Official Boneyard Unintentional Hilarity Thread.

[DoctorBombay]

What I long for is the day when you guys can make a thread like this about Duke and UNC, teams we're actually supposed to care about... lol.

I dont dislike you Dasher, I was just looking for some debate and without reading the thread I made an assumption that there wasnt a decent amount of Boneyard folks participating, which I suppose could have been wrong. It's just part of who I am to dislike seeing defenseless beatings...kind of a public defender mentality.

Seriously though, I wish folks could find a tenth of this obsession about our current conference members. Im guessing that wont happen until we're no longer the victims of such disgraceful beatdowns? So I'm guessing that is some displacement of frustration on someone you prefer to think of as lesser, though they beat us every other year, despite the great disadvantages you folks mockingly say they face. Am I the only one who sees the irony and humor of it all? I've truly moved on, and am rooting for you guys to hopefully do the same and find something to say about our superbowls. I mean, I think we have a legit shot this season to not get bent over like we have been, and possibly even win!

Dasher, I do want to express appreciation for you helping the guy out, even though you ruthlessly mock his team. It's just hard for me to accept that the irony of this isnt visible to anyone else. Maybe I need to go buy a 12 pack to help me get it? lol

I'll just say it plainly. You guys still have a bone for Uconn.

What you seem to miss, with a somewhat rambling incoherence, is that UConn, unlike Rutgers football for example, has actually earned their rivalry status w/ SU. “Six OTs” being only one example of the competitive nature of said rivalry, one built over years of tough wins and bitter losses...on BOTH sides! How you can begin to equate that well-earned animosity, with the relatively new-born head butting w/ the Dukes and UNCs in our new conference, is frankly mindboggling. We mock UConn, and vice-versa, mostly because of our shared history together. Nothing wrong with that at all, and it definitely isn’t an indication of obsession IMO, mostly because UCONN has earned even a begrudging respect thru their accomplishments. The fact that they’re struggling and dying on the vine is of great pleasure to our fanbase, because we can jeer from the sidelines and watch as they squirm.
I’ve often railed on these forums about the unhealthy obsession that some SU fans have with Rutgers football. Why...because they, IMHO, have never earned such attention that only a true rival deserves. They’ve never won anything of meaning, yet some continue to shower them with an attention that’s undeserved.
UConn OTOH, has won and won big. They deserve our loathing and hatred because they’ve proved it where it counts, on the court...and not just on some message board. The rivalry is real, so yes...our mocking at their situation is not only acceptable, it is expected.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

I mean, do we even have a current rivalry? Am I the only one who misses that, instead of living in the past? Short post. Maybe the Bonnies/Johnnies, lol?

I'm not sure that any school has as many legit rivals as Syracuse Basketball. Football is where we are lacking one especially since WVU will likely never schedule us again they want to play Pitt annually not us. And Pitt feels the way about WVU that WVU feels about us they want to play PSU annually not WVU.

We are probably UVA's biggest rival after the Elite 8 game. VT isn't relevant enough for them.

We have beaten Duke 3 times since joining the league and played some epic games vs them.

Those are our 2 'new' ACC rivals. Maryland would be the third if they hadn't left.

Pitt considers us their biggest rival in BB. St Johns probably considers us bigger rivals than any NBE school. Gtown definitely considers us bigger rivals than any NBE school. Nova might as well. Kansas and IU consider us rivals even if we don't play them often. BC considers us their biggest rival after ND.

There isn't anyone close to being as hated as us in the AACK to uconn fans.

Our schedule is excellent we've made a final four and a sweet 16 in 2 years where we should have been playing in the NIT because of good scheduling. The new conference is great and the best part about it is that uconn got left out. But I love that we haven't ran away from former Big East foes and have scheduled all of them since we went to the ACC.

My only requests are for some home and homes with west coast school like UCLA or Arizona.

 

[Hoo's That]

The Elite Eight and beating you when you were undefeated are big drivers, plus how important SU was to the Big East’s rep/mystique/etc. The Twerps were a much bigger rival for us than VPI could ever hope to be.

 

[Hoo's That]

While not from the Boneyard, it is UConn craziness related.

UConn fan sent death threats to Pat Summitt.

 

[TexanMark]

UConn STH'ers for Football has declined from 27.5K to 9k. They have embraced their G5.

UConn Football Season Ticket Sales Down Sharply From Last Season

 

[DeGrozz]

UConn STH'ers for Football has declined from 27.5K to 9k. They have embraced their G5.

UConn Football Season Ticket Sales Down Sharply From Last Season

No doubt DeLaney now sees UConn as a value play for the B1G. Get them now for cheap before they are a powerhouse in a few years. UConn to the B1G is imminent.

Unless it's not.

 

[dasher]

No doubt DeLaney now sees UConn as a value play for the B1G. Get them now for cheap before they are a powerhouse in a few years. UConn to the B1G is imminent.

Unless it's not.

What's this cheap crap? Once the bidding starts for UConn it will be a feeding frenzy. My guess is that the Patriot league won't let them go this time.

 

[StopCoolio]

The same thing is happening to them in men's basketball. They've gone from 19th to 52nd in attendance in 15 years.

