(10-06-2017 04:29 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(10-06-2017 04:24 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(10-06-2017 03:44 PM)JRsec Wrote:  Do you know why so many rivalries only date back to 1944? It is because many schools suspended teams during the peak of WWII due to a manpower shortage. IMO, this severely skews your survey. Except for WWII Auburn played Georgia continually since 1894. Auburn played Georgia Tech continually since 1892 until 1944, and then again until 1978.

I understand it was the war, but it doesn't matter here. A matchup only has to be active and to have been played for 30 straight years up to the present to make the list. Anything beyond 30 is just gravy. No matchups in the list would change, just the year in parentheses.

It is however relevant to the quality of a rival that it has endured 100 years as opposed to thirty, particularly as it relates to the importance of keeping, or abandoning the rivalry.

I think the actual hatred has more to do with a rivalry than just playing every year. In 26 years are people going to think Rutgers and OSU are rivals? No, but Pitt and PSU will still hate each other. UCF and USF will still hate each other.