At 06:31 AM 2/13/97 PST, Laura Phelps wrote:
>I'd have to agree with the strongest ECAC rivalry being Clarkson vs. SLU.
 
An intersting comment, but as someone said earlier, the intense rivalries
are not necessarily two sided. Two Clarkson fans have cited SLU as their
#1 foe. Ask most RPI fans who their biggest rival is and most will
say Clarkson. Travel down the road to Schenectady and ask the same question
to a Union supporter and most would say RPI. Yet RPI doesn't feel that
way in return (at least not us old-timers). We "grew up" thinking of
Union as a Division III school (which they were way back then in the early
days of (oops, sorry., got carried away)). RPI has dominated the
series against Union so its difficult to get excited about them.
The students on the other han, who haven't lived through those days
see Union as more of a rival (especially since Union humiliates us in
football every year). So the rivalry will only grow. This year,
RPI-Union went 1-1-1 so we've gotten to the point where Union can now
beat RPI on any given day. Wait until Union eliminates RPI from the playoffs
some year. That will certainly heat things up.
Mark Lewin
Class of '69
 
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