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We Create Art All the Time. Try to be Rational about It.
That list sucks.
Army-Navy? That game hasn’t meant anything since the 1950s. Historically relevant? I suppose, but then why isn’t Harvard-Yale on this list?
BYU-Utah? Okay, this list obviously isn’t about historical relevancy. I’m not even sure why this game is listed at all, unless Mormonism is the criterion.
Mississippi-Mississippi State? This game is one of my favorites, partly because of its name: The Egg Bowl. But is a slogan a reason to include it? If so, then we need Purdue-Indiana listed because the winner takes home the Old Oaken Bucket.
Auburn-Alabama at number one? If intra-state rivalry is the test, okay, but otherwise? No. It’s not bigger than OSU-Michigan.
And I realize the Pac-12 might be gone soon, but surely at least one Pac-12 game deserves a spot. USC-UCLA, maybe. At least USC-ND?
Art Must be Consistent within Itself
In short, the list is inconsistent within itself.
That’s why it sucks.
The list is a little work of art. Someone created it. It’s an artistic endeavor.
And as such, it needs to hold together within itself.
