Let's get Rutgers on the schedule

[Rumrunner]

The big ten is about to go to a 9 game schedule, starting in 2016.

Rutgers has:
2016 UCLA
2017 UCLA
2018 Kansas, Miami

UConn has no geographic or historical rivals in the AAC. Out of conference, Penn State, BC and Fruit U likely won't schedule us. Rutgers became, both for us, and for them, the biggest rivalry played for each school. With UConn's relegation to a mid major conference, UConn needs a northeast rival. Like yesterday.

Rutgers is ready-made. Geographical? Check. Historical? Check (at least uconn's fbs history). The fanbases don't mix. Orange colored, gold chain wearing snookies versus all american, wholesome, well-mannered suburban kids. Still, the schools are academic and institutional peers, both flagship, land-grant schools. Lots of NJ residents go to UConn, and students for whatever reasons move to that hell hole state. Football-wise, they have high point, the block R, crappy 100 year old football, but access to top flight NJ recruits. While their band sucks, they had the foresight to hock their school and expand a stadium that looks and sounds big time.

I might be in the minority here, but I'd rather play Rutgers as our rival than BC. With the turmoil in their AD, who knows when they schedule for 2016, but I hope Manuel can schedule Rutgers as his first power five school.

 

[BoatShow]

Fully agree with everything. All but guarantees us 40k tickets as well which is quite nice.

 

[uconNYC]

Been saying this since they got the B1G invite. a natural long time rival and also helps us sell ourselves to the B1G. we hardly recruit against them so they have little to lose except for some pride.

 

[noeynox]

They need an athletic director before they schedule anyone.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

I think the idea is for our former local conference mates is to ignore us.

 

[IMind]

I like the home and home with Rutgers. As both programs develop a neutral site game in NYC every year would be a cool option. Freeze out Syracuse.

 

[Dooley]

The big ten is about to go to a 9 game schedule, starting in 2016.

Rutgers has:
2016 UCLA
2017 UCLA
2018 Kansas, Miami

UConn has no geographic or historical rivals in the AAC. Out of conference, Penn State, BC and Fruit U likely won't schedule us. Rutgers became, both for us, and for them, the biggest rivalry played for each school. With UConn's relegation to a mid major conference, UConn needs a northeast rival. Like yesterday.

Rutgers is ready-made. Geographical? Check. Historical? Check (at least uconn's fbs history). The fanbases don't mix. Orange colored, gold chain wearing snookies versus all american, wholesome, well-mannered suburban kids. Still, the schools are academic and institutional peers, both flagship, land-grant schools. Lots of NJ residents go to UConn, and students for whatever reasons move to that hell hole state. Football-wise, they have high point, the block R, crappy 100 year old football, but access to top flight NJ recruits. While their band sucks, they had the foresight to hock their school and expand a stadium that looks and sounds big time.

I might be in the minority here, but I'd rather play Rutgers as our rival than BC. With the turmoil in their AD, who knows when they schedule for 2016, but I hope Manuel can schedule Rutgers as his first power five school.

100% agree. Rutgers is our rival, not BC. You actually have to play your rival every now and again to be a rival. With BC, they are obviously afraid of UConn and are freezing us out of a bigger conference. I think we'll see the same thing happen with the Fruit in the next few years. To be honest, I'd rather not play against BC or Cuse while we wait for a conference to call. I don't want to feel like we owe them anything once we are in a B1Gger conference and they come crawling to us for help. Besides, games against RU are usually pretty entertaining and it's a close enough drive for both fanbases to get to each other's stadiums (although we have not done as well as RU fans in terms of going to the other's stadium).

 

[CL82]

I think the idea is for our former local conference mates is to ignore us.

Probably. Unless of course they don't view us as a rival anymore, which may in fact be the case once that B1g TV money starts rolling in.

 

[BugsyCT]

It was a good local rivalry while it lasted, although brief. Would be good to schedule a home & home with them. Probably would be more open to the idea unlike BCU or the Fruit.

 

[tduconn]

This could be huge for UConn........to have a BIG on our schedule every year. We need them (SOS) more than they need us, but together, with proximity of fan bases and past BE rivalry and "hate" factors, we can collectively capture the NY market and hopefully has enough fan interest to play in Giants stadium.

It could only be a +++for UConn. Play competitively, and maybe, just maybe, it will be a catalysist to a better conference not name the AAC, or the ACC.

I'm not too sure UConn would have the same success in trying to schedule anyone from the Pac, BIG 12, or ACC as is Rutgers because we are a mid-major.

 

[SubbaBub]

Honestly don't care about RU. During our existence the AAC, however long that is, the out of conference schedule is critical. Those four dates per season have to serve one of two purposes, only.

First, and most importantly, will winning this OOC game increase our profile.

Second, by a large distance, do we need a relatively easy win to become bowl eligible.

Along with being the class of the conference, that's it, that's the list. Bowl games and high profile wins from the OOC. RU doesn't meet either goal.

Rivalry games are a luxury we can't afford.

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[CTMike]

I hate Rutgers and their miserable existence of celebrated mediocrity. But take Rutgers out of it. If you say "Hey UConn do you want an OOC series with a Big Ten team?"... The answer is yes without even naming a team. Throw in that they are close by and I hate their guts and love knocking them down a few pegs... It's a no brainer.

