I'll start...

Michigan/Ohio State:
Michigan, because a lot of my family comes from that area and my father and many other relatives are/were Michigan alums..., although in my younger, single days I dated girls from both schools, and but for the exception of their feelings on the rivalry, in my modest sampling, the OSU chicks were hotter, but the rivalry still goes to Michigan.

Army/Navy:
God bless 'em both, since I missed the great Army teams before my time, but saw Navy's Roger Staubach go against Cal's Craig Morton when I was kid, and w/ JFK's Naval experience and tragic death around rivalry weekend the previous year, I'll go w/ Navy.

Cal/Stanford:
grew up pretty close to Cal, and have many relatives that are alums of both schools, but after going to Stanford coaching camp when I was a 9 y.o. grade schooler, I was hooked; Stanford gets the nod for the rivalry. went to (the west coast's) "The Big Game" every year growing up to peak interest in college football.

Harvard/Yale:
the original "Big Game", but does anyone care about Ivy League football anymore?
Yale has better "apizza".

UCLA/USC:
UCLA.
it was the only school I applied to, though I filled out the Stanford application and never mailed it. No regrets. More total NCAA championships than any other school. Go Bruins!

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It's my short life.

If it is pac-10 rivalry then I hope for a good close game.

I always root for Washington State since they are the closest to OSU in terms of stature. Except when they play us.

I root for the beavers and everyone that plays the University of Zero.

All other rivalries I just hope for a good close game.

Cal/Stanford: I grew up on the peninsula, so Stanford was the local big university. Went to quite a few football games during the John Elway/Darren Nelson days. Also went to a fair amount of basketball games where there was Keith Jones and not a whole lot else in a very empty Maples Pavilion. Then Todd Lichti came to town and I knew tickets would get much harder to come by...

I never really hated Cal. I'd always rather they do well, since they're another Bay Area school and I attended another UC myself.

UCLA/U$C: Again with the UC affinity, and U$C tries to be like Stanford but without the academic standards.

Most of the other national rivalries I don't pay attention to much, though I guess I pull for OSU over Michigan now because one of my best friends from college is a Columbus native and big Buckeye fan.



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Unless it's my alma mater, or a hometown team I grew up watching, I support the underdog.
Or anybody but Texas.

Don't have one anymore. Penn State and Pitt stopped playing each other in football in 2000...but I LOVE Penn State and love that Pitt has an inferiority complex over Penn State...if you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you: The final three (unofficial) words of the Pitt alma mater? "F*#k Penn State!"

The Fighting Illini have no traditional rivals. They are an equal opportunity win for whoever they are playing. Indiana is scum though.

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Cal/Stanford. Cal all the way. Frankly, I hate american football, but "The Play" was one of the best things cal athletics ever pulled off. Also, in comparing the annoying Stanford Band vs the Cal Marching Band, there is no comparison.

Oh, also, UNC Women's Soccer vs anybody. This is where the world-dominating women's soccer team came from, one of the finest athletic stories in the world. No real support, no money, no nuthin'...just love of the game, athleticism and great coaching.

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Georgia/Florida - Go Gators!- my older brother went to Florida when they were the best team money could buy in the early 80s. It was also shortly after the Herschel Walker era at UGA so Florida was always the underdog. Over the last 2 decades, though, they seem to have dominated the series. Georgia pulls out a win every couple of years, often when Florida is very highly ranked (fortunately didn't happen this year).

Also, I went to Emory, not traditionally thought of as a Division III powerhouse (alas, no football team), so my loyalties have resided with the Gators.

Now, hopefully USC will lose to either Cal or Notre Dame (or both or UCLA).

Who cares... It's just a game!

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That's what great about it. It's a game!

I grew up in Los Angeles. Only students at USC and UCLA had proprietary loyalties. The masses rooted for USC in football and UCLA in basketball. UCLA football and USC basketball were secondary loves when the other wasn't competitive.

Go Trojans! (football), Go Bruins! (basketball)

Doesn't anyone know nor care about Cal State Northridge football team? Umm, neither do I.

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Ohio State vs Michigan- Ohio State because my parents are alums as I am. Grew up in Upstate NY but raised on Ohio State. Sacriledge not to watch the game and Script Ohio.

Notre Dame vs anyone except Ohio State because my uncle played for them and am Irish Catholic.

I'm a University of Michigan fan since birth. I was born in Michigan and grew up there. It was a nice place to live except for the occasional stench coming from the state to the south. The wonderful fragrance of Roses we collected in Pasadena each year made it bareable though.

