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Drew said:
Nothing against you personally, I think its hilarious that people do this. They'll take the train 90+ minutes to work each way every day but won't drive somewhere that's 45 minutes away because it's "too far"
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Maybe some commuters to the City are inspired by the financial incentives of the global capital, choose to live and educate their children somewhere nicer and better, but opt not to drive far after long work weeks.
 
Drew said:
Nothing against you personally, I think its hilarious that people do this. They'll take the train 90+ minutes to work each way every day but won't drive somewhere that's 45 minutes away because it's "too far"
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That 90 minute train ride isn't a 45 minute commute ride. It's more like 2 hrs+. Let's put it this way..my firehouse is on west 43rd St in Manhattan..29 miles door to door from my house in Port Chester...a 30-45 minute ride without traffic. If I don't leave my house by 6 am to go in for the day shift and 3:30 for a night shift..my commute goes from 30-45 minutes to 1.5 hr +.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I live in metro Boston and know a lot of BC fans. What many of them are is fickle. If BC wins, it will have little trouble filling the stands. They do this now for hockey. Basketball has been terrible for so long many BC fans pretend it doesn't exist. Football, if it gets back to 8-9 win seasons will be fine. The 5% number is low if anything, and would be much higher is they were doing well.
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Every experience is different. I have lived in the metro for 20 years, am an alumni of BC, and even today spend an unhealthy amount of time in the local bars. I have always found the BC following to be laughably bad, even when they field decent teams. Aside from the uconn hate, they suffer from Bu/Nu hate, anti-Catholic hate, Blue collar hate, and casual observer apathy. It is hard to identify with BC unless you are an alumni, and even then you may already have deeper rooted passions developed before school. They have leveraged the media and tie-ins with the Red Sox well, yet they are still invisible to most people. I think OSU probably doubles or triples there active fanbase downtown.
 
Drew said:
Nothing against you personally, I think its hilarious that people do this. They'll take the train 90+ minutes to work each way every day but won't drive somewhere that's 45 minutes away because it's "too far"
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I will drive anywhere. So that isn't me.
 
Drew said:
Nothing against you personally, I think its hilarious that people do this. They'll take the train 90+ minutes to work each way every day but won't drive somewhere that's 45 minutes away because it's "too far"
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The problem in CT (and NY, NJ and to a lesser degree Boston and Philly) is that a 45 minute train ride is a 45 minute train ride just about every day whereas the same 45 minute drive on a Sunday morning can easily be a 3 hour drive on a Friday night in the summer or winter.
 
auggie22 said:
Every experience is different. I have lived in the metro for 20 years, am an alumni of BC, and even today spend an unhealthy amount of time in the local bars. I have always found the BC following to be laughably bad, even when they field decent teams. Aside from the uconn hate, they suffer from Bu/Nu hate, anti-Catholic hate, Blue collar hate, and casual observer apathy. It is hard to identify with BC unless you are an alumni, and even then you may already have deeper rooted passions developed before school. They have leveraged the media and tie-ins with the Red Sox well, yet they are still invisible to most people. I think OSU probably doubles or triples there active fanbase downtown.
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I lived in Boston a while and overall agree. Even the most obnoxious BC Alumni, the Triple Eagles, are very fair weather. That said, I have found that some of the most loyal BC fans are the locals who went to St. Anslem's, St. Micheal's, and Stonehill and do not have a BC degree.
 
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Mr. Conehead said:
I have walked past that station many times trying to get away from the tourist hordes in Times Square on the way to one meeting or another. For being a NYC firefighter, thank you.
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Thanks...I think I know the one you're talking about..it's on 43 st just east of 6th Ave...my firehouse is actually all the way west about a block and a half from the Hudson and the Circle Line.
 
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ams-with-the-most-alums-on-nfl-week-1-rosters

» The non-Power 5 conference school (plus Notre Dame) with the most players currently in the NFL? This one might surprise you. It's not Boise State, Fresno State, Central Florida, or any of the powerhouses of the MAC. It's Connecticut. UConn had 17 players players on 53-man Week 1 NFL rosters. That's impressive stuff for a program that hasn't won more than five games in a season since 2010 -- including a dismal 2-10 campaign in 2014. Coming out of that two-win season, UConn produced a first-round draft pick in 2015, cornerback Byron Jones. In the past three drafts, UConn had nine players drafted. That's more than high-profile traditional powers such as Texas (5), Auburn (7), Michigan (7), Tennessee (7) and Miami (8).
 
Dooley said:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ams-with-the-most-alums-on-nfl-week-1-rosters

» The non-Power 5 conference school (plus Notre Dame) with the most players currently in the NFL? This one might surprise you. It's not Boise State, Fresno State, Central Florida, or any of the powerhouses of the MAC. It's Connecticut. UConn had 17 players players on 53-man Week 1 NFL rosters. That's impressive stuff for a program that hasn't won more than five games in a season since 2010 -- including a dismal 2-10 campaign in 2014. Coming out of that two-win season, UConn produced a first-round draft pick in 2015, cornerback Byron Jones. In the past three drafts, UConn had nine players drafted. That's more than high-profile traditional powers such as Texas (5), Auburn (7), Michigan (7), Tennessee (7) and Miami (8).
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You want this added to your OP?
 
