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Fair enough. Just to explain where I come from, as re-reading my post it does come accross a bit strong. I was quite heavily involved in university sports when I was at uni (2003-07), particularly American Football and a spot of rugby. The drinking/lad behaviour culture was always massive on...

Sounds good - wasn't aware of it - how long ago was this?

Wow, I must have touched a nerve. I've never had a post taken apart line by line. Yes I've heard of the boat race. What I meant to say was, since when has it been applied outside of Oxford/Cambridge? Pretty sure most of these things are now done over a weekend as well. And regarding the...

I don't get where all this "varsity" stuff has suddenly appeared from. Seems like every uni now has to have a rivalry with a local one, for the sole purpose of a weekend loosely based around sporting fixtures but mostly drinking. Students + sports + lots of alcohol + a randomly concocted...