Many of my family are U of M grads, not me though, I wasn't smart enough. I got accepted at OSU but chose to get a more challenging education at Community College. It was nice knowing the collective intelligence in my Community College was greater than that of the entire state of Ohio.

That education served me well as I now own my own McDonald's franchise. It's a lot fun but tough to find good help, most applicants are either crack heads, criminals, OSU grads, or some combination of the three. With proper training and supervision they make good burger flippers though.

In general, OSU grads make decent workers, but you have to keep an eye on them, they like to cheat and steal. I'm not a bad guy, I give them 3 chances then it's off to jail with them. From what I've heard, jail is a lot like the TV show OZ, only filled with former OSU players.

All is not lost though. After they do their time they can always look forward to being picked up as a Professor for their Alma Mater where they can perpetuate the cycle.

Before any OSU fans start calling scoreboard let me do it for you. Michigan leads the overall series 57-39-6.

GO BLUE!

(This was written in fun. Seriously though, whomever loses tomorrow deserves a rematch in the National Title game. OSU and Michigan are head and shoulders above anyone else in college football this year.)



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I don't, really. I take an interest in my alma mater's football team, but I'm not obsessive about it. Frankly, I'd rather see the money spent on athletic scholarships go to actual scholars.

Yeah, scholars that can run a 4.2 40-yard dash. Scholars end up being technicians at Google. Boring.

Yes, you're absolutely right. Schools should spend much more money on fast, illiterate steroid cases who won't graduate.

Talk about boring…

OU Sucks.

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Who cares... It's just a game!

EXACTLY!
(but I would have aid "Who gives a crap?")
I don't understand how people are so tied into how one team does vs. another based on geography. Maybe I lack "spirit" or whatever. But here in central-ish PA we have people that are die-hard PSU or Pitt fans (mostly PSU), Eagles or Steelers, etc.

I say "Who cares", are YOU on the team? Will you get admonished/congratulated by the boss/coach if your team loses/wins?


Of course, maybe I'm just drunk (or well on the way there).

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Yeah, scholars that can run a 4.2 40-yard dash. Scholars end up being technicians at Google. Boring.

...or nuclear physicists, or people who build spaceships that go to the outer planets, or doctors who save your sorry ass.

Who gives a @#!$% about millionaire athletes who load up on steroids to produce canned sportsutainment for couch potatoes. I'd much rather watch youth athletes battle it out on the soccer field than those sorry ass spoilt children.

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davester, does the internet make you insane? I was joking. take it easy. There is never a reason for you to display this kind of hostility to someone you don't know and who has never done anything to you.

Well, Cal obviously. 'Cause it's Mrs Tats and my alma mater.

Michigan-OSU: Michigan, Dad's alma mater.

Tennessee- no matter who else they are playing. Grew up in Tennessee so this was all I ever knew.

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davester, does the internet make you insane? I was joking. take it easy. There is never a reason for you to display this kind of hostility to someone you don't know and who has never done anything to you.

They don't do biting satire where you come from?...though I really meant it about the millionaire spoilt children and couch potatoes.

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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

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davester, does the internet make you insane? I was joking. take it easy. There is never a reason for you to display this kind of hostility to someone you don't know and who has never done anything to you.

They don't do biting satire where you come from?...though I really meant it about the millionaire spoilt children and couch potatoes.

Oh. My bad. I actually enjoy watching prep football and basketball. And it only costs a dollar.

For the people who express dislike for college football and would rather see the money spent on academic pursuits, be advised that football programs bring in millions of dollars for their respective schools. That money that is used among other things, to give academic scholarships and build libraries.

Vision63: Prep football only costs a dollar where you live? Wow, that's a bargain! It's at least $5 here and some schools have $10+ tickets. We're getting ripped off down here!

Another here who leans toward Michigan if I had to care. My sister graduated from U of M and took me to a game when I was in High School and it was simply fantastic. Plus I went to college down the Road at Eastern Michigan U and my college girlfriend went to U of M so the only words I know when it comes to College Football is...

Let's Go Blue!

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For the people who express dislike for college football and would rather see the money spent on academic pursuits, be advised that football programs bring in millions of dollars for their respective schools. That money that is used among other things, to give academic scholarships and build libraries.

Vision63: Prep football only costs a dollar where you live? Wow, that's a bargain! It's at least $5 here and some schools have $10+ tickets. We're getting ripped off down here!

It's suggested donation $1 dollar at the schools I follow. Sometimes I donate more.

The fans who seem especially sad to me are the ones who say "we" when they are talking about their favorite team.