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
Rivalries
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
One and Two: Inside College Hockey’s Most Played Rivalry
They have met more often than any two teams in the sport. In February 2026 they met as the two best teams…
September 10, 2026
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
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