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Similar to the Civil War but on a larger scale.
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Similar to the Civil War but on a larger scale.
UConnNick
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I'm not. We should allow that particular piece of Bobby Fiasco insanity to die a thousand deaths.
Hard to think of BC as our biggest football rival, we never defeated them. There may be institutional rivalry between the two, yes. They somehow blocked us from the ACC the first time around.
Biggest football rivals during our 1A era, in my opinion, were Pitt, Syracuse, USF, Louisville and Rutgers. There's somewhat of an unspoken rivalry between us and any two biggest school in Philadelphia, too. Somewhat of a soft rivalry with Cincinnati, too. That's pretty much the whole Big East while we were in it.
Biggest football rivals during our 1A era, in my opinion, were Pitt, Syracuse, USF, Louisville and Rutgers. There's somewhat of an unspoken rivalry between us and any two biggest school in Philadelphia, too. Somewhat of a soft rivalry with Cincinnati, too. That's pretty much the whole Big East while we were in it.
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Primarily because it was irrelevant.
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*UCF* UMass Cuse Rugters and Cincy
we had a David vs Goliath thing going on with WVU for a while
we had a David vs Goliath thing going on with WVU for a while
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Maine and UNH???
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USF should be considered IMO. We've had close games and games that matter. Other than the last 5 or 6 years it was pretty back and forth on wins and loses, granted that's a large piece of the teams history together.
Temple should be considered. The history goes back several decades, though it's not continuous. Proximity and recruiting is a factor. Also, we've had games with controversial calls (was the foot in or out of the back of the endzone) that help build animosity towards each.
What these 2 games don't have is the proverbial, if we lose all other games but that 1 or 2 we still had a successful season, kinda feeling.
I would love to see annual games against Rutty, Cuse, BC or even Louisville but at least in the short term that's not gonna happen. If it did, especially with the first 3, they would be great regional rivalries.
IMO, the best rivalries are built by loses. A lose that costs the loser something, be it a winning season or bowl appearance, a conference championship, or simply dignity because you never should have lost to them in the first place. Then repeating that the next year with something similar on the line again. Obviously the more of those strung together, with critical loses on both sides the greater the feeling when you are victorious and the more hated the foe.
Temple should be considered. The history goes back several decades, though it's not continuous. Proximity and recruiting is a factor. Also, we've had games with controversial calls (was the foot in or out of the back of the endzone) that help build animosity towards each.
What these 2 games don't have is the proverbial, if we lose all other games but that 1 or 2 we still had a successful season, kinda feeling.
I would love to see annual games against Rutty, Cuse, BC or even Louisville but at least in the short term that's not gonna happen. If it did, especially with the first 3, they would be great regional rivalries.
IMO, the best rivalries are built by loses. A lose that costs the loser something, be it a winning season or bowl appearance, a conference championship, or simply dignity because you never should have lost to them in the first place. Then repeating that the next year with something similar on the line again. Obviously the more of those strung together, with critical loses on both sides the greater the feeling when you are victorious and the more hated the foe.
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Or as it's referred to in Dixie "The Game of Northern Aggression."