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Message: [QUOTE="Mistakebythelake90, post: 848879, member: 721"] Here's the deal Minnesota fans. Literally every game we play, we get the same reaction from opposing fans. Part of it has to do with being a new conference, and playing against schools for the first time. Part of it has to do with the fact that people still think Syracuse is a 2-10 team coached by Greg Robinson. But in the week leading up to each game, we've heard the same exact thing. "We should destroy them." "We should feel ashamed if we lose." "It won't even be close." Now some schools have been right in their predictions, but the large majority have not. Going into the week before playing BC, all we heard was how their heisman contender was going to run all over us. For Maryland, NC State, and Wake Forest, losing to us was the actual worst thing to happen to their programs. Despite not playing our eventual starting Quarterback, we still probably should have won against Penn State, and would have been much closer with Northwestern. And now we get to Minnesota, and see a team with a similar program and stature, and wonder where the bravado comes from. Minnesota has been one of the dregs of the B1G for years. As someone who lives in B1G country, I can tell you that outside of their fanbases, Minnesota gets about as much national attention as Syracuse does. If coach Kill didn't have the medical problems he does, Minnesota wouldn't even make the national news. Minnesota has had a nice year, but nothing to inspire the sort of braggadocio thats been going on. At best, Minnesota is a little better than Syracuse, but in program status, season, and stats, the teams are very similar. So, to be talked down to by Minnesota is frankly a little astounding. It would be one thing if it were Ohio State, Alabama, FSU, Clemson, Oregon, or other national powers that were looking down on us. But Minnesota? They've been just as terrible as us the past few years. Say what you want about the Big East/ACC, but the B1G has been carried by Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Michigan State the past few years. Outside of the top teams, the B1G has been every bit as mediocre as the Big East/ACC. So forgive us if we're a little arrogant/upset ON OUR OWN BOARD about yet another team talking crap about our school and our program. [/QUOTE]

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