School rivalries

pink-llama
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:55:04 +0000

VTECaddict and notaznguy,
I know they are based on sports, but it has grown to be moer than just that. If there was a single reference to football, or even basketball rivalry during any of the cabarets, please show me. If it was solely based on sports, I wouldn’t care if we rivaled a community college, but truth is, the rivalry is now not only sports, but also just schools. You two are poking fun at the two of us because we don’t see the point or see the logic in the current rivalry between usc and ucla. People everywhere can’t distinguish whether usc or ucla is a better school, but they can distinguish cal as a better school. ucla is as much better as usc ranking wise as cal is better than ucla. So if the line is completely blurred between usc and ucla, how come it is not, at all, for ucla and cal?
As for dealing with the difference in prestige, not everyone had a clear cut choice made between ucla and cal, because everyone knows cal is a little more prestigious, but not for real reasons. Hence, we chose “the second best”, even though many of us could’ve chosen “the best one”.