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The rivalry goes all the way to the bone-Cal kids were born to breathe, pay taxes and beat Stanford. This is a huge rallying cry for our team to get together and mold ourselves for the championship season.

The rivalry between us all will be no different from those glory days back in the 1980s and 90s but given the challenges this time round, the demands of racing will be tougher for all concerned,

The rivalry between those two is on a different scale to the one New Zealand have with South Africa, which has more tradition and respect.

The rivalry between the two teams is massive, so it's always nice to play them and even nicer to win.

The rivalry between the Cubs and the White Sox, as soon as you take the field, you try to play better against them. I know this is a big deal for Chicago fans.

The rivalry among Optus and Telstra in Australia for business and residential customers has been intense. Competing against two powerful and much larger scale businesses has always been difficult. This is a reflection of that being put into earnings.

It was a little bit of a rivalry game, and it was fun. I always love to get excited for Sunflower League games because every team we play, I know someone on, and you just want to beat them more than usual.

The seniors on our team have had a little rivalry with Morgan from fifth grade. We always joke about playing Morgan in the state championship game. I guess this is as close as we're gonna get, but it'll be fun.

People, especially in Canada, have been making a big thing out of the fact that we are opposing each other as managers. Buck is a close friend of mine. Canadian fans might consider the U.S. to be friendly rivals, but there's certainly no rivalry between Buck and myself.

Of course, we believe the greatest rivalry is Ohio State-Michigan. It's played each year at the end of the regular season, many times impacting the Big Ten championship, and it's played in front of more than 106,000 fans every year.

Of course, we believe the greatest rivalry is Ohio State-Michigan, ... It's played each year at the end of the regular season, many times impacting the Big Ten championship, and it's played in front of more than 106,000 fans every year.

So, yeah, the rivalry is still there. Especially for the guys that have been around the last number of years.

The moment for me when I began to understand the intensity of this rivalry was my sophomore year, ... That was actually the first time in my life (when) I was completely nervous.

Any time Brunswick High plays Glynn Academy, it's going to be a rivalry game. I don't care what the sport, I don't care what the past records are ... it doesn't matter.

That's going to be a rivalry going on for a long time. Jacks loves that, I think he loves playing against him. It helps him elevate his game.

You're going to have a huge audience in Thompson-Boling (Arena), plus national television coverage. It's a big game, and yet a lot of people say, 'Is the rivalry still what it used to be?' I don't think it's going to be any different. Both teams are going to be excited to play.

This is big for our kids' confidence. This rivalry is important to our kids. A lot of the kids on both these teams are friends. So it means a lot, as far as bragging rights and things like that.

This is a rivalry game. They are a rivalry team, we knew that coming in.

This is a rivalry game and they are excited about it. Everybody is intense and this is something they are not overlooking based on last year.

This is going be a rivalry for a very long time because of the locations of the teams, but I've done my part to get the rivalry going. We've had great games with them, even though we won the series, and I know they want to beat us as much as we want to beat them.

This is probably the fiercest rivalry in the group.

This is one of our more critical weeks. Tomorrow's Rivalry Series match means a great deal to our team, our athletic department and our school so the guys are prepared to do their best to represent Santa Clara in this important competition. It does mean a little more than an average match when these two very competitive teams take the field. After tomorrow, we turn around and play a motivated Saint Mary's side in the conference opener.

This is the best rivalry in sports. This is a blast. It will be phenomenal if we win three. That's our goal. It has to be our goal.

This feels awesome. I can't ever recall beating them. It's always a good competitive game and it's a rivalry and it's good to come out on the other side of it this time.

This is a big rivalry here and we're definitely excited about the situation that we're in but we haven't won anything yet.

This is a big rivalry game for us, ... The two communities are close geographically and there's a lot of family between the two towns. I think it's a good thing for both towns.

This is a big rivalry game for us. There's a lot at stake for us like bragging rights.

This has been a tough week for us, ... The girls have responded well. East Ridge is a big rivalry for us. Coach Neely and I are great friends, but we draw the line when we play.

This has been a rivalry for a while and we're both moving to different conferences, but I think any time that we meet up in the future it's going to be just as heated and just as fun to play.

A lot of our guys and a lot of those players at Auburn don't realize how good of a rivalry it is. We stopped the series before I started playing, but I remember in the '80s when they would play.

A lot of Furman fans remember the heated rivalry with Marshall. They were one of the best teams in the Southern Conference when they were in the league.

They played us real tough and we expected that. In a rivalry game your emotions get the best of you and we didn't play with a lot of poise. We didn't really calm down and play our basketball game.

