Who are UConn's Top 5 Football Rivalries?

[junglehusky]

I do hope that if conference realignment results in UConn leaving the NNBE, Rutgers winds up coming with us. For one thing we'll still have hilarious posts by RU fans who leave out the part of the record when UConn was still in the process of upgrading and Rutgers had full scholarships. Because it would be unfair to count that!

 

[BugsyCT]

Top rivals (based on geography & fan rivalry):

1. BCU (hopefully we'll see games against them again)
2. Rutgers
3. Cuse
4. Temple
5. UMass (could become a good on-the-field rivalry once they get competitive at the FBS level and they're on our schedule)

Top rivals (based on who we actually play consistently):

1. Rutgers
2. Cuse (soon to be replaced by Temple)
3. Pitt (replaced by...?)
4. UofL
5. USF

 

[JaYnYcE]

1. Rutgers
2. Syracuse
3. UMass
4. Yale
5. URI?

I left out BC because we only played them 3 times.

And lost. I don't think you can have a rivalry be so one sided.



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[UConnDan97]

And lost. I don't think you can have a rivalry be so one sided.



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It's funny; I know a couple of BC alums that used to think we were basketball rivals, even though we had beaten them 23 times in a row! I think that this particular rivalry has become "institutional" rather than "football-only"...

 

[ConnHuskBask]

And lost. I don't think you can have a rivalry be so one sided.



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Not sure if you are a baseball fan or not, but Yankees Red Sox is a pretty good rivalry and pre-2004 that was about as 1-sided as it could get.

 

[Adios]

I left out BC because we only played them 3 times.

0-10-2 - 1908-1909, 1912-1913, 1915, 1927, 2000, 2002-2004

I count ten games there. Would have to figure out how it's 12.

 

[Adios]

Example #1 of why I can't stand Rutgirls : Fans with delusions of grandeur, when they have have won absolutely squat. Must really chap your ass that we have won multiple Big East championships in so many fewer years than you guys.

Have mercy on them. The only national championship they have in anything was in 1869.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

0-10-2 - 1908-1909, 1912-1913, 1915, 1927, 2000, 2002-2004

I count ten games there. Would have to figure out how it's 12.

You'll have to forgive me for only counting post-Great Depression meetings between the schools.

 

[SubbaBub]

...I think that this particular rivalry has become "institutional" rather than "football-only"...

The institutional nature of the rivalry is derived from FB, which is why they are #1. Any announced game would sell-out at either stadium and would fill a good chunk of Gillette if played there. RU is a rival almost by default. The eye of hatred gazes northeast.

 

[UConnDan97]

The institutional nature of the rivalry is derived from FB, which is why they are #1. Any announced game would sell-out at either stadium and would fill a good chunk of Gillette if played there. RU is a rival almost by default. The eye of hatred gazes northeast.

There's a lot of truth to that, but I also feel like there is an "NYC angst" between Rutgers and UConn. We battle primarily with those two programs for our recruits (and perhaps Syracuse). That's also another reason why I think they are our top three rivalries. But hatred for sure....lots of hatred...

 

[JaYnYcE]

Not sure if you are a baseball fan or not, but Yankees Red Sox is a pretty good rivalry and pre-2004 that was about as 1-sided as it could get.

That's not comparable. As one sided as those games may have been, Boston did win a game or two. I don't know our history with BC prior to FBS for the record.


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[sportsjunky1]

I would love for Uconn to make a new rival with Alabama. Those games would be so exciting!

 

[weyuo]

1. BC- If the world was coming to an end and you could only play one more game, who's butt would you want to kick just one last time?

2. UMass- We still owe them a few more beatings. Trust me, it won't be long and this will be THE rivalry game once again. The schools are too close to each other for it not to be. Wait till they have a winning season and start bragging about how they play in a pro stadium. A few years from now people will have completely forgotten that there was a 10-15 year break.

3. Rutgers- They were good back in the 1800's and their annoying fans are still gloating about it. How sad is that? We've had some good games with these guys and each year the rivalry seems to be getting more serious. Now that Coach P is here we're going to be stealing more recruits from right under their nose and that's just gonna add more fuel to the fire. That and the fact that for some dumb reason they seem to get picked higher than us ever year in pre-season predictions.

4. Syracuse- It always feels good when we beat those smug communications majors and maybe that's why so many of them that work at ESPN like to slight us every chance they get. I'm sure Coach P will still get them on the schedule. Some day when everyone comes to their senses we'll be in a league together again.

5. Temple- Was going to say Louisville but their main rivalries are Cincy and Kentucky. We're just an afterthought and a rivalry has to go two ways. Temple beat us the last time we played and I'm sure it won't take them long to start giving us a good fight. It won't be long before their bloggers find the Boneyard and start bragging about how they were Div 1 back in the day and had a good team.........once.

 

[uconNYC]

If we played them every year and the games meant something it would be:

1) BC
2) SU
3) RU
4) UMass

Don't think there is any other school in the mix unless URI were to move up to FBS (never going to happen)

As it stands now:

1) RU
2) SU

and that's about it.

 

[HuskyBarker]

I'm giving a list of Predicted Future Rivalries from teams we will be playing.
1.) Boise State
2.) Rutgirls
3.) Temple
4.) USF
5.) Louisville tied w/ Cincy

 

[BlueMAB]

We have 5??

Rutgers
Cuse
USF

Temple has a very good chance at being the next rivalry based on the close games, and number of recruits from the respective states playing for the other team.

