The Nebraska Cornhusker football team has had many “rivals” over the years. I say “rivals” because it seems that there are many definitions of what fans consider rivals.
Technically, a rival is a person or thing competing with another for with another for superiority in the same field of activity.
This my friends, is a fairly broad definition and can be manipulated into whatever you want. To some, this might just mean winning a game. To others, it might take a bigger meaning like winning a championship.
Honestly, anyone could be a rival.
But we as fans do not look at it that way.