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RSTuthill said:
So I am supposed to get excited about a bowl game with Louisiana Monroe or USF? You can have the last word.
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I'll take the last word.

The answer is, "yes, you are supposed to get excited". The reason is because we haven't had a winning record in a decade.

You're the guy who just cleared up his pimple problem and thinks that means he deserves a date with Charlize Theron...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I'll take the last word.

The answer is, "yes, you are supposed to get excited". The reason is because we haven't had a winning record in a decade.

You're the guy who just cleared up his pimple problem and thinks that means he deserves a date with Charlize Theron...
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Well, he might not but I SURE DO ... LOL :)
 
RSTuthill said:
So I am supposed to get excited about a bowl game with Louisiana Monroe or USF? You can have the last word.
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...You wouldn't be excited about a game with USF? Out of all G5s that's where you draw the line?
 
RSTuthill said:
So I am supposed to get excited about a bowl game with Louisiana Monroe or USF? You can have the last word.
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Don't need the last word so please feel free to respond.

You're supposed to react however you want to react. My problem is with what appears to be negativity to the point of overkill on your part.

If you don't believe that we are making sufficient progress, fine. Most who feel that would just say something like "I was expecting a better bowl game" or "I was expecting a better opponent". You decided to say "meh" then "Oh, please. Like beating Louisiana Monroe is gonna create momentum. Hahaha!!".

You are allowed to disagree with others (in fact. your 'oh please' response did just that). You also need to accept that others may disagree with you (my response that somehow both startled and offended you).

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish with this incessant negativity. It almost appears to be trolling from a fan of another program (although you've been around far too long for that to be the case). I know you want to see us beat P-4 (or what they're referred to now) schools, but when someone listed our 2026 opponents, your response was that you didn't believe we would be ready for that. Tell me then, what's the answer?
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Don't need the last word so please feel free to respond.

You're supposed to react however you want to react. My problem is with what appears to be negativity to the point of overkill on your part.

If you don't believe that we are making sufficient progress, fine. Most who feel that would just say something like "I was expecting a better bowl game" or "I was expecting a better opponent". You decided to say "meh" then "Oh, please. Like beating Louisiana Monroe is gonna create momentum. Hahaha!!".

You are allowed to disagree with others (in fact. your 'oh please' response did just that). You also need to accept that others may disagree with you (my response that somehow both startled and offended you).

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish with this incessant negativity. It almost appears to be trolling from a fan of another program (although you've been around far too long for that to be the case). I know you want to see us beat P-4 (or what they're referred to now) schools, but when someone listed our 2026 opponents, your response was that you didn't believe we would be ready for that. Tell me then, what's the answer?
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The last word is indeed yours.
 
gsmooth said:
if those are our only choices, give me Rutgers, please. If there are more choices, I would like a B12 team for UConn to play against.
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IDK. An east coast bowl game against a regional rival school on a decent date is hard to beat.
Second choice would be the Texas Tech game.
USF in Orlando would be third.
Mobile, Alabama game would be fourth.
 
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Whatever bowl game we make won’t make our butts look fat.

It’s so stupid to complain about which bowl game we might get. Once we left the AAC we had no control over that.

Nobody cares if we beat La Tech in a bowl versus Illinois.

USF throttled Syracuse last season in a bowl last year and people everywhere just can’t stop talking about it!

Actually nobody talks about it and nobody cares. Nobody.
 
We're G5/6 unless by some miracle we become P3/4. Until that time, playing other G5s in a bowl, even if they are former conference brethren, may not be overly enticing, but the chance to win any bowl would be a great thing for the program given what we've gone through.
 
ZooCougar said:
Whatever bowl game we make won’t make our butts look fat.

It’s so stupid to complain about which bowl game we might get. Once we left the AAC we had no control over that.

Nobody cares if we beat La Tech in a bowl versus Illinois.

USF throttled Syracuse last season in a bowl last year and people everywhere just can’t stop talking about it!

