Seven Days on the Ravine: A Week Inside College Football’s Closest Rivalry
You can measure most rivalries in miles. This one you measure in feet. In Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Henderson State University and Ouachita Baptist…
October 5, 2026
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October 5, 2026
The Whole Year to Win It: UNF, Jacksonville, and the Fight for the Old Wooden Barrel
Most rivalries come down to a single afternoon. This one takes nine months and an entire athletic department. In Jacksonville, Florida, the…
October 2, 2026
The Battle of the Real HU: Inside the Howard vs Hampton Rivalry
Every fall, two of the most storied HBCUs in America fight over two letters. Howard calls itself HU. Hampton calls itself HU.…
October 2, 2026
Brawl of the Wild: Inside the Montana vs Montana State Rivalry
Fly into Missoula and you land in a river basin ringed by mountains, copper and maroon everywhere. Drive over the Continental Divide…
September 29, 2026
They Had Nothing Worth Winning, So They Built It: LSU, Arkansas and the Boot
A century old rivalry, a 200 pound trophy invented from scratch, and the reason players still need two sets of hands to…
September 19, 2026
The Fremont Cannon: Inside the Nevada vs UNLV Rivalry
The state of Nevada has one public university in the north and one in the south. Two schools, two cities, one cannon.…
September 17, 2026
Battle of the Bridge: The Rivalry That Never Takes a Season Off
Most college rivalries live and die on one afternoon. One game, one crowd, one result, and then everybody goes home and waits…
September 15, 2026
The Shula Bowl: Inside the FIU vs FAU Rivalry
Fifty miles of I-95 separate Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton from Florida International University in Miami. They are the only two…
September 15, 2026
Crashing the Gates: Cincinnati, UCF, and the Rivalry That Climbed to the Big 12 Together
Most great rivalries are about the past. This one is about the climb. A little over a decade ago, Cincinnati and UCF…
September 14, 2026
Penn State vs. West Virginia: Bring the game back
Some rivalries are defined by back-and-forth drama. This one is defined by a century of one team’s boot on the other’s neck…
September 13, 2026
The Florida Classic: Inside the FAMU vs Bethune-Cookman Rivalry
Every November, 60,000 people descend on Orlando not just for a football game but for a weekend that functions simultaneously as a…
September 12, 2026
Like a Hobo on a Ham Sandwich: Louisiana Tech Paninis LSU
Louisiana Tech scored 80 points last Saturday, a program record. It has not beaten LSU since 1904. On Saturday night the Bulldogs…
September 11, 2026