Battle For The Jug Analysis

College or professional, even in high school, a rivalry between two teams is always a big deal. The stakes are even higher when this rivalry comes between a city. Rochester Hills is home to two very different colleges, Oakland University and Rochester College. When the two meet it is much like the U of M versus MSU during football season. The RC versus OU hockey matches, known as the Battle of the Jug, is one of the biggest hockey series of the season. The Battle for the Jug is one of the few series of games that the city divides and one team comes out victorious.
Rochester Hills is home to two very different colleges. Oakland University (OU), a public institution, and Rochester College (RC), a Christian university. Both schools have hockey …show more content…
As far as student athletes are concerned, the RC hockey team sets out every game to be well rounded Christians competing in a sport they love. Some of these athletes, after further observation, are very talented. Unfortunately, I was unable to speak with them. Yet, I was able to see them to be much like Liddell’s character from the film Chariots of Fire. Personally, I see a lot of these players to have his attitude while playing in a game. They may not be as open or enthusiastic about it as he was. However, knowing a bit about the standards of their school, I do see them in a similar fashion as Liddell. From my point of view on the matter, while OU is diverse and is composed of students from all religious or nonreligious backgrounds, it is not something that is seen during sporting events. As a fan, I can see that sports at OU are secular in nature and do not hold any religious qualities. This is something that further separates the two institutions, however, the very separation lies within the foundations of the schools; public versus …show more content…
I can really see what Guttmann was saying about sports and religion, also. If religion is something that is meant to be apart of our actions, words and lifestyle; then there is an endless cycle that surrounds us. I agree with Girard also; and I think that sports were meant to be an outlet for violence. It was meant to expose our primitive nature and diffuse it in a controlled environment. While sports may have started out as plain old fun, they have since turned into an enterprise that allows humans to lose control. Not just the athletes either, but the fans. The fans have transitioned from supportive to a mass of individuals under high levels of energy, among other things. However, I think that fans play a key role in the outcome of a game. From my observations at the hockey game, along with an extensive supporter of my high school’s teams, I have come to the full awareness that a fan is the living energy that players look