Actually nobody talks about it and nobody cares. Nobody.
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Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?
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... and we now know that all this led to UConn getting our starting center from the transfer portal due to this series of events (Wes Hoeh). Life is crazy sometimes...
 
Duncan Idaho said:
Yeah they did. it was the worst bowl loss in ACC history and first time Syracuse was shut out in a bowl. Babers got fired. There was a 5 page thread on it. Any guesses who contributed to it?
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He was fired well before that dude. Like well before that. With one or two games left in the regular season. And SU started a Tight End at QB.

Again. Nobody cares.
 
UConnDan97 said:
... and we now know that all this led to UConn getting our starting center from the transfer portal due to this series of events (Wes Hoeh). Life is crazy sometimes...
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Sort of. Actually no.

His timeline isn’t remotely right. SU had tons of guys in the portal before the bowl.
 
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cellocgg said:
If we want to snowball momentum into next season and prove that UConn is back, losing in a Bowl game isn't the way to do it. We need a similar strength G4
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Or a similar strength P4 team. Not all the teams in the P4 are great, but if some are barely good enough to make a bowl game, that would be ideal for UConn, especially a B12 that has those characteristics. If UConn defeats a B12 in a bowl game it will help in keeping the decision makers from dismissing UConn Football so easily and quikcly. Will they say "oh, they beat one of our Big 12 teams, let's invite them now"? No, there are other factors, but defeating a B12 team would certainly help.
 
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gsmooth said:
Or a similar strength P4 team. Not all the teams in the P4 are great, but if some are barely good enough to make a bowl game, that would be ideal for UConn, especially a B12 that has those characteristics. If UConn defeats a B12 in a bowl game it will help the decision makers from dismissing UConn Football. Will they say "oh, they beat one of our Big 12 teams, let's invite them now"? No, there are other factors, but defeating a B12 team would certainly help.
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if we lose to a B12 team (or really any P4) it will hurt our case. If we beat any team in a Bowl and finish 9-4 or maybe even 10-3 it will help our case.

Nobody will remember who we beat but they will remember who we lose to. No need to take risks on a stronger opponent
 
ZooCougar said:
He was fired well before that dude. Like well before that. With one or two games left in the regular season. And SU started a Tight End at QB.

Again. Nobody cares.
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You seem to know a lot.
 
huskymedic said:
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Interesting that we would be matched up against South Alabama (#83 in Massey's composite at 5-5 with us currently at #78). A lot could happen over the next 2 weeks, but I wonder if selected for that bowl, would the team reuse the lids they wore for the Military Appreciation game.
 
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gopher2 said:
UConn vs Nittany Lions!
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lol UConn vs. "wish.com" nittany lions

that is the disney channel high school mascot u see in the basketball gym.
sure hope we don't get matched up with the south alabama disneys.
or any directional school, for that matter.
 
RSTuthill said:
Well, that potential matchup would be perhaps not optimum. Lower down the P4 rankings would be better. Not sure this is serious though.
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There is no way UConn would beat Nittany Lions. Maybe Cal if they win six games in regular season or similar team if they qualify for bowl game.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
There is no way UConn would beat Nittany Lions. Maybe Cal if they win six games in regular season or similar team if they qualify for bowl game.
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Exactly my point. Wouldn't be competitive to say nothing about actually winning.
 
Hogoff said:
The logo is South Alabama. The joke was Nitany Lions.
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So I even checked the logo before I posted to make sure. Hahaha. My bad. Not the first time I failed to get the joke. ;)
 
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huskymedic said:
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Boca vs Rutgers would be best possible outcome. Vs Texas Tech in Dallas would be awesome too.

I want to see us play a winnable P5 game or vs a strong G5 brand (JMU, Liberty, etc.).

I appreciate folks that want a winnable game to carry momentum, but I want a challenge and a good win to end the season - ideally in a good location.
 
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