5 one-sided (emotionally) CFB rivalries
2d
A rivalry trophy was born this week -- sort of -- when UConn unveiled the "Civil Conflict" trophy for its annual game with Central Florida. The only problem? It was news to UCF. That got us thinking: which rivalries are ones where the passion for the rivalry might not be equal on both sides? With the help of input from our team of reporters, here are five we came up with:
Marshall versus West Virginia -- Once dubbed the "Friends of Coal Bowl," these two teams have played on the gridiron only 12 times in more than a century, with the first meeting coming in 1911 and the most recent one coming in 2012. West Virginia won all 12 times. There's enough indifference here that some might not even consider it a rivalry, even though they're the only two FBS programs in the state of West Virginia and the schools are separated by only a couple hundred miles. Former West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck once said Mountaineers fans "kind of shrug their shoulders." No word on whether this series will resume any time soon, though West Virginia president E. Gordon Gee is open to the idea.
2d
-
Sam Khan Jr., ESPN Staff Writer
A rivalry trophy was born this week -- sort of -- when UConn unveiled the "Civil Conflict" trophy for its annual game with Central Florida. The only problem? It was news to UCF. That got us thinking: which rivalries are ones where the passion for the rivalry might not be equal on both sides? With the help of input from our team of reporters, here are five we came up with:
Marshall versus West Virginia -- Once dubbed the "Friends of Coal Bowl," these two teams have played on the gridiron only 12 times in more than a century, with the first meeting coming in 1911 and the most recent one coming in 2012. West Virginia won all 12 times. There's enough indifference here that some might not even consider it a rivalry, even though they're the only two FBS programs in the state of West Virginia and the schools are separated by only a couple hundred miles. Former West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck once said Mountaineers fans "kind of shrug their shoulders." No word on whether this series will resume any time soon, though West Virginia president E. Gordon Gee is open to the idea.
