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No DePaul home and home? Where will we play them next year if we only play them once? I thought that we would always play ND, DPU, and I thought Louisville home-and-away every year as a part of the Big East regional deal. Am I wrong on that or did they change it?
We've played hugely competitive and entertaining games with Louisville -- there's no denying that -- but DePaul is and always will be our biggest conference rival. ND is a close second, although their fans probably don't consider us a true rival.
We've played hugely competitive and entertaining games with Louisville -- there's no denying that -- but DePaul is and always will be our biggest conference rival.
It's an age thing. If you became a fan in the 90s, DePaul is nothing more than a scrub team we've mostly pummeled over last 25-30 games. If you're a pre-90s fan, DePaul is a big deal."Biggest conference rival"? Personally, there are about 5 teams ahead of DePaul on my "want to play" / rival list.
So, you're saying once you have a rival, that's it forever? I reject that, for the same reason Loyola and U of Detroit aren't our rivals anymore.I'd propose several factors a rivalry dies off:1. Lack of play vs. rival over large period2. Lack of competitiveness over a large period3. "X-Factor" .. = hatred just plain dies off.DePaul would need to become a hot-ticket game again before it could be considered MU's current-era rival. Currently, there are at least 5-6 other teams people would rather see.
PRN--do you live in Chicago?I would be upset if I lived there and MU wasn't coming...other than that, I would rather see MU play UL, ND, and Pitt in mirror games before DePaul. The RedSox/Yankees rivalry is great because both teams are always good when they have played each other. When have MU and DePaul both been good at the same time? 70's? I appreciate the long history, but it's time to move over for better games that the whole country will care about.