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Message: [QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 3211583, member: 5685"] IMO rivalries should also be across sports as well. So I would add that component to your list. Too bad Maryland left the ACC as they are a historical opponent in football, care about BBall, and care about Lax. If we played them to end the year in football, to start the year in BBall (same weekend even), yearly in Lax, then maybe it could develop? Pitt we play historically in football but their basketball program is lacking. Since they rarely play Penn State or WV, we can become somewhat of a rival. But they don’t play Lax so they aren’t ideal. BC’s #1 sport we don’t play. UVA now has BBall and still has Lax. But we haven’t played them much in football. If we played them yearly, then they might have the most potential. Duke and UNC have each other so they are out. Another component I would add is similarity if schools. That knocks out Louisville, Clemson, GA Tech, FSU, Miami, NC State, VA Tech, Wake as we have little in common (either Southern or State schools). Which leaves Notre Dame. There is BBall. There is Lax. Both are private schools with a presence from Boston to DC. There is some history in football. But historically they are been a national power while we were at best a regional power, and far from that now. The potential is there but it is a bit of a stretch. Plus we don’t play yearly in football. All other schools outside the ACC we don’t play often enough, and there is no longer anything at stake. Plus most don’t have football. You can’t be a rival only playing a school in BBall with that game being in early December. The best potential from outside the ACC IMO is Penn State. The history is there. They now have Lax. They are better at football and we are better at BBall. We no likely them. If I were Wildhack I would talk to UVA and see if there was mutual interest in pushing a rivalry with the ACC changing or scraping football divisions. If that doesn’t work do the MD thing. [/QUOTE]

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