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| Divide Trophy, source Photobucket, Greg Rachac |
While I really enjoy watching football, I am not enough of a fan to tough it out at the stadium to watch the 111th Brawl of the Wild, as the MSU Bobcat -UofM Grizzly Game is known. Kick-off is in just a few minutes and fans and players will have to endure freezing temperatures to see who will possess the Divide Trophy for the next year.
This year the game is particularly important because of the ranking of the two teams, #1Bobcats, #7 Grizzlies.
The football rivalry between the two schools, began on November 26, 1897 in Bozeman, but it couldn't have been the Cats-Griz rivalry in the old days because originally MSU was the Montana State College of Agriculture and the team was known as the "Aggies". I don't know when the name changes took place but the one thing that has prevailed over all the years is the fierce rivalry between the two schools. It is hard to find someone who has lived in Montana for very long, that doesn't have a Bobcat or Grizzly preference. I wish both teams well, and for those of us enjoying the game in warmth of our homes as well as the loyal fans in the stands, it will be game for the history books.
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