Question about our rivalries
So, with the basketball game coming up on Tuesday against MSU, I was chatting with some co-workers who happen to be State fans/grads about rivalries. We all know who the big dog is for us in football at least: Ohio. My question to you all is does this rivalry translate to the other sport's or is there another more meaningful game on the calendar?
To me, I want to beat Ohio in everything obviously, but I think MSU might be the bigger rival when it comes to basketball and hockey, and I claim to know nothing about our baseball or other sports' rivals. Agree? Disagree? Blasphemy? Discuss.
January 14th, 2012 at 6:52 PM ^
....that Notre Dame can take time away from its hectic Big East schedule to play us once in a while, right? Thanks for setting me straight on this one though.
January 14th, 2012 at 5:17 PM ^
Amen!
January 14th, 2012 at 4:29 PM ^
January 14th, 2012 at 6:16 PM ^
No way. Duke, as much as we hate them, isn't even close to being a rival. State is definitely our biggest rival in hockey and bball. Ohio is the king rival in football though.
January 14th, 2012 at 8:42 PM ^
we may consider duke a rival, but we're pretty far down on their totem pole. its like illinois considering us a rival but they mean nothing to us.
January 14th, 2012 at 6:52 PM ^
But I love beating MSU in basketball and football. I watch Michigan basketball but don't care enough to make it 24/7 like I do football. I think it depends like when State or Ohio is ranked higher then a win over both of them is huge but right now I think the hatred between UM and MSU is much more intense than tOSU and UM.
January 14th, 2012 at 7:20 PM ^
January 14th, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
Football
<br>1.OSU
<br>2. ND
<br>3. MSU
<br>4. Minnesota just because of the jug
<br>5. Nebraska
<br>
<br>Basketball
<br>1. MSU
<br>2. OSU
January 15th, 2012 at 2:11 AM ^
I think it has a lot to do with the historical quality (or lack thereof) of the schools in various sports. In football, Ohio is the much bigger rival, because they've almost always had good teams and Sparty can really only hang its hat on the 1950-1970 time frame. In most other sports, Sparty is the bigger rival because they've historically had successful programs while Ohio has been a late-comer to success.