Rivalry Week

The Sports Geek is back. And what better way is there to get back into the swing of things than a themed week? It's Rivalry Week at Dixie State College (although I'm sure there's maybe 100 of us out of 9,000 who even know that) so I'll be taking a look at the two men's basketball games this week to help build the hype.

On Monday, I'll start the hype leading up to the game on Wednesday against BYU-Hawaii with a recap of the past four years playing against the Seasiders. How did this rivalry start? Why is it important? Of course, the Red Storm can clinch a share of the Pacific West Conference championship by beating BYU-Hawaii on Wednesday. What's funny is that these roles were completely opposite just two years ago. The Red Storm have become the dominant team in the PacWest, usurping the Seasiders' power. We'll go over all those aspects tomorrow.

I'll have a little fun on Tuesday. My friend Mattie Tueller attends BYU-Hawaii. He and I will have a trash-talking duel to represent our schools proudly. I've been saving up some good Seasider jokes for the past four years. BYU-Hawaii guard Jet Chang will likely be in there somewhere among the insults.

Wednesday is game day so I'll have to be a little more serious. I'll quickly break down some of the key matchups on the floor for the game between Dixie State and BYU-Hawaii. I'll most likely be giving some good praise to Griffon Jones and *cue Denzel Washington voice* my man Maurice Cole *end Denzel voice*.

I'll be shifting focus on Thursday to a more general Rivalry Week topic: pep rallies. Why doesn't Dixie State have pep rallies? Do they fear no one will show up? I understand that this isn't high school anymore, but how are people supposed to know it's Rivalry Week when there are no pep rallies?

Finally, Friday will be the final day of the special Rivalry Week blogging for the Sports Geek. I shift my focus to the Silverswords. Dixie State's first ever nationally televised basketball game took place against Chaminade University, and since then these two schools share an under-the-radar rivalry. I'll talk about Dixie's clean sweep of the Silverswords in 2011, which included a win against Chaminade in the NCAA Tournament.

Get ready for a great week. Rivalry Week is unofficially official right here on the Sports Geek blog. Seasiders and Silverswords are coming to town.