There are too many confrontations in American universities, just like the football derby between England and Italy. Schools in the same district, the same state or even the same city are like derbies. Many of them are sworn enemies, such as University of Alabama vs Auburn University, Pennsylvania State University vs Pittsburgh University, Indiana University vs Purdue University, Miami University vs Florida University, University of South Carolina vs Clemson University, University of Texas vs Texas Agricultural University and so on. Northwest University vs Chicago University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vs Duke University, and University of Southern California vs UCLA are sworn enemies in the same city. University of Connecticut vs University of Massachusetts (New England), University of Virginia vs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Mid-Atlantic), University of Michigan vs Notre Dame (Great Lakes), University of Missouri vs University of Kansas (Central Plains), etc. Are sworn enemies in the same geographical area; Of course, there is another kind of enemy in the same division, that is, two strong teams are in the same league, which is naturally a life-and-death fight. For example, the University of Michigan vs Ohio State University (Top Ten Alliance), the University of Alabama vs Louisiana State University (southeastern conference), Stanford University vs Southern California University (Pacific Twelve Schools Alliance) ... This understanding is easy to understand, and competing for the position of a regional leader will produce deadly enemies. However, some schools have made enemies across regions for historical, religious and other reasons.

1. University of Texas vs University of Oklahoma, known as the Red River showdown. The boundary river between these two States is the Red River. 1930 or so, the militia of both sides shot at each other at the border for the ownership of a river-crossing bridge, which is known as the "gun battle of the Red River Bridge". After that, the two States hated each other as a whole, and later this sentiment was derived from the football field. Texas and Oklahoma are the largest and best public universities in these two States, so their competition reflects the hostility between these two States.

2. University of Utah vs Brigham Young University Holliwall In fact, this is also a state derby, but their hatred is not only at the regional level, but because of religion. Utah is a public school, and there are no restrictions on religious beliefs. BYU is a missionary university funded by Mormonism, and almost all students believe in Mormonism. So when religious conflicts are added to sports, the effect goes without saying. There is a proverb in Utah called "If you don't like it, let's go to BYU".

3. Ohio State University vs University of Michigan GameESPN selected the most exciting rivalry between sworn enemies in the world in the 20th century, overwhelming all kinds of national derbies. Similar to Texas and Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio have become enemies because of the problems between the two States, but they have a longer history. 1836, Michigan broke away from northwest China and joined the United States, which clashed with Ohio on land ownership. The two sides clashed in Toledo, which is the famous Toledo War. Since then, the two States have been hostile to each other, and until now, there are still many disputed lands near Toledo. As representatives of two state universities, Michigan and Ohio have become irreconcilable enemies. Later, these two schools also staged various classic stories, such as spy war, loyalty and betrayal, ten-year war (Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler), snowstorm bowl, divine punishment, etc. Their grievances can be written as a whole. See HBO's documentary Competition for details.

4. Princeton University vs Rutgers University artillery battle This is also the same state derby. These two schools in New Jersey staged the first football match between universities in American history (at least the official first game). The funny thing is its origin:1On the evening of April 25th, 875, a group of sophomores from Rutgers University entered the campus of Princeton (then called New Jersey College) in the dark and stole a cannon. Princeton students came to ask for guns in order to get back the property of the school, but Rutgers University refused to admit it. Later, the two schools decided to have a football match, and the winner would have the gun. So ... this is how the dawn of NCAA came.

5. University of Michigan vs University of Minnesota Brown Jug Jr. Speaking of Michigan's sworn enemies, most people think of Ohio State University, Notre Dame University and MSU University, but only take a haha attitude towards Minnesota, because now Michigan hates Minnesota even more than Pennsylvania State University with very similar history. But Michigan and Minnesota have always been a pair of old enemies, one of the reasons is that their abbreviations are both U of M, but more importantly, in 1903, Michigan led by legendary coach fielding yost won more than 30 games in a row, but was tied by Minnesota. After the game, yost accidentally lost his brown kettle, which was picked up by Minnesota students as a trophy to show off. Since then, the two schools have opened the prelude to the tradition of inter-school competition trophies.

6. University of California, Berkeley vs Stanford University Competition. Both California and Stanford are super famous schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under normal circumstances, they are sworn enemies, which is well understood. However, the already tense relationship between them was pushed to the extreme by a fatal controversial penalty. 1982165438+1October 20th, the two schools met again. Before the final, California finished the lore. Fans and military bands rushed into the stadium to celebrate, and the scene was in chaos. At this point, Stanford players picked up the ball on the ground, launched a counterattack that should not have existed (the time has come), and scored a goal. The referee finally ruled that the goal was valid and Stanford won. Afterwards, the winner was called a play, and it is still a controversial penalty.

7. University of Oregon vs Oregon State University Civil War It is reasonable to say that Oregon and Oregon State are ordinary derbies in the same state, and there is nothing to say. But I listed it because of the crazy behavior of the fans in this series of games. For example, before the competition, the two schools sent "expeditionary forces" to each other's campus to catch "prisoners" and bring them back to their own schools. After some humiliation, they will let the "prisoners" parade through the streets holding banners with insulting words. During the competition, fans once threw the ignited opponent's school uniform into the stadium, causing the turf to catch fire. Before each competition, the patrolmen in the cities where the two schools are located are on the verge of enemies, so this series of competitions has the nickname of "Civil War".