Re: The Rivalry
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I honestly feel that the UM-OSU game means more than the UNC-Duke game. I'd put UNC-Duke basketball as the 2nd best rivalry in sports (pro sports included) behind UM-OSU. It's not because the fans care more (tough to say whose fans care more out of the two), it's just because of the way college football is setup. In about half of the years that UM and OSU play, both have a chance to go to either the Rose Bowl or NC game. Whomever loses that game, their season is essentially ruined. Whomever loses one of 2 or 3 UNC-Duke games throughout the year drops from a 1 to a 2 seed in the NCAA tourney. I'm not trying to knock UNC-Duke at all, I just think the way that college football is setup makes the UM-OSU rivalry that much more significant.
I get my first live taste of a UM-OSU game next weekend, I'm already excited for it.
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I have the same basic impulse, and this more generally is why I love college football so much (also because our football team >>>>>>> our basketball team, lately). I don't know if that's totally fair since you're basically saying college football is better than college basketball as an implicit part of the argument, but since I'm on board with that idea I can see it.
It's just great to be so invested in each individual game that a great win leaves you on a high for the rest of the weekend and into the week, and a loss totally kills it. Every other sport, you lose a game, it sucks, oh well, you'll play another in 3 days. Some mean more than others but even though a loss to a fierce rival in bball may have a big emotional punch, it doesn't mean much in terms of the way your season progresses. You lost to OSU or Michigan and there goes the Rose Bowl/Big Ten/MNC hopes.
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