Quote Originally Posted by eestlinc
well the Jets and Dolphins play in the same division, and Miami is full of NYC transplants, so there's more connection between the two cities than between Miami and either Boston or Buffalo. Plus, recently the Jets won 8 straight matchups and like 10-12 or something. Plus there was that hoprrible game a few years ago where the dolphins were up by about 28 on MNF and the Jets scored 30 in the fourth quarter to come back and win.
Hahahahaha

I loved that game. That made me love Vinny for quite a while. My dad and I have an on-going MNF bet (for the past 5 or so years), and I took New York for that game. My step-dad was all "How could you! Miami just got off a bye! You <i>always</i> take the bye-team!" And them when Miami was up like 20-0 in the first quarter was all "Hah, I told you so!" and I was all "" and then when New York scored like 30 points in ONE QUARTER I was extremely happy and jumping around at like 1 AM.

EDIT: So yeah, that would be a good reason (along with the others you mentioned) to start a rivalry.