>In so many ways, these really are the natural rivals for teams like
>Minnesota and Wisconsin.  It's not even so much a size thing.  Even someone
>like myself, for whom hockey is the number one sport, would really get
>juiced at an extension of these rivalries into hockey.  The competition
>built up in other sports and over so many years make these match-ups
>something that games with most of the other WCHA teams can't equal.
>Besides, I want a chance to pay Ohio State back for all the football
>humiliation I've suffered.
 
Amen to that!!!  So many rivalries in other sports could be rejuvenated with
the new "expansion" we have been talking about.  Teams like Ohio State vs.
Indiana, Indiana vs. Purdue, Michigan vs. Mich. St. (already exists), are
just a few of the rivalries that can build up.  It would be nice to see,
especially since Minnesota isn't particularily strong at other sports
besides hockey.
 
pondering thoughts.................
 
Nat Malen
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
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