Tomahawk Nation · Nov 1, 2019
Staff predictions: FSU vs. Miami
Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty ImagesThrow the records out? Nah. Because these teams each coming in at 4-4 is an apt reflection of their respective mediocrity. To the braintrust (or something):
Juan Montalvo III:
Tesla vs Edison. AC vs DC. Up quarks vs down quarks. Airbus vs Boeing. SMU vs TCU. Ming Dynasty vs Qing Dynasty.
Rivalries are about more than pure hatred. They are about more than pure competition. They are about a pair which are simultaneously incompatible and symbiotic. The competition breeds growth. It breeds familiarity, and its kin contempt.