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Kentucky Vs. Louisville: Do Statistics Make Duke/UNC Better?
Mack Perkins makes the argument today on Nation of Blue that the Kentucky/Louisville rivalry is inferior to several others, including Indiana/Purdue and Duke/UNC. Of course, the answer to the question of who has the better rivalry, like so many questions in sports, is largely subjective. Here is...
Drawing the Battle Lines
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MSU is Popular in Kazakhstan. Nice!
Our old friend of the 'Brew, the Enlightened Spartan, took umbrage to my recent outsider's take on the Michigan Michigan State football and academic rivalry that comes to a head this weekend. In my piece, I related a old story about returning home to Dallas and talking with my high school friends...
The Michigan Michigan State Rivalry: An Outsider's Perspective
If you're not originally from Michigan, the Michigan Michigan State rivalry is a difficult one to get excited about. As a person who lived his life just about everywhere on earth other than Michigan prior to enrollment at the University of Michigan, I knew next to nothing about the rivalry when I...
Big Ten Roundtable: Illustrating The Rivalries
Thanks to Gopher Nation for the questions. 1. ESPN's Adam Rittenberg recently ranked the top 5 rivalries in the Big Ten and there were some controversial results (Illinois v Ohio State as #3?). Clearly Ohio State vs. Michigan is the #1 rivalry in the Big Ten, but give me your next three. Your...
Hello, our friends, we meet again
It's been a while. Where should we begin? Feels like forever. Yeah that's some Creed, wanna fighdabouddit? The 2008 rivalry between the Seattle Mariners and Baltimore Orioles really started on February 8, 2008. That was the day we traded Erik Bedard to the hopeful Mariners, who thought their 88-74...
Morning Orange Juice, 7.29.08
Not much for you here this morning, but a few things: Outrage! Ted Miller has ranked the Top 5 most bitter rivalries in the Pac-10, and the Civil War is not one of them. Can you believe it? Oregon vs. Washington AND the Apple Cup even rank higher. Ted's rankings go like this: USC v....
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