I have always said the American is an emerging growth conference. Somehow we have to get past this power 5 crap!UCF has become a good model for "up and coming" programs, or rebuilding programs to emulate...as has ECU.
We are not going to have a rivalry game in this conference. Never going to happen.Not loving the name, but I like the concept. I'd love a rivalry game.
We are not going to have a rivalry game in this conference. Never going to happen.
Well, it may be for you, but I don't think either fan base knows about this "rivalry" yet. Until the fan base wakes up to the so-called "rivalry" I don't think you can take the quotation marks off.I've got news for you; we already do. It's called "Temple". Whether people like it or not, it has all the makings of a rivalry game. Each team has won a couple recently from the other. Both teams battle for the same recruiting regions, and in some cases, the same recruits. In the absence of Rutgers, Temple is our best rival to this point.
I wouldn't mind getting this North-South thing going. It's a strategically smart move for both programs, not only in the near term but also for the long-term future of our programs...
Well, it may be for you, but I don't think either fan base knows about this "rivalry" yet. Until the fan base wakes up to the so-called "rivalry" I don't think you can take the quotation marks off.
You have to hate your "rival". There are plenty of teams around here that we hate, and that hate us. They hate us so much they don't want to play us.Nobody honestly thinks UConn and Temple are rivals and if we play them for a thousand years, we will not develop a rivalry with UCF.
You can't create these things from thin air.
You have to hate your "rival".
Bull sh17. Sh17 talking and attitude Sparks rivalries. Diaco is casting the baitNobody honestly thinks UConn and Temple are rivals and if we play them for a thousand years, we will not develop a rivalry with UCF.
You can't create these things from thin air.
Going to game Wed? I will be there. Daughter playing in Alumni pep band.I do not hate a single school in the AAC. Maybe it will develop over time, but I'm 'meh' on everyone in this conference.
Heck, I hate Boston College hockey more than any football/basketball school in the AAC and we have no history against BC hockey. It's all in the name.