Agreement reached on exit and poaching fees

[McPeachy]

Who cares. Since conferences are now pretty temporary and transient, they wont really have a rival. You don't develop "new" rivalries. We keep the Boot and move on. I like having UTEP back, we have the Paniolo Trophy, we have history with NM and we still have Howdy Doody to make fun of.

I care. I love the rivalry. It adds to the whole "entertainment" factor of fandom.

 

[cheypoke]

I care. I love the rivalry. It adds to the whole "entertainment" factor of fandom.

The CSU rivalry came out the schools history and common interests. The other now sees us as unworthy, does not see us as a rivalry anymore, left the conference and tried to wreck it as they left and sued us. I really don't want anything more to do with them.

 

[TheRealUW]

Living in Texas, I heard this argument from both TAMU and UT fans when TAMU left for the SEC. TAMU fans hated that UT had their own TV network and dictated so much to the Big 12 conference. UT fans called TAMU backstabbers and said they had an overinflated view of themselves. Neither fanbase ever wanted to play the other ever again.

That lasted about 5 years. Now the annual UT vs TAMU game is the most anticipated game on both teams schedules again.

College football needs rivalries. Being angry at another program is entirely justified, but the answer isn’t to take your ball and go home. It’s to beat their ass on the field.

 

[307bball]

Living in Texas, I heard this argument from both TAMU and UT fans when TAMU left for the SEC. TAMU fans hated that UT had their own TV network and dictated so much to the Big 12 conference. UT fans called TAMU backstabbers and said they had an overinflated view of themselves. Neither fanbase ever wanted to play the other ever again.

That lasted about 5 years. Now the annual UT vs TAMU game is the most anticipated game on both teams schedules again.

College football needs rivalries. Being angry at another program is entirely justified, but the answer isn’t to take your ball and go home. It’s to beat their ass on the field.

There is a reason that the CSU game is the highest attended game on the schedule most every year. Rivalries with geographic relevance are just the best. Wyo/CSU was always great....