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Wisconsin-Michigan...basically, the "Take a Number" rivalry: about 3rd in importance to the Badgers, and probably 6th or 7th in importance to Michigan

Wisconsin-Iowa...we've been ending the Big Ten sked with this matchup instead of UW-Minny in recent years

Air Force vs Army and Navy...the two ignored pieces of the Commander-in-Chief rivalry. Army-Navy gets all the attention, though until recent years AFA had the solace of having better teams, which the Mids can now lay claim to.

Bucks-Bulls...basically, this rivalry has gone through stages of dominance in recent years: the years of Jordan's dominance coincided with the Bucks' Great Depression, so in those years the Bulls typically counted this as an automatic win. The Bucks' resurrection happened at teh same time as the Bulls' collapse, so the tide turned in favor of Milwaukee. With the Bulls' youngsters maturing and the Bucks falling off a bit, things are about equal now.

hey bucfan, how is Avs-Wings underrated? shoot, I'm an Avs fan and I'll tell ya it's a bit overrated, frankly.

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hey bucfan, how is Avs-Wings underrated? shoot, I'm an Avs fan and I'll tell ya it's a bit overrated, frankly.

I feel like most hockey rivalries are underrated in comparison to other sports. I think its a huge rivalry and i wish i heard more about it on SportsCenter like i do Yankees-Red Sox, but thatll never happen

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hey bucfan, how is Avs-Wings underrated? shoot, I'm an Avs fan and I'll tell ya it's a bit overrated, frankly.

It used to be real good, but now, I'd agree with ya, Discrim. Not to say that we don't get excited when the Avs play the Wings, but the excitement isn't nearly the same as it used to be.

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NCAA: Washington - Washington State

High point (or low point) was in 2002 when coug fans chucked bottles onto the field following a controversial call that ended the game in UW's favor. One of the odder rivalries though, because despite being incredibly heated in the stadium, a lot of us have high school friends at the other university. So really we just focus our hate on the other team, and then go home and party with the other team's fans.

Washington - Oregon

While husky fans are often friends or co-workers with cougs, the ducks and huskies can flat out hate each other without any relationships getting in the way. Plus there's some good history here. Ask any fan of either team.

Just my biased perspective from the northwest. Sonics/Blazers would be good with the whole Nate McMillan switching sides thing; unfortunately both teams suck.

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I think that outside of Philadelphia, the Big Five (or the City Six) do not get as much respect as they should. When any of the teams (Drexel, La Salle, Pennsylvania, St. Joseph, Temple, and Villanova) play each other, it's in front of a packed house. Add to the fact that until the 80s, all the games were at the Palestra, and you've got a nice set of rivalries.

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NCAA: Washington - Washington State

High point (or low point) was in 2002 when coug fans chucked bottles onto the field following a controversial call that ended the game in UW's favor. One of the odder rivalries though, because despite being incredibly heated in the stadium, a lot of us have high school friends at the other university. So really we just focus our hate on the other team, and then go home and party with the other team's fans.

Washington - Oregon

While husky fans are often friends or co-workers with cougs, the ducks and huskies can flat out hate each other without any relationships getting in the way. Plus there's some good history here. Ask any fan of either team.

Just my biased perspective from the northwest. Sonics/Blazers would be good with the whole Nate McMillan switching sides thing; unfortunately both teams suck.

I agree.. As a husky i HATE the ducks. their team, their uniforms.. horrible...

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hey bucfan, how is Avs-Wings underrated?  shoot, I'm an Avs fan and I'll tell ya it's a bit overrated, frankly.

It used to be real good, but now, I'd agree with ya, Discrim. Not to say that we don't get excited when the Avs play the Wings, but the excitement isn't nearly the same as it used to be.

Remember all those bloody fights in the 90's, like Roy and vernon going at it, or McCarty bloodying Claude Lemieux's face............aah, the good times.

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NHL:

Rangers/Islanders

Rangers/Devils

Habs/Leafs

Blackhakws/Red Wings

Wild/Stars

MLB:

Giants/Dodgers

Nats/Jays

Cubs/Cards

Braves/Mets

Yankees/Devil Rays

Twins/White Sox

NFL:

Giants/Redskins

Packers/Lions

Lions/Bears

49ers/Rams

NBA:

Knicks/Heat

Mavs/Rockets

Lakers/Clippers

Lakers/Heat

Nets/Celtics

Pistons/Pacers

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Do the Bruins/Carolina have a rivalry based on their previous rivalry when Carolina was in Hartford?

Not so much given the lack of proximity between Raleigh and Boston compared to Boston and Hartford. I usually don't see too much of the other teams fans at the games. I will be representing the Hub and Spokes in Raleigh on March 1st, though. We shall see what the hatred is like.

I get the feeling I will get much worse in Philly and Buffalo wearing the Black and Gold than I will in the Northern Carolina.

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Marlins v. Phillies

Both teams have embarrassed each other the last few years. Tensions between the two franchises is at an all-time high.

The gutless heartless players on the Phillies are not capable of understanding tension. Jim Thome just cares about where his next corn dog is coming from, Bobby Abreu just cares about his next nap, and Ugeth Urbina just cares about burning people. They don't really care at all about baseball.

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I nearly jumped out of the stands to kill him.

That would not make you a unique White Sox fan, now would it?

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It's funny to think of my plucky star-free Twins as being hated by another fan base. I had no idea...

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Steelers/Ravens gets a lot of local press and the teams seem to genuinely hate each other, but no one on the national stage seems to say anything about them other than that they are in the same division.

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