Best college football rivalry games

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:06 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

So i was watching the bama/auburn game and the florida/fsu games today and couldnt help but think rivalry week just aint what it used to be. There was a time when these games meant EVERYTHING and always had championship implications on both teams. So here's my top 10 best college rivalry games
10. Army vs Navy - passion and pride every year
9. Stanford vs Cal - "the play" says it all
8. Texas vs Oklahoma- Red River rivalry...... classic!!!
7. Florida / Florida State - was best during the Spurrier/Bowden days
6. Florida State vs Miami- "WIDE RIGHT!"
5. Florida vs Georgia- always action packed
4. Florida vs Tennesse- Manning, Price, Lewis, Wurffel, Grossman, Taylor
3. USC vs Notre Dame- this rivalry has combined for more heisman trophy winners than any others
2. Ohio State vs Michigan- classic big 10 smash mouth football
1. Alabama vs Auburn- SEC football at its best

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: woof
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

you must be an SEC Fan...lol
Red River Rilvary always seems to have BCS Champ implications due to both teams being SO good.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: woof
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

...and did you just put Bama vs. Auburn as SEC at it's best?!?!?! :lol:

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

woof said:
you must be an SEC Fan...lol
Red River Rilvary always seems to have BCS Champ implications due to both teams being SO good.
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Actually i'm not an SEC fan...i was born raised in Iowa (hawks!), and graduated from Arizona State ...but neither school has the tradion and history of Bama/Auburn. IMO SEC football is a "lifestyle"...i watch some of the games and see the fans and i'm thinkin "yo dude...its not that serious".

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: woof
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:22 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Fo Sho...people get CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Berghoff
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:26 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

WILLIAMS-AMHERST

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: November 29, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Florida on there three times and Fla St. on twice? A team cannot have more than one "rivalry" game make a top ten list...the rivalry thing has to be that ONE team that you would give your left nut to beat, that if you lose every other game that season but beat that team, the season is still salvagable and the coach keeps his job. Putting two or three opponents on your rivals list just makes it a seasonal schedule, not a top-ten rivalry. Important games? Sure. But rivalry is about so much more than that.
The answer to the question regarding the #1 rivalry, by the way, is OSU-Michigan, current situation (Michigan totally sucks) aside.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: November 29, 2008 at 09:10 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Brick said:
Florida on there three times and Fla St. on twice? A team cannot have more than one "rivalry" game make a top ten list...the rivalry thing has to be that ONE team that you would give your left nut to beat, that if you lose every other game that season but beat that team, the season is still salvagable and the coach keeps his job. Putting two or three opponents on your rivals list just makes it a seasonal schedule, not a top-ten rivalry. Important games? Sure. But rivalry is about so much more than that.
The answer to the question regarding the #1 rivalry, by the way, is OSU-Michigan, current situation (Michigan totally sucks) aside.
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I understand your side, but keep in mind there was a time where 3 of the top 10 (if not 5) were from the state of florida....too much talent in that state to not have multiple rivalries. You could argue FSU/Miami was the best game for the better part of the 90's....every game came down to a last second field goal. I'm with ya on OSU/Mich...just not quite as good as Bama/Auburn historically. Just my opinion.
BTW my fav college basketball rivalries
3. Iowa/Indiana (when Alford was coaching Ia, Knight at In)
2. Kentucy/Louisville
1. Duke/NC - THE BEST PERIOD!!!

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: woof
Date: November 29, 2008 at 09:18 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

1. Duke/NC - THE BEST PERIOD!!!
Hands Down...

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Berghoff
Date: November 29, 2008 at 09:59 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

(post script... congrats on not merging this thread. big step for you guys.. big step)

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: November 29, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Berghoff said:
(post script... congrats on not merging this thread. big step for you guys.. big step)
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Yeah....i'm shocked its gone this far. The tend to get merge happy at times

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: November 29, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Berghoff said:
(post script... congrats on not merging this thread. big step for you guys.. big step)
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This thread was actually bringing up a different topic, so it stood.
If, for example, DSW111 had created a thread called, say, "Any college football fans Part 2," then there would have clearly been no reason to merge a thread on the exact same topic by the exact same original poster. Except, of course, if our hypothetical poster DSW111 was just looking for more attention by starting a new thread because the original had already run its course.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Berghoff
Date: November 29, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Always wondered who was doing all the merging. Now we know.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: phoenix-mma
Date: November 30, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

The Bowden bowls had a couple of good games, but for the most part pretty onesided.
Fla/Bama next week should be good though.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: byukid
Date: November 30, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

BYU v. Utah- The Holy War!

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: eazye
Date: November 30, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

I would say VT/UVA but its gotten clearly one sided ...
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RidU6ILUQNE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zKxcXfKYgY

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Brick
Date: November 30, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

eazye said:
I would say VT/UVA but its gotten clearly one sided ...
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Yeah, that is always a danger when your team takes over a rivalry, like OSU-Mich. Michigan owned the Buckeyes for a decade or so and it looked like the rivalry was about dead, but then OSU came back with a vengence and won a few big ones. It doesn't look like Mich is going to recover any time soon, though, so that game may lose its luster for a while.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Ace23
Date: December 01, 2008 at 01:58 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

In this threads case its easily Michigan vs Ohio State.
IN all of sports only Yankees vs Red Sox, Duke vs Carolina top that.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: bp
Date: December 01, 2008 at 02:23 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Clemson/South Carolina isn't bad.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Tai_Mai_Shu
Date: December 01, 2008 at 03:23 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/best-college-football-rivalry-games.7873/

Florida vs. Tennesse...man that was great when Steve Spurrier said you can't spell Citrus Bowl without UT...best smackdown EVER!!!