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Four of the biggest rivalries in the history of NCAA Division I Football

What would college football without rivalry? Rivalries can make regular season games seem playoffs games. Fighting another school across the border or within the state may be the biggest game of the season. The players are excited. The players are excited. The community is thrilled! Here are some of the most notable rivalries in NCAA football:

1. Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles

These two teams have been struggling in their rivalry in the state since 1958. Florida leads the series 31-19-2. People sometimes refer to this competition as the Showdown "Sunshine" (referring to the nickname of Florida as the Sunshine State), or the governor "Cup." Adding to the excitement of the game, one or two football teams of the schools have had a high national ranking of the week of the meeting, since 1990. In fact, already started training Bobby Bowden of Florida State in 1976, the series has been virtually a dead end.

2. USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins

How strong is the rivalry Interstate between UCLA and USC? It even has a name. The Lexus Gauntlet competition concerns between USC and UCLA, involving head-to-head competitions in 18 sports varsity. Both universities have participatory events during the week before the clash of two football teams. USC refers to the week "Conquest" or "Trojan Week. "Moreover, UCLA week calls for" Beat SC Week "(the official title is less combative" Blue and Gold Week ").

By the way, what exactly are the Bruins and Trojans? A Bruin is a bear enormous, vicious in Europe and Asia. Meanwhile, the Trojans were the citizens of Troy, an ancient city in modern Turkey.

3. Texas Longhorns and Texas A & M Aggies

This rivalry is as big as Texas. The teams' equipment annual football battle between them the day after Thanksgiving. Teams do this for the rivalry to a national spotlight. Here are some interesting curiosities about the rivalry:

• Initiated in 1900, the rivalry between the teams is the third longest in college football
• Activities such as "Texas Hex Rally and Texas A & M's" Aggie Bonfire "precede the game.
• The Aggies 'honor' Texas in its "fight song Aggie War Hymn", while the Longhorns to their rivals a "goodbye" in their "Texas Fight" song of the struggle.

4. Western Michigan Broncos and Central Michigan Chippewas

The Broncos were in fact once Hilltoppers. It referred to its East Hall sits over Prospect Hill. However, Western Michigan in 1939 changed the name of its sports teams for the Broncos. At that time, there were other Hilltoppers, as the Hilltoppers Western Kentucky.

Meanwhile, the Chippewas, or "chips" represent Central Michigan University. Saginaw Chippewa team representing the American tribe native, who lives in the region. Ironically, while the university maintains a constructive relationship with the American Indians in 2005, the NCAA included the name "Chippewas" on its list of "hostile" or "abusive" nicknames. But Central Michigan successfully appealed the sentence.

Rivalries are essential to the excitement of NCAA football. Regardless of which team you cheer, use NCAA merchandise to show your support!

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