# Famous sports rivalries: Which side do you take? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026 "2019-08-01T20:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/1 "2019-08-01T20:41:12Z")
(poll to come) For me, it would be: **[ul] [li]Barcelona[/li][li]Rangers[/li][li]Red Sox[/li][li]Bears[/li][li]Cowboys[/li][li]Lakers[/li][li]Pakistan[/li][li]North Carolina[/li][li]Arsenal[/li][li]Notre Dame[/li][li]Auburn[/li][li]Texas[/li][li]Argentina[/li][li]Germany[/li][li]Boca Juniors[/li][li]Maple Leafs[/li][li]Ohio State[/li][/ul]** (You don’t have to list the whole list; any or a few of your preferences are fine) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/2 "2019-08-01T20:50:01Z")
Not that I support the Red Skins but I support the team playing the Cowboys. BTW: The NFC East is all rivals. Boys vs Skins is hardly the biggest. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/3 "2019-08-01T21:04:58Z")
Ask me again sometime when I have my flipping coin handy. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/4 "2019-08-01T21:16:23Z")
No Cubs vs. White Sox? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/5 "2019-08-01T21:48:57Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > No Cubs vs. White Sox? Or Cubs v. Cardinals? Or Dodgers v. Giants? Or, for that matter, where is University of Washington v. Washington State University? ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/6 "2019-08-01T21:54:33Z")
What about Lehigh and Lafayette? The longest running rivalry in college football! ---
**Author:** ![Rayks\_Marcial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Rayks\_Marcial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayks_Marcial)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/7 "2019-08-01T23:58:13Z")
Celtics over Lakers Schalke over Bayern Munich Puma over Addidas Converse over Nike Mackoy over Hatfield ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/8 "2019-08-02T00:00:49Z")
Ohio State (vs \*ichigan) Cleveland Browns (vs Pittsburgh) North Carolina (vs Duke) Georgia (vs Georgia Tech) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/9 "2019-08-02T00:25:05Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Or Cubs v. Cardinals? > > Or Dodgers v. Giants? > > Or, for that matter, where is University of Washington v. Washington State University? There are well over 100 rivalries that could have been listed in the poll. Some deserving ones were going to have to be left off. The poll is already 34 voting options long. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/10 "2019-08-02T00:52:22Z")
I support Real Madrid because I have a co-worker who supports Barcelona and I love getting him all worked up. I’m an Ohio Sate fan because I grew up among others of the same persuasion. I support the Germany because I’m American so I need a backup national soccer team and it was either them or Sweden. I’m a Red Sox fan because anything else is too horrible to contemplate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/11 "2019-08-02T06:01:42Z")
With the single exception of Bears versus Packers (I’m from Chicago), in all of the rivalries listed for sports that I follow (baseball, football, and basketball), I hate both of the listed teams. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/12 "2019-08-02T10:00:10Z")
my mom who grew up in Michigan for some reason unknown to everyone was a life long fan of the Dodgers in Brooklyn and LA to the point that if you were a giants fan you hoped she never found out as she wouldn’t acknowledge you existed … ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/13 "2019-08-02T22:56:50Z")
I’m from Pittsburgh so I pretty much support all of our teams over any of our rivals. (Most of them are from Cleveland or Philadelphia) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/14 "2019-08-02T23:22:17Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Not that I support the Red Skins but I support the team playing the Cowboys. > > BTW: The NFC East is all rivals. Boys vs Skins is hardly the biggest. NFC East is by far the best division in NFL football. NFC Central a solid 2nd though. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/15 "2019-08-02T23:23:43Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Or Cubs v. Cardinals? > > Or Dodgers v. Giants? > > Or, for that matter, where is University of Washington v. Washington State University? Dodgers v Giants for absolutely sure. I’m a Cardinals fan. The Cubs-Cardinals another good rivalry, but having lived in California, the Dodgers-Giants rivalry is a lot more intense. It’s all about Nor-Cal vs So-Cal. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/16 "2019-08-03T01:26:29Z")
I hate Duke no matter who the Blue Devils are playing. To paraphrase Sir Winston, if Duke were playing the spawn of Hell, I would contrive to say something good about Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/17 "2019-08-03T16:29:34Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Not that I support the Red Skins but I support the team playing the Cowboys. Also whoever is playing Notre Dame, Ohio State, the Chicago Cubs, the N.Y. Yankees… ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/18 "2019-08-03T20:22:28Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Ohio State (vs \*ichigan) > Cleveland Browns (vs Pittsburgh) > North Carolina (vs Duke) > Georgia (vs Georgia Tech) I support every one of these, except the first - I can’t stand Ohio State. I also voted for the Packers over the Bears. And I’d add Georgia over Florida, Georgia over Auburn, and North Carolina over Virginia (the South’s oldest football rivalry). And I’ll cheer for any team playing the Ravens, Cowboys, or Patriots. I don’t follow the sport, so I don’t have any preference in any of the soccer rivalries you listed. Surprised you didn’t list Harvard-Yale, though - that’s pretty famous. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/19 "2019-08-03T21:21:32Z")
It used to be I could root for a tie in the Alabama-Auburn game so that neither one would have a win. Stupid overtime rule. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-sports-rivalries-which-side-do-you-take/838026/20 "2019-08-05T23:21:50Z")
I’m not for any of the teams, but will gladly vote against Rangers, Yankees, Cowboys, Ohio.