The Boneyard is the only college message board on the Internet where someone can take an easy shot at an eminently mockable program like Pitt, and posters like you will rush to the defense of a program we have every reason to dislike and mock.
The Stockholm Syndrome of this place is stifling.
Stifling, eh? Sounds bothersome.
Back to the topic at hand: if you were a voter, what ranking would you have chosen this week for UConn? 1, 2, 4, or something else?
I'd have voted #1, and don't think that 39 voters doing the same represents an undeserved result. Do you?
I'm not giving much attention right now toward voters who chose differently, and their votes don't upset me, which is why I asked your opinion.
You don't really consider yourself just "someone," do you?
I also find everyone else that's in
BOLD too much, and wonder what motivated you to take such a strong stand on, essentially, a joke that fell flat. Engaging with a heckler results in something like this. It's time to stop digging, especially when some has already told you that there is no such banner in the Petersen Center.
And oh yeah, "Stockholm Syndrome?"
[^ If I took that seriously, I'd say your a invocation of the term strikes me as indicative of you being more traumatized by Pitt than the people you seem to be calling out.]
PS - I liked reading how much you disliked Cooley's brand of basketball, but I agree with
@HuskyHawk that refs didn't have it in them to call a half dozen fouls on Georgetown in the opening minutes. So long as that continues, the ugly basketball will continue. I do think that Ackerman could influence things; I don't expect it.
Take heart knowing that UConn fared better in the NCAAs during those Big East years when tough Pitt teams beat up on the Huskies. I think we'll continue to see UConn perform better than its bullybrawl conference mates, and I truly believe you agree with that.
We might not be able to do much more than hope that the team is being toughened for the long haul, and that injuries related to unchecked hard contact don't cause harm. And yes, it makes for a less pleasing entertainment product.
In case you haven't noticed, the subtext of the PS is that I'd much prefer engaging with you on points of agreement, than a lot of the goofy long balls you like to sling.
