UConn to open season at Barclays Center

[Alum86]

There are a lot of UConn basketball fans who don't care about UConn football. I think that fact is unfortunate, but it is reality. A lot of it will depend on how good the football team is. People will be more likely to travel to Brooklyn to see a fresh and exciting basketball team if we're subjected to more of what we've seen the last two years in football.[/quote

If they think an early hoop game trumps mid to late home football then they are not really Husky fans.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

What are you talking about? The lack of offense the last two years? The powerhouse running game before that? The defense? Which is the most hard-hitting and talented D in the conference?

Some of you guys are too much. I don't find UConn football games all that entertaining. It's a personal preference. Doesn't make you right - as hard as that is for you to fathom - or me wrong. It's an opinion.

Defense looked transcendent against Syracuse, by the way. Cincinnati too. Western Mich too, I guess. Offense carried them against South Florida, Temple and Rutgers, I suppose.

 

[upstater]

Some of you guys are too much. I don't find UConn football games all that entertaining. It's a personal preference. Doesn't make you right - as hard as that is for you to fathom - or me wrong. It's an opinion.

Defense looked transcendent against Syracuse, by the way. Cincinnati too. Western Mich too, I guess. Offense carried them against South Florida, Temple and Rutgers, I suppose.

I'm just asking you what you don't like about their style of play. I enjoyed a few of their games this year. Yes. I enjoyed the Maryland and Louisville games quite a bit. The Ville game was a clinic in hard-hitting D. All I asked you was what you didn't like.

 

[whaler11]

Well, try harder I guess. And if you didn't understand my last post, there's no chance you'll understand this, but here goes: I don't dispute the importance of having a top flight football program, I just think UConn football games are incredibly un-entertaining. That's all I'm saying. Reflect on that for a minute or two before you post another comment completely misrepresenting what I said. Shouldn't be too tough for someone as smart as you, right?

That's fine. You've got your stake in the ground. Thankfully you are in a minority and the Rent will be rocking for Michigan and Maryland.

 

[whaler11]

I'm just asking you what you don't like about their style of play. I enjoyed a few of their games this year. Yes. I enjoyed the Maryland and Louisville games quite a bit. The Ville game was a clinic in hard-hitting D. All I asked you was what you didn't like.

It's nothing about the style. He just doesn't care about UConn football. Hopefully he goes to Brooklyn with a few thousand friends to improve the showing there.

I don't know if he falls in this crowd but if I meet another Notre Dame football/UConn baskeball fan I'll lose my mind.

 

[CAHUSKY]

It's nothing about the style. He just doesn't care about UConn football. Hopefully he goes to Brooklyn with a few thousand friends to improve the showing there.

I don't know if he falls in this crowd but if I meet another Notre Dame football/UConn baskeball fan I'll lose my mind.

Maybe he just doesn't like football. I find that odd but plenty of folks don't. Doesn't make him a bad guy.

 

[whaler11]

Maybe he just doesn't like football. I find that odd but plenty of folks don't. Doesn't make him a bad guy.

You'll have to link to my post where I claim he's a bad guy.

 

[CAHUSKY]

You'll have to link to my post where I claim he's a bad guy.

whaler11 said: ↑
Right - we have basketball fans who hate the fact the football program exists. Yet somehow if a conference accepts UConn it will be because they sponsor football. Can't wait to watch you attempt to reconcile someday.

While you dont call him a bad guy you do suggest he hates the fact that UCONN Ahasva football program and, to a huge UCONN football fan like you, that's probably worse insult.

 

[aceboon]

*shrugs* I like football, my 2nd favorite sport after basketball and I played varsity all through HS, UConn football is just a very unappealing product. Even when they were moderately successful under Edsall and were going to bowl games there just wasn't much appealing about the style of play on offense to draw me in. I root for them to do well, hope they have success because its good for the school/program and will only help with conf realignment but they hold the same stature as the UConn women with me. I'm kind of surprised you guys are acting like this, there's quite a few who feel this way.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

It's nothing about the style. He just doesn't care about UConn football. Hopefully he goes to Brooklyn with a few thousand friends to improve the showing there.

I don't know if he falls in this crowd but if I meet another Notre Dame football/UConn baskeball fan I'll lose my mind.

Get over yourself, guy. You're absurd. If UConn football put an enjoyable product on the field I'd be more compelled to watch. I think Pasqualoni is a dead-ender and I find their games intensely boring. I'd say I'm sorry that you don't approve of that but frankly I don't give a ****. I hope they do well but I'm not compelled to watch. Would I rather watch Oregon or Alabama play? Sure, but that doesn't mean I root for those teams. It means I've got a busy life and when I tune into a college football game I want to be entertained. The horror, right? And yup, I will be at Barclays. Does that make you mad?

