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What you quoted is the only bad/wrong/weak part of the article, which is otherwise thorough, accurate, and complimentary enough for me to take no offense.
San Diego Union Tribune: "UConn still not a Blue Blood."
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This.
The other day, I had to establish an online account for paying one of my bills. I was chatting with an online Help person (who I didn't know from Jack) who was answering my questions about the account. I signed off by typing in "Thank you! Go UConn! (March Madness)". The Help person types back, "I love them! I've been a fan of theirs since I was in high school! I'll be rooting for them too!"
Now, this company is located somewhere in the Dallas area -- and the Help person could be remotely working from anywhere -- but it's just another example: People not only know about UConn, quite a few of them are fans.
PS -- I wear my UConn t-shirts out shopping, and people have smiled and stopped me in the grocery store to talk about UConn!
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I didn't mind the way that paper presented it.
As far as whether Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas and anyone else who believes they are in the club (blue bloods) wants to pretend we aren't good enough or haven't done enough to join them. Who gives a $#!&. We're well on our way to establishing a club that they won't be good enough to join.
As far as whether Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas and anyone else who believes they are in the club (blue bloods) wants to pretend we aren't good enough or haven't done enough to join them. Who gives a $#!&. We're well on our way to establishing a club that they won't be good enough to join.
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The blue blood argument has become a jumbled nonsensical argument. Everybody has different criteria so the debate becomes meaningless. I think i have the one true formula determine blue blood status and that is simply national titles. Kansas is the gate keeper so you need to have at least 4 national titles to get in the club. Villanova is on the cusp with 3 titles and no one else has more than 2. This is the most sensical and definitive way of determining blue blood status. These are cold hard indisputable numbers not subjective bias criteria. But at the end of the day its meaningless and just something for fans to argue about. Uconn is the best program in the country for nearly 30 years. Fact and thats all that matters to me.This is great:
UConn has the resume of a college basketball blue blood, but is it one?
BOSTON — The University of Connecticut was originally Storrs Agricultural College, founded in 1881 by the Storrs brothers, humble farmers and merchants who also had the town named a…www.sandiegouniontribune.com
Just yesterday I was joking with a friend about being able to hear Kansas fans saying we're not a blue blood unless or until we can commit multiple level 1 violations and come away unscathed. Maybe that's the test.
UK, UNC, Kansas, and Duke I guess - the blue bloods. They drive ratings, money, tv views, national followings. People are tuning in to watch them. Hell, the UK Oakland game had the highest opening weekend ratings in about 4 years. You either hate them or like them.
UConn- today’s best program. Enjoy it, cause you never know when that downturn is coming.
UConn- today’s best program. Enjoy it, cause you never know when that downturn is coming.
Agree - but never give up an opportunity to get a hair across your ass about some real or perceived slight! We roll pretty good under either...
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That feels like the correct summation of the piece. There’s no slight to get offended by. It was just lazy “journalism”. A summarization of the Wikipedia page of UConn’s basketball history with a debate that’s been had a million times between media talking heads and on message boards sprinkled in.
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I read that conclusion stated twice and implied at least once:
"Society says [UConn isn't a Blue Blood], or at least not yet..."
"The traditional, accepted blue bloods are North Carolina, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky. Some include UCLA with its 11 banners and Indiana with five."
"But [is acting like people from Jersey City act] how blue bloods act?"
This was an excellent article. Tells exactly what it takes to run a successful program. Sometimes you just have to dig deep to find things to motivate. There is always something you can do to be better. I counted two uncontested jump shots in the last win. That is never acceptable. Get a hand up! Hurley and his staff are as good as there is in the country. Great coaches are always in search of perfection. Good coaches quite often don't even recognize what it is.
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Blue Blood? Forget it. I'm talking about Bad Blood!
LOL. First clue the appellation is nonsense is excluding the most dominant MBB program yet to exist. Different era but it’s an unmatched feat.
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"lazy “journalism”........ so true!
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He says people aren’t calling UConn blue blood, even if UConn is.
Dumb debate. Who cares? I get Hurley pushing it because he wants to motivate his players. Keep them hungry.
As a fan, UConn isn’t Duke or Kansas or Kentucky. I wouldn’t want them to be.
But the more this debate lingers, and the more fans cling to ‘we’re a blue blood damit!’ mentality, the worse it looks for UConn.
5 NC’s, top program currently, best coaching staff, leading national storylines…. Train is rolling! Who cares what you call it. Just enjoy it.
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The real Blue Bloods:This is great:
UConn has the resume of a college basketball blue blood, but is it one?
BOSTON — The University of Connecticut was originally Storrs Agricultural College, founded in 1881 by the Storrs brothers, humble farmers and merchants who also had the town named a…
Just yesterday I was joking with a friend about being able to hear Kansas fans saying we're not a blue blood unless or until we can commit multiple level 1 violations and come away unscathed. Maybe that's the test.
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I love that I know longer care about this argument. The results are almost preposterous these last 25- 30 years. A couple championships ago I might have felt defensive and gotten riled up. At this point I feel like anyone who raises the question is like one of those reporters from Croatia covering the Super Bowl and asking “why do you call it football when you don't use your feet?” It’s glaringly misinformed and out of touch with the sport and it’s history.
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Yeah, no shade there.
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Most of this is recycled nonsense that appeared somewhere else a while ago. Almost word for word. Only thing new was the stuff about San Diego State.
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I read one article on FaceBook this morning which included Michigan State as a blue blood and did not include UConn. Dumbest statement yet. We all know that UConn belongs.
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