FDNY99 said:
You want this added to your OP?
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Yeah, sure. It's relevant, especially for those people out there who think UConn football brings nothing to the table. Thanks!
 
Dooley said:
Yeah, sure. It's relevant, especially for those people out there who think UConn football brings nothing to the table. Thanks!
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I'll add it to the end...
 
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My buddy in Austin sent me this today after I sent him the draft stats for NFL, NBA, MLB.
"Veddy interesting…..the MLB part was surprising to me with OU having more draft picks than Texas. Chip has ur stuff and I also posted some of it. It was generally well rec’d. Most eyes were opened over the NFL roster stats. Keep banging your drum."
 
Skiblets said:
T-Sam high fiving me at 2:32. What a weekend that was!
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I was on that wall too. I had screen shot that at one point in the DVR back when I first saw that.. Must have been right next to you
 
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Drew said:
Nothing against you personally, I think its hilarious that people do this. They'll take the train 90+ minutes to work each way every day but won't drive somewhere that's 45 minutes away because it's "too far"
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That's so true. I take the train to work and live on the shoreline, but I make it to every home football game and every home basketball game at the XL
 
Dooley said:
From another thread I found but wanted to add it here: Connecticut has (or had in 2013) 24 players in the NFL. That is as many as OK, AR, and IN. That number is more than most of the B1G states. Connecticut is not an "awful" recruiting ground by those metrics.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/J_G3Ol...ery-active-nfl-player-went-to-high-school.htm

http://the-boneyard.com/threads/connecticut-hs-players-in-nfl-a-surprising.33875/
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You should post this in frank the tank's timeline - he recently posted about our "terrible" recruiting territory. I already posted there about the number of UConn grads in the NFL (in response to a comment made by the Dude).
 
mavblues said:
You should post this in frank the tank's timeline - he recently posted about our "terrible" recruiting territory. I already posted there about the number of UConn grads in the NFL (in response to a comment made by the Dude).
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Those were good tweets you added in there Mavblues...he's on the run and reaching now for anything....That guy Soonergrad04 is a ignorant tool...LOL
 
Drew said:
this times 10000x

when I came to UConn from North Carolina I was shocked that the entire southern section of Connecticut basically considers itself a NYC suburb. Still is bizarre to me to this day
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I've lived nearly my entire (55 years to date) life in lower Fairfield County (all but four years of undergrad and another four in the mid 1990's in the middle of the state, and in each stint I spent plenty of time down here). What I don't get is why some don't understand why we consider ourselves New Yorkers.
 
FDNY99 said:
Those were good tweets you added in there Mavblues...he's on the run and reaching now for anything....That guy Soonergrad04 is a ignorant tool...LOL
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Thanks. Some idiot just tweeted that we don't move the needle in NYC any more than Fordham. Just another example of the perception that's (unfortunately) out there...
 
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The Fiesta Bowl were the legend has it we were destroyed by a team we did not belong on the field with. That's a myth that insults both UConn and a fine Sooner team
Connecticut Oklahoma
Rushing 120 yards 95
Passing. 242. 429
Return. 299. 95
Including a kickoff return of 95 yds
Entering the 4th Qtr the score was 34-20 with UConn driving
Todman was a beast
The Sooner folks in front of us were squirming in their seats as a Huskie TD would have made it a one possession game with plenty of time left
InStead our QB threw a pick six which ended our hopes.
Were they better than us yes ? We couldn't stop the Landry Jones hurry up short passing game.
But we fought then tooth an nail.
 
In fairness to our QB, the two OU pick six's went off the hands of our WR's c

That item excepted, AZPop is fully correct in his post.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I've lived nearly my entire (55 years to date) life in lower Fairfield County (all but four years of undergrad and another four in the mid 1990's in the middle of the state, and in each stint I spent plenty of time down here). What I don't get is why some don't understand why we consider ourselves New Yorkers.
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Because you live in CT?
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Because you live in CT?
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To add to my earlier post:

If you're from New York (Westchester or NYC) you think Connecticut is in your backyard. If you're from Fairfield County you know NYC is in your backyard.

Taking a run to Manhattan is easy, doesn't take much time and on impulse you can decide to head out any time from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. I may be very biased on this but the way I see it this is the best place in the world to live.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
To add to my earlier post:

If you're from New York (Westchester or NYC) you think Connecticut is in your backyard. If you're from Fairfield County you know NYC is in your backyard.

Taking a run to Manhattan is easy, doesn't take much time and on impulse you can decide to head out any time from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. I may be very biased on this but the way I see it this is the best place in the world to live.
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I don't know. I grew up in North Jersey and could take NJ transit from a station within walking distance to the house and never considered myself a New Yorker for anything. Hey to each it's calzone.
 
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