Also, in my experience, I've never met a UConn basketball / Notre Dame football fan. I think the more likely pairing is Duke / ND. But hey, you're the czar of sports fandom. No idea why you're so insecure.

 

[businesslawyer]

No

Get over yourself, guy. You're absurd. If UConn football put an enjoyable product on the field I'd be more compelled to watch. I think Pasqualoni is a dead-ender and I find their games intensely boring. I'd say I'm sorry that you don't approve of that but frankly I don't give a ****. I hope they do well but I'm not compelled to watch. Would I rather watch Oregon or Alabama play? Sure, but that doesn't mean I root for those teams. It means I've got a busy life and when I tune into a college football game I want to be entertained. The horror, right? And yup, I will be at Barclays. Does that make you mad?

Also, in my experience, I've never met a UConn basketball / Notre Dame football fan. I think the more likely pairing is Duke / ND. But hey, you're the czar of sports fandom. No idea why you're so insecure.

Nope. If you are a fan of a school, you don't abandon them because you don't like the style of product or because they are not successful enough. Consumers get to do that. Fans don't.

 

[CAHUSKY]

No


Nope. If you are a fan of a school, you don't abandon them because you don't like the style of product or because they are not successful enough. Consumers get to do that. Fans don't.

Fans who are casual football fans do. I find it odd and don't understand it but lots of folks are casual fans and only watch when they win.

 

[noeynox]

He is a fan of UConn basketball, not UConn football. We don't root for the kids in chemistry classes, we root for sports teams.

Style of play matters to casual fans. It doesn't to the die hards on the football board. We're the schmucks that sit in freezing rain against USF, in a Monsoon against Louisville, and in near frostbite conditions last year against Cincinnati.

So yeah, Edsall/P, the product they put on the field is not gonna lure you a lot of new fans. You either have to be wildly successful or wildly entertaining i.e pass happy offense with lots of offense. This is something I could never really explain when describing why I wasn't an Edsall fan, but here some UConn basketball fans are doing a great job.

 

[whaler11]

Get over yourself, guy. You're absurd. If UConn football put an enjoyable product on the field I'd be more compelled to watch. I think Pasqualoni is a dead-ender and I find their games intensely boring. I'd say I'm sorry that you don't approve of that but frankly I don't give a ****. I hope they do well but I'm not compelled to watch. Would I rather watch Oregon or Alabama play? Sure, but that doesn't mean I root for those teams. It means I've got a busy life and when I tune into a college football game I want to be entertained. The horror, right? And yup, I will be at Barclays. Does that make you mad?

Also, in my experience, I've never met a UConn basketball / Notre Dame football fan. I think the more likely pairing is Duke / ND. But hey, you're the czar of sports fandom. No idea why you're so insecure.

Like I said you don't care about UConn football. Not sure what you are arguing. That's fine if you don't care you don't care.

I hope all the UConn basketball fans who don't like UConn football head to Brooklyn. Most of our fanbase would prefer to stay home and watch on TV so I applaud everyone who makes the effort to attend in person.

How am I the czar of sports fandom because I'm sick of UConn basketball fans who are fans of Notre Dame football? I guess I can only hope they are entertaining enough someday to attract more fans, hopefully it happens soon enough that the program stays above water long enough to get to a suitable conference.

 

[whaler11]

*shrugs* I like football, my 2nd favorite sport after basketball and I played varsity all through HS, UConn football is just a very unappealing product. Even when they were moderately successful under Edsall and were going to bowl games there just wasn't much appealing about the style of play on offense to draw me in. I root for them to do well, hope they have success because its good for the school/program and will only help with conf realignment but they hold the same stature as the UConn women with me. I'm kind of surprised you guys are acting like this, there's quite a few who feel this way.

Well since we are having the conversation it does annoy me that there are UConn basketball fans who look down their noses at the football program and act as if it's not worth their time.

Many of them make your argument that the style of play is unappealing. 10 years ago when the style of play wasn't appealing the argument was that it took resources from basketball.

Connecticut is a strange place. I know of no other place where people would wear their disdain of other local teams on their sleeves. There were plenty of UConn fans who treated the Whalers with disgust and plenty of Whalers fans who felt the same way about UConn.

Can anyone name another school where so many fans of one program treat another program like some UConn basketball fans treat the football program?

