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As seen on the Big Sky Conference's Wikipedia page:



At first glance, the only things I can see wrong with the list itself is that Montana isn't listed as every others team's rival, and two Big Sky schools would actually consider Idaho State to be a rival

Doesnt look too far from the truth, man.

These are the ones I AM SURE OF.

Montana vs Eastern Wash - governor's cup
Montana vs Montana St. - Brawl of the Wild

Eastern Wash vs Portland St.
Weber st. vs Idaho st.

ya and weber and nau? ok


i believe out of hte charter schools:

its wsu vs isu - rivalry has no name
um vs msu

dont knwo about any other "rivlarys"


weber's only trophy it competes for is the oqurrh bucket in basketball.

I laughed.

BlackFalkin wrote:Doesnt look too far from the truth, man.

These are the ones I AM SURE OF.

Montana vs Eastern Wash - governor's cup
Montana vs Montana St. - Brawl of the Wild

Eastern Wash vs Portland St.
Weber st. vs Idaho st.

why the governor's cup? ewu only joined in the 90's.

weberwildcat wrote:

BlackFalkin wrote:Doesnt look too far from the truth, man.

These are the ones I AM SURE OF.

Montana vs Eastern Wash - governor's cup
Montana vs Montana St. - Brawl of the Wild

Eastern Wash vs Portland St.
Weber st. vs Idaho st.

why the governor's cup? ewu only joined in the 90's.

WTF?

weberwildcat wrote:

BlackFalkin wrote:Doesnt look too far from the truth, man.

These are the ones I AM SURE OF.

Montana vs Eastern Wash - governor's cup
Montana vs Montana St. - Brawl of the Wild

Eastern Wash vs Portland St.
Weber st. vs Idaho st.

why the governor's cup? ewu only joined in the 90's.

Don't try to understand Black Falco's reasoning, or lack thereof.

weberwildcat wrote: why the governor's cup? ewu only joined in the 90's.

So you are tellin me, you are unaware of a rivalry thats been alive for *at least* 7 years? (from what i know personally) You people must pay attention to whats goin on in the ENTIRE conference.

http://www.answers.com/topic/eastern-wa ... university
http://en.eyeplorer.com/show/me/EWU%25E ... ernors+Cup
www.ewu.edu/x29756.xml

That avatar kills me. What a doof!

bobbythekidd wrote:That avatar kills me. What a doof!

As former NFL great Jim Brown says about these type plays "1 - Get the touchdown, then 2 - walk away like you have been there before." In other words, don't be a hotdog.

BlackFalkin wrote:

weberwildcat wrote: why the governor's cup? ewu only joined in the 90's.

So you are tellin me, you are unaware of a rivalry thats been alive for *at least* 7 years? (from what i know personally) You people must pay attention to whats goin on in the ENTIRE conference.

Exactly my point...7 yrs ago it started? Uh ok. Maybe Weber n Montana started a rivalry last season called The Battle for the Buffer State...or the Battle for the Potato but we just don't know yet.

What UM fan really thinks EWU as a rival? Is it equal with MSU too?

Eastern Washington has rivals? I would have thought that Gonzaga and Eastern would be rivals, but didn't the ZAGS drop football like 40 years ago...
In all honesty, a UM and Eastern rivalry would kinda make sense, they really aren't that far away from each other.

Okay, ok, you got me. Yep, it was me. I have absolutely no clue to the rivalries and I've been on codeine for the past 10 days. That I got anything close is a minor miracle

ilovebaker wrote:Eastern Washington has rivals? I would have thought that Gonzaga and Eastern would be rivals, but didn't the ZAGS drop football like 40 years ago...
In all honesty, a UM and Eastern rivalry would kinda make sense, they really aren't that far away from each other.

