I am sorry to say it but I think that you are right. RU hit the jackpot. Anyone who talks the truth on this board is considered a troll and is mocked. UConn's future for the next 5-10 years will to be cupcake games for P5 schools.
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I am sorry to say it but I think that you are right. RU hit the jackpot. Anyone who talks the truth on this board is considered a troll and is mocked. UConn's future for the next 5-10 years will to be cupcake games for P5 schools.
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Uconn is not a cupcake, for anyone, in any sport. That is the truth.
If we can't compete in the AAC, then we will be cupcakes for anyone else.
Just remember that in UConn's worst FB season ever, B1G Michigan was thrilled to get out of the Rent alive.
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When one of our teams becomes a cup cake, that coach gets fired. That is the difference at UCONN. Sucking is not acceptable long term like it was at places like rutgers and Temple. Cripes, RU sits in basketball talent hotbed, played in the greatest hoops conference ever, and when was the last time they made tournament?
The closest thing to that type of futility, we've had is P, he missed a bowl game by one game his first two years, and isn't getting a chance to finish year three. Losing=unacceptable here.
The closest thing to that type of futility, we've had is P, he missed a bowl game by one game his first two years, and isn't getting a chance to finish year three. Losing=unacceptable here.
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New handle billybud?
Absolutely not.
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Probably just a my observing the similarites in the situations between the 2 of you recently?I'm not really adverse to people speaking there minds here but many are sensitive due to their CR misfortune and bad season in FB.I really don't mind speaking if its the truth and not mean spirited.Are you a UConn fan or a visitor?
We've been waiting for Rutgers to "probably see" its potential and to "blow many teams out of the water" for decades. "Probably" means, "more likely than not." What in God's name has made you so confident that this unprecedented level of success (for you, not us) will be "more likely than not" in three short seasons?
You must be fun at parties.
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I only wish I could be so confident but I still see it as a slower process with competitive being the watchword to be realistic.I take his post as being arrogant and prematurely being boastful not to mention unnecessary or informative here!
Lifelong, dismayed UConn fan/alumnus. Many years of donations, season tickets, all seen as lost money. Thirty years of progress erased by one man's decision. I am far, far from mean spirited. Just upset and depressed and angry at the whole situation.
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Yes I thought so and sympathized with your situation!You didn't seem meanspirited but everyone here is SO sensitive they take anything they disagree with way out of context and think the truth is bad!If you can't handle the truth how can you fix it?As you may have observed Im an RU fan who happens to believe in UConn and felt they got dealt a crummy hand!I once thought RU might get left holding the bag if UConn went too the ACC with SU (like they should have) instead of Pitt and I know it would have been a devastating blow to our base's psyche....but I had heard for 4 years there were secret talks with the B1G and that's what their goal was but how does the average fan hold on to hope w/o that "secret" knowledge?Don't fret Buddy your team is too large,wealthy,influential and not w/o friends in the NE!Not just UConn fans!!Try to have patience(I know its hard)cause it'll be a year or two but AAU and a great FB coaching hires are imperative this time!You'll never know how disappointed I was at PPs hire(like Burton)and I understood the negative implications and misperceptions that were sure to follow!Keep your chin up buddy no way you guys are LO!Maybe drop a WF,Dook,BC or SU but never a large flagbearer of a major northeastern state with a growing following nationally(I know I do)!!@you sound about my age(62 in Nov)!
Same age. Thanks for the pep talk. I needed it.
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I don't understand why we would schedule a series with you guys. I used to be for a home/home with UCONN, thinking there was a rivalry between us but 2012 solidified to me that there isn't much of one.
1. You never bring anyone to our stadium for starters, not in 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004.
2. This game only gives you more access to NJ to recruit.
3. Our schedule will be hard enough and this game is always close.
4. I much rather do a home and home with Temple. We brought 20k to Temple last year, it was like a home game for our South Jersey fans.
I am going to Storrs this year, but more as a farewell to the series.
1. You never bring anyone to our stadium for starters, not in 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004.
2. This game only gives you more access to NJ to recruit.
3. Our schedule will be hard enough and this game is always close.
4. I much rather do a home and home with Temple. We brought 20k to Temple last year, it was like a home game for our South Jersey fans.
I am going to Storrs this year, but more as a farewell to the series.
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It's a rivalry game that would be competitive in most years. If RU thinks MD, PSU, or any other B10 school will consider RU a meaningful game, they are in for a rude awakening.
Michigan and OSU are only now, 20 years later considering games against PSU to be lesser rivalry games. It's never going to happen like that for RU.
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I can't see how we would'nt?Longtime conference mate of a comparable sized state school in a neighboring state!If we fear competition then maybe were the wrong school for bigboy FB?Close games should be something to strive for instead of a steady diet of cupcakes!I think their fans will represent well at games but we'll see.I think going forward we'll see Temple on the schedule too!?!OOC I'd like to see competitive but geographically close team's.
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Dude, we will be in the 2nd toughest division in the country (SEC WEST is #1). The cupcakes are gone. I doubt we fear competition, I just don't see what the benefit is. Temple at least you can say is a great game for our South Jersey alumni. What does UCONN do for me that Temple can't do? Nothing. I say that believing this game to be a rivalry but the apathy from the Huskies fanbase tells me otherwise. In fact, I am willing to bet we get a better turnout next week from Temple fans then we ever have from UCONN.
MD has recent history with RU (5-4 all time RU) and us both joining the league together will likely result in an instant rivalry. I agree PSU fans think we're beneath them but a couple of wins will change that pretty quick. The years it's going to take to generate rivalries don't really matter as long as we can hold our own in the conference. We recruit well enough to do that. The question is will our coaches step up.
As for ruskoolie, he has a point. Where have all the UCONN fans been at RU stadium? Bringing 500 fans to a rival's stadium 2 hours away doesn't sound like much of a rivalry. In all honesty from reading the RU Rivals board, I'd say the consensus was about 3 - 2 against continuing the series not because of recruiting or scheduling issues but more because the game seems to be losing its luster.
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