Huskers and Rams be Damned; Utah is our True Rival

Great writeup guys.

Once thing, the record may be 30-24-3, but Utah’s undefeated against Colorado over the last half century.

first of all, I’m super glad Utah came over with us instead of the Big 12 south teams because I know we will be able to establish a nice rivalry with them, but it’s gonna take a while for me to really get into it. Let’s be honest, the last time we played them on the football field was decades before most of us here were born. I also see this rivalry being more of a secondary rivalry for both teams. The NU rivalry (sadly) is all but dead, but I’m sure we’ll still be playing CSU every year in all the major sports. Likewise, I’m guessing Utah will still play BYU every year as well. I think we might be better off embracing the CSU rivalry because if we put all our focus on Utah they might very well pull a Nebraska with us and say “we don’t really care about you that much, BYU is our rival.” Especially if we continue to be kind of mediocre at sports. Even with skiing, most of us probably don’t follow that too much but I knew someone on the ski team when I was a student and DU was their unquestioned #1 rival, not Utah. Again, good writeup, and again, I couldn’t be happier with how things worked out with the Pac-12, but the Nebraska game was always the game I circled on the schedule each year, I’m guessing it’ll be a long time before I circle the Utah game as the game of the year. It’s gonna be CSU, or USC, or UCLA, or whoever else I hate at the time, cause right now I feel no real emotion towards Utah. Just my opinion…

nebraska and CSU have definitely lived up to that recently. we’ll have to see if Utah games do too. the potential for a good rivalry is definitely there. i hate the jazz so it doesn’t seem like a stretch to hate the utes too.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t really get into CU football until 1994 when I was looking at CU as a possible college destination. Yeah, I knew about the National Title in 1990,but growing up in OH it’s Ohio State all of the time here and this was before all of the various sports channels so, the options were limited via TV. Needless to say, upon arrival in Boulder I turned my attention towards NU & OK as it was the last season of the Big Eight. It’s hard to give up those rivals, but I can see Utah becoming that in 5-10 years and I welcome the move to the Pac Ten. Right now, I just really want to beat UCLA while Ricky is there.

and a nice change of pace from the heated passionate rivalry with BYU.

Maybe a few words at the tailgates before the game to spice up the food and drinks. Definitely bragging rights for a year.

I would love to see a trophy made to celebrate the reunion.

It would definitely have to be nicer than what Wisconsin and Nebraska end up making though. Theirs should be sponsored by Big Red bubble gum.

As of late, the Florida-Georgia game has had a lot more at stake for the season being that Florida State has seen better seasons. That being said, if Florida State comes back the way they are projected to do, I’m sure that rivalry will get much more national attention than it has the past few years. Having lived in Washington for the past 6 years, and being that I only started watching College Football outside of Utah Football only when Urban Meyer moved on to Florida, I am not always up to par on my College Football history.

On leaving the shadow of Texas. Here’s to the rebirth of a great rivalry and the continued resurgence of Colorado Football.

I was thinking that in order to get the rivalry re-ignited the PAC 10 should sponsor some billboards in the opposing team’s metro area that talk a little trash, I’ve even created one for Boulder:

You know that feeling when the Nuggets get eliminated by the Jazz? Now college fans can feel it too, Love Utah.

Count me among those who think a real rivalry between CU and UU is going to take a while.

As a UU fan, let me tell you that the UU / BYU rivalry is unreal—the two schools HATE each other. A few years back ESPN did an article on the top 5 rivalries in the country, and the UU / BYU rivalry was one of them. There are religious, political, and social overtones to the whole thing that escalate it to epic proportions well beyond football (not necessarily always a good thing). It divides friends, neighbors, and families.

The reason I bring this up is I think most Ute fans have a pretty positive (at worst, apathetic) opinion of CU and I think most of us were pleased that they were our “rival” school. It’s a great school and culturally similar in a lot of ways to the U. Contrast that with BYU, and you guys have a lot of ground to make up to rile up that kind of passion. :) As others have said, it will take CU handing us a few humbling losses and dishing out a little trash talk to get things going. And on your side, you’re already used to hating Nebraska red—should make for an easier transition to hating Utah Crimson. :)

OH, and as far as the South Park episode is concerned, you will probably be hard-pressed to find a school that enjoyed that MORE than many at the U.

Nebraska is in my blood and won’t leave. I’m all about hyping the Utah game, but I’ll always be looking forward to meeting the Huskers down the road.

I had no idea there was so much history! For me it will be terrific to have the opportunity to play each other once again. No doubt the ‘rivalary’ will work itself out over time. Look forward to it!

Being a Utah grad in 1998, I’ve experienced most of my Ute fanhood through the WAC and MWC years. Truly looking forward to this rivalry being resurrected and finally having an excuse to make a road trip and snowboard some of the great Colorado resorts for a Utah game weekend in Boulder.