UNC/USC article

[Spartan]

To the discussion of rivalries, any time you have two fan bases in an overlapping area there will be a natural rivalry. For Carolina - the larger schools in North Carolina and Georgia will always be rivals because we have a long history playing against them.

Take Georgia for example - Carolina has a long history playing UGA. It's one of the older rivalries in college football dating back to 1894 (which is older than Clemson), although it wasn't played consistently until we joined the SEC.

If you look at their most frequent opponents, USC is in the top 10.

UGA vs:
Auburn
Ga Tech
Florida
Vanderbilt
Kentucky
Alabama
Carolina
Clemson
Mississippi
Tennessee


Then take a look at our top 10 most frequent opponents:

Carolina vs:
Clemson
Georgia
Wake Forest
NC State
No. Car.
The Citadel
Duke
Furman
Virginia
Florida

What our list of most frequent opponents shows you is that from a historical standpoint, we still have strong ties to the ACC rivalries. The SEC schools (except UGA) are just now starting to creep up to our top 10 list. I think in another 20-30 years - assuming the SEC still exists - we will have developed stronger ties with the SEC in part because we will have played them more frequently and more often than our old ACC opponents, and in part because the ACC memories will start to fade.

Originally Posted by Lalli25

Let unc move their home game to a other site if they want more tickets sales. As far as USC is concerned we should play at home. I don't like the every year in Charlotte. Only way I'd be ok with using Charlotte would be in a 3 year cycle, so play in Columbia then chapel hill then Charlotte and repeat the rotation. I prefer college games on college campuses. I'd rather go to unc for a game than going every year to Charlotte.

One reason I support a regular game in Charlotte is because it has the largest alumni base outside of South Carolina, and it's easy to get to from Columbia. It doesn't have to be an annual game with UNC, but to play a regular schedule with UNC, NC State, and ECU in the rotation every few years would be awesome.

[bryarx]

To digress back to the article - I find it odd that it starts out 'why people don't know how big this game is' - but it never tells you why it's a big game, the article really hints that with some fanning this could become a big game, but that it currently is not.

The headline tells me that it's going to reveal a reason this game is big, but really leaves me with what I already knew - that it isn't, and likely, never will be.