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CAVS, TERRAPINS A TEXTBOOK RIVALRY

November 14, 2003 | Doug Doughty [email protected] 981-3129 | Copyright

Unlike most interstate college rivalries, most of the recent bad blood between Virginia and Maryland has existed at the academic level.

Terrapins fans have taunted Virginia teams with chants of "overrated," but Maryland president C.D. "Dan" Mote gave new meaning to the term this fall.

According to Maryland's student newspaper, The Diamondback, Mote was at a meeting of the board of regents when he took a shot at Virginia.

UVa had been rated the nation's No. 1 public university by U.S. News & World Report.

"I agree they are highly overrated these days . . . U.S. News & World Report places them at the top of the pile with Berkeley, which is ridiculous," said Mote, …

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