We are 45 minutes away from them. We compete for students, teachers, national recognition, and state funding.
We recruit many of the same athletes, we are judged against each other, and every now and then...we play each other in sports.
Sure, if your definition of "Rival" is strictly based on football...they are definitely on another level.
But then again, if you make up your own definitions for words I guess you can never be wrong.