They have always been a tough team no matter what their rank or record is. They will come in wanting to take the series from us in our place. Is it going to be an exciting series. It is a great rivalry no matter what both teams records are.

There was no rivalry before. It was pretty much just Mexico beat us. That was pretty much the rivalry. Now it's really grown into something big and something that the region has really cried out for.

There were about 12 people in the stands the last time these two played. It was at an (Albuquerque) Academy tournament in 2003. There was never a rivalry between us. But this is going to be a lot of fun.

There's a lot of guys that haven't been here in years past for all the streaks and the things we've had going on with them. There's an obvious rivalry there that adds to it a little bit. ... But the way that we approach each game will be the same way regardless of who the opponent is.

There's a long tradition of rivalry between our two programs, and I know they'll be ready for us.

There's a little more to this rivalry now. They're a better team and they're coming ready to play. This isn't West Virginia from four or five years ago that got walked all over. We'll come out to play. They'll come out to play. We're going to try and make this a great game.

There's a little bit of a rivalry there.

There's a little bit of a rivalry about which sight has the best view. So see them both and make up your own mind.

There's a hate-respect thing between us. We didn't like each other at all, but we had a respect for the great players Boston had. That's part of what makes the Yankees and Red Sox special. I'd heard about the rivalry when I was with the White Sox, but you don't know about it until you play in it and feel the electricity of the crowd.

This longstanding Jacksonville tradition captures the spirit of college football rivalry at its best and we are so pleased to serve as the host for years to come.

This kind of makes a statement about the quality of our programs in the area. It's going to be a nice rivalry next year.

There's been great history and tradition involved in this rivalry over the years, and I know many people agreed with Charlie Weis this week when he talked about how revered the relationship with Navy has been from the Notre Dame standpoint. These are games that all of us will look forward to in the seasons to come.

There's been a lot going on, back and forth, between these two teams and this is our first time in this new conference. We were going out ready to prove something. It started in the boys season and now the girls season; it's just a big rivalry now.

There's extra motivation. The rivalry really started (last year), even though we sucked last year, we still really wanted to beat them.

There's definitely a rivalry there. The kids feel it, and they play for it.

There's always a sense of a rivalry that comes into play when you play a Bay Area team.

There's a lot of rivalry between islands. When we get together in the States, we all talk about bragging rights and we have fun with it. The fans are going to treat it like a fight.

There's always still that little bit of rivalry there. It's good to play them.

There's always emotion when you play the Toronto Maple Leafs. It's a big rivalry and they bring their crowd with them and it's a good game every time. I know they're desperate and trying to fight for a playoff spot so they're going to be hungry and we should be ready.

It's just good, clean football. It's a rivalry and all, but there's not that hate or anything like that. But being neighbor counties, we still want to beat them and they want to beat us.

It's just D.C.-MetroStars stuff -- that's how they all are and that's how it's going to be. That's the beautiful side of a rivalry -- it's heated, there's passion and maybe you want to beat them more than another team because it's such a heated rivalry.

It's just a great rivalry between these two teams.

It's just two great basketball teams clashing like that. That's why the rivalry is such a big deal.

It?s exactly what you think it is: location, ... Things are changing, though, and we realize that. Look, the Yankees are the most marketable team in perhaps the world. They?re going to sell. Anything associated with the rivalry, it will sell. But this rivalry is more than a regional thing. It?s a national market.

It seems like we have a rivalry every week. CU hates us. BYU hates us. Air Force doesn't care for us and Wyoming really hates us. Every week, we're playing for some sort of trophy or plaque. That's what is unique about college football.

It's a rivalry now. They whipped our ass twice. They beat us. We are 0-2 against the Falcons. I'm a man. I got pride. They whipped our ass. It's a robbery now.

It's a rivalry game. We expected their best shot.

It's a rivalry game. Every time these two schools play, no matter what sport it is, emotions are going to be high.

It's a rivalry game and both teams will get up for it. We were ready all week and had a good week in practice. We couldn't wait to play, and it showed tonight that we were ready.

It's a rivalry from the old Westside League,

It's a rivalry for us because we hang out a lot. It doesn't mean as much for the kids as it does to us.

It's a rivalry and they're playing hard. We're not happy they're not doing well against the rest of the league. They're taking points away from us.

It's a rivalry and everybody wants to come out and see Dwyer and Lakes play. When they beat us earlier, that was the first time I'd lost to them since I was a freshman and I didn't want to lose twice to them my senior year.

It's a rivalry all right. This is a three-team race and you don't want to get left behind early and have to depend on someone else to get you back in it.

