Who cares how outside people view the RU/SHU rivalry? It's still a rivalry even if, on a national scale, it doesn't have the same juice as KY/UL (or UNC/Duke, etc.).
By your measure, the Iowa/Wisconsin football rivalry isn't really a rivalry since nobody outside of those two states cares about the "Heartland Trophy" (which they have played for since 1916).
Bad take here.
I agree....I guess upstream may have a different interpretation of what a rivalry is and he is entitled to his opinion...but if you are from NJ and went to either or both schools and attended sporting events then you would know this is a rivalry (whether one team was ranked or none were ranked). Even Monmouth And Rider athletes know that RU and SHU are rivals...just like RU and SHU athletes know that Monmouth and Rider are rivals.