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October 18, 2007

dumb question

Duke vs. North Carolina has been the one dominant rivalry in college basketball. USC vs. UCLA has all the components of a great rivalry. Tim Floyd knows it is now up to his Trojans to consistently excel to make this the next must-see rivalry. (via)

USC v. UCLA will *never* be like Duke v. North Carolina. You know why?

Because Southern Californians are not true sports fans. Period. Californians define bandwagon fans. It doesn't matter if USC v. UCLA becomes a hot sports rivalry - USC and UCLA lack the passionate (crazy) sports fans that UNC and Duke create.

Look at the Chargers - I remember coming in December and hearing Chargers this, Chargers that. Now? Not so much. Baaannnddwaaggggooonn fans.

Posted by roy on October 18, 2007 at 07:48 PM in Sports, San Diego | 8 Comments

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halo
Comment posted on October 20th, 2007 at 10:14 AM
Talk about generalizing a group of people.
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roy
Comment posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 12:39 AM
seriously. what kind of ass am i?
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bert
Comment posted on October 19th, 2007 at 08:09 AM
Get Tickets for chargers now!

USC/UCLA is a rivalry.. definitely, but it's a school rivalry and not a basketball one.

Then again
Duke/UNC is not a rivalry either. No one gives a flip about basketball.

If you want to see true passion, look at Michigan/ OSU, Auburn/ Alabama, or hell.. I even respect South Carolina/ Clemson.

They get up for all the sports. That's a rivalry.
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roy
Comment posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 AM
i love how all nc state alums like to trash the duke/unc bball rivalry. :)
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bert
Comment posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 09:26 AM
That's right... it's a BASKETBALL rivalry only.
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roy
Comment posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 AM
yeah, that's true.
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SuperSunJ
Comment posted on October 18th, 2007 at 09:01 PM
Dude, have you ever been to LA prior to a USC-UCLA game? Those people are damn crazy. Maybe they don't care about the sport, but they're definitely into the rivalry itself. They are a respectable, established rivalry.

As for Duke-UNC... I'll resist commenting on it for now.
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roy
Comment posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 AM
i haven't, but i've actually heard stories of usc - ucla rivalries. i guess i need to go experience it first-hand.
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