OT: Greatest sports rivalry of the century according to ESPN

And how would one determine something so subjective? Likely it wouldn't even be in the US, nor would most know of it.

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It might be a great rivalry but it's only once had #1 v #2 and seldom has determined the national championship. Army-Navy is a great rivalry too.

Here's the link: espn.go.com

The first thing to remember is that, as Clubber says, you CAN'T quantify something like this. The piece is designed to stir folks up, get 'em to comment, and ultimately get more hits on the website.

All that said, I cannot believe that Army-Navy didn't even make the list. Despite the fact that the two teams have little relevance as far as national rankings, there's so much more depth and significance to this rivalry overall that I think it blows all the rest away.

I'll give 'em a personal nod for including the UNC rivalry despite the fact that they spelled "Dook" wrong.

There are so many great rivalries out there, you can't make any of them number one, just a few:

Trojans-Fighting Irish Cowboys-Redskins Celtics-Lakers Yankees-BoSox

Ohio State deserves to lose based on those awful unis

I think the ESPN rankings were determined by polling "rivalry of the century". It was overwhelming voted as OSU/Michigan rivalry. Right now it is half time at the game and Ohio State is winning 24-7. We will see how it finishes.

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blue's going alright, back to michigan with their tails between their legs after their 10th ass-wipping in the last 11 games against osu! :-)

lol geez VM I did not know you were so passionate about this game. It is the 4th quarter and Ohio state is winning 37-7.

final score: 37-7

Chris, you got any crow I can eat??? LOL U of M blew the OSU team after that stomping. LMAO

Fuck OSU and PSU. Florida - FSU is the greatest rivalry of them all.

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Not even close! Florida and The U. No wait, Florida won't play them any longer.

"Florida - FSU is the greatest rivalry of them all."

So how did that turn out this year?

Didn't the Florida FSU rivalry start to see who would come in second to UM back in the 80s - 90s?

There are lots of great rivalries out there but this just might be the biggest. Look at all the alumns from both schools out there. And while I know that many schools have strong support, here in Ohio we don't really have any other good football teams to cheer for anyhow.

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Pretty much right on. Although both played Miami before they hit the big time, but only FSU continued to do so. I have a MAJOR dislike for uf since the GATOR FLOP! Worst example of sportsmanship, or lack thereof, I've ever seen!

the mich/osu rivalry has gone on for over 100 years. sure there are alot of other rivalries but none compare.

Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the Thames; well into the last half of its second century.

Man-Woman: Since they were both on this earth!

Or, when microbe #1 consumed microbe #2.