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Slasher said:
It's sounds silly but I think that's why they want to have it done before the season gets underway. That way this single season isn't over-amplified especially considering that a single season is not that strong a factor in the decision.
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Since we don't know what the decision is yet, it is hard to make that claim. Hopefully one (or two) recent seasons of football success isn't weighed too heavily, but if Maymfuss is chosen, we will know that it was.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I can see it now. UConn goes 11-1, Houston disappoints, and Cinci is terrible. BYU is .500. So the Big 12 leaves use off the list in December due to our terrible football team.
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Yeah, UCF after bottoming out is a potential power because they hired Frost (who by the way has zero games under his belt as head coach). If we go 11-1, the narrative will be "they'll lose Diaco soon so they are out of the running".
 
Tilman Fertitta ‏@TilmanJFertitta · 2h2 hours ago
What a great day! So proud to be able to support @UHouston to revamp #hofheinz & help get us to @Big12Conference.

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jostar1 said:
Tilman Fertitta ‏@TilmanJFertitta · 2h2 hours ago
What a great day! So proud to be able to support @UHouston to revamp #hofheinz & help get us to @Big12Conference.

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Wow they got the guy that invented a breakfast food to make a donation...pretty impressive.
 
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jostar1 said:
Tilman Fertitta ‏@TilmanJFertitta · 2h2 hours ago
What a great day! So proud to be able to support @UHouston to revamp #hofheinz & help get us to @Big12Conference.

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uconn needs a hand gesture and/or a catchy battle cry like Roll Tide or War Eagle...
How about MUSH!!!!
 
This dude is giving a shout out to the 21 schools currently vying for membership.

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The origin of the hand sign is depressing: "During her transport from Houston to Austin, one of the fingers on Shasta's paw was severed when the cage door was closed. As the University of Texas partisans and players caught wind of the accident, they mimicked the animal by bending their thumb over the ring finger against their palm. This gesture implied that the Cougars were invalids. The Cougars would go on to lose the game 28-7."

A poor tortured animal looses a "finger".... and they make a hand sign out of it.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
That's a huge sport in Fairfield County.

I saw a University of Michigan golf cart yesterday ,I think my next golf Cart will be UConn themed
Should it be
White with Blue lettering?
Or Blue with White lettering?
UConn or Connecticut ?
What Logo ?
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We are closing on our Florida house tomorrow. After the movers arrive on Monday and we get most of the stuff unpacked, we are going golf cart shopping. You better believe our cart will be National Flag Blue with the Husky/ UConn logo on it. I may even try to get the logo on the seats! Not going to let those SEC fans in the community push me around!!!!!!!!!
 
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huskeynut said:
We are closing on our Florida house tomorrow. After the movers arrive on Monday and we get most of the stuff unpacked, we are going golf cart shopping. You better believe our cart will be National Flag Blue with the Husky/ UConn logo on it. I may even try to get the logo on the seats! Not going to let those SEC fans in the community push me around!!!!!!!!!
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My dad lives on an island with a couple of golf course in SC. It's like an ongoing battle down there. You need a Husky golf cart flag. He has friends who rock Michigan, Ohio State and several others and it's kind of a fun rivalry among the retired set.
 
IMind said:
The origin of the hand sign is depressing: "During her transport from Houston to Austin, one of the fingers on Shasta's paw was severed when the cage door was closed. As the University of Texas partisans and players caught wind of the accident, they mimicked the animal by bending their thumb over the ring finger against their palm. This gesture implied that the Cougars were invalids. The Cougars would go on to lose the game 28-7."

A poor tortured animal looses a "finger".... and they make a hand sign out of it.
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So let me see if I get this:

  • Houston's handlers were so incompetent they severed the finger of their own mascot.
  • They went on to get blown away during the game in Texas.
  • The hand symbol was created by a rival school to mock them.

Today they proudly use it themselves?
 
jostar1 said:
Tilman Fertitta ‏@TilmanJFertitta · 2h2 hours ago
What a great day! So proud to be able to support @UHouston to revamp #hofheinz & help get us to @Big12Conference.

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I don't know about the rest of you, but I find the fact that other schools a lauding plans to build facilities that are lesser to our existing facilities, well, just adorable!
 
