Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium

The colleges contest the C-B-B Trophy in three-way football games in the Fall of their respective academic years.

[7][8] There is a long tradition of rivalry and competitiveness between the two colleges, revolving around socioeconomic class, academic quality, and collegiate athletics.

[9][10][11] The two colleges have competed against each other athletically since the 1870s, and subsequently share one of the ten oldest NCAA Division III football rivalries, in the United States.

As of 2015, both college's presidents are named Clayton (Spencer and Rose), leading students to include them in chants against each other.

Colby remained isolated from neighboring Bates, and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium because of its location in Waterville, and socio-economic and political differences.

When the University of Maine moved to a higher division in 1965, Colby joined and the rivalry took its current name.

In the episode entitled, "College", Tony Soprano takes his daughter, Meadow on a trip to Maine to tour the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium.

[24] On the drive from Bates to Colby, Tony Soprano reveals to his daughter that he is in the mafia, a major turning point in the series.