This year has been done a lot in the preparation of this year's Calcuta Cup on how much the game for the players and followers of Scotland means.
I don't rule it out in any way. But contrary to what some believe, I also think it is equally great if you are English. There is so much history in this game. It matters greatly.
I am talking about personal experience here. My best game as a player and my worst moment as a coach, both games against Scotland, so I know everything about ups and downs and move the Calcuta Cup.
In 1980, I produced what was undoubtedly my best performance in an England shirt in Murrayfield, since we beat the Scottish 30-18 to win what was then the Grand Slam of the Five Nations. It was the first time that England registered a clean sweep in 23 years, so it was a great result for the entire country and 80 minutes that I will never forget.
At the back of that game, I was selected for the 1980 lions to South Africa a month later.
In 2000, 20 years later, the boot was on the other foot. The England team that was training was for a Grand Slam in Edinburgh against a Scottish team that had not won a game until that moment. Everyone was waiting for a victory in England, including players and coaches if I am honest, but the training of the week was not what it had to be and we paid the price.
Scotland surprised my side of England in the Calcutta Cup to deny us a Grand Slam in 2000
The surprise defeats in Edinburgh was the lowest point of my career as a coach.
Sir Ian McGeechan asked why it was miserable later and could have hit it!
The 19-13 victory of Scotland was, without a doubt, the lowest point of my career as a coach, predominantly because much of us was expected. No one could see Scotland win.
But go, bother Applecart, with Duncan Hodge scoring all his points. Scotland deserved to win. I learned a lot from that week in the long term.
I could feel that something was not right in accumulation. I tried everything I could as a coach to reckle things again, but I couldn't do it.
Martin Johnson had not played in any of the games until that Scotland match. I was available for the Decisive of Grand Slam, but I left it out.
We still had two very good locks in Garath Archer and Simon Shaw, but, of course, because we lost the game, there were many questions about why I had left Johnson out.
In the final whistle, the then Coach of Scotland, Sir Ian McGehan, approached me under the rain of Edinburgh. While we set our hands, he told me: 'Why do you look so miserable? We should both be happy. You have won the championship and we have won the Calcutta Cup.
I could have hit it! It was very disappointing. We were not humorous to celebrate as a team from England that had lost when he expected so much of us. We were all in a bad mood in Murrayfield's locker room when there was a blow to the door and they told us that we had to leave and pick up the trophy because Princess Anne was waiting.
Geech and I ended up drinking enough drinks together that night in the function after the game in an Edinburgh hotel. The hospitality after the game was always excellent, but could not overcome it. We had responded so well to the disappointment of the World Cup from the previous year and we played an incredible rugby, just to blow it in Scotland.
Everything I could think for myself during the function was: “Get me out of here!”
Now I have a photo of my wife and granddaughters as my portable screen protector, but for almost 20 years it was the image of Scotland and its captain Andy Nicol celebrating in 2000.
He reminded me to keep my feet firmly on the ground and never give anything for granted.
And that is what England's 2025 class needs to do, predominantly because, as it was a quarter of a century, everyone expects them to win this weekend.
That is a dangerous position to be, as I know!
If Saturday's game had been in Edinburgh, I think it would have been a call at 50:50. But after beating France at home, England should trust another Twickenham victory.
England is at the top after beating France, but has a recent miserable record against Scotland
Gregor Towsend will demand a response from your Scotland team after losing to Ireland, but I still hope England wins on Saturday
However, England should not take the victory, or take off
Recent history tells him that it will be difficult since Scotland has won the last four meetings between the two parties. That is really remarkable since traditionally, England has dominated the match and certainly since rugby was professional.
Scotland will not fear coming to Twickenham. They are not a side as poor as they were 25 years ago. In fact, Gregor Towsend has several players who will be with the lions in Australia this summer, but as a collective unit, England should prevail.
However, they should not, and I don't think they do it, take anything like a fact. The 2000 game shows the dangers of doing exactly that.
England to win by a margin of 10 to 15 points.
Sir Clive Woodward's Key England vs Scotland in the head
End Smith vs Finn Russell
Smith received all applause after England's victory over France. He deserved them, but what is encouraging is that I still think he can improve.
You have to remember that the French game was its first test start in No. 10, so there is still great growth to come in its game. Smith seems to me an adequate test player. He does things very differently from the creator of Russell Scottish games.
But Northampton's man will not be survived, especially when he faced Russell in the Gallagher Premier League final last season on Twickenham and Won. Russell has recovered from a head injury suffered against Ireland and that is good news for Scotland.
End Smith impressed in his first test of proof against France the last time
Finn Russell will hope to recover after leaving a head injury against Ireland
Ollie Chesum vs Gront Gilchrist
Chessum is in the initial XV because George Martin is not fit and I am feeling a great performance of him.
Chessum, I am sure, has felt frustrated by a minimum game time internationally in the last year, predominantly due to an injury, so I think it will shoot in all cylinders.
Together with Captain Maro Itje, he will want to destroy a Scottish herd that was weak, to say at least against Ireland. England must seal its authority in advance to change its unfortunate record of the Calcutta Cup.
The battle between Ollie Chessum (left) and Grant Gilchrist (right) promises to be intriguing
Tom Willis vs Jack Dempsey
With much of the focus on the result and Smith after France's victory, I think Willis's performance was under the radar.
The No 8 continued the fine form of ball transport that he has been showing at the club level with Saracenos, making an impressive 16 cup and surpassing five defenders in their first test start.
So that England intimidates the Scottish package, will need another repeated performance of Willis. Next to him, I must also give credit to the English background ranks Tom Curry and Ben Earl, who have been in full form until now these six nations.