2016 Route 1 Rivalry - Delaware State @ Delaware

[melloware13]

Game: Delaware State (1-10, 1-7 MEAC 2015) at Delaware (4-7, 3-5 CAA 2015)
Time: 7:00 PM Eastern
Site (Weather): Delaware Stadium - Newark, DE (77 degrees, 0% precipitation, partly cloudy, wind 5-7 mph N)
Series All-Time: Delaware 6-0
First Meeting: Delaware 44-7 (2007 FCS Playoffs First Round)
Last Meeting: Delaware 27-9 (2014)
Point Spread: Delaware -26

Game Notes: Delaware State (https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf9/4966340.pdf?ATCLID=211156920&SPSID=82271&SPID=5798&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=12900) - Delaware (http://www.bluehens.com/pdf9/4967512.pdf)

Audio: Delaware State (http://www.hsrn.com/) - Delaware (http://wdsd.iheart.com/pages/bhensfootball.html?DB_OEM_ID=29100) - UD Student Radio (http://www.wvud.org/?DB_OEM_ID=29100)

Live Stream: http://www.bluehens.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=29100

[Ivytalk]

Take DSU plus the points! I expect the Hornets to lose, but by fewer than 26 points.

Unless they REALLY suck this year.

[ASU33]

Delaware by 21+

[WileECoyote06]

This can't be considered a rivalry until:

1) Delaware State wins a game
2) Delaware State hosts a game

xeyebrowx

Maybe one day.

[superman7515]

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2016/08/31/5-things-watch-delaware-vs-delaware-state/89666022/


2. Rivalry? Maybe not

In talking to players and coaches leading up to this game, one hardly gets the sense there is considerable passion stirred up between the state’s only two Division I FCS programs. Many simply welcomed the beginning of the season and looked at this as the first step building toward what matters most – the conference seasons, Delaware’s CAA and Delaware State’s MEAC. Certainly, it may mean a bit more to the in-state players sprinkled through each team’s lineup, many of whom know each other as rivals and/or teammates. Delaware has dominated Delaware State – winning all six games by double digits – and the Hornets will have to make it more competitive. Carter believes they’re capable, but until they do, he said, it isn’t much of a rivalry, especially with every game being in Newark.

[ASU33]

This can't be considered a rivalry until:

1) Delaware State wins a game
2) Delaware State hosts a game

xeyebrowx

Maybe one day.


BINGO!

[UNIFanSince1983]

Yeah can it really be a rivalry when they have only played 6 times and the first time was in 2007?

[superman7515]

Yeah can it really be a rivalry when they have only played 6 times and the first time was in 2007?

You can thank ESPN for the "rivalry" hype.