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Saturday is the day of college football’s greatest instate rivalry.

It isn’t known as that around the nation, or even within the borders of its own state. That’s because human beings don’t pay attention. We’re too busy looking at our phones while Labubus become omnipresent.

For the blissfully unaware, Labubus are little dolls , elves that are monsters with sharp teeth. I learned this only because they were mocked on this week’s episode of “South Park,” which I put my phone down long enough to watch.

Labubus are a global phenomenon, Iowa-Iowa State is the best instate college football matchup in the sport, and how many of us knew either?

Numbers may sometimes throw shade on the truth, bu

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