The rivalry runs so deep because it has somehow become existential.
When did college football fandom become college football fandumb? How did something re-creational become de-creational? (“Are we not Men? We are Devo! Are we not Men? D-E-V-O!” Forgive me, Mark Mothersbaugh.) What’s gone wrong? College football was meant to be a pastime. It was meant to bring unity to campuses and to alumni, to be [...]