As endearing a spectacle as college football rivalries can be — and as fun as they can be for a fanbase (depending upon which side you reside) — they can be an absolute headache for head coaches (again, depending on which visor hangs in your office).
But if you could remove all emotion from college football — which I understand is an impossibility and would render the sport superfluous — rivalry games, in and of themselves, only count for one tick in either side of the win-loss column.
When the Cowboys and Sooners square off on Nov.