... is the reason that college football is my favorite spectator sport: the rivalry games.

For the next few weeks, schools that harbor a pronounced animosity toward each other will battle for old oaken buckets, egg-shaped trophies and victory bells.

Some of these games will have conference championships and BCS berths on the line, while others will involve teams playing for nothing but pride.

Though these grudge matches have already begun, with Harvard beating Yale in "The Game" and Stanford walloping California in the Big Game, the following contests are what I consider the most intriguing for this season.

 

1. No. 17 Texas A&M (8-3) at Texas (5-6), Nov. 25
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