Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arizona–Texas Tech football rivalry

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:42, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Arizona–Texas Tech football rivalry

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I cannot find any WP:SIGCOV showing that this subject meets the WP:NRIVALRY (or WP:GNG.) Let'srun (talk) 03:29, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sports, American football, Arizona, and Texas. Let'srun (talk) 03:29, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm finding isolated articles labeling this one-sided (26–5–2 in favor of Tech), long-distance (10 hours driving) series as a rivalry (e.g., here, here, here, and here), but nothing in-depth to satisfy WP:GNG or to suggest that this was an actual, notable rivalry. And per WP:NRIVALRY, "[s]ports rivalries are not presumed notable." Cbl62 (talk) 05:18, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This article was created in August 2023 after it was announced that Arizona would join the Big 12 Conference, creating the potential for the "rivalry" to be renewed. We're way WP:TOOSOON to use that as a basis for this as a stand-alone piece. Cbl62 (talk) 05:22, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:TOOSOON should only matter for articles that take place within a few years. Sports rivalries are built over decades. Decades these two colleges have been around but no WP:SIGCOV. Come back to me in five years when these two teams have ESPN and newspapers outside their respective states. Conyo14 (talk) 05:07, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per nom. It's TOOSOON. glman (talk) 03:55, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. These two teams were conference mates between 1932 and 1957 as members of the old Border Conference, however this, which is probably the best source that I was able to find from that era, pretty much confirms that it was a one-sided affair that only Arizona fans ever thought of as a rivalry. Ejgreen77 (talk) 11:46, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ejgreen77: I also did a "before" search and didn't find anything better than what you found. And the one passaage in your source where "rivalry" is mentioned is where the Texas Tech coach said he didn't really care whether a contract was signed to continue the series, noting "rivalry should be friendly and worthwhile." As you noted, this actually tends to undercut the notion that a truly notable rivalry existed even back in the Border Conference days. That said, a notable rivalry may develop in the future with both teams in the Big 12, but it's too soon to say whether that will happen. Cbl62 (talk) 15:43, 6 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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