Soonerwake
9/4/2013, 10:25 PM
With all the talk of the big Michigan vs Notre Dame rivalry this week, I was curious about where it ranks in the landscape of big rivalries. I was shocked to see that they just started playing each other in 1987. Are you kidding me?? 26 years is a BIG rivalry?? Edit- they have played 40 times. Total....
Why does the media come up with this stuff? I counted almost 40 rivalries that have been played for more than 100 years. Now, some of those have been very one-sided, like OU vs OSU and Nebraska vs ISU, and some aren't played regularly anymore, like Texas vs Texas A&M, and some involve teams that have little to no tradition of winning, like TCU vs Baylor. All of those issues take away from the importance of the rivalry, but the length of time the teams have played has to have some bearing on a match-up being called a "historic traditional rivalry" like I've heard this UM ND game benign called repeatedly all week.
Any thoughts??
Why does the media come up with this stuff? I counted almost 40 rivalries that have been played for more than 100 years. Now, some of those have been very one-sided, like OU vs OSU and Nebraska vs ISU, and some aren't played regularly anymore, like Texas vs Texas A&M, and some involve teams that have little to no tradition of winning, like TCU vs Baylor. All of those issues take away from the importance of the rivalry, but the length of time the teams have played has to have some bearing on a match-up being called a "historic traditional rivalry" like I've heard this UM ND game benign called repeatedly all week.
Any thoughts??