What if we did not hate the other team.

When we got started on my new sports blog, I asked people to name the teams they loved and the teams they hated. I listed some of the better known rivalries and asked for your opinions. Now I want to ask the question, 'What if the teams we hate the most did not exist?" Think about the new season starting but University of Florida did not have games against Florida State, Alabama or Georgia. Things would be pretty dull. The best thing about the teams we hate is they provide us with the emotion to watch the sports we love. How many time do you get excited when Duke's basketball team plays Al's Barber College at the beginning of the year? Do you turn the TV on with anticipation of seeing a great game or do you watch reruns of, "American Idol?" Come on and admit it you love to play the teams you hate. Even if you are not a follower of a great rivalry, come clean, you still want to watch that game. So the next time you want to call the Seminoles the Criminoles, or hate on the Yankees, remember you want those teams, you need those teams. The alternative without rivalries just wouldn't be the same.