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Ah, the revelry of a rivalry

By Brian Murphy
Page 2 columnist

Monday, November 17, 2003

Ah, I love the smell of Rivalry Weekend. It smells like ... yearning. On the short list of things America still does well: Rivalry Weekend. Amid a nation of loud louts and bad taste, Rivalry Weekend stands tall. A Saturday in late November, TV filled with images from classic college football clashes, Thanksgiving 'round the corner, neighborhood Mud Bowl games dialed up ... man, it's enough to make a guy yearn for his past. Let's own up: How phenomenal was college? I'm 36 now, and not a day ...

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