Essential FBS Rivalries? (Poll #3)

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RE: Essential FBS Rivalries? (Poll #3)

(10-07-2017 10:43 PM)Mav Wrote:
(10-07-2017 09:38 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: * "Essential" rivalries are those in which both teams would likely seek to retain the matchup each year even in the event of a realignment that separated them into different divisions or conferences.
That's a little unfair, since we're dealing with administration politics, isn't it? Look at CU-CSU and Texas-Texas A&M.

CU and CSU have actually played continuously since 1995 despite being in different conferences.

For the foreseeable future, UT and A&M will not return to an essential rivalry, nor will any other Big 12 rivalries that ended after the realignment. Fans may want them to play again, but if the schools themselves are unwilling to play for whatever reason, the rivalry can hardly be called essential. Unfortunate but true.

10-08-2017 12:33 PM

Poll: Which of these matchups do you believe are essential rivalries?
	Air Force/Wyoming
	Akron/Kent State
	Appalachian State/Georgia Southern
	Bowling Green/Kent State
	BYU/Utah State
	Clemson/Florida State
	Colorado/Colorado State
	Fresno State/San Jose State
	Fresno State/Hawaii
	Kentucky/Louisville
	Louisiana-Lafayette/Louisiana-Monroe
	Nevada/UNLV
	New Mexico State/UTEP
	Notre Dame/Stanford
	Toledo/Western Michigan
	None of the above

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