Deletion of Drake–Dayton football rivalry

Comment: Technically, the number of meetings in CFB rivalry series has nothing to do with its notability per  and .  The rivalry itself, separate and apart from routine coverage of the individual games, must have received significant and meaningful coverage in verifiable, reliable sources per  and .  That's a much tougher standard than we have been enforcing in the past regarding these rivalry articles.  For purposes of establishing notability, that means mainstream published sources, and probably excludes team media guides, school newspapers and yearbooks as "self-published" by the subject.  This AfD should just be the first of twenty or more CFB rivarly articles that get purged through the AfD process for failing to meet  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NSPORTS||WP:V||WP:RS)

Comment: The spawning of "rivalry" articles has gotten out of control.  In order to satisfy , such articles should be limited to true rivalries that receive significant and sustained coverage, with the coverage being focused on the rivalry.  Separate rivalry articles aren't warranted just because two teams play each other every year and the local newspapers print articles about those games.  I agree with Dirtlawyer that there are a number of similar rivalry articles that are appropriate for deletion.  In order to permit careful consideration, limiting them to a few at a time is appropriate
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)