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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 1600483, member: 780"]
#1 (Must Have) - A long history of playing one another which includes a significant number of highly meaningful games in which championships or bowl games have hinged.
#2 - (Must Have) - SU Heroes and Rival Villains and these can be players and/or coaches. This has to include contested incidents or plays or games . (Think of Georgetown's Michael Graham punching Andre Hawkins while he was laying on the ground)
#3 - Fan Buy-In (Should Have)  - Games against the rival count more than games against the other opponents on the schedule. If a team has a losing season but defeats the rival in their game, then the season is not be deemed a failure by the fans. Conversely winning a lot but losing continually to the rival is a cause for dismissal of the coaches.
#6 - Institutional Similarity (Nice to Have) - That is the more similar the schools are to one another (student body, proximity, etc) the more likely there is a possible rivalry. (ie, Army v. Navy,  Lehigh v. Lafayette, Michigan v. Michigan State, etc)
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