NYUConn said:
So let me see if I get this:

  • Houston's handlers were so incompetent they severed the finger of their own mascot.
  • They went on to get blown away during the game in Texas.
  • The hand symbol was created by a rival school to mock them.

Today they proudly use it themselves?
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1) cougar's don't have fingers

2) do not Google "cougar finger" because the results are not what you might be expecting.
 
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UCONN in OKC said:
I know of him... but he was there after I graduated :) 1993 Parks Grad
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Donigan is a 1988 UConn grad and soccer star. Soccer Sundays were awesome back in the day. And yes, there used to be kegs in the stands too - just before my time.
 
Marty Jackson said:
uconn needs a hand gesture and/or a catchy battle cry like Roll Tide or War Eagle...
How about MUSH!!!!
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Months ago when I decided to root for UConn as my personal favorite choice for Big 12 expansion part of it was for logical reasons like reputation, academics and market. But deep in my heart I knew even then that there were some other tangibles that would clearly mean less to others:

Like the fact that you have real live mascot, named Jonathan.

Back in the '60s and '70s almost all of the SWC schools had live animal mascots. It was a quintessential southwestern thing to do while all of those weird midwestern schools had esoteric colloquial people names like Sooners and Huskers and Hoosier and whatnot.

Call me crazy, but when I look at UConn, I see a kindred spirit that just happens to be 1800 miles away.
 
Charley Horse said:
Months ago when I decided to root for UConn as my personal favorite choice for Big 12 expansion part of it was for logical reasons like reputation, academics and market. But deep in my heart I knew even then that there were some other tangibles that would clearly mean less to others:

Like the fact that you have real live mascot, named Jonathan.

Back in the '60s and '70s almost all of the SWC schools had live animal mascots. It was a quintessential southwestern thing to do while all of those weird midwestern schools had esoteric colloquial people names like Sooners and Huskers and Hoosier and whatnot.

Call me crazy, but when I look at UConn, I see a kindred spirit that just happens to be 1800 miles away.
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Thanks Charley Horse. Everything is going to be ok! (cue the men in white coats.....)
 
Charley Horse said:
Months ago when I decided to root for UConn as my personal favorite choice for Big 12 expansion part of it was for logical reasons like reputation, academics and market. But deep in my heart I knew even then that there were some other tangibles that would clearly mean less to others:

Like the fact that you have real live mascot, named Jonathan.

Back in the '60s and '70s almost all of the SWC schools had live animal mascots. It was a quintessential southwestern thing to do while all of those weird midwestern schools had esoteric colloquial people names like Sooners and Huskers and Hoosier and whatnot.

Call me crazy, but when I look at UConn, I see a kindred spirit that just happens to be 1800 miles away.
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So glad I didn't go to Purdue. They have the combined creepiest mascot / blandest nickname in sports.
 
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Btw if you didn't watch this video on ranking every single college football mascot by size, check it out:

 
Charley Horse said:
I always thought it was cool their teams were named after a glass of beer with a shot of whisky in it.
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That's a dept charge . The only way I could stomach beer.
A boilermaker is a shot of rye , with a draft chaser
In my blue collar town where I grew up , that's what real men drank.
That was lunch for some guys.
 
Marty Jackson said:
uconn needs a hand gesture and/or a catchy battle cry like Roll Tide or War Eagle...
How about MUSH!!!!
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Isn't that the hand gesture for U Texas, i.e. hook 'em horns, just with an added finger to make it look like a 'XII." Kissing both backsides at the same time.
 
IMind said:
The origin of the hand sign is depressing: "During her transport from Houston to Austin, one of the fingers on Shasta's paw was severed when the cage door was closed. As the University of Texas partisans and players caught wind of the accident, they mimicked the animal by bending their thumb over the ring finger against their palm. This gesture implied that the Cougars were invalids. The Cougars would go on to lose the game 28-7."

A poor tortured animal looses a "finger".... and they make a hand sign out of it.
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All things considered I'd rather lose a finger than lose what Bevo had to loose in order to become a steer.
 


Dude is claiming BYU might have nine votes. This after saying he thinks expansion will only be two teams and it will be Houston and Cincy.
 
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