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Gampel's small size really hurts UConn.
How does it really hurt UConn?
Gampel's small size really hurts UConn.
How does it really hurt UConn?
dayooper said:Asking because I really don't know. Who was UConn's biggest mutual rivalry in the old Big East?
This is about what I thought. There are so many reasons why rivalries start and it looks like UConn has been stripped of most of them.
If you joined the Big10, who would want as your rivalry and who do you think would be your main rivals? I'm assuming you would be the only new eastern team joining. I have an outsiders view, but want to see what you all would say.
Rutgers #1. Closest geographically and, in football, athletically. Penn State - we'd aspire to be their football rivals but the gap will be large for a long time. Maryland could be good rivals in a number of sports; they've been a basketball rival and Edsall going there, plus a recent series, added to the football interest. Then Michigan and Ohio State. Both good in basketball, aspirational rivals in football.
But you know, Iowa recruited Connecticut well for a number of years and became a sort of football rival, at least in recruiting, so I think it can happen even with geographically distant schools.
Yep, Rutty, Maryland and Penn St would be the natural rivals, particularly Maryland and Rutty. Our rivalry with Syracuse would never be the same, but it certainly be on better footing if we have a P5 home. Maybe our most interesting and contentious rival is BC - the ghost that won't play us.
Buffalo. Just to spite the rest of them.You know, sometimes I think BC, along with UConn and Rutgers would make a great completion to the NE wing of the Big10. Good proximity to each other, past history, BC and UConn only true NE schools in major athletics. The hockey would be tremendous.
Then I come to my senses and remember it's BC we are talking about and I'm over it.
So the question is, what Eastern school would you like to join the Big10 with? The Big10 is becoming the Big 20 and you will be in a division with PSU, UMD, Rutgers, and the other new school. Who comes in with you?
You know, sometimes I think BC, along with UConn and Rutgers would make a great completion to the NE wing of the Big10. Good proximity to each other, past history, BC and UConn only true NE schools in major athletics. The hockey would be tremendous.
Then I come to my senses and remember it's BC we are talking about and I'm over it.
So the question is, what Eastern school would you like to join the Big10 with? The Big10 is becoming the Big 20 and you will be in a division with PSU, UMD, Rutgers, and the other new school. Who comes in with you?
You know, sometimes I think BC, along with UConn and Rutgers would make a great completion to the NE wing of the Big10. Good proximity to each other, past history, BC and UConn only true NE schools in major athletics. The hockey would be tremendous.
Then I come to my senses and remember it's BC we are talking about and I'm over it.
So the question is, what Eastern school would you like to join the Big10 with? The Big10 is becoming the Big 20 and you will be in a division with PSU, UMD, Rutgers, and the other new school. Who comes in with you?
For the simple fact that Memphis and Cincy are the only other programs at uconn's level the games seem to have more importance...Does this mean you think Memphis is UConn's #1 rival in the AAC right now?
We're from the northeast. Up here we can easily hate pretty much anyone.Izzo will drive you crazy. MSU is easy to hate.
It's weird that no one even mentions UConn's rivalry with St. John's anymore. 20 years ago if you asked this question, the answer would have been: St. John's.
And now St John's isn't even mentioned as a top rival.
If you ask me, the rivalries went like this:
1. Syracuse
2. St. John's
3A. Pitt
3B. Georgetown
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Maybe Villanova & Providence
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Maybe Seton Hall
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Louisville & Cincy & West Virginia?
It's weird that no one even mentions UConn's rivalry with St. John's anymore. 20 years ago if you asked this question, the answer would have been: St. John's.
And now St John's isn't even mentioned as a top rival.
If you ask me, the rivalries went like this:
1. Syracuse
2. St. John's
3A. Pitt
3B. Georgetown
...
...
Maybe Villanova & Providence
...
...
Maybe Seton Hall
...
...
Louisville & Cincy & West Virginia?
It's weird that no one even mentions UConn's rivalry with St. John's anymore. 20 years ago if you asked this question, the answer would have been: St. John's.
And now St John's isn't even mentioned as a top rival.