that my argument makes more sense. So I open the floor to all of you. Either here in the comments section, or in the poll which I will soon post (or both), please tell me what you think about the above arguments. Who is the nation's biggest rivalry? Where does Michigan-ND rank in the grand scheme of things? Am I taking crazy pills? And let me know why. I can't wait to hear from you.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The greatest rivalry
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I'm in agreement with you -- UM-MSU is a bigger rivalry than UM-ND. Remember how upset people were about that game when MSU messed with the game clock?
But there's only one college rivalry called "The Big Game" -- Cal-Stanford. I have to go with that.
Sure it's no longer the quality of the others, but that Stanford band game is still one of the greatest moments in sports history.
Oh, do I ever remember that game. I remember where I was, what I was doing, how much I wanted to throw the radio I was listening to.
I can't believe that I forgot to throw Cal-Stanford in the mix. I still wouldn't quite rate that in my top three rivalries, but I'm in full agreement with you about the band game.
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