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Mizzou-A&M was a better rivalry than whatever this forced Mizzou-Arkansas thing is
Mizzou-A&M was a better rivalry than whatever this forced Mizzou-Arkansas thing is
It's instead of some awkward forced trophy that players can't even pick up, they have to bring it out on a wagon.I always had an odd appreciation for the LSU/Arkansas "golden boot" game that was played on Black Friday
Arkansas/Mizzou put an end to that
The fans of the two schools have to care for it to be a rivalry.
I always had an odd appreciation for the LSU/Arkansas "golden boot" game that was played on Black Friday
Arkansas/Mizzou put an end to that
Of course I try to find a link and instead find that the two schools have a Home and Home schedule for 2021 and 2022. It does say that Va Tech was not interested in a Home and Home two paragraphs before that though.
Here's a solution to bringing back some of these rivalries:
All P5 conference commissioners get together to form a committee to enact a set of universal rules.... and say fuck-off to the NCAA:
- All P5 conference members play 8 in-conference games and 4 out-of-conference (OOC) games, with at least 2 of the OOC games scheduled against P5 opponents.
- All divisions eliminated... each team protects one or two annual in-conference rivalries with the remainder of conference opponents rotated. The two best teams meet in the Conference Championship Game.
- No independents
- Without divisions, in order to minimize the chance of two teams playing each other two consecutive weeks at the end of the season, Thanksgiving week will be utilized by many schools to schedule a permanent OOC P5 rivalry opponent... so we would see the following OOC rivalry games played every season during Thanksgiving week:
Nebraska vs Oklahoma
USC vs Notre Dame
Iowa vs Iowa State
Texas vs Texas A&M
Pitt vs West Virginia
Syracuse vs Rutgers
Louisville vs Kentucky
Clemson vs South Carolina
Georgia vs Georgia Tech
Florida State vs Florida
Ohio State vs Cincinnati (assuming Cincinnati is a member of the ACC along with Notre Dame.... Michigan vs Ohio State will be played early to mid November.)
Kansas vs Mizzou
BYU vs Utah (assuming BYU is a member of the Big XII)
With the above Thanksgiving week OOC contests permanently in place, most remaining in-conference rivalry games played Thanksgiving week will generally not be a danger to meet again the next week in the Conference Championship Game with the exception of the Apple Cup and Iron Bowl.
No, we don't have to care what you thinkMissouri vs Kansas
Wait we have to care before it can be a rivalry correct? Guess that game doesn't count.
Had the ACC kept Maryland and added WVU during the last realignment , ACC would be a lot more interesting in that region of
WVU
UVA
VT
Maryland
Pitt
BC
SU
ACC ALMOST had an even better group of rival games old and new. Would have had 4 old ones just by adding WVU.