Battle for the 1st Southwick Jug

[FfldCntyFan]

Agree in part and disagree in part. It was meaningless until we won it and they wouldn't give it to us. Now I care.

BL, you're entitled to your opinion.

Personally not only do I not want that trophy, if I had the power to wipe its existence from the consciousness of everyone on earth I would do so, right after wiping the ConnFlict trophy from everyone's consciousness.

 

[businesslawyer]

BL, you're entitled to your opinion.

Personally not only do I not want that trophy, if I had the power to wipe its existence from the consciousness of everyone on earth I would do so, right after wiping the ConnFlict trophy from everyone's consciousness.

I'm sorry -- after wiping what from everyone's consciousness?

I view the Southfield Jug as the mediocre looking girl who you're not interested in in high school, until the moment someone points out you can't have her anyway.

 

[J187Money]

If it were something that resembled a real trophy, maybe, but that thing looks like a spitoon that a third grader made in arts & crafts at summer camp.

It is still nicer than the Civil ConFLiCT trophy LMAO

 

[J187Money]

I didn't even drink during the game and just found out this was a thing today. This is high quality entertainment.

 

[gsmooth]

I'm sorry -- after wiping what from everyone's consciousness?

I view the Southfield Jug as the mediocre looking girl who you're not interested in in high school, until the moment someone points out you can't have her anyway.

Well, when you put it like that, give me the Southwick Jug

 

[Waquoit]

Who are these people saying no to jugs?

 

[Patman]

Thank you for your interest in UConn athletics...

Here's the thing. I kind of agree. UConn should have sent out a mailer on info about how to get tickets and a uconn reception at the game.

UMass is an hour from Hartford or so. I think getting at least 5k up there shouldn't be hard. Maybe the holiday makes it tough

 

[Patman]

I'm sorry -- after wiping what from everyone's consciousness?

I view the Southfield Jug as the mediocre looking girl who you're not interested in in high school, until the moment someone points out you can't have her anyway.

Oof. Right in the feels.

That being said, id rather not have a trophy for this because I think it sanctifies UMass's poor choices but if you're doing to do something then do it well.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Here's the thing. I kind of agree. UConn should have sent out a mailer on info about how to get tickets and a uconn reception at the game.

UMass is an hour from Hartford or so. I think getting at least 5k up there shouldn't be hard. Maybe the holiday makes it tough

Do they really need to send out mail to say buy tickets? Normal fanbases just go to nearby away/neutral games. Unless they can do something to get a bunch of discounted tickets for UConn fans. Then let us know.

 

[UConnDan97]

Here's the thing. I kind of agree. UConn should have sent out a mailer on info about how to get tickets and a uconn reception at the game.

UMass is an hour from Hartford or so. I think getting at least 5k up there shouldn't be hard. Maybe the holiday makes it tough

It's hard when you consider that the game time temperature was around 40 F, if I recall correctly. Furthermore, the other poster is just a troll. Don't feed him...

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'm sorry -- after wiping what from everyone's consciousness?

I view the Southfield Jug as the mediocre looking girl who you're not interested in in high school, until the moment someone points out you can't have her anyway.

When I was an undergrad (in part during the Jimmy Carter years to show my age) a buddy (more of an acquaintance) felt that if we were out at a bar, no matter what, he had to end up with someone. It provided quite a bit of amusement at times but for the life of me I never understood it. There should be some standards.

 

[Chin Diesel]

The solution is simple. There are pictures out there of this jug.

Have someone from UConn make an exact replica and then have a video crew go to Amherst with UConn "stealing" the original and leaving behind the fake. But in reality UConn keeps the fake to avoid committing any sort of crime. Then deny, deny, deny and tell everyone UConn has the real one and UMess has the fake. And then bring the UConn-held trophy to the next game between the two.

 

[jostar1]

Is this going to go the way of the conflict trophy?

Yes.

 

[JohnFSilver]

I love a trophy or something. I like playing UMass in football.

 

[businesslawyer]

When I was an undergrad (in part during the Jimmy Carter years to show my age) a buddy (more of an acquaintance) felt that if we were out at a bar, no matter what, he had to end up with someone. It provided quite a bit of amusement at times but for the life of me I never understood it. There should be some standards.

Thank goodness my wife didn’t believe in standards.

 

[ScottVib]

Here's the thing. I kind of agree. UConn should have sent out a mailer on info about how to get tickets and a uconn reception at the game.

UMass is an hour from Hartford or so. I think getting at least 5k up there shouldn't be hard. Maybe the holiday makes it tough

If you were at the stadium, UConn fans may well have been close to 5k. Then UConn side was nearly as full as the UMass side, primarily dressed in blue. Relative to the attendance in the stadium, UConn represented well.

 

[gopher2]

Juck the Fugg. It's hideous.

Call the game the Yankee Doodle Dandy and make the trophy a three-cornered hat with a feather in it. Or the Southern New England Super Bowl with a trophy that is something similar in appearance to the actual Super Bowl trophy. Or let the students from both schools come up with something.

 

[Kolumbo]

Battle Of New England

 

[Jetskies]

As long as UMass is FBS I'd like UConn to play them on the last weekend of the season. It's UConn v UMass, honestly the name of the game alone is what CFB used to be all about. If you want to take out all of the tradition and make it a purely transactional affair, it's no different than the Yard Goats to me. And if UConn and UMass are going to play on the last weekend of the season, they might as well play for a trophy.

i agree, albeit sadly. would have loved to have this "final-week-rivalry-game" be vs a big east foe like syracuse. had the big east stayed together i imagine a true rival would have emerged from that conference, whom we could focus all of our week 14 energy/hate on.
We never got that chance, so now it's UMass.
It's a lame game that feels so high school whenever we play at McGuirk, but if we keep getting better and UMass finally gets their friggin house in order and starts winning some stinkin' FBS games, then maybe this can be a mutually beneficial series/rivalry. But until UMass actually shows signs of life, this game is a drag on our season, and almost feels like another FCS win, tbh.

 

[noeynox]

I think it's more appropriate that the losing team is forced to hold onto that trophy. They'll need to beat us before they can get rid of it.

You know that that would be a hell of a gimmick!

 

[UConn Dan]

I love that this went national. People have been talking about UConn and the jug and how we were robbed. There's even a parody southwick jug account on twitter. All press is good press

 

[BlueandOG]

Making this a rivalry game with a trophy (I do not like the name) is a good move for UConn, UMass, and NE football. UMass football will improve now that they are in the MAC. We will benefit from the stability of a rivalry game, particularly while we wallow in independence. Reminding the public that we have been playing football for over 100 years bolsters the perceived legitimacy of the program.

 

[HuskiesFan1014]

When I was an undergrad (in part during the Jimmy Carter years to show my age) a buddy (more of an acquaintance) felt that if we were out at a bar, no matter what, he had to end up with someone. It provided quite a bit of amusement at times but for the life of me I never understood it. There should be some standards.

Was your buddy Bill Cosby?

 

[Waquoit]

i agree,

Where did I go wrong?

 

[J187Money]

Here's the thing. I kind of agree. UConn should have sent out a mailer on info about how to get tickets and a uconn reception at the game.

UMass is an hour from Hartford or so. I think getting at least 5k up there shouldn't be hard. Maybe the holiday makes it tough

There was also a hoops game. Hard when you have both. And without anything concrete on the line (like conf championship) it takes some of the juice out.