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AZHuskiePop said:
Would guys get over the Rutgers thing. Also you Rutgers guys
should be talking us up as we improve your position in NYC.
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I would love to talk you "up" but every UCONN poster talks us "down". You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
 
Did nyc banker get banned by the RU board? Otherwise I don't want you to think you've found a home here.
 
Coach Flood said:
OK, so let's just say that RU got in the BigTen because of the TV market.....does that change anything for UCONN? Does it make you feel better? Bottom line...RU got picked and we are very happy.
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It makes me feel better than when insane RU fans attribute it to something other than TV market.
 
TRest said:
UConn was a charter member of the BE, which makes it much different from cincy and USF. We have been in a top athletic conference for over 30 years. Nobody handed us the football upgrade, we paid dearly for it and made it as successful as anyone could have hoped. If UConn football had just taken up the Rutgers/Temple slot at the bottom of the BE, maybe
Fishy said:
Rutgers' fans have a very hard time understanding that they're in the Big Ten because New Jersey has lot of people in it.

Well, perhaps it's more accurate to say they have a hard time admitting it.

Just be happy about it and stop trying to convince the world that you have some other virtue.

Let's remember that this is a school that has never won a single game in a single sport in over 100 years that they'd feel comfortable bragging about.
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you would be justified by wagging a finger at us and saying wait your turn. Especially fans of schools with exactly one NCAA sanctioned championship combined in the last 50 years. It's an joke that we are on the scrap heap and f@cktards like Rutgers are about to ruin the Big 10.
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@Don't BET on it!
 
TRest said:
UConn was a charter member of the BE, which makes it much different from cincy and USF. We have been in a top athletic conference for over 30 years. Nobody handed us the football upgrade, we paid dearly for it and made it as successful as anyone could have hoped. If UConn football had just taken up the Rutgers/Temple slot at the bottom of the BE, maybe you would be justified by wagging a finger at us and saying wait your turn. Especially fans of schools with exactly one NCAA sanctioned championship combined in the last 50 years. It's an joke that we are on the scrap heap and f@cktards like Rutgers are about to ruin the Big 10.
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@If Cinncy didn't have the same misfortune(re;B1G) as Pitt (location) UConn would be behind a longer line truth be told!!Their football success thru 3 coaching changes and 2 AD's is a testament to their resolve to move up the ladder!The hiring of PP told the football blue bloods all they needed to know about how serious the administration was regarding upgrading!!And why do you guys have to blame all the wrong people?I had no intention of defending a "midwest" team! Uconn needs to make friends not lose them!How many bridges is it wise to burn?Most of CFB perceives UC much better than you realize!As an RU fan I'm leaning to you guys as a concerned neighbor realizing it could have been RU in your position and most of us endorse your acceptance into the B1G unlike some other local fanbase's!!
 
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Hoophound said:
Rutgers sucks at all sports on average. New Jersey just has a lot of people. Simple as that and everyone, including you, knows it.

UConn has much greater accomplishments than Rutgers across the board. Basketball is important in the big picture. Basketball is what makes Duke, UNC, Kansas and Kentucky huge national brands. It does the same for UConn.

Rutgers is known for absolutely nothing. This isn't about football in Rutgers case, its about population. In Louisville's case it was about football. That ACC needed a winning football program desperately. The B1G just needed a bunch of households with cable boxes.
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@RU known for@Old fashioned values!....btw great argument for your moving up in CR..trying to say you belong by knocking RU!!
 
Hoophound said:
Rutgers sucks at all sports on average. New Jersey just has a lot of people. Simple as that and everyone, including you, knows it.

UConn has much greater accomplishments than Rutgers across the board. Basketball is important in the big picture. Basketball is what makes Duke, UNC, Kansas and Kentucky huge national brands. It does the same for UConn.

Rutgers is known for absolutely nothing. This isn't about football in Rutgers case, its about population. In Louisville's case it was about football. That ACC needed a winning football program desperately. The B1G just needed a bunch of households with cable boxes.
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@And your great brand in hoops?Where did it get you?
 
Fishy said:
Rutgers' fans have a very hard time understanding that they're in the Big Ten because New Jersey has lot of people in it.

Well, perhaps it's more accurate to say they have a hard time admitting it.

Just be happy about it and stop trying to convince the world that you have some other virtue.

Let's remember that this is a school that has never won a single game in a single sport in over 100 years that they'd feel comfortable bragging about.
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@So?
 
Hoophound said:
We're over it but we don't appreciate RU fans coming here to tell us they are better than us. They simply aren't.

Oh, thanks for putting me in line.
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@No one (at least me)said anything at all like that!!My only knock on UConn is their seeming need to use us as a punching bag as if we were the reason for your situation!I'm a big booster of UConn athletic's and actually troll ACC and other sites in your defense!!
 
What people also need to realize is that Rutgers was not only picked because of what they are....they were also selected because of what they will BECOME. NJ has some of the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country. The number 2 player for 2014 happens to be from NJ.....the no 16 player is from NJ as well. So 10% of the top 20 players in the country for 2014 are from NJ.....ten percent.

There isn't a single CT player in the Top 100 for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011. You do have two CT players in 2010.

Just some random facts using Rivals Rankings.
 