 

[sportsart]

I would love for Uconn to make a new rival with Alabama. Those games would be so exciting!

Once we schedule games with the Giants and Patriots, then we go after Alabama. Let's not get a head of ourselves.

 

[Excalibur]

That's not comparable. As one sided as those games may have been, Boston did win a game or two. I don't know our history with BC prior to FBS for the record.


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Record is irrelevant. Fan hatred is all that matters. BC definitely qualifies.

 

[John Greene]

Based soley on the number of bytes dedicated to them on the Boneyard I would say the top 5 are:

1 BCU
2 Rutgirls
3 BC
4Syralose
5 ESPN

Yes I do know 1 & 3 are the same.

 

[JaYnYcE]

Record is irrelevant. Fan hatred is all that matters. BC definitely qualifies.

Record has to count for something. We can hate each other all we want but no one is going to believe its a legit rival if BC has won an astounding amount of the times compared to us.


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[Jimmy Serrano]

Record has to count for something. We can hate each other all we want but no one is going to believe its a legit rival if BC has won an astounding amount of the times compared to us.


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We played them 3 times since we moved up. We were competitive in 2 of those games. The hatred from both sides comes from essentially the same place.

From BCU's side.......by not playing us they can continue to hide behind the fallacy that they are a superior program.

From UConn's side.......we hate them because they hide behind said fallacy.

We would've destroyed them the last couple of years. And would destroy them this year as well. Deep down inside, they know it.

 

[Excalibur]

Record has to count for something. We can hate each other all we want but no one is going to believe its a legit rival if BC has won an astounding amount of the times compared to us.


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It's not astounding if the sample size is too small.

 

[JaYnYcE]

We played them 3 times since we moved up. We were competitive in 2 of those games. The hatred from both sides comes from essentially the same place.

From BCU's side.......by not playing us they can continue to hide behind the fallacy that they are a superior program.

From UConn's side.......we hate them because they hide behind said fallacy.

We would've destroyed them the last couple of years. And would destroy them this year as well. Deep down inside, they know it.

I believe you.

I've got a story. My girlfriend thought that playing video games with me would be a great bonding experience. I'm thinking I have nothing to lose so I agree. I would absolutely destroy Alabama with UCONN. She picked them because they were number 1. Little did I know that she had been practicing and playing NCAA 2010 while I wasn't around and getting pretty good. Long story short, the very last game we played she was winning with about 2 mins left and I whipped out every cheap, automatic go to play that I know will gain a certain amount of yards and let the time run out. 10 seconds left, I run it in with Todman and the good guys won. She was pissed, because that had been the closest she had ever gotten to beating me, and hated the fact that I ran out the clock.

I haven't played her since.

Guy code.


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[pepband99]

Record has to count for something. We can hate each other all we want but no one is going to believe its a legit rival if BC has won an astounding amount of the times compared to us.

BS. Exhibit A - Marshall vs WVU. Marshall's never won. Ever.

 

[JaYnYcE]

BS. Exhibit A - Marshall vs WVU. Marshall's never won. Ever.

A) They're in the same state. I think thats a completely different story. B) They've been playing each other for a lot longer than UCONN/BC. As someone stated, we've only played 3 games. They've won all 3. They left. Feelings got hurt and we haven't played them in almost a decade.


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[Excalibur]

A) They're in the same state. I think thats a completely different story. B) They've been playing each other for a lot longer than UCONN/BC. As someone stated, we've only played 3 games. They've won all 3. They left. Feelings got hurt and we haven't played them in almost a decade.


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So, WVU-Marshall is allowed to be a rivalry, although even more lopsided, because of proximity?

Distance from Morgantown to Huntington, WV -- 205 miles

Distance from Storrs to Chestnut Hill -- 80 Miles.

 

[JaYnYcE]

So, WVU-Marshall is allowed to be a rivalry, although even more lopsided, because of proximity?

Distance from Morgantown to Huntington, WV -- 205 miles

Distance from Storrs to Chestnut Hill -- 80 Miles.

It's not the proximity, it's the fact that fans who grow up in WVU will root for one school and hate the other. Did people in CT grow up cheering for BC? BC along with Cuse were established football programs. However, I think it's an entirely different story when you're trying to compare schools in states with one FBS school to a state with multiple.

Does BC consider UCONN a rival? If not, then it's hard to buy a rivalry if one fanbase thinks there is one and the other doesn't.


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[Excalibur]

It's not the proximity, it's the fact that fans who grow up in WVU will root for one school and hate the other. Did people in CT grow up cheering for BC? BC along with Cuse were established football programs. However, I think it's an entirely different story when you're trying to compare schools in states with one FBS school to a state with multiple.

Does BC consider UCONN a rival? If not, then it's hard to buy a rivalry if one fanbase thinks there is one and the other doesn't.


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BC fans hate UConn and UConn fans. Again, that's all that matters.

 

[pepband99]

A) They're in the same state. I think thats a completely different story. B) They've been playing each other for a lot longer than UCONN/BC. As someone stated, we've only played 3 games. They've won all 3. They left. Feelings got hurt and we haven't played them in almost a decade.


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WVU and Marshall have only played 12 times. 4 of those 12 were <= 1923. It's much more similar than you think, but the key point is, NOBODY will accuse them of not being rivals.

 

[JaYnYcE]

BC fans hate UConn and UConn fans. Again, that's all that matters.

No it doesn't. And I didn't ask that. We can agree to disagree though.


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