First, I am not here to flame. Let me just state that outright. As a UCF fan we desire a rival game because we know what its like to play football for 26 years without one. Over the years we have had heated series with many different schools. Troy State, Georgia Southern, Bethune Cookman, Marshall, heck weve even had mini rivalries with teams like Auburn and Georgia Tech. But none of those teams were truly a rival. The best rivals are schools that look like you. That share commonalities, a region, an academic mission, similar student bodies....like it or not UCF and USF are very similar, Tampa and Orlando are very similar. We both drive the same hated I-4 to work everyday, our communities are similar in size. Our universities are growing and flourishing in many ways. UCF and USF are both on their way up. USF through its Big East membership and strong corporate community support, UCF through its ingenious develop of new facilities, uber-powerful President, and fortunate coaching hires. While we may poke fun at each other for things such as recruits not qualifying or resumes we are both on the way up and there is plenty of room at the table for both of us. Lets have fun USF fans. Playing each other annually is almost like an extra home game for each of us. Over the years you'll see the same UCF fans and get to know some of us. When we're all old and gray and have a few national championships under our belts we can talk about the 2005 but kicking you gave us or the 2014 game that sent us to the Orange Bowl and USF to the Sugar. So lets have some fun.