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Coach Flood said:
What people also need to realize is that Rutgers was not only picked because of what they are....they were also selected because of what they will BECOME. NJ has some of the most fertile recruiting grounds in the country. The number 2 player for 2014 happens to be from NJ.....the no 16 player is from NJ as well. So 10% of the top 20 players in the country for 2014 are from NJ.....ten percent.

There isn't a single CT player in the Top 100 for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011. You do have two CT players in 2010.

Just some random facts using Rivals Rankings.
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Doesn't mean a thing if you can't keep them in State. All 3 Top 100 in 2013 went OOS and both of the 2014 NJ residents you point out (and only ones among Top 100) are not commiting to the State University. Big population difference btwn CT and NJ as well.
 
huskymedic said:
Doesn't mean a thing if you can't keep them in State. All 3 Top 100 in 2013 went OOS and both of the 2014 NJ residents you point out (and ony among Top 100) are not commiting to the State University. Big population difference btwn CT and NJ as well.
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We need a few more years and most of these kids will be staying home to play football. In 2012 we did get the no 11 player in the country (no 1 in NJ). And in 2011 we also got the no 1 NJ kid. So they are slowly starting to stay home.

CT Rivals Top 100:
2014: 0
2013: 0
2012: 0
2011: 0
2010: 2

Total: 2 in 5 years. (technically NJ should have 5 in the last 5 years since the population is 2.5 times larger)

NJ Rivals Top 100:
2014: 2
2013: 3
2012: 3
2011: 1
2010: 0

Total: 9 in 5 years. That's 4.5 times more than CT but the population of NJ is only 2.5 times larger.

So yeah, it's not only the population. I can attest living in both states that NJ is more focused on sports at a very early age.
 
You all understand that the most fertile recruiting grounds in NJ are less than 100 miles from the rent.
I use to live in the NE so I know 100 miles is a big deal. In the Midwest and West we go that far to pick up a loaf of bread.*
So if Ohio State wants the best Northern Jersey player they can claim VS an SEC team that the kids parents have multiple chances to see their kid play. If there is that great New England player (as there has been) the same argument can be used.
*hyperbole alert
 
Rutgers getting picked for a big five conference is the only thing their fans have had to brag about athletically in their lifetimes. They still will be a perpetual doormat, only now they will be stepped on by higher quality shoes.
 
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TRest said:
6-4 in the BE, with 4 of those wins by a total amount of 11 points. I guess that's domination in Rutger's land. With all those natural advantages you guys haven't done squat.
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A win is a win no matter the point difference. So now, if RU is a doormat (per above post), what is UCONN being that they are 10-22 vs Ru?

I'm not here to troll....every post here has been a fact.
 
Coach Flood said:
A win is a win no matter the point difference. So now, if RU is a doormat (per above post), what is UCONN being that they are 10-22 vs Ru?

I'm not here to troll....every post here has been a fact.
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UCONN is 1 and 0 against notre dame. By you're logic I guess UCONN is better than ND.

I'm also glad you are counting the d1aa days to your total. It's 6 and 4 in favor of ru

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It's gonna be so annoying when we beat them this year and all their fans will have to say is "at least we're going to a real conference!" on their way out of the Rent with their tail between their legs. i.e. Cuse fans vacating XL after the hoops game last year.
 
I'll feel bad for Cincy when UConn gets into a big boy conference before they do. I kind of doubt if they get contacted by the B12 or whoever that they would stick up for us, ironically if UConn gets contacted we might say we want a northern partner and suggest them. (Cause who else could it be... Temple?)
 
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Cincy would definitely get the B12 call before us. We are only going to the B12 as part of a large, new eastern division. It doesn't seem like that is in the cards.
 
junglehusky said:
I'll feel bad for Cincy when UConn gets into a big boy conference before they do. I kind of doubt if they get contacted by the B12 or whoever that they would stick up for us, ironically if UConn gets contacted we might say we want a northern partner and suggest them. (Cause who else could it be... Temple?)
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@I get the feeling Temple is going in a good direction in FB since their return to the BE/AAC!!It's not out of the question!!Golden, Addazio and Rhule have been great hire's but can they keep a coach long enough?
 
BoatShow said:
It's gonna be so annoying when we beat them this year and all their fans will have to say is "at least we're going to a real conference!" on their way out of the Rent with their tail between their legs. i.e. Cuse fans vacating XL after the hoops game last year.
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There is zero chance that you are going to win. Not only that, but take note of how well our fans travel. Last year I probably saw 20 UCONN fans at Piscataway.....the Rent is always filled with RU people.
 
Hoophound said:
Cincy would definitely get the B12 call before us. We are only going to the B12 as part of a large, new eastern division. It doesn't seem like that is in the cards.
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Gotta hope the B12 are happy to stay at 10 for a few years while they wait for the possible targets to distinguish themselves, and both UConn and Temple out-perform Cincy and any western schools during that period.

In an alternate universe, Pitt and WVU accepted the B12 invite together, and UConn has the luxury to chose between the ACC and B12.
 
Coach Flood said:
There is zero chance that you are going to win. Not only that, but take note of how well our fans travel. Last year I probably saw 20 UCONN fans at Piscataway.....the Rent is always filled with RU people.
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0% huh? Troll harder bud it represents the RU fanbase so well. I'll be sure to welcome your traveling fans (although you are completely exaggerating your fanbase which isn't a surprise considering your inability to view anything about ru rationally). hopefully they won't be subject to the bs I went through at your stadium.
 
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