Two Great College Rivalries

Sports are a big part of our culture and college sports are right up there at the top. College fans are some of the most loyal and diehard fans anywhere.  College rivalries are some of the top and fiercest rivalries around. Campus pranks and stolen mascots are just a few of the hijinks rivals must guard against. While we won’t be so pretentious as to say which rivalries are the top, here are a few of the more well known.

Florida vs. George.  Who would win in a battle between an alligator and a bulldog? Common sense might tell you a gator, but that is not always the case when it comes to the game unofficially known as “the world’s largest cocktail party. “ This rivalry, by both schools count, goes back to 1915 and has been played every year since 1926 with the exception of 1943 when Florida did not field a team.  Since 1933 the game has been held in the neutral site of Jacksonville and draws a huge crowd from both sides. Yes, given its nickname the game is well known for its pregame tail gaiting and postgame partying, despite officials from each school trying to down play the party atmosphere. One cool thing the schools did until recently is that fans from each school were assigned alternating seat sections of the stadium so the contrasting colors formed a “beach ball’ pattern in the stadiums. Of course the schools can’t fully agree on who has the most wins with Georgia claiming a 48-40-2 lead whereas Florida claims Georgia has a 47-40-2 record. That being said since 1990 Florida has won 18-4. Of course this is only one of the huge rivalries in the SEC.

 Moving on to the (former) Big 12 brings us the Red River Rivalry also known as the University of Texas vs. the University of Oklahoma or vice versa depending on your fandom. This has emerged as what is the premiere rivalry of the Big 12, even bigger then UT vs. A&M and OU vs. OSU. This game usually has conference champion implications and often national championship implications as well. The game started in 1900 before Oklahoma was even officially a state and 2005 marked the 100th meeting between the two rivals. Texas holds the all-time series lead with a 59-42-5 record however after 1945, considered the games modern era, the record is astonishingly close with a 33-31-3 record. The game has always been played in the neutral city of Dallas during the State fair of Texas and until 2010 was always played at the famous Cotton Bowl on the fair grounds. It is now played at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX.

Jeff Jordan writes about cars, education and history. Most of these schools have online universities you can attend as well.

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