When rivalries aren't quite rivalries

For a rivalry actually to be a rivalry, there has to be a burning desire in each team to beat the other. If one of the team's hasn't beaten the other in a decade, it is difficult for that desire to be there. Georgetown and American fit that bill. They are both from Washington, DC, and there is not a long list of schools in the District to play. So it is a natural opponent for Georgetown, if not a particularly inspiring one. It is one of those games for which you have to prepare seriously because it would be very embarrassing to lose so them, but not one that you fear very much. The two teams have played 54 times, and the Hoyas have won 46 of those.