Bobby is currently the General Manager and Assistant Publisher at the Daily Statesman after serving his term as Managing Editor. He wears many hats in the office, including coordinator of all things online, but his real passion is sports.

Bring it on

Posted Friday, February 13, 2009, at 4:55 PM

Does any rivalry top North Carolina - Duke?

What is it that makes a great basketball rivalry?

A few closely contested ball games.... Location, location, location.... family.... tradition?

The week of February 9-15 is designated as 'Rivalry Week' on ESPN. Rivalry Week is a week of programming devoted to showing the top rivalries in college basketball. Games that are annually shown during Rivalry Week include: Duke vs. North Carolina, West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh, Missouri vs. Kansas, Syracuse vs. Connecticut, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, Villanova vs. Saint Joseph's, and Kentucky vs. Florida.

Coincidentally, Southeast Missouri has seen some top-notch rivalry b-ball this week also.

After a 38 year span, two of the top teams in the state met before a sold out crowd at the Show-Me Center with Sikeston sqeaking out a one point win over Scott County Central. Two schools only ten miles apart and not playing for 38 years?

Perfect rivalry stuff. Most all the players knew each other and several actually played against and with others during AAU ball. Cousins on each team. SEMO tradition. Great stuff. Hat's off to all the individuals who made this happen. Let's hope this year's game turns into an annual event.

The 84th SCAA Tourney also wrapped up during 'Rivalry Week'. The Stoddard County teams all rival each other. We saw state ranked #1 Bernie fall to Bloomfield in a game for the ages and then again to Advance as Dexter walked away with the crown.

This is just basketball. There are so many great rivalries in the sports world. How about a good ole' Cardinal Cub baseball game, Laker Celtic basketball game, or a Michigan Notre Dame football game?

Big schools, little schools, proffesional, amateur...... every team has a rival. What are some of your favorite rival games to watch?

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This may not be my FAVORITE game to watch, but there's definetely a rivalry between the Dexter and Poplar Bluff football teams! It's actually pretty painful to watch, now that I think about it.

-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Fri, Feb 13, 2009, at 7:40 PM
NCAA B-ball - North Carolina vs. Duke

NCAA Football - Alabama vs. Auburn

NFL - Cowboys vs. Redskins

NBA - Lakers vs. Celtics

MLB - Cardinals vs. SCrubs

SCAA B-ball - Dexter vs. Bernie

-- Posted by BonScott on Sat, Feb 14, 2009, at 12:19 AM
Marquand V. Zalma

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Mon, Feb 16, 2009, at 11:20 AM
What?

No one is going to mention MU-KU?

No one is going to mention Yankees-Red Sox (even though not a fan of either and a Yankee hater...GOAT, forgive me for using such strong language)

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Mon, Feb 16, 2009, at 3:03 PM
See, Bobby, if you encourage him, it just makes him worse...

-- Posted by goat lady on Mon, Feb 16, 2009, at 4:45 PM
Hoon, I can't believe you even mentioned MU vs. KU. Layne Staley's head is getter bigger as we speak(and we all know he doesn't need that).

-- Posted by BonScott on Mon, Feb 16, 2009, at 4:54 PM
Yeah...and he doesn't know if he is for MU or KU either!

GOAT.......go back to watching CNN and the View!

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Tue, Feb 17, 2009, at 1:11 PM
Sorry to disappoint you, Hoonowski: I don't get either one.

-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Feb 17, 2009, at 9:29 PM
At least check out a Post-Dispatch or some other worthless piece of "news". ABC/NBC/CBS?????????

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Wed, Feb 18, 2009, at 11:47 AM
All I get is CBS, ABC, and FOX.

-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Feb 18, 2009, at 8:20 PM
I don't frequent this blog often but Hoon, you are a riot..... Marquand V Zalma. The only thing in Zalma is the Homeplate, or used to be anyway and as far as I know only the the Southern Baptist Church camp was at Marquand. So funny!!!

-- Posted by SKDellinger on Thu, Feb 19, 2009, at 8:59 PM
Marquand and Zalma are both rather small schools but I can see where that would bring a rivalry, like Risco v Malden or Bernie V Malden back in the day.

-- Posted by SKDellinger on Thu, Feb 19, 2009, at 9:02 PM
Oh, come on, Dellinger! After you've been on the blogs a few months, the roses get a little stale. Wait'll you see his dark side... Every rose has its thorn...

Last I heard, there was no more "Home Plate" in Zalma. Gone with the Wind...

-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Feb 19, 2009, at 9:42 PM
You were starting to sing a little Poison GL. I knew you were an 80s rocker at heart.

-- Posted by BonScott on Thu, Feb 19, 2009, at 10:01 PM
Haha! I wondered if you'd catch that, Bon! I had one particular class of headbangers during that era. I think I was the only teacher who liked them. Come to think of it, the most bright, irritating kid went into TEACHING! I always lived in dread that he would get the history job in the room next to me, and I would have to put up with him in the teachers' lounge, calling me by my first name!! Unforgettable group of kids!

-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Feb 20, 2009, at 7:17 AM
GOAT....kids who were taught respect would NEVER call a former teacher by their first name in my mind. NOT right!

SKD...thanks for the compliments. Nice to know everyone isn't like GOAT and tries to go after me for having some laughs on here.

Bon...Does every rose really have its thorn? Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? Is the grass really green in Paradise City? Questions that may never be answered.

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Sun, Feb 22, 2009, at 4:07 PM
Ah, I think you're right about the former student thing: I once taught under a principal who was a former student, and he NEVER called me by my first name, even then.

I've been thinking lately about that group of kids from the 80's, with their black leather fingerless gloves, their long hair, their heavy metal music. and their challenging of the establishment...and I know that I number them among one of my most exciting, innovative groups from the past... If you're from that era, it explains a lot...

As for Dellinger, she's only been around for the good times. Hasn't seen your darker side yet. You haven't nicknamed her "flipper..."

-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Feb 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM
One thing is for certain Hoon. "I don't understand why I sleep all day, and I start to complain that there's no rain."....GL, you know we can't nickname her "flipper", that's for mrsdolphin.

-- Posted by BonScott on Sun, Feb 22, 2009, at 9:16 PM
Yeah, I know. And she hasn't done anything to deserve a nickname. That happens when she challenges the master...Then the nicknames start flying.

-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Feb 22, 2009, at 9:25 PM
Let me get this straight?

Nicknames = BAD.

"the master", darker side, etc. referring to me = OK?

Bon: You want it all, but you can't have it. Its in your face, but you can't grab it.

-- Posted by shannonhoon on Mon, Feb 23, 2009, at 8:33 AM

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