According to urban legend, in the 1930s, after the La Salle Green Archers beat the Ateneo Blue Eagles in a championship basketball game, La Salle students threw pieces of fried chicken at the gate of Ateneo’s Padre Faura campus. (Chicken, being the next best thing to fried eagles.)
In the July 28 showdown between rivals Ateneo de Manila University and De la Salle University, students braved the long line and early hours (1 a.m.) of ticket-selling just to get good seats.
The last time I enjoyed an Ateneo-La Salle game, live, was almost a year ago. It was Aug. 28, somehow the “end” of a terrible playing season for my Green Archers, but for some reason, even though ticket availability to this legendary display of rivalry (which probably sold more than any other game in UAAP history) was iffy, I still believed I could get inside the coliseum hassle-free—just because I willed it.
