Wikipedia Article Speculates about USF Rivals...

[Guest bullistic930]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_East

Football rivalries that are expected to blossom in the realigned Big East are:

Louisville - West Virginia

Cincinnati - West Virginia

Cincinnati - Pitt (The Paddlewheel Trophy has been created in significance of the Ohio River to the two cities.)

Louisville - Pitt

Connecticut - Rutgers

Connecticut - Syracuse

South Florida - Louisville

Syracuse - Rutgers

Rivalries out of conference that feature Big East members include:

Providence - Rhode Island (Atlantic Ten)

Rutgers - Princeton (Ivy League) Rivalry active since 1860s, currently active in all sports except football.

Syracuse - Boston College (ACC)

Syracuse - Penn State (Big Ten) Dormant for over a decade but will be renewed 2008, 2009

West Virginia - Maryland (ACC)

West Virginia - Virginia Tech (ACC) (Black Diamond Trophy)

Louisville - Kentucky (SEC)

West Virginia - East Carolina (Conference USA)

Pittsburgh - Penn State (Big Ten) This rivalry currently lies dormant.

Pittsburgh - Notre Dame (Football Independent)

Villanova - Delaware (Atlantic 10 Football)

West Virginia - Penn State (Big Ten) This rivalry currently lies dormant.

West Virginia - Marshall (Conference USA) This rivalry, held annually in basketball, will resume in 2006 in football.

Louisville - Memphis (Conference USA)

Cincinnati - Xavier (Atlantic 10)

Cincinnati - Memphis (Conference USA)

Cincinnati - Miami (OH) (Mid-American Conference) The eighth-oldest and 11th-longest running rivalry in NCAA Division I football.

Marquette - Wisconsin (Big Ten)

South Florida - Central Florida (Conference USA) Both schools, rivals for years, have experienced resurgences in their respective football teams recently.

Connecticut - Massachusetts (Atlantic Ten) Stemming from a resurgence of UMass basketball in the mid-1990's, fans of both teams clamored for a renewal of this regional basketball rivalry. The resulting MassMutual UGame has pitted the two schools in an annual contest since 1996.

[Guest bullistic930]

My personal take: I know there's alot of speculation about who our rivals should be but, ultimately, thats not something that gets chosen. It develops over time.

I agree that the Louisville-USF rivalry is "blooming" given the back-and-forth blowouts.  I think this is a rivalry everyone would like to see develop, given Louisville's reputation as a solid team.  By playing good programs, we are associated with good programs.

And then there's UCF. Most folks who are interested in seing USF nationally known are NOT interested in continuing the UCF series because, quite frankly, we feel any association with UCF gives off vibes of low-level "directional" team rivalry and drags us down.  In other words, it's best if there is really only 1 team competing for that elusive 4th football spot in Florida.  But unfortunately, this is one of those cases where we can't choose our rivals. Like it or not, the hostility/proximity between the schools is driving a future rivalry.  The only way this can be avoided is if we beat them embarassingly every year. You gotta admit, the 05 game was fun, though.

Just my thoughts.

[Sitting_BULL]

South Florida - Central Florida  rivals for years, have experienced resurgences in their respective football teams recently.

What the hell does that mean?  What are we "resurging" from?  We've only been 1-A four years.

[Guest bullistic930]

What the hell does that mean?  What are we "resurging" from?  We've only been 1-A four years.

That's the beauty of Wikipedia. You can edit it if you'd like.

On a side note, the article mentions further BE expansion and names UCF, ECU, Memphis, and Navy as potential picks.

[USFFan]

That's the beauty of Wikipedia. You can edit it if you'd like.

It appears that somebody's done that already...

USFFan

[USFMikeB]

It appears that somebody's done that already...

Since we've played UCF as many times as we've played UM, it holds the same relevance.

[katieusf]

I have to say that I like the UCF rivalry. It's more fun when your rival is nearby-it definitely makes for a HUGE game, and when it's in state, I think that's even better. It just makes more sense to me than to have a rival like Louisville...it's like someone just picked that out of a hat. The UCF rivalry makes sense.

[bulls96go]

wvu!

[Rabbi Bull]

katie the ucf rivalry makes sense only because of location.  we have played louisville 3 teams so far twice here and once there.  the first game here was a close game, the second one at louisville was a dominating game by them, and the third one here, well we all know how that ended up.  it seems that depending where the game is the home team always wins.  i think louisville is a bigger rivalry than ucf.  maybe in baseball is the only place i see a rivarly like collin said today in our student bulls club meeting

[Rabbi Bull]

we might hate wvu, but they aren't a rivalry yet, and probably never will be, best rivalry is louisville, out of conference, gotta refer to what collin said at tonights sbc meeting, Southern Miss, we have had strong games vs them.  the atmosphere at these games was good also. just something about them that makes you hate them