 

[upstater]

From UConn's perspective, it would be great. From Rutgers' perspective, NO.
Schools are too close and historically Rutgers knows that Uconn will give it a game. A loss to UConn doesn't help them at all.

Besides, the school typically schedules weak, so the 9 game B1G schedule gives them an excuse not to do anything too strenuous OOC. and if they want to take on a tougher team, they are going to beat the bushes looking for top notch competition alongside the 2 patsies.

In other words, I'd say the chances of this happening are extremely minimal.

 

[SubbaBub]

I hate Rutgers and their miserable existence of celebrated mediocrity. But take Rutgers out of it. If you say "Hey UConn do you want an OOC series with a Big Ten team?"... The answer is yes without even naming a team. Throw in that they are close by and I hate their guts and love knocking them down a few pegs... It's a no brainer.

Remember, RU is going to be a 5-4 to 3-6 Big Ten team. Does that win really help the profile more than a loss would hurt bowl eligibility?

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[huskymedic]

...Besides, the school typically schedules weak, so the 9 game B1G schedule gives them an excuse not to do anything too strenuous OOC. and if they want to take on a tougher team, they are going to beat the bushes looking for top notch competition alongside the 2 patsies.

Well, the OOC games need to be against FBS schools - not FCS as they have in the past (B1G is telling schools no more FCS scheduling for conference SOS) so the "patsie" available list is getting smaller and smaller.

 

[mattp]

I think the idea is for our former local conference mates is to ignore us.

unfortunately it seems that way which means our big rival going forward will probably be UMass.

 

[weyuo]

If UCONN's record the next 3 years is double digit wins each season Rutgers, Pitt and the Cuse will be calling us for a game. Then you can start setting up a long term rivalry series with those schools being our cupcake games. As far as BC is concerned, what goes around comes around. They want to play us let them join the AAC.

 

[hinson32]

I happen to agree. Like it or not the RU-UConn series has produced mostly close games with memorable moments.

 

[uconNYC]

If UCONN's record the next 3 years is double digit wins each season Rutgers, Pitt and the Cuse will be calling us for a game. Then you can start setting up a long term rivalry series with those schools being our cupcake games. As far as BC is concerned, what goes around comes around. They want to play us let them join the AAC.

Not sure about that. Would they want an automatic L on their schedule? More like if we become the next Boise State, but if that happens we'll be in the B1G/ACC/B12 regardless.

 

[buggsy]

The big ten is about to go to a 9 game schedule, starting in 2016.

Rutgers has:
2016 UCLA
2017 UCLA
2018 Kansas, Miami

UConn has no geographic or historical rivals in the AAC. Out of conference, Penn State, BC and Fruit U likely won't schedule us. Rutgers became, both for us, and for them, the biggest rivalry played for each school. With UConn's relegation to a mid major conference, UConn needs a northeast rival. Like yesterday.

Rutgers is ready-made. Geographical? Check. Historical? Check (at least uconn's fbs history). The fanbases don't mix. Orange colored, gold chain wearing snookies versus all american, wholesome, well-mannered suburban kids. Still, the schools are academic and institutional peers, both flagship, land-grant schools. Lots of NJ residents go to UConn, and students for whatever reasons move to that hell hole state. Football-wise, they have high point, the block R, crappy 100 year old football, but access to top flight NJ recruits. While their band sucks, they had the foresight to hock their school and expand a stadium that looks and sounds big time.

I might be in the minority here, but I'd rather play Rutgers as our rival than BC. With the turmoil in their AD, who knows when they schedule for 2016, but I hope Manuel can schedule Rutgers as his first power five school.

Well, considering UCONN has an even crappier 100 year history (at least RU has won more games than it has lost in its crappy 100 year history...something UCONN can't say) I would agree to playing you guys.

And historically, since we are like 22-10 against you...I'll take 2 out of 3 wins against you any day. Thanks. And by the way, I'm not orange....I'm pasty white with freckles, but that's my Irish parents' fault, not mine.

 

[HobokenHusky]

For your reading pleasure, a response to this thread on the Rutgers rivals board, aka the twilight zone:

http://rutgers.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=642&tid=164240473&mid=164240473&sid=988&style=2

Will say this again: there is not another single group of fans in any sport, on the face of the earth, that acts as entitled and pompous as Rutgers fans do with their two biggest accomplishments IN THE SCHOOLS ENTIRE SPORTS HISTORY being a random Thursday night football win on ESPN and getting thrown into the B1G by default do to their location.

After reading that, you would think they were 5x national champions.

Michigan, Tennessee, Maryland, BYU, and Boise State are perfectly fine doing 1 and 1 games with us, but we should play our home games at Metlife stadium, do 2 for 1's, or play once every 5 years in Piscataway if we are to play the almighty Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

I can't even imagine how they would act if they actually manage to get halfway decent at a sport.

 

[ruthetiger]

I think you limit your football intelligence to one board. Try scout! You'll see that youre jot even a topic of conversation.

 

[junglehusky]

I think you limit your football intelligence to one board. Try scout! You'll see that youre jot even a topic of conversation.

and yet you take time out of your morning to check out our board... hmmm....

 

[zls44]

and yet you take time out of your morning to check out our board... hmmm....

Unemployment begets free time.

 

[ruthetiger]

Unemployment begets free time.

ASSUmptions! But that's ok. I would expect that from the huskers...err huskies.