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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
 
uconnell said:
Sad as it started out so promising. Sad for the team and fans.
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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.... :confused:
 
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.
 
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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.
 
upstater said:
Why does the program need to go through another year of this?
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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.
 
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It will be a long time before UConn ever has any sort of orcastrated "rivarly" with another school in Football- and that's sad.
 
Dooley said:
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.
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Cash cow? We take $2 million for the AAC television deal.
 
zls44 said:
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.
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Larry McHugh?
 
Showballot said:
Cash cow? We take $2 million for the AAC television deal.
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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.
 
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."​
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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".
 
weyuo said:
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".
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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.
 
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weyuo said:
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".
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WRONG...No matter how hard we try few will forget the never popular Civil Conflict. May it Rest in Peace.
 
UCF has only one logical rival, USF. Yet, even though USF is having a good season, only about 5000 people show up to their games. Nobody shows up for UCF either. Pretty hard to have a good rivalry with nobody there to watch. UCF would have been wise to embrace this game. Regardless of what you think of UConn football, we have an actual fan base. The game might evolve into something someday.
 
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