print email comment close Why Are Rivalries So Intense? URL: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jones/050902 Description: A description of the different reasons underlying college football rivalries. Includes a discussion of in-state rivalries (between public schools and between public and private schools), border wars ("schools in states adjacent to one another"), and trophy games (such as for the "Old Oaken Bucket, Paul Bunyan's ax or Bo Schembechler's hat"). Also includes a comment about the effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Bayou Classic, the annual game between Southern and Grambling State. From ESPN. Author: Jones, Bomani Publisher: ESPN Internet Ventures Library of Congress Subject Headings: College sports College sports -- History Football LII Database Information: Record 19739 created by Maria Brandt on 11/15/2005 Last modification on 11/16/2005 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 12/22/2005 Published: 11/17/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19739