Muffet Tweet

[HuskyNan]

Is there any chance this hate can spill over to the football field and we become a yearly rival on the football field?!?!

Why, losing by 30 isn't enough?

 

[triaddukefan]

A teachable moment? Sounds like Coach McCallie ... except Coach JPM never had to apologize for players acting like imbeciles

 

[BigBird]

Lou talked about the ND fans who were harassing her during the post-game interview, you could tell she was very uncomfortable with it.

The Lou remark was within the postgame show on the radio net. It would seem that some ND “fans” were flipping her off. Her term was “inappropriate gestures” as I recall it.

 

[BigBird]

Why, losing by 30 isn't enough?

UConn football needs to defeat Marist or their equal before pretending to take on the big dudes and actually be a DI football program.

 

[Mlb0814]

The PA announcer introduced UConn as the University of Kentucky.

Lou called out some fans during her post-game radio interview for some inappropriate remarks directed at her.

What radio station?

 

[Bama fan]

At least Muffet is acknowledging it, so we know it won't happen again. Good enough for me.

Now that is funny!

 

[uconnfan68]

UConn football needs to defeat Marist or their equal before pretending to take on the big dudes and actually be a DI football program.

The lifetime record is UConn 1-ND 0.

 

[Plebe]

Here's Arike's tweet:
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"my Irish family". Yes, the Ogunbowale surname is indeed famous all throughout Ireland.

 

[HuskyNan]

UConn football needs to defeat Marist or their equal before pretending to take on the big dudes and actually be a DI football program.

My favorite UConn football game. My second favorite is from the same season, when they beat So Carolina in the Papa John's Bowl.

 

[HopJim]

Here's Arike's tweet:
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Wow!

 

[Hayven]

did Arike pull the same stunts with Oregon State earlier this season as well?

 

[hoopsfan22]

did Arike pull the same stunts with Oregon State earlier this season as well?

I didn't see it, but someone here said she kicked a girl in the head in that game after a scrum for a loose ball.

 

[j66kicker]

I just saw a so called football player, who shall - NOT - remain nameless, apologize for kicking his girlfriend after he threw her to the ground. He really looked and sounded oh so sorry. Words mean nothing, future behavior means everything.

Since Kareem Hunt’s televised apology a couple days ago, which included the usual, “That’s not who I am” nonsense, two additional videos have surfaced showing his violence with two other women.

 

[Kaizen]

This is a basketball game. You can lose the game but not the grace.
I think Muffet and Arike lost both.

 

[Plebe]

did Arike pull the same stunts with Oregon State earlier this season as well?

Unsportsmanlike foul for elbowing Thropay in the face. You can read through this thread for more on that:

#1 Notre Dame vs. #9 Oregon State

 

[nwhoopfan]

I didn't see it, but someone here said she kicked a girl in the head in that game after a scrum for a loose ball.

There was also a very much aimed, intentional elbow to the face of an OSU player. I think the same player was the recipient of both cheap shots.

 

[DefenseBB]

I guess I am not as skeptical as some of my brethren on here. I laud Muffet for acknowledging her team's poise in the postgame interview and for posting her tweet. I do think she cares about her teams reputation as a beacon of ND Women’s Athletics which is what she helped create. I certainly think there has been gamesmanship between her and Geno over the year but nothing like what happened continually on the court. I also don’t think the Adminstration told her to say something. The days of the ND Hierarchy caring about on field composure went out the window when Kelly was hired as Football coach.

If the Admins really cared, Arike would be suspended for 1 game. I do hope Arike learns from this. I am more confident in Muffet. We shall see.

 

[JordyG]

Since Kareem Hunt’s televised apology a couple days ago, which included the usual, “That’s not who I am” nonsense, two additional videos have surfaced showing his violence with two other women.

Then that isn't who he is. Clearly he's worse than anyone thought.

 

[Plebe]

I guess I am not as skeptical as some of my brethren on here. I laud Muffet for acknowledging her team she poise in the postgame interview and for posting her tweet. I do think she cares about her teams reputation as a beacon of ND Women’s Athletics which is what she helped create.

I laud your magnanimous interpretation, but if Muffet were genuinely contrite on the principle of it, she wouldn't have taken two full days to apologize. Immediately after the game she lamented (but didn't apologize for) her team's loss of poise because she rightly saw that it killed their chances of winning the game.

This is a compelled apology—almost certainly drafted by a PR hack—which would've never happened without the public embarrassment and internal backlash.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Really? What about an apology to UConn's Coach, UConn's players and all the fans (not just Notre Dame's fans)? Muffet dislikes UConn that much? I said it before, and I will say it again, the NCAA needs to step in and suspend Arike for some games. Muffet McGraw teams have always played dirty, so I really do not see that changing.

Ahem! Please "keep calm and love."

 

[nwhoopfan]

To me lack of poise isn't even the right terminology for this situation. It's a lack of sportsmanship and a dangerous, over the top level of physical aggressiveness. It doesn't sound to me like either McGraw or Ogunbowale are even addressing that. Not to mention the apology really should be extended to UConn players, coaching staff and fans, not just Notre Dame's (and Oregon St. before that).

 

[UConnCat]

 

[01Neaggrad02]

Per ESPN... Muffet's tweet were "to the Best Fans in America", so I guess she was apologizing to us... too bad it was not until Tuesday for her to do it.

 

[CL82]

At least Muffet is acknowledging it, so we know it won't happen again. Good enough for me.

 

[shinobimono]

"An apology from anyone at ND will never come our way. As a matter of fact, Muffet probably feels Geno owes her an apology. Just for what, all you BYers can speculate. "

He needs to apologize for being the Svengali/Rasputin/Jedi Knight mind control specialist who spends all his time on the sideline getting into the heads and taking over the minds of ND players who are helpless against it. I think that's more or less what Arike was intimating about.