It's a symbol of the rivalry between the schools. And it's way of remembering our traditions as a couple of small, agricultural towns.

It's a big preseason game. A lot has been made about this rivalry and it should be a very intense game.

It was definitely important to get the playoff spot. We knew it was going to be really physical because it was a rivalry game but we knew we just had to keep our composure.

It was fun to be a part of it. Berlin-Farmington has always been a great rivalry and to have two of the top scorers in the state go at each other is a lot of fun.

It was exciting; it was a packed house. Anytime you get Michigan and Michigan State's wrestling programs together there will be lots of intensity. It's great rivalry that goes a long ways back, and I thought both teams represented themselves well today, and fortunately we came out on top.

It was always one of the biggest rivalry games of the year. I always bragged to coach Gerber that I didn't think we lost to him when I was there. But we did look it up, and Garden Plain did beat Cheney one time.

It was a really good game for us. Last year, they beat us in the last match of the year by a goal, so this was a solid win for us. We have a good rivalry going with them and it's always competitive when we face off.

It's a big win because it keeps us undefeated and keeps everything out in front of us, ... There's so much attention paid to this game for a number of reasons, because it's a rivalry and the things that have happened the last couple of years. I think the most important thing is the game is for bragging rights. This year, anyway, it's our time to brag.

It's a good rivalry and the emotion is going to be there regardless. I think we have to approach this as a playoff series. It'll be two intense games.

It's a great rivalry with the Buckeyes. You just know that neither team, no matter what the score of the game is, will never be out of the match so you can't back off and expect them to hand it to you.

It's a divisional rivalry and a regional rivalry, and it's natural that things are going to heat up. The games have been very competitive.

It's a fantastic rivalry and Tom Rowe's club always comes ready to play,

I told him, if they see us, you know, hey, Carolina will have to do their thing. That's been a pretty good rivalry over the last few years.

I told my guys coming into the game that it's a rivalry game and don't take anything for granted. (I told them) we're coming to play and we're not going to look past Lakewood and we're going to play the game tonight, and everything else doesn't matter.

It's an in-town rivalry. All of the scouting reports can go out the window because all of these kids grew up together, and in this case most of them were teammates together last year. It's a big rivalry and you never know what is going to happen.

It's a real big rivalry game. There will be 5,000 or 6,000 people at the game (tonight), this is for bragging rights.

It's a healthy rivalry that has improved both teams. There's respect but there's also a huge desire to beat them. Always.

It's now 2-2 with Tom but this is not football. I ride to win stages not to compete against another rider. We have a sporting rivalry but we're good friends.

It's their versatility and their execution that sets them apart. They think the game. We've got some catching up to do if we are going to make this a rivalry again.

It's terrific. It's good for the fans in both cities. It's good for the players on both teams. It's a traditional and natural rivalry that has a lot at stake.

It's like any other rivalry except for the fact that the whole county comes to watch the game.

It's more than just a rivalry game. For us, it's getting our identity back. We've lost it a little bit. The last couple games, that's not us. It's time to get it back. It's time to head into March feeling good.

It's a local rivalry, a big rivalry and our team has a tremendous amount of respect for Western. Our guys and Western, no matter how you look at it, it's a one-goal game. It truly is a throw-the-records-out kind of game.

It's always a great rivalry game with Army-Navy and I think our guys showed a lot of heart on the road today. They showed a lot of different defenses and I think our guys did a good job executing.

It's always a big honor to play Ben Davis with how long this rivalry has been going on. It's a great atmosphere every time we play them.

It's always a rivalry but you get tired of them. I mean, four games? I'm just glad Commack's in the past.

It's always a rivalry between us and with all the Rangers fans, we'll finally have a full building. We know what happened in 1997 when they knocked us out (the most-recent time they met in playoffs). This should be one of the best series.

It's always one team wanting to beat the other, but you have that no matter who you play. The rivalry is there, but in comparison to football, it's not much.

It makes us the front runner in district, which is probably more important than the rivalry. The rivalry was for the fans, which was good for them. It was great for the atmosphere and for soccer.

It may not be intense in the stands, but it's intense on the field. It's not a rivalry of hatred. It's a rivalry of mutual respect. We enjoy competing against these guys.

It's a pretty big rivalry all the way around I think. They want to come up here and play well, and we want to play well.

It's kind of sad because we won't have those rivalry games with Bangor and Lawrence, but we appropriately are moving to B where we belong, enrollment-wise.

It's like we didn't even get off the bus. It's a rivalry game, and it's the part of the season where every game is big. Every game counts.

It's going to be good to play at home (in Enid). I heard OBA has a pretty good team. It's always a fun rivalry between us.