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Who would you consider our rival?

Who would you consider our rival poll?

  • Portland State

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Montana State

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • North Dakota

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Northern Arizona

    Votes: 3 42.9%

  • Eastern Washington

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Weber State

    Votes: 2 28.6%

  • Idaho State

    Votes: 1 14.3%

  • Sacramento State

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    7
I voted Weber State because of Geography and our ability to compete with them (and find magical ways to lose).
 
I put NAU down. Of course UNC started as a teachers college, and I think NAU did as well...so there's that. Location between the two schools is pretty close as well.
 
I think either Mines or Western State should be our rivals. After all, we have played Mines a total of 53 times and Western State 65 times. Not only are they Colorado teams, but we have winning records against both of them. Some may say that having a D2 team as a rival would be wrong - but what's the big deal, aren't we playing an NAIA school this year? By making either (or both) of them our rival(s), we will be able to always win 2 games a year, AND keep the current staff! The key is not to play CSU-Pueblo, cause they would whip our ass again. Gotta stay away from them.
 
It would be great if we could set up a "trophy" game w/ the likes of NAU or Weber. The winner takes home a trophy of some sort.
 
In our last 9 games with both Weber State and NAU, we have had 1 win and 8 losses. Weber out scored us 295 to 199. It was even worse with NAU. They out scored us 294 to 134. I doubt it if they would like UNC to be considered their rival, let alone play for a trophy. To put it in a better perspective, in the last 9 games with Western State, we had 8 wins and 1 loss. We outscored them 322 to 130 (sounds like the NAU margin of victory). As Coach Dungy would say, "Rival?, are you kidding? You want to talk about a Rival?" We should not put the proverbial cart before the horse. Lets get back to winning before declaring a rival.
 
I hate to be negative about this but why is this Rivalry study still news ?? We don't have any rivals in Football anymore . To have a rival you have to actually win some games otherwise we are just someone to kick around. Why don't we have a study to figure out how to get out of this losing syndrome !
 
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