Two major college football teams in the same county

[KamaAina]

doesn't happen everywhere.

Obviously, L.A. County heads the list with USC and UCLA.

Harris County, TX (Houston) has Houston (duh) and Rice.

Miami-Dade, FL made the list when Florida International stepped up to join (duh again) Miami (way to kick some Bowden butt, by the way! :thumbsup: )

A surprise: Washtenaw Co., Mich. The county seat is Ann Arbor, of course -- but Ypsilanti, home of Eastern Michigan, is there as well.

And the real reason for this thread (drum roll, please)...

Santa Clara Co., CA. Stanford is just inside the county line, and of course, San Jose State (once coached by John Elway's dad Jack) is here in the county seat.

Did I miss any?

[fishnfla]

1. I dunno but bama and auburn are real close

[hugo_from_TN]

4. Ummm, they're about 150 miles apart.

Pretty close if you're flying, I guess.

[Jo March]

30. LOL, miles apart literally and figuratively

Bear Bryant used to call it the "cow college to the East."

LOL

[joeybee12]

2. UCONN, the Univeiisty of Hartford, and Central Connecticut...

:evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

5. MAJOR football teams!

They don't even qualify as "mid-majors"

:rofl:

[joeybee12]

7. College teams? Maybe The Dallas Cowpies and the University of Texas...

...although the way the Cowpies are playing you can't consider them a major college team, maybe AAA.

[madinmaryland]

17. Douchebag. I lived in CT longer than you have probably been alive.

University of Hartford?

I'm sure you are Hartford Whalers fan, also.

BTW, Gordie Howe did have a good restaurant/bar in Glastonbury.

[joeybee12]

33. I remember that restaurant....

...yeah, you're probably really old (thus so cranky), but I doubt you lived there longer than I was alive.

[madinmaryland]

35. GET OFF MY LAWN!

[brendan120678]

6. Also don't forget...

Yale, UNH, and Southern Connecticut are all in New Haven County (although neither SCSU or UNH are exactly "major").

I think Fairfield County has Fairfield University and Western Connecticut.

[joeybee12]

13. And connecticut College is in there somewhere also! n/t

[madinmaryland]

19. What about West Conn??

Don't they qualify, under your guidelines?

[brendan120678]

29. I mentioned them....

Danbury is in Fairfield County, though.

I would never intentionally leave out Westconn. The Colonials - members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (for football).

[madinmaryland]

36. Oops. I missed that.

[KamaAina]

14. Alas, UNH (my first school) dropped football shortly after losing the D-II national championship

they weren't happy in a conference with mostly state schools. :eyes:

However, none of the above are major college teams; even Yale is FCS (I-AA). Southern is still D-II.

[brendan120678]

28. How long ago was that?

University of New Haven Chargers still have a football team, as far as I know.
But you're right - they're not technically "major" teams.

[Capt. America]

3. Xavier and UC. Akron and Kent (probably not same county) Dayton and Wright State?

[TZ]

9. Not the same county but Ohio State and Miami of Ohio

aren't that far away. Actually seems like Ohio has oodles of universities large and small...

[LisaM]

11. Just call it Miami

The Ohio school is older. So it should be Miami, and Miami of Florida.

[Auggie]

18. Ohio State is closer to Ohio

Not the same county though

[KamaAina]

15. You just saw "We Are Marshall", didn't you?

:-)

Xavier dropped football decades ago. Akron and Kent came to mind, but no, different counties. Wright State is not a football school. (Props to Wiki for the above.)

[Bill McBlueState]

43. Akron and Kent are in adjacent counties

So are Toledo and Bowling Green.

[JonLP24]

8. Is SMU and TCU in the same county?

I know TCU is in Fort Worth, TX and SMU in Dallas. I know both aren't major teams, SMU hasn't been the same since the death penalty and former TX Governor Bill Clements(Also see Rove wiretapping his own office) as well as former SMU Board of Governors. Clements famous quotes about his time at SMU. He would've told the truth about the payments sooner but... "there wasn't a Bible in the room." Also the board "reluctantly and uncomfortably" continued to pay it's players. And that he "should have stopped (the payments) immediately." rather then phase them out.

[El Supremo]

10. They are both division 1, but not in the same county.

Now TCU and UTA are both in Tarrant County, but UTA killed its football program many years ago.

How about Boston College, Harvard and Boston University?

[JonLP24]

12. I know about the division 1 part

TCU is in the Mountain West and SMU is the Conference USA West but I'm sure you know that already. I think they have an annual matchup for "The Battle of the Iron Skillet" or something like that. I have no clue about the Boston teams but I'd think so (same county) if they were in the same city. I'll try to think of some others.

[KamaAina]

16. Nice, but Harvard and BU are FCS (I-AA)

also BC is in Middlesex County while BU is in Suffolk. Harvard is based in Middlesex (Cambridge) but plays in Suffolk (Boston) across the Charles!

[hughee99]

25. And BU got rid of football in 97'

Not a bad place for hockey, though.

[fishwax]

20. UTEP and the Air Force Academy

are both in El Paso County. :)

[El Supremo]

21. Funny, funny...

I forgot to laugh.

[hughee99]

22. UNC/Duke and Georgia/Georgia Tech n/t

[madinmaryland]

23. Duke is a major ??

:rofl:

[hughee99]

24. Well, they're D1 anyway...

I was laughing when I typed it. Georgia/GTech is legit, though.

[fishwax]

26. legit programs, sure, but they're not in the same county

(Duke and UNC aren't either.)

[hughee99]

34. I thought part of Chapel Hill was in Durham county?

I didn't know which part, though.

I screwed up on Georgia. I guess Piedmont isn't really a big enough program to count.

[TZ]

32. Ga and GT are about 2 hours drive away from each other..

I have a friend that goes to school in Athens..I've done that ride a couple of times....

[Jacobair]

27. How about my Alma mater!

The Pac 10 is going to be a dog fight this year!

[madinmaryland]

37. A diehard Yankee fan likes the Cal Golden Bears?

:wtf:

[JonLP24]

39. He/she clearly said "my alma mater"

Why is that surprising? Especially coming from someone who likes the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Dallas Cowboys. I wonder if your favorite College team is in Dallas? Say SMU?

[madinmaryland]

40. ..

Check your pm.

[Capt. America]

31. Nortwestern/UIC/DePaul?

[brendan120678]

38. Does DePaul have football?

I know they're in the Big East for basketball - but they aren't in the Big East for football, if they have football at all.

[fishwax]

41. but only Northwestern has a football program

[Capt. America]

42. OK, wasnt sure of the parameters