EWU is almost the same distance from us as MSU and could never unseat MSU as our rival but they have long put us on their list as their rival and to be honest they are the next closest to MSU for us. There are many, many Griz fans and alumni in Spokane and I will travel to games in Cheney but will no longer go to Bozeman for games. They don't have a great stadium or anything but I have always had a good time when I've went there for games. EWU has just forged themselves into being a rival on a level above all the rest of the conference except for MSU.

As far as Portland State rivalries within the conference I can think of two...

Portland State/Montana---Comically referred to as the "Don Read Bowl" as Read did wonders putting both schools on the football landscape. When PSU joined the Big Sky, Montana was already top dog, yet the Vikings enjoyed success in Portland during the last part of the Walsh era. Also, Read heavily recruited Oregon when he was at Montana, and as a result there are a lot of Griz alums in Portland and the rest of Oregon.

Portland State/Sacramento State---Maybe a small rivalry, but these are the two urban campuses in an otherwise rural conference. Also, there is a strong rivalry between the cities of Portland and Sacramento in other levels of sports, primarily the NBA and the PCL.

Portland State/Eastern Washington---I would not call this a rivalry as nothing has happened between these two to create a rivalry. Not even much between the Portland area and the Spokane area either. Besides, we've beaten Eastern in both Cheney and Portland the last two years. This year they want to try Seattle. Why would you want to play a rival somewhere other than your own backyard?

JALMOND wrote:As far as Portland State rivalries within the conference I can think of two...

Portland State/Montana---Comically referred to as the "Don Read Bowl" as Read did wonders putting both schools on the football landscape. When PSU joined the Big Sky, Montana was already top dog, yet the Vikings enjoyed success in Portland during the last part of the Walsh era. Also, Read heavily recruited Oregon when he was at Montana, and as a result there are a lot of Griz alums in Portland and the rest of Oregon.

Portland State/Sacramento State---Maybe a small rivalry, but these are the two urban campuses in an otherwise rural conference. Also, there is a strong rivalry between the cities of Portland and Sacramento in other levels of sports, primarily the NBA and the PCL.

Portland State/Eastern Washington---I would not call this a rivalry as nothing has happened between these two to create a rivalry. Not even much between the Portland area and the Spokane area either. Besides, we've beaten Eastern in both Cheney and Portland the last two years. This year they want to try Seattle. Why would you want to play a rival somewhere other than your own backyard?

Good to see you spreading your talent around over here J. Keep up the good work and post you predictions over here as well if you don't mind, they are always a good read.

I know we're new to the conference but we could use a rival. Anyone want UNC for a rival?

I thought the rivalry between Weber and ISU was the Border War?

But even though Weber owns the Bengals

34-14 in Football, and 66-40 in basketball

I still consider the game between these 2 teams a rivalry, Wildcat fans get up about it and so do Bengal fans, I love watching Weber play the bengals, mostly in Basketball but still, And I would consider NAU and Weber to be a Basketball rivalry, not really a football rivalry. Weber vs Montana is definetly a basketball rivalry, but I think it could soon become a football rivalry. I mean there is only one other team in the Big Sky that has played Weber as much as ISU........Montana.

WSU and ISU are the 2 closest schools in the conf being 130 mile apart but are in different states and both states have other teams that are more popular so that could be why its not a big rivalry even if it is a rivalry.

I look forward to the ISU games the most though in both sports minus the in-state basketball games.

BigSkyBears wrote:I know we're new to the conference but we could use a rival. Anyone want UNC for a rival?

How 'bout Chadron State?

who creates these rivalries? anybody know?

bc Eastern & Portland could be a rivalry, I mean we all hated going to portland and playing in a baseball field but hey! WSU & U dub wont dare schedule EWU in football,

BlackFalkin wrote:who creates these rivalries? anybody know?

bc Eastern & Portland could be a rivalry, I mean we all hated going to portland and playing in a baseball field but hey! WSU & U dub wont dare schedule EWU in football,

No rivalry because no history. EWU has not beaten PSU since Glanville has arrived. Not in Cheney, not in Portland. Now EWU has scheduled the game for Seattle this year. Where do you want to play next year, Yakima? Why would you want to play your "rival" anywhere other than your own turf? Why play somewhere that is closer distancewise to them than your campus?

