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Forde-Yard Dash: Who Has the Edge in a Scaled-Down Rivalry Week?

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where the list of winless Power 5 teams that have played more than two games is as follows: Kansas, Vanderbilt … and Penn State:

THIRD QUARTER: DOWNSIZED RIVALRY WEEK

With schedules torn up, nonconference games called off and regular seasons lingering well into December, the usual Thanksgiving week glut of rivalry games is significantly slimmed down. Chalk it up as one more loss to the pandemic.

The Dash surveys what real rivalry games we still have, the best ones we lost, and which ones have been relocated:

REAL RIVALRY GAMES

Iron Bowl (21).