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Brooks: Rivalry Game – Or By Whatever Name – It’s Huge For Buffs

BOULDER – OK, once more, for the umpteenth time: Is it or isn’t it a rivalry?

With the clock ticking toward Saturday’s Rocky Mountain Showdown with Colorado State (5 p.m., Sports Authority Field, CBS-SN), the preferred answer this week on the University of Colorado campus is yes . . . maybe . . . and why not?

Like most other questions, your answer depends on the answeree.

At 1-1 against the school nearly due north of his, third-year CU head coach Mike MacIntyre says, of course, this is a rivalry. What’s more, it’s a rivalry game that’s “huge, huge” MacIntyre said shortly after the Buffs had ground down Massachusetts 48-14 on Saturday.