Rivarly Week

[Spence]

It is my favorite week of the year. One thing that I never thought I would say is that I am tired of how bad *ichigan has become. I would rather TTUN be undefeated contending for a championship than playing for bowl eligibility. It is time for the powers that be to make a good hire for the Weasels and make them relevant again. Most of all, I want to go back to flooding Eric with endless Skunkbear jokes all of which were in the poorest of taste. It's time to stoke the fire of this rivalry and it is up to TSUN to come together and make a good hire for head coach and join my Buckeyes to breathe some life back into THE GAME. That is all.

[Dossenator]

Up until this year Ark played LSU the Friday after Thanksgiving. That game had become a very good rivalry. However, the SEC has paired A&M vs LSU and created a fake rivalry game: Ark vs Missouri. They are calling it the Battle Line Rivalry. They are making a trophy and everything.

The teams have only played each other 3 times in the past 100 years. Maybe it will turn into a rivalry but right now it is just the next game.

[donovan]

College football paid way too big of a price just so TV could have a National Champion. This has always been a great week, even when the teams were mismatched. Great events, in all areas, seldom have to do with the main attraction, its always about people and relationships. When did we decide money supplants that?

[highfly24]

I always like the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Ax. This year should be even better than most. After a Thanksgiving meal I'll be ending the weekend with a big heaping spoonful of Apple Cup. Just hope the Huskies don't tank it again in Pullman. That's whats fun about these games tho, crazy things happen.

[Dossenator]

Arkansas sure trying to pump up the Missouri game as a rivalry. Here us video they released today: http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/arkansas-football/video-arkansas-releases-epic-hype-video-game-mizzou/

[Spence]

I always like the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Ax. This year should be even better than most. After a Thanksgiving meal I'll be ending the weekend with a big heaping spoonful of Apple Cup. Just hope the Huskies don't tank it again in Pullman. That's whats fun about these games tho, crazy things happen.

I like the Big10 rivalries best, but I general record the iron bowl and several others around the country.

[donovan]

I always like the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Ax. This year should be even better than most. After a Thanksgiving meal I'll be ending the weekend with a big heaping spoonful of Apple Cup. Just hope the Huskies don't tank it again in Pullman. That's whats fun about these games tho, crazy things happen.

The Apple Cup is on watching also. After many years living in the Puget Sound area, I was still a Cougar fan. Right after that, well they lap a little, will be the Civil War. I am pulling for Oregon State. In both of these games, no predicting what may happen.

[warrriorsfan808]

I want my Thanksgiving rivalry back... t.u. at Texas A&M.. I explained why in the WEEK 14 Picks thread...

[Cane from the Bend]

Yes, and the players are lobbying, now, for a Bowl match up.

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[Cane from the Bend]

College football paid way too big of a price just so TV could have a National Champion. This has always been a great week, even when the teams were mismatched. Great events, in all areas, seldom have to do with the main attraction, its always about people and relationships. When did we decide money supplants that?

Did "We" decide ..?

I believe you answered your own question before you even posted it.

Required reading should be The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899), by Thorstein Veblen.

4 I do not accept all his conclusions, but I find it hard to argue with his observations and the above examples. He specifically used American football as one of his examples. That was in 1899. American football, although its practice could be socially advantageous to the psychological cohesion of the community, it is an economic side-effect, because it is a display of conspicuous leisure.

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[donovan]

Perhaps I did.

[Swamp Daddy]

I, for one, can hardly wait. UL/UK shootout at high noon today; other great games to follow.

have fun, Swamp Daddy

[Cane from the Bend]

Yes ...

Other than Labor Day weekend, the Miami/fsu week, Rivalry Weekend & Bowl Season are the most pumped I get for the college football year.

Swamp Daddy, you mention High Noon, you are right:
12:00 noon games, November 29, 2014

Michigan @ #6 Ohio State --- The Game (abc)
#16 Georgia Tech @ #9 Georgia --- Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (sec)
South Carolina @ #21 Clemson --- The Battle of the Palmetto State (espn)
Kentucky @ #22 Louisville --- Governor's Cup (Kentucky) (espn2)
Illinois @ Northwestern --- Land of Lincoln Trophy (espnU)
Purdue @ Indiana --- Old Oaken Bucket (BTN)

All of this just to start the day (not withstanding rivalries having been omitted due to their contrived nature)

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[Cane from the Bend]

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The fun continues ...

Rivalry Weekend 3:30 pm [est] game starts:
florida @ #3 Florida State --- Sunshine Showdown (espn)
#4 Mississippi State @ #19 Ole Miss --- Egg Bowl (CBS)
#7 Baylor vs. Texas Tech --- (abc/espn2)
#18 Minnesota @ #14 Wisconsin --- Paul Bunyan's Axe (BTN)
San José St @ San Diego State --- El Camino Real Rivalry (CBS Sports)
Notre Dame @ USC --- Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh (FOX)


4:00 pm game starts:
Kansas @ #12 Kansas State --- Governor's Cup (Kansas) (FOX Sports1)
Tennessee @ Vanderbilt --- Hatred in the Hills (sec)


7:45 pm game:
#15 Auburn @ #1 Alabama --- Iron Bowl (espn)


8:00 pm game:
#2 Oregon @ Oregon State --- the Civil War (abc)


10:30 pm game starts:
Washington @ Washington State --- The Apple Cup (FOX Sports1)
Nevada @ UNLV --- The Fremont Cannon (espnU)

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[Cane from the Bend]

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Get out your left overs, boys --- it's gonna be a Football Frenzy all day long.

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