I loved the 2003 game. Alex’s first start after that close aTm loss. We knew we had a beast in Brandon Warfield, and the stadium was rockin.
I don’t think there’s much of a rivalry. 1/5 They have the other California schools and I simply don’t think we’ve played enough or had enough good games or bad blood to feel a lot of passion. I think it’ll take time and a bit of luck for one to develop. We play them less often then other P12 north schools and so the probability of meaningful games in terms of P12 races is lower than our south rivals or even other northern division teams.
Eventually history will accumulate and there will be a healthy rivalry I think.
I honestly hope we develop good rivalries with everyone in the conference. Something like UNM and UNLV basketball rivalries were in the MWC days. I looked forward to those games because they were generally good and meaningful, but I didn’t have much to hate like TDS.
What I’d really like is for us to force USC and UCLA to see us as threats and therefore spur a decent rivalry. Winning a division title is the first step.
Along those lines I expect the Colorad9 game to carry some weight and make that game matter for the first time since 2011.
If we manage to play and beat Stanford in the CCG I think they will start to see us as a consistent threat and we’ll have a great environment for that game next year.
At first I actually felt a bit down in the P12 because I had become so accustomed to our MWC foes. I feel like the last 3 years have changed that a lot. Games against us have mattered to everyone because we mattered in the hunt for the division.
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