Editor’s note: This is a column that was run in October 2003 before last season’s Causeway Classic. The sentiment of the writer is the same this year as it was then.

It is “Frasier” vs. “Seinfeld,” Scotch vs. Budweiser, chess vs. Playstation — exaggerated arrogance vs. unassuming intelligence.

It’s why Sacramento State students hate UC Davis.

And it’s why the Causeway Classic is by far the most attended football game every season.

Stuck-up Davis students seem to admonish the fact that they live in a real cow town and hold a false self-pride regarding their overpriced school.

They yell to Sac State students -“one day we’ll be your bosses!” But they never conclude that Sac State students aren’t in college to work on farms.

Could there be a correlation between the ill-mannered attitude of these Davis students and their actual envy of Sac State students? I think yes.

These Aggies (yes, that really is their mascot) look to us Sac State students and see a fun-loving gang of people surrounded by a city buzzing with life. Suddenly a communal epiphany from the entire Davis fan base occurs:

Imagine a Davis student, sitting in the back of a pickup in some field, straw hanging from mouth and thinking, “Sure, we pay more money for school. Sure, we generally are the ones who wasted those fun high school nights at the keg to study so we could go to school here. And sure, we still have yet to figure out what we are actually going to do with our degrees. But wait, what the hell is an aggie anyways?”

Still, being the polite, pleasant people that we are, we have invited them into our home for a friendly game of football this Saturday.

They’ll swagger into the stadium arrogantly, but we understand the jealousy, the bitterness and the desire to live our relaxed lifestyle.

We’re understanding of a football team under construction.

We also recognize that the 2003 Hornet football team is doing things that most of these students have yet to see. So far at home this season the Hornets have destroyed both Saint Mary’s and Idaho State by a combined total of 116-40.

When speaking of an old Vegas casino in Swingers, Vince Vaughn said, “Back in the day this place was a real contender, but now they’ll appreciate the business.” The current capacity of Hornet Stadium is around 17,000 and we will appreciate the business.

Bragging rights are up for grabs and tailgate barbecues are already heating up. Anticipation for this season’s game is greater than ever for Hornet fans, thanks to new head coach Steve Mooshagian and it’s important that there are more fired up Sac State students shouting in support of the Hornets.

Help drown out the dull, arrogant Davis chants against Sac State. They’re coming to our home and this time we will have the last laugh.

My prediction: Hornets 31, Davis 17.

Agree, disagree or just want to discuss other grounds for why Davis students are jealous of Sac State students?

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