You've read all the basics about the series between the Utes and the Aggies. Friday's the 110th meeting, the Utes lead 77-28-4, 99 players from the Beehive State between the two teams, yada yada yada...
In the bigger picture of things though, this series (or rivalry if you indeed want to call it that) really does its title of "The Battle of the Brothers". Call me crazy, but as a die-hard Aggie fan, I've never felt the kind of passionate hate toward Utah like I have toward the likes of New Mexico State or BYU. Like brothers do in real life, the Aggies and Utes fight once in a while and we might piss each other off a little bit sometimes, but we get over it and can shake hands afterward.
If nothing else, we can bond back together as brothers to go throw rocks at the assholes that nobody likes who live a little bit further down south on our street. Really much of the same can be said for Weber State and Southern Utah. For the most part, my mingling with fans of theirs leaves me thinking, "You guys are freakin alright!"
The best examples I can give were back in 2007 and 2009 as visiting fans wearing Aggie blue down at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Before the game, meandering through the U of U tailgate lot where their hardest of hardcore fans pregame, we could barely walk through there because people wanted us to stop, hang out, chat, offer us food, beers, or whatever. Everyone was cool as hell in there, and more than once. Sure, you might find a douchebag or two while visiting another stadium, but you'll get that anywhere, including USU. That welcoming vibe from the Ute fans speaks a lot, hence, me not having much bad to say about them.
