Yes, that's very much what happened. The "ten year war" is what made Michigan and ohio state one of the best rivalries in sports.So Ohio State & meeeechegan have never liked each other but in your odd world it didn't really become a rivaly until Bo arrived & pulled off some upsets. Got it.
Well you may have a point about being a heathen, but I will thank you not to refer to me as a commie, good sir.But relevant to what? That is what changes dramatically from POV to POV. Being a vet, and from a long line of vets, the Army - Navy game is special to me. More special than other teams from outside my home conference. But that's my POV.
Clearly, if you don't agree with my POV, then you are a commie, Godless heathen.
All rivalries are that way; it doesn't make them a nationally great rivalry. Michigan hates losing the Brown Jug, Minnesota hates losing the brown jug, it's a cool rivalry with lots of history and one of the best trophies in sports; but it doesn't make it a nationally great rivalry.
I didn't suggest that at all. I think we haven't been holding up our end of the bargain in the last 15 years or so. But even with Michigan having down years and not winning some games here and there; it's still been an awesome stretch lately in terms of compelling games nationally...and games with importance behind them. Just like when Michigan was winning and OSU wasn't in the 90's, it still made for great games and national story lines.
Still hung up on that game 2016 huh? Time to get over it. You're one funny meeeechegan homer.
It seems like it's a rivalry when Yer Boyz have the advantage. But when Ohio State has the upper hand it's somehow diminished.
Nevermind, read it wrong
Your Ohio brain doesn't seem to comprehend, so let me spell it out.
I think that goes along with the national relevancy thing, though. 2018 OSU-michigan drew 13,345,000 viewers. Ohio State and michigan have somewhere around 975,000 combined living alumni and current students in the world, and of course not all of them care about football, so let's assume the amount of viewers out of that number is probably somewhere around 700,000. That means over 12.5 million people with no ties to the universities still watched the game.
Says who?
To be fair.... He is right that the ten year war elevated it to what it is now. It was a rivalry before, but that intensified it. Without that, it'd probably be more on par with Florida-Georgia. A really good rivalry involving two good programs, but not one that's generally regarded as a top 2 or 3 by most people (if not #1).
Nope, that's not what I said. I said, "But Michigan and OSU wasn't considered a great rivalry until Bo got here and upset OSU. "
I very literally said it was, the key distinction is that it was just one of many rivalries developing before the 10 year war happened. If they made a list of best rivalries in CFB prior to 1950, maybe Michigan OSU would have made the list but I'm guessing it wouldn't have. OSU just started to become a national power in the 40's and 50's. It certainly wouldn't have been considered before 1940.
Alabama - LSU isn’t a rivalry game, it’s just a series that has been very good over the past 20 years, with Alabama leading 12-9 over that time, including 8-0 for the past 8 games. Prior to then, the series record was 41-16-5.
Yes, it was a rivalry. And your gold pants show why it wasn't one of the best rivalries to start. In the first 30 games from the start of the rivalry until 1933, OSU had just 6 total wins. It was the start to a better rivalry between the two schools but wasn't something that cemented it as the best.
