5 college football rivalries we so need out of the even bigger Big Ten
By John Buhler
4. Oregon Ducks vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers: The Gordon Bombay Classic
You don’t need to overthink this. Oregon Ducks vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ducks on lakes. Think about it. Doesn’t this sound like a Disney Channel Original Movie? Well, what if I told you Ducks did fly together in Minnesota back in the day? In a pre-internet world, Gordon Bombay did extraordinary things in the Twin Cities. It is time for the Ducks to fly back to where they are from.
Between the cacophony of Everclear and Prince, we’ll watch the world die as we all go crazy. Every game starts with the ceremony penalty known as the Flying V. It becomes the greatest illegal formation since whatever Pat McAfee ran for Chuck Pagano back in the day. It didn’t work, but we never forgot it. It was as glorious as ole Kenan Thompson knuckle-packing it on the reg over in L.A.
Because this is a new Big Ten thing, it needs to be exceptionally hokey, cheesy and borderline cringe-worthy. Ducks on lakes in The Gordon Bombay Classic will change lives. Minnesota will win its first thing of significance since the North Stars left. This is what happens when Kent Hrbek cursed the Twin Cities with his leg-lifting ways. May the Mighty Duck man himself rectify this…
The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland, but nobody made more money off Ducks than Disney.