Every year in the college football season the end of the season is marked by certain things. Navy being accepted into the the Poinsettia Bowl, Thanksgiving, the cold, and of course the rivalry game.
Now of course rivalry games will happen thoughout the entire season. But those are essentially warm up games usually for your team's biggest rival. Of course we are always privy to the rivalrys that ESPN sees fit to build up as the biggest games in the nation. However to most people they don't need to be told if a game is big or not they just feel it.
From the biggest rivarlys of the BCS conferences like the Iron Bowl, the Cocktail Party, The Duel in the Desert, the Big Game, The Holy War, and others that are to numerable to name. To the smaller games of the Division II like The Bayou Classic (Grambling and Southern), Brawl of the Wild (Montana and Montana State), or of course The Game (Harvard and Yale). Everyone has a rival.
You learn to hate your rival lothe them with every fabric of your being. But yet there is a grudging respect for them as you know that deep down you don't want anyone else to beat them but you.
Some people will even defend their rivals to other people, saying that only you are allowed to insult them. There is nothing like a college football rivalry the professional sports try to compare but there isn't a comparison. These games hold bragging rights for a whole year, some people will live and die by these games.
All I know is that I have have been fourtnate to be a part of two great rivarlies and they are the best. So sit back relax and cheer hard for your team for this is game for the whole year. And don't listen to ESPN about what the biggest games are, the biggest game is the one that matters to you.
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