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Rivalries That Once Were...

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    • With CFB changing so radically over the last decade, the sport no longer resembles what it once was. Intense local/regional rivalries have been snuffed out and that sucks. Post some of the rivalries from days of yore that no longer play or are a shell of what they once were.

    For me:
    Pitt-WVU: "The Backyard Brawl" was always pretty regional, but in it's heyday, it was intense. I remember it being a must watch in the 80's.

    OU-Nebraska: There was a time this would be in the discussion for biggest rivalry in CFB. It was a huge game annually. It started to drop off in the 90s when OU fell into mediocrity. By the time OU rejoined the living, Corn began its descent into irrelevance. I remember the games from the 80's and they were nuts

    Nebraska-Colorado: It's hard to believe now, but Colorado was indeed a national power for the better part of a decade from the late-80's to the mid-90's. Their annual tilt with Corn typically had conference and national title implications. Great rivalry for a short time.

    Miami-FSU: this was annually a matchup of top-5 teams and a must watch from the late-80s til the mid-90's. Huge, huge game each year. Miami died in January 2003 and FSU has been up and (mostly) down for 20 years. This has become just another game, but for a while it was an amazing rivalry.
     
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    NFBuck said:
    With CFB changing so radically over the last decade, the sport no longer resembles what it once was. Intense local/regional rivalries have been snuffed out and that sucks. Post some of the rivalries from days of yore that no longer play or are a shell of what they once were.

    For me:
    Pitt-WVU: "The Backyard Brawl" was always pretty regional, but in it's heyday, it was intense. I remember it being a must watch in the 80's.

    OU-Nebraska: There was a time this would be in the discussion for biggest rivalry in CFB. It was a huge game annually. It started to drop off in the 90s when OU fell into mediocrity. By the time OU rejoined the living, Corn began its descent into irrelevance. I remember the games from the 80's and they were nuts

    Nebraska-Colorado: It's hard to believe now, but Colorado was indeed a national power for the better part of a decade from the late-80's to the mid-90's. Their annual tilt with Corn typically had conference and national title implications. Great rivalry for a short time.

    Miami-FSU: this was annually a matchup of top-5 teams and a must watch from the late-80s til the mid-90's. Huge, huge game each year. Miami died in January 2003 and FSU has been up and (mostly) down for 20 years. This has become just another game, but for a while it was an amazing rivalry.
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    USC-UCLA: Even though USC was usually the better team, this game often used to determine the PAC representative to the Rose Bowl. UCLA has been in an extended down cycle since 1989 (.540 winning pct), which has pretty much killed the rivalry. It's still cool to see both teams wear their home colors.
     
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    NFBuck said:
    Nebraska-Colorado: It's hard to believe now, but Colorado was indeed a national power for the better part of a decade from the late-80's to the mid-90's. Their annual tilt with Corn typically had conference and national title implications. Great rivalry for a short time.
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    Watching Colorado take the Huskers to the woodshed in 2001 was one of the more shocking games I remember watching.
    Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
    Dildo
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    I thought that was Zach Smith's rival?
     
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    BigWoof31 said:
    Georgia vs. Georgia Tech is no longer a rivalry. I would rather play Clemson annually.

    Tech has been in the gutter for years and the game is *usually* played at noon opposite the Buckeyes playing Michigan.
    It's not relevant anymore and feels like just another opportunity for our guys to get hurt.
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    Or because of that timing …

    Just an opportunity to rest star players before the SEC CCG.
     
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