Long Live the ConFLiCT: How a Made Up Rivalry Became a College Football Legend
Most rivalries exist because two fan bases care too much. This one is worth telling because only one side cared at all.…
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026
The Cuyahoga Gold Bowl: Cleveland’s Best Rivalry Just Lost Its Date
Twelve miles of Cleveland separate Berea from University Heights. Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll have been playing football against each other since…
September 7, 2026
Fifty Games and No Agreement: Boston College, Notre Dame and the Holy War on Ice
A rivalry that began as a favor, peaked at a national championship, and still cannot settle its own record book. Most rivalries…
September 6, 2026
The Dust Bowl: Inside the Oklahoma State–Texas Tech Rivalry
Out on the dry tablelands where Oklahoma and West Texas blur into the same red dirt and the same hard wind, two…
September 6, 2026
2026 Gasparilla Bowl: The Pirate Game in Tampa Nobody Can Predict
Most bowl games know exactly who they are. Two conferences, one tie in, same matchup shape every December. The Gasparilla Bowl is…
September 4, 2026
Bo Jackson, Peyton Manning, and Two Famous Ties: Auburn vs. Tennessee
Every year from 1956 through 1991, Auburn and Tennessee played each other, usually in late September, often with one or both ranked.…
September 2, 2026
Twelve Points, One Trophy: ULM and Louisiana Tech Restart a Rivalry
Two schools 36 miles apart. A football series dormant since 2000. And a new competition that counts every sport equally. ULM and…
August 19, 2026
Hope vs. Calvin: Inside College Basketball’s Closest Rivalry
There are rivalries built on hatred and rivalries built on proximity. The one between Hope College and Calvin University is built on…
August 17, 2026
Beep Beep, the Coyote and the Jackrabbit
The Coyotes got their name from an 1863 horse race at Fort Randall, where a Dakota horse beat a mount from Iowa…
August 15, 2026
The Anchor Bone Classic Is the Best Rivalry in Division II Football
Two West Michigan campuses, about 90 miles apart. Between them, five national championships, a trophy that pairs a Laker anchor with a…
August 14, 2026
Ohio Wesleyan vs. Denison: The 135 Year Rivalry Now Decided by Single Possessions
About 35 miles of central Ohio highway separate them: the Battling Bishops in Delaware, the Big Red up in Granville. Ohio Wesleyan…
August 13, 2026
Two Bands, One Bay: Hampton, Norfolk State, and HBCU Football’s Tightest Rivalry
Sixty games, a one-game margin, a single tie, and one of the best shows in HBCU football, all played out across a…
August 13, 2026