I was driving to a customer of mine this morning at about 7:45-8:15 for an 8:30 appointment. I was listening in on Babs and Evan on Mad Dog Sirius and their question was "Is UConn a Blue Blood". Well a UNC fan called in said not close, a Hoosier fan called in not close, UCLA, Kentucky same response. Now Babs was calling us a Blue Blood and disagreeing with Evan and those callers.
Well I had time, I called in and got on I wasn't happy and was very passionate.. Babs loves me and Evan said this "guy from mass made some very valid points which we haven't discussed as of yet...". Basically asked does a Blue Blood need to be 50-60 years of success, and what was the parity in basketball when Adolph Rupp and John Wooden were coaching? They also were relegated to UConns last 25 years I changed the vision for them to the last 33 years despite no FF until '99. Explaied the Dream Season and how close, how close when UCLA won their only one in the last 25 -30 years and pointed out how much better wer have been overall than any other Big East team overall since '90. Elite 8s up the ying yang, 17-1, 16-2 years and #1 and #2 seedings quite often through our heyday of the 90s-2000s. Explained the reason the Indiana guys, the UNC guys and the Kentucky guys say no is because we own them now. We beat tham as well as Duke when it counts - WE ARE A BLUE BLOOD period!