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Originally Posted by sportsguy2315
Where I don't agree is this Yankees/Red Sox "rivalry" ESPN and Fox shove down the country's throats every year.
Are you kidding me? The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is brutal and not a media invention. Try walking around NYC in a Red Sox hat. Or visiting Boston in Yankees gear. It's not unusual to have things thrown at you, names called, or worse. There have been murders, yes, over the rivalry. Ridiculous and sad but true. The Red Sox and Yankees fans will name their team as their favorite and "Anyone who isn't" the opposite team as their next favorite. Bruins/Canadiens? Please-- that's just the nature of hockey. It's not a big rivalry.
That said, rivalries seem more significant depending on where you live. I've lived in MI, and yes, I would agree that it's one of the biggest rivalries in sports. And before I lived in MI, I heard of it. I was not aware of the Auburn/Alabama rivalry at all. So, one of the biggest? Not sure. To be a big rivalry, to me, it has to have a long-standing history that affects fans not just when the teams are currently playing, but through the years until it reaches legendary proportions widely known and reported outside just the region where the teams are popular. And I think college rivalries are generally more significant than pro sports rivalries (even though I had to attest to the very real bad feelings that often come between Yanks and Sox fans).
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Have to go with the Iron Bowl, Alabama vs. Auburn.
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Originally Posted by SBETigg
That said, rivalries seem more significant depending on where you live.
I totally agree with this!
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I also think it changes based on the competitiveness of the games. Being from Cleveland the OSU v UM games and the Browns v Steelers games used to be huge events but with both rivalries being so one sided lately I couldn't even get motivated to send my friend who is a UM fan the "We Don't Give a <Snip> About the Whole State of Michigan" song disguised as something else like I usually do. Also being a Browns fan has been completely depressing since '95.
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Maybe its a result of watching Bellino and then Staubach dominate Army for the four years I watched the game, along with 4000 fellow midshipmen, from the stands of Veterans Stadium, but the Army-Navy game still stands as a highlight of each season. Unlike most rivalries, it is a true national rivalry...actually, it is an internationally followed rivalry...I recall rising way before dawn to listen to the 1967 game, via the Military Auxiliary Radio System relay, while in Southeast Asia...and Navy won!
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rivalries all depend on where you live. Yes up here in Big 10 country Michigan/Ohio St football is pretty big. Years ago it used to be who won went to the Rose Bowl. Not so much anymore. While I agree Alabama/Auburn is a rivalry. The true college football rivalry is Army/Navy. No national championships getting in the way. This one has huge bragging rights that go all the way up to the White House.
The proximity between the 2 teams also festers good and not so good feelings between each teams fans. Example Duke/Carolina has less than 10 miles between the 2 campuses so this is a really heated rivalry.
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Originally Posted by SBETigg
Are you kidding me? The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is brutal and not a media invention. Try walking around NYC in a Red Sox hat. Or visiting Boston in Yankees gear. It's not unusual to have things thrown at you, names called, or worse. There have been murders, yes, over the rivalry. Ridiculous and sad but true. The Red Sox and Yankees fans will name their team as their favorite and "Anyone who isn't" the opposite team as their next favorite.
Agreed. I went on a whale watch at Cape Cod once wearing a Yankee hat and thought I was going to get keelhauled!
You go to Boston, and their obsession with hating everything Yankees is almost as passionate as their love for the Sawks.
Go to Yankee Stadium before a game against the Red Sox and there are as many vendors outside the stadium selling anti-Sox merchandise as there are selling Yankee stuff.
It's BRUTAL.
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Army-Navy
FSU-Florida
Georgia-Florida
Alabama-Auburn
OSU-Michigan
There are 100s of "rivalries". It depends on what sport, what location.
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Since the question is "best" and not "most popular" the answer is...
Easton / Phillipsburg
I believe it is still the only High School football game shown live on national TV.
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Yankees/ and that Boston team is a major one.
I also agree with Scar- Easton-P-burg was even on Espn twice! Pretty good for High School Football!
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I understand that regional bias plays a role. I understood that before I asked the question.
I thought Army vs Navy would get some response. I do think it is proably the second biggest rivalry.
I have noticed some votes for Florida vs Georgia. Great rivalry but not even the best in the SEC. In fact I would rate it below Tennessee vs Alabama, and maybe even below Miss St. vs. Ole Miss. Florida has so many rivals: Fla St., Georgia, Tennessee etc..
The question was and remains what is the greatest rivalry in college and pro sports? No matter the sport of location.
I would suggest if you are interested, look up Lipscomb vs Belmont now that is a fierce rivalry.
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Does a vote for "Affirmed / Alydar" count?
How about "Ali / Frazier"?
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Originally Posted by Scar
Since the question is "best" and not "most popular" the answer is...
Easton / Phillipsburg
I believe it is still the only High School football game shown live on national TV.
There is a high school football rivalry in Louisville, Kentucky that has been going on since the late 1800s. It is also shown on one of the ESPN channels every year and betting on it shows up on the boards in Vegas. It is the annual St. X-Trinity football game. A great rivalry. Played at the University of Louisville's stadium because no high school football stadiums can hold all the people who attend it every year.
However, I'd go with Liverpool-Manchester United from the English Premier League in Britain. Not only is it a rivalry between regions, but it also has to do with socio-economic status as well. Fights break out all the time between supporters. And, this is the only rivalry match/game where I've seen a supporter escorted out with a dart embedded in his cheek because the opposing club's supporters were throwing them at the them. YIKES! No love lost between these 2!
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It's a totally regional thing and I have to go with...
FL-Georgia
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FL-FSU
Having been a Gator my entire life, I can't choose between these two rivalries.
BUT, I would venture to say the FL-Georgia conflict is so emotional neither team has it on home turf-it's always in Jacksonville.
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Originally Posted by magicofdisney
BUT, I would venture to say the FL-Georgia conflict is so emotional neither team has it on home turf-it's always in Jacksonville.
That's not a rivalry, it's a cocktail party.
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