End of the Civil ConFLiCT

[JSM1970]

CollegeFootballTalk (@CFTalk)
10/22/16, 3:54 PM
UCF still has no use for faux rivalry with UConn, walks off field without Civil Conflict Trophy #collegefootball wp.me/p14QTT-1zzH

 

[Adios]

Diaco era going down in flames.

 

[uconnell]

Diaco era going down in flames.

Sad as it started out so promising. Sad for the team and fans.

 

[Adios]

Sad as it started out so promising. Sad for the team and fans.

The promise was all talk. I still can't believe he thought it was alright to go 2-10 in his first year.

 

[UConnDan97]

Sad as it started out so promising. Sad for the team and fans.

I have to be honest; it started off as a trainwreck and it hadn't improved. It started off with:

1) Jesus in the huddle controvery, which caused an assistant to leave.
2) The first four games of his career were the "exhibition stage" rather than games that needed to be won.
3) Our opponents were our "partners" to help us learn.

And that was just the beginning....

 

[BlueDogs]

Fine line between genius and lunacy because they both buck convention. I think the verdict is in on Diaco and he ain't no genius.

 

[zls44]

The entire Civil Conflict thing is a perfect microcosm of his entire tenure here.

 

[Dooley]

This insane "r1ivalry" can't end soon enough. It's embarrassing as fans and alumni to have our school and cash cow athletic program stoop to these kinds of levels with other garbage programs.

 

[upstater]

Why does the program need to go through another year of this? Seriously.

Make no mistake: they are taking the hit now recruiting wise. The writing is on the wall. Extending it simply means you are extending the misery.

 

[BugsyCT]

This insane "r1ivalry" can't end soon enough. It's embarrassing as fans and alumni to have our school and cash cow athletic program stoop to these kinds of levels with other garbage programs.

Even worse to lose to those same garbage programs.

 

[zls44]

Why does the program need to go through another year of this?

That decision's been made.

How Benedict could think extending a football coach he didn't hire, sight unseen, with the budget UConn has is baffling to me. Absolutely baffling.

 

[Dooley]

Even worse to lose to those same garbage programs.

That's what absolutely makes it the worst.We are losing to garbage winless teams with terrible FR QBs, at home, on a cold, rainy day. Put this stupid "r1valry" to bed and get the GD win.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

It will be a long time before UConn ever has any sort of orcastrated "rivarly" with another school in Football- and that's sad.

 

[Showballot]

This insane "r1ivalry" can't end soon enough. It's embarrassing as fans and alumni to have our school and cash cow athletic program stoop to these kinds of levels with other garbage programs.

Cash cow? We take $2 million for the AAC television deal.

 

[Adios]

That decision's been made.

How Benedict could think extending a football coach he didn't hire, sight unseen, with the budget UConn has is baffling to me. Absolutely baffling.

Larry McHugh?

 

[Dooley]

Cash cow? We take $2 million for the AAC television deal.

I know. I meant it in the sense that football is the sport with the most CR weight and our only hope of ever getting out of the AAC and be properly/fairly compensated.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is a pretty interesting take from the Daily Campus, apologizing to Bob Diaco. Quoting:

"You are right, Mr. Diaco. There is no reason you should be scrutinized for this. You had good reasons, and good intentions. Trying to make a fun trophy game that fans and kids could enjoy was not a bad move in theory. And it’s not like UConn football is in the national spotlight for their performance; we can get away with something like this, making it fun while also trying our best to actually win.

Maybe it was the state of the football program that initially made this laughable. But one thing is for certain now: In publicly saying this is no longer a rivalry, you have actually just achieved your goal.

You just created a rivalry."​

 

[RedStickHusky]

he overthought it and made it too complicated with too many oblique references. If he had just called it "aFLiCTion", it probably would've stuck.... or not.

 

[Scottie24]

i thought this "rivalry" was dumb when it started, but after watching SVP sportscenter and UCF leaving the trophy on the field like that. I was mad and now i want to beat them next year. So for what its worth i actually care about a conference game next year besides Cincinnati or USF. its still not like the days of Rutgers, pitt, West Virginia, Syracuse, cinci, USF, and Louisville but at least its something. Cause i don't care about playing ECU, Tulane, Tulsa, UCF (before this), Houston, SMU, even temple.

maybe i am just as crazy as diaco, i don't know anymore.

 

[UConnNick]

I for one couldn't care less whether we have any rivalry with UCF. They left the trophy behind because they feel the same way about beating us. We are just another meaningless conference opponent on an entire schedule of meaningless conference opponents, except for USF in their case. You don't accept a trophy unless you defeated somebody meaningful to you.

Rivalries are about hatred between schools and fanbases that develops over the years. I have no reason to hate UCF just for failing to participate in any stupid, one-sided contrived rivalry with us. I hope we beat them every time we play, but no more or less so than any other team in this conference of misfit toys.

 

[Penfield]

Consider me someone who now hates UCF.

 

[Sky ball]

Consider me someone who now hates UCF.

So when Tulane buys a trophy and names us a rival and calls it "The Crawdad Conflict" you will be Ten Toes In?

 

[weyuo]

The best medicine for this team right now would be a nice long winning streak. Win out this season and go to a bowl. Win everything next season and no one will even remember "The Conflict".

 

[Marty Jackson]

The best medicine for this team right now would be a nice long winning streak. Win out this season and go to a bowl. Win everything next season and no one will even remember "The Conflict".

Hell yeah!!!! Some guy won three in a row several years ago and people still talk of that coach. LEGEND....
I've got a feeling that if Diaco wins three in a row we'll learn about how weak the opponents were or how bad the play calling is. Maybe even at least three threads about clock management.

Death, taxes, and complaining about the current HC at Uconn.

 

[Sky ball]

The best medicine for this team right now would be a nice long winning streak. Win out this season and go to a bowl. Win everything next season and no one will even remember "The Conflict".

WRONG...No matter how hard we try few will forget the never popular Civil Conflict. May it Rest in Peace.