fair or foul: uconn fans heckling texas player s

[husky99]

http://instagram.com/p/wB08ksSZO-/

Found this on tos board. Most saying foul and blast ing uconn

 

[WhereistheDove?]

http://instagram.com/p/wB08ksSZO-/

Found this on tos board. Most saying foul and blast ing uconn

It's college students, this is part of college sports, and it happens at every major sports school for every big game. It is what it is.

 

[mauconnfan]

Wow not expecting that! Not sure what to say, pretty funny yet not too classy huh? A little more creativity may have worked

 

[jibsey]

Guess they forgot our 5 star guard was out too.

 

[Penfield]

I would hope the students could be a little classier than this, but I am not surprised or offended. Sometimes I think about some of the stuff I yelled as a student and cringe. I would also say I heard a couple of adult men yelling things that were not far from this yesterday, and would imagine the same thing happens at Texas games.

 

[willie99]

It's college students, this is part of college sports, and it happens at every major sports school for every big game. It is what it is.

QFT

I'm guessing those fans that are complaining don't get out much, and it's apparent from a few of their gripes they know less about CBB. I might suggest to such "classy" people that they win with grace and move on.

 

[tcf15]

I guess this explains why some Texas players almost immediately started taunting the UConn student section after the game as Boatright was injured on the ground and didn't shake hands with UConn players.

 

[Kitaman]

Ouch, that was painful to watch and hard to justify/defend.

 

[CAHUSKY]

Put 100 college kids together and you have a 95% chance they will act like morons. This is one of those times.

 

[Mr. Conehead]

Childish and stupid yes, unprecedented, no. I have seen a lot worse when UConn has played at Pittsburgh basketball games and at West Virginia football games. better yet, watch any Philadelphia Eagles home game or any USA versus X in World Cup Qualifying in Latin America.

 

[Milo65]

FOUL! No excuse for this. Stupid kids.

 

[Kitaman]

Put 100 college kids together and you have a 95% chance they will act like morons. This is one of those times.

Good point, if you were to add some beer, you'd be hitting 'guaranteed' country.

 

[fleudslipcon]

Put 100 college kids together and you have a 95% chance they will act like morons. This is one of those times.

Put any 100 people together and you have a great chance they will act like morons. Just look at this forum for instance. Naturally you and I and the rest of the dudes/dudedettes in this thread are in the 5% of the category. That is until there are 100 different posters in this thread. Then we'll have to begin to point fingers.

 

[CL82]

Won't open for me...what happened?

 

[tcf15]

Won't open for me...what happened?

Just a bunch of UConn students waiting to get into Gampel chanting "duck* YOU TEXAS" as the Texas players are walking into Gampel from their bus.

Really, I don't think this is any different at other colleges or universities. Show me a pregame video of Texas students waiting outside as UConn players walk by them as they head into their arena next year, and it would probably be pretty similar to this.

 

[8893]

Not unexpected or shocking from college kids.

Now that I am older I realize that there is no upside to this because you either look like idiots when you lose (after possibly firing these kids up even more to buckle down and beat us); or you cheapen your own victory by looking classless if you win.

But again, college kids--especially sports fans-- have seldom been known to be long on wisdom.

 

[Gurleyman]

I'd feel it would clearly cross the line if the chant singled players out. " Turner" or something.

"F-U Texas" is crass and not very creative, but if you're deeply offended, you could use some pearls to clutch.

That said, if this becomes a bigger deal than one Instagram page and the student section gets reprimanded, they should be creative and show up at the next game early and chant "Welcome, Yale" or "Welcome To Our Home" or something. Put it on YouTube and call it a day. And then Instead of "bullish-t" after a bad call, chant "we humbly disagree"

 

[pj]

Foul. Culture is really going downhill. Keep the to the bedroom.

 

[FeedTheDove]

South entrance students... Smh, would have never happened at North entrance

 

[methodology]

Not a good look for UConn or its fans. UConn is part of the elite group of basketball schools. Act like you have been there instead chanting curses.

Student section also started the same chant during the game. Despicable.

Also was irate a few years ago when they rushed the court after beating texas. UConn doesn't rush courts they collect championships.

I noticed a lot of season ticket holders who sold their tickets to Texas fans. I might say something to the season ticket holders next game that sold their 4 seats next to me.

 

[bcisco]

Really that offends everyone? Those are just words do you see what's going on in the world these days?

 

[Rocktheworld]

Since when does the opposing bus drop off players right there and they walk in to the front of the stadium past all the students? I literally never saw that as a student, and I would remember if it happened too, because something to that effect would have happened. Then again, I was never at that entrance.

I don't really get why they needed to say "duck you" though. Sounded way too angry, and we should be happy Texas is in town. It just took a few drunk idiots to start and then classic college kids, the other drunk college kids join in because of their affinity for following the crowd and acting belligerent.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Really? This a big deal...?Really?

 

[AstarIsBorn31]

Not a big of a deal.. Yea not classy but its college kids.. If I was a Texas player it would not offend me, it would only motivate me to beat Uconn, and it would make me thankful to be a gifted athlete who gets to be on the court and not one of the kids in the student section...

 

[imno1]

Awesome
Wish I was there