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Benedict and Mora

Jetskies said:
he might be the 8th oldest, but he's the #1 most loved!
i kid but, seriously, I can't think of a university/ FB coach relationship more on the same page and mutually supportive, than UConn/Jim Mora.
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Well it was Lane Kiffin until his family went on the private jet to Baton Rouge. Lol
 
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CTBasketball said:
Honestly UConn’s Dairy Bar isn’t that great. It’s probably not even top 5 in CT.

Penn State’s Creamery blows UConn’s out of the water and it isn’t particularly close. Sad to admit but it’s the truth.
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And away we go............

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CTBasketball said:
Honestly UConn’s Dairy Bar isn’t that great. It’s probably not even top 5 in CT.

Penn State’s Creamery blows UConn’s out of the water and it isn’t particularly close. Sad to admit but it’s the truth.
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I haven't been there in ages so I am making it a point to get up there. Perhaps Sunday for the Men's Soccer NCAA Tourney game. And no one else in the country can come close to this flavor

 
I thought the Dairy Bar was great when I was there last year. They need to make Hurley Almond Swirly a regular flavor.
 
Kolumbo said:
I haven't been there in ages so I am making it a point to get up there. Perhaps Sunday for the Men's Soccer NCAA Tourney game. And no one else in the country can come close to this flavor

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Can someone overnight a pint to me up here in Canada?
 
CTBasketball said:
Honestly UConn’s Dairy Bar isn’t that great. It’s probably not even top 5 in CT.

Penn State’s Creamery blows UConn’s out of the water and it isn’t particularly close. Sad to admit but it’s the truth.
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I haven't been to UConn's Dairy Bar in almost 50 years, but I can say Penn State's is phenomenal.

And there are actual restaurants in State College.

I loathe Penn State as an institution, but UConn would do well to have a town like State College surrounding it.
 
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UCTitleTown said:
It's bigger than Storrs and a couple hours from Pittsburgh and a few hours from Philadelphia. No better or worse than Storrs.
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You’ve never been to State College. Storrs is nothing compared to State College. There is an actual college town with anything you want. On top of that, State College itself is a very large town with all of the usual stores and restaurants you’d find around here. To compare it to Storrs is a joke.
 
I really want to believe that Mora sees this as his endgame. He’s 64, found a place he says he loves and has him on the UConn athletics Mount Rushmore. I wanna believe that he feels his job is not done until he has this program into a P4. I know it’s more then just football but we check every other box and if the Big 12 hubaballo last year was real, FB was what held us back. Going 9-3 or 8-4 with wins against P-4 teams, annually, will give conferences plenty of support for their pitch to conference presidents to add UConn. We have all the other sports, FB has been the missing piece. Mora has us there and I wanna believe that he feels his job isn’t done until he gets us into a P4
 
UCFBfan said:
I really want to believe that Mora sees this as his endgame. He’s 64, found a place he says he loves and has him on the UConn athletics Mount Rushmore. I wanna believe that he feels his job is not done until he has this program into a P4. I know it’s more then just football but we check every other box and if the Big 12 hubaballo last year was real, FB was what held us back. Going 9-3 or 8-4 with wins against P-4 teams, annually, will give conferences plenty of support for their pitch to conference presidents to add UConn. We have all the other sports, FB has been the missing piece. Mora has us there and I wanna believe that he feels his job isn’t done until he gets us into a P4
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on that note, who is the UConn mt rushmore?
the obvious answer is

Calhoun
Hurley
Geno
Mora


But don't shoot me - does RE1.0 Deserve some love on this?
I know things ended worse than the fall of Saigon with him, but recency bias is real. Does the job he did in the 2000s not mean anything anymore?

ducks for cover
 
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Jetskies said:
on that note, who is the UConn mt rushmore?
the obvious answer is

Calhoun
Hurley
Geno
Mora


But don't shoot me - does RE1.0 Deserve some love on this?
I know things ended worse than the fall of Saigon with him, but recency bias is real. Does the job he did in the 2000s not mean anything anymore?

ducks for cover
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It’s funny because I actually was thinking about this today. I think RE hurt his legacy by coming back for a round 2. That being said, he absolutely needs to be recognized for being the coach laid the groundwork of success for this program. You can’t ignore a BCS game and 3 bowl game victories, on top of a conference title. Plus the number of players he put into the NFL. It’s hard to really appreciate this because of the poor taste RE v2 left.

As for the MT Rushmore, you’d need to add Jim Penders for sure.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They actually believe they do.


They are wrong.
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Not sure how it works in Connecticut but many states, including Pennsylvania, have fat content limitations on ice cream, and the Creamery there is grandfathered in. It's like each cold sweet butter. Super big fat content.
 
Jetskies said:
on that note, who is the UConn mt rushmore?
the obvious answer is

Calhoun
Hurley
Geno
Mora


But don't shoot me - does RE1.0 Deserve some love on this?
I know things ended worse than the fall of Saigon with him, but recency bias is real. Does the job he did in the 2000s not mean anything anymore?

ducks for cover
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If he never came back, you could make a case to put him on there. However, he torpedoed any goodwill during his second stint. That's part of his legacy here now. While his success in the Big East with a new D1 program is something to appreciate, the whole package is tainted now.
 
UCFBfan said:
It’s funny because I actually was thinking about this today. I think RE hurt his legacy by coming back for a round 2. That being said, he absolutely needs to be recognized for being the coach laid the groundwork of success for this program. You can’t ignore a BCS game and 3 bowl game victories, on top of a conference title. Plus the number of players he put into the NFL. It’s hard to really appreciate this because of the poor taste RE v2 left.

As for the MT Rushmore, you’d need to add Jim Penders for sure.
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I agree with that. When we first moved up people were saying it would take a decade before UConn had a winning season.

On Mount Rushmore in Storrs, I might be tempted to make an Argument for John Toner. Accepted the offer to join the Big East pretty much on his own. Hired Geno Aurriema and Jim Calhoun. He kind of set the table for much of our success.
 
Jetskies said:
on that note, who is the UConn mt rushmore?
the obvious answer is

Calhoun
Hurley
Geno
Mora


But don't shoot me - does RE1.0 Deserve some love on this?
I know things ended worse than the fall of Saigon with him, but recency bias is real. Does the job he did in the 2000s not mean anything anymore?

ducks for cover
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Are you trying to turn a Mora thread into an Edsall thread? You really should duck for cover..lol.

No football coach should be included with 3 coaches who have won multiple national championships.
 
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