 

[Northbound]

I love football, but was weaned on SEC football and honestly the UCONN' football experience Isnt that great for me. It's an off campus venue, no tradition, tailgating isn't great. I give the program credit for making strides and it may get there someday. I've gone plenty to support and have hosted tailgates there, but it doesn't measure up to my expectstions and what I grew up with. I'd rather spend an afternoon at Neyland, Williams Brice, Florida Field, etc. and yes I understand the vast head start they have. So if I have to make a choice on what to attend it would be hoops. I don't find it at all odd that people have their preference of sports, I find it odd that people wouldn't think that wasnt the case.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Can anyone name another school where so many fans of one program treat another program like some UConn basketball fans treat the football program?

Duke.

 

[upstater]

I'm not a fan of B12 ping pong offensive football. I find it dreadful. The SEC is great, they play some tough D. UConn took one of those SEC teams to the woodshed with great D a couple years ago. I do enjoy watching UConn's D. But the offense is frighteningly bad and it has nothing to do with style. Back when they were racking up the rushing yards, it was very enjoyable.

 

[whaler11]

Duke.

Well so long as you realize you have a lot in common with Duke basketball fans. Not something I'd brag about but to each their own.

 

[CAHUSKY]

[quote="whaler11, post: 558235, member: 676"
Can anyone name another school where so many fans of one program treat another program like some UConn basketball fans treat the football program?[/quote]

Kansas, Kentucky

 

[noeynox]

I'm not a fan of B12 ping pong offensive football. I find it dreadful. The SEC is great, they play some tough D. UConn took one of those SEC teams to the woodshed with great D a couple years ago. I do enjoy watching UConn's D. But the offense is frighteningly bad and it has nothing to do with style. Back when they were racking up the rushing yards, it was very enjoyable.

I enjoy their offense, their defense not so much. Would I rather have Oklahoma's offense or our offense in our bowl game against them? I liked their offense better. Like I said, if this fan base is going to grow further quickly, were going to have to become exciting or wildly successful. I think it's easier to play exciting football.

 

[Rico444]

You want to talk out of your *ss and say 16k. That's fine. Don't get pissy when it's pointed out that's a pipedream.

LOL, speaking of pipedreams, have fun with the Rent "rocking" when Louisville comes to town. It certainly will be rocking when Michigan comes in, but that's only because their fans are going to jam the stadium to the point where they added a few thousand extra seats.

You wonder why basketball fans look down on the football program? It's because of the idiotic football fan that makes ridiculous statements about how the football program will save the basketball program. Are you seriously that dense?

And let's hope whatever conference we end up in doesn't invite us based on our football program. That would be like a conference inviting Providence based on their basketball program.

To any football fan who reads the above and gets offended, I'm sorry. I don't root against UConn football; in fact, I like seeing them do well, and I hope they win this new conference the next 5 years. But they haven't accomplished anything yet, and when someone suggests that they are going to "save" our three-time national championship basketball program, it makes zero sense to me.

 

[CAHUSKY]

LOL, speaking of pipedreams, have fun with the Rent "rocking" when Louisville comes to town. It certainly will be rocking when Michigan comes in, but that's only because their fans are going to jam the stadium to the point where they added a few thousand extra seats.

You wonder why basketball fans look down on the football program? It's because of the idiotic football fan that makes ridiculous statements about how the football program will save the basketball program. Are you seriously that dense?

And let's hope whatever conference we end up in doesn't invite us based on our football program. That would be like a conference inviting Providence based on their basketball program.

To any football fan who reads the above and gets offended, I'm sorry. I don't root against UConn football; in fact, I like seeing them do well, and I hope they win this new conference the next 5 years. But they haven't accomplished anything yet, and when someone suggests that they are going to "save" our three-time national championship basketball program, it makes zero sense to me.

I was agreeing with some of your earlier posts but you just lost me. I appreciate you not being a football fan but being openly hostile towards any Uconn sport totally mystifies me.

 

[noeynox]

Well, without that football program, the best you could ever hope for is the C7/Big East conference. To some that is enough I guess. I would like to play in a basketball league, with the likes of SU, Pitt, UNC, Duke, or Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State. Now we may never, play in either, but I think you get the point. And no I'm not offended.

 

[housekeys]

re: our football program- But they haven't accomplished anything yet, and when someone suggests that they are going to "save" our three-time national championship basketball program, it makes zero sense to me.

Well by that line of reasoning, the 3 time hoops program should have been enough to get us into a better conference than we are in now, but...what the hell happened? Like it or not, football does matter. It matters a lot. In the absence of success in football, you guys are right: thank god for JC/Geno and our hoops program.

Looks like we have 2 types of fans on the BY. Sport specific and fans of the school. I like to think I am the latter. I would rather watch UConn polo NC game than LSU v Alabama football or Duke v Kentucky hoops. But that's me.