Rivalry week

OK, it's not exactly original, but does anyone have a better name for ODU's slate this week? (And next, for that matter?)

After dispatching William and Mary Wednesday night (game story here), Monarch Nation turns its eyes to VCU Saturday.

These are no longer Eric Maynor and Anthony Grant's Rams. Both have moved on to bigger things.

But that old ODU-VCU animus remains, right?

We'll find out Saturday at the Siegel Center.

"Is that the next game?" coach Blaine Taylor quipped at Wednesday's post-game press conference. Then he made a point about rivalries, and ODU.

"The unusual thing about this job when I took it is usually you've got a rival, and you've got one," he said. "If you're at Oregon, it's Oregon State. Here, you've got about five rivals and you better show up at all these rivalry games because there's a lot of history between these schools because of their proximity and some of the great games that have taken place."

Point taken. With JMU and George Mason looming after VCU, maybe  "Rivalry Week" doesn't cut it. No, since we're talking about the Colonial, after all, let's go really old school - Olde English school - and call this thing what it is:

Rivalry Fortnight.

It's all yours, ESPN.

-- Ed Miller

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