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Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:19 pm to saintsfan22
Sorry. Posting from phone. I meant Florida had no business beating Georgia last year. But they loved messing up their season.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:19 pm to goldenbadger08
quote:what's wrong with that?
You're talking to an Aggie who claims to have no rivals
quote:I think you are taking my title too literal. I'm not asking if there is any level of importance
they're even important to other schools and fans
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:20 pm to WestCoastAg
Rivalries are great for any sport. They build passion and interest. And of course Baylor and TCU are rivals, as TCU (wrongly) blames Baylor for keeping TCU out of the Big 12 when it first formed and Baylor hates TCU for being a bunch of fake Christians in a fake cowboy town. Oh, and they are both good right now. It's outstanding how much they hate each other.
What's even better is how much A&M and Texas still hate each other without even playing. The rivalry is getting more intense as a proxy war. It's wonderful, especially as their fans deny how obsessed they are with each other, which they clearly are. The best way to prove someone is your rival is to continually, loudly, and without prompting insisting to anyone and everyone that someone is not your rival. Sure, we believe you.
What's even better is how much A&M and Texas still hate each other without even playing. The rivalry is getting more intense as a proxy war. It's wonderful, especially as their fans deny how obsessed they are with each other, which they clearly are. The best way to prove someone is your rival is to continually, loudly, and without prompting insisting to anyone and everyone that someone is not your rival. Sure, we believe you.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:20 pm to Porkchop Express
I'm a fan of another school that has a rival, I don't enjoy their season any more or less than a&ms 
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:22 pm to WestCoastAg
These threads always go the same way, posters that are fans of teams that don't really have a rivalry or have lost theirs due to realignment say "rivalries don't matter anymore" and posters that are fans of teams that still have big rivals say "of course rivalries matter" and we get nowhere
Same thing. Every. Time.
Same thing. Every. Time.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:27 pm to WestCoastAg
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Are college football rivalries still important?
Ever attended a family Christmas party after losing the Egg Bowl that year?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:35 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Where are we supposed to go? This is a stupid question.
Yes, rivalries are still important. The game of college football would be LESS important if Michigan/OSU, Alabama/Auburn, USC/UCLA or whatever, didn't play.
Yes, rivalries are still important. The game of college football would be LESS important if Michigan/OSU, Alabama/Auburn, USC/UCLA or whatever, didn't play.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:36 pm to ViperCasual
quote:I disagree
The game of college football would be LESS important if Michigan/OSU, Alabama/Auburn, USC/UCLA or whatever, didn't play
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:40 pm to WestCoastAg
Why do you disagree?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:42 pm to goldenbadger08
Because big time games would still be played regardless
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:46 pm to WestCoastAg
And teams in those "big time games" would develop a rivalry.
If all it was a bunch of random teams and fans that didn't care about beating each other the sport would suck.
If all it was a bunch of random teams and fans that didn't care about beating each other the sport would suck.
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:48 pm to goldenbadger08
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And teams in those "big time games" would develop a rivalry.
Not necessarily. In fact, most often not.
quote:
If all it was a bunch of random teams and fans that didn't care about beating each other the sport would suck.
You don't have to have rivals to care about beating each other very much.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:50 pm to TbirdSpur2010
Yes, if two teams continuously played in big time games a rivalry would develop. Can you point to an instance that didn't occur?
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:02 pm to goldenbadger08
quote:Alabama-LSU, florida-LSU, Oregon-USC
Yes, if two teams continuously played in big time games a rivalry would develop.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:07 pm to WestCoastAg
Not sure about USC and Oregon in big time games but the other two for sure have a little rivalry.
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:11 pm to goldenbadger08
quote:they've had a few, so have Oregon and Stanford
Not sure about USC and Oregon in big time games
quote:ehhhh, They were/are big games
but the other two for sure have a little rivalry
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:12 pm to WestCoastAg
I understand it's hard for you, as an aggy, to comprehend what a rivalry is.
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:15 pm to WestCoastAg
They're obsolete. And that was stamped as official as soon as the college playoffs started. College football is one sport where the little guy simply cannot win, and all but 20 programs or so really have very little chance. and so rivalries in such afforded teams legitimate successes since there was no real champion.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:15 pm to goldenbadger08
You asked me to provide you with examples of how schools played multiple big games with one other but aren't considered rivals, I gave them to you. College football would still be just as big with or without rivalries. They may be fun and important to the individual schools, but on a larger level? Eh
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 10:16 pm
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