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Title: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2020, 03:32:33 PM
I was thinking about this the other day, what are the longest continuously played CFB rivalries interrupted by COVID-19?

According to this article (https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2019-10-20/15-oldest-rivalries-college-football#:~:text=The Yale-Princeton rivalry is,eight between 1869 and 1894.) from the NCAA, the 15 oldest rivalries in CFP are mostly Ivy League:


By my unofficial count it looks like 11 of the 15 oldest rivalries in CFB were not played in 2020. 
Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2020, 03:53:40 PM
I wasn't really looking for "oldest", I was looking for longest continuous.  Here is a link (https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1aqh1h/longest_continuously_played_series_in_major/) (seven years old) that purports to list the "longest continuously played series in major CFB":


With the interruptions to Clemson/USCe, tOSU/M, and IU/PU these are the series that would/will now enter the top-10:

This list might be wrong, if you note any discrepancies let me know and I'll fix it.  

Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2020, 04:07:30 PM
With the ending of the 102 year continuous rivalry with Michigan, here are Ohio State's longest continuously played rivalries:




*Michigan State:
This one is a little odd.  tOSU and MSU played regular season games in 2011 and 2012.  They were not scheduled to play in 2013 but they ended up meeting in the B1GCG.  From 2014-present they have played every year as members of the B1G-E.  

**Northwestern:
This one includes two B1GCG meetings (2018, 2020).  

***Clemson:
Both meetings were in bowls.  In fact this will be the fifth meeting of the Buckeyes and Tigers and all five have been in bowls:



How has this impacted your school's continuous rivalries?  
Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: FearlessF on December 31, 2020, 04:08:10 PM
conference realignment has killed more of these than COVID
Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on December 31, 2020, 04:18:30 PM
Quote from: FearlessF on December 31, 2020, 04:08:10 PM
conference realignment has killed more of these than COVID
True.  

Ohio State's longest killed by that is Illinois.  The Bucks and Illini played a couple times before Ohio State was in what would become the B1G.  They had a 0-0 tie in Columbus in 1902 and a 46-0 Illini win in 1904 also in Columbus.  Then they missed each other in tOSU's first year in the conference (1913) but started playing every year in 1914.  That lasted 89 years (1914-2002) then ended.  Since then:

Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: CWSooner on December 31, 2020, 05:17:40 PM
So, assuming that the 7-year-old list is correct, and minus the rivalries cut by COVID, the 10 longest continuously played CFB rivalries are:



Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: Hawkinole on January 01, 2021, 03:41:13 PM
The Iowa v. Iowa State series restarted in 1977 after a 43-year hiatus, followed by 43-years straight playing this rivalry game. It was interrupted in 2020 by COVID-19. I am not an advocate for playing this game yearly. It would mean more if it were not played yearly.
Iowa State basically replaced Notre Dame as Iowa's nonconference rival. My feelings are that the Notre Dame series was more meaningful.
Title: Re: Long running rivalries interrupted by COVID-19
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on January 01, 2021, 04:31:20 PM

Some of these might go away. 

Brian Kelly wanted to end the Miami series when he was coaching Cincinnati, or at least host it every year instead of alternating sites. The primary argument against it was the length of the series.  

I doubt that Fickell will be the one to end it, but the next coach might. Or the one after that.