Not even any history between Portland and the Spokane area in any sport. Nothing to get excited about in this matchup, other than the usual conference game hype.

JALMOND wrote: No rivalry because no history. EWU has not beaten PSU since Glanville has arrived. Not in Cheney, not in Portland. Now EWU has scheduled the game for Seattle this year. Where do you want to play next year, Yakima? Why would you want to play your "rival" anywhere other than your own turf? Why play somewhere that is closer distancewise to them than your campus?

Not even any history between Portland and the Spokane area in any sport. Nothing to get excited about in this matchup, other than the usual conference game hype.

It was a joke you idiot, I dont like portland state, dont forget how many times Eastern has killed PSU.

Nobody cares about PSU
Let me know when PSU can WIN THE CONF,
LET ME KNOW WHEN PSU CAN GET TO THE PLAYOFFS.
Let me know when PSU gets outta that baseball field.

My question to you is the following:
What good would it do eastern to make a rival outta a team that cant win the conf?

BlackFalkin wrote:

JALMOND wrote: No rivalry because no history. EWU has not beaten PSU since Glanville has arrived. Not in Cheney, not in Portland. Now EWU has scheduled the game for Seattle this year. Where do you want to play next year, Yakima? Why would you want to play your "rival" anywhere other than your own turf? Why play somewhere that is closer distancewise to them than your campus?

Not even any history between Portland and the Spokane area in any sport. Nothing to get excited about in this matchup, other than the usual conference game hype.

It was a joke you idiot, I dont like portland state, dont forget how many times Eastern has killed PSU.

Nobody cares about PSU
Let me know when PSU can WIN THE CONF,
LET ME KNOW WHEN PSU CAN GET TO THE PLAYOFFS.
Let me know when PSU gets outta that baseball field.

My question to you is the following:
What good would it do eastern to make a rival outta a team that cant win the conf?

Maybe if EWU could actually beat said team. You can't beat us in Cheney (28-21), you can't beat us in Portland (47-36). Now you want to try to win in Seattle. (yawn), whatever.

What good would it do PSU to try to make this a rivalry when EWU can't beat us? We'd rather turn our attention to a challenge (like Montana).

The joke is Eastern trying to beat a Glanville coached team. All the other conference teams have done it (except Northern Colorado). Why can't the all-powerful Eagle team?

I may be an idiot, but I know EWU has not beat us since Glanville has been here. Nothing you can say can change that. LET ME KNOW when EWU can beat PSU again. I will be there, even if your athletic department schedules it in Sprague or Ritzville.

JALMOND wrote:

BlackFalkin wrote:
It was a joke you idiot, I dont like portland state, dont forget how many times Eastern has killed PSU.

Nobody cares about PSU
Let me know when PSU can WIN THE CONF,
LET ME KNOW WHEN PSU CAN GET TO THE PLAYOFFS.
Let me know when PSU gets outta that baseball field.

My question to you is the following:
What good would it do eastern to make a rival outta a team that cant win the conf?

Maybe if EWU could actually beat said team. You can't beat us in Cheney (28-21), you can't beat us in Portland (47-36). Now you want to try to win in Seattle. (yawn), whatever.

What good would it do PSU to try to make this a rivalry when EWU can't beat us? We'd rather turn our attention to a challenge (like Montana).

The joke is Eastern trying to beat a Glanville coached team. All the other conference teams have done it (except Northern Colorado). Why can't the all-powerful Eagle team?

I may be an idiot, but I know EWU has not beat us since Glanville has been here. Nothing you can say can change that. LET ME KNOW when EWU can beat PSU again. I will be there, even if your athletic department schedules it in Sprague or Ritzville.

Or if you want to schedule it in some farmer's bull pasture, I'll be there, too, you Beverly Hillbilly.