Year Rank Team Total Average
2002 19. Connecticut 15 205,640 13,709
2003 21. Connecticut 16 211,660 13,229
2004 20. Connecticut 18 243,876 13,549
2005 15. Connecticut 17 234,109 13,771
2006 19. Connecticut 16 223,176 13,948
2007 20. Connecticut 20 260,231 13,012
2008 32. Connecticut 17 202,082 11,887
2009 28. Connecticut 16 200,284 12,518
2010 34. Connecticut 19 222,024 11,685
2011 32. Connecticut 17 196,671 11,569
2012 26. Connecticut 17 214,873 12,640
2013 34. Connecticut 16 171,644 10,728
2014 40. UConn 18 182,416 10,134
2015 37. UConn 20 213,738 10,687
2016 40. UConn 17 177,027 10,413
2017 52. UConn 17 144,591 8,505

 

[CousCuse]

The Boneyard is foll of boneheads. They constantly argue against UMASS to the AAC. Yet if that were to happen, their rivalry would be intense. Just stupid northeast people who can't see the forest thru the trees.

 

[orange79]

The Boneyard is foll of boneheads. They constantly argue against UMASS to the AAC. Yet if that were to happen, their rivalry would be intense. Just stupid northeast people who can't see the forest thru the trees.

Football season is officially here.

 

[CousCuse]

Football season is officially here.

Hip-hip hooray. May the sun shine bright on our Orange this year and may Dino and his boys chart a season to remember.

 

[Hoo's That]

The Boneyard is foll of boneheads. They constantly argue against UMASS to the AAC. Yet if that were to happen, their rivalry would be intense. Just stupid northeast people who can't see the forest thru the trees.

But that would interfere with this intense rivalry.

 

[CousCuse]

But that would interfere with this intense rivalry.

Yup. That's the kind of idea boneheads come up with. When Uconn didn't come up to D1 football when the Bigeast was adding football it was really a short sighted bonehead play that in the long run helped the demise of the Bigeast conference. And when they sued the ACC and BC that also was quite boneheaded and helped keep them out of the ACC.

 

[TexanMark]

The same thing is happening to them in men's basketball. They've gone from 19th to 52nd in attendance in 15 years.

Year Rank Team Total Average
2002 19. Connecticut 15 205,640 13,709
2003 21. Connecticut 16 211,660 13,229
2004 20. Connecticut 18 243,876 13,549
2005 15. Connecticut 17 234,109 13,771
2006 19. Connecticut 16 223,176 13,948
2007 20. Connecticut 20 260,231 13,012
2008 32. Connecticut 17 202,082 11,887
2009 28. Connecticut 16 200,284 12,518
2010 34. Connecticut 19 222,024 11,685
2011 32. Connecticut 17 196,671 11,569
2012 26. Connecticut 17 214,873 12,640
2013 34. Connecticut 16 171,644 10,728
2014 40. UConn 18 182,416 10,134
2015 37. UConn 20 213,738 10,687
2016 40. UConn 17 177,027 10,413
2017 52. UConn 17 144,591 8,505

They can't fluff up their attendance anymore with teams coming in that actually draw fans and bring fans. The XL is a dump that is falling apart. Gampel is a nice little arena that harkens back to ECAC days. Unfortunately, Gampel isn't like Duke's small arena.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

The same thing is happening to them in men's basketball. They've gone from 19th to 52nd in attendance in 15 years.

Year Rank Team Total Average
2002 19. Connecticut 15 205,640 13,709
2003 21. Connecticut 16 211,660 13,229
2004 20. Connecticut 18 243,876 13,549
2005 15. Connecticut 17 234,109 13,771
2006 19. Connecticut 16 223,176 13,948
2007 20. Connecticut 20 260,231 13,012
2008 32. Connecticut 17 202,082 11,887
2009 28. Connecticut 16 200,284 12,518
2010 34. Connecticut 19 222,024 11,685
2011 32. Connecticut 17 196,671 11,569
2012 26. Connecticut 17 214,873 12,640
2013 34. Connecticut 16 171,644 10,728
2014 40. UConn 18 182,416 10,134
2015 37. UConn 20 213,738 10,687
2016 40. UConn 17 177,027 10,413
2017 52. UConn 17 144,591 8,505

You know you have officially reached a new low when your women's team is outdrawing your men's team. Heads should be rolling.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2019/Attendance.pdf
1. South Carolina 17 225,064 13,239
2. UConn 14 140,368 10,026

 

[DeGrozz]

You know you have officially reached a new low when your women's team is outdrawing your men's team. Heads should be rolling.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2019/Attendance.pdf
1. South Carolina 17 225,064 13,239
2. UConn 14 140,368 10,026

To be fair, the UConn women's basketball team is a national brand and they are extremely talented and fun to watch.

No shame for a middle-of-the-road, mid-major men's team to not be able to stack up to them when it comes to attendance.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

To be fair, the UConn women's basketball team is a national brand and they are extremely talented and fun to watch.

No shame for a middle-of-the-road, mid-major men's team to not be able to stack up to them when it comes to attendance.

Now you almost sound like a Boneyarder. I went back five years and last year was the only year the girls had a higher attendance figure. Feel free to go back further. Here is the link. With the millions of dollars at stake in the men's game, there are no excuses for being outdrawn. They did the right thing in replacing Ollie.
Women's Basketball Attendance

 

[DeGrozz]

Now you almost sound like a Boneyarder. I went back five years and last year was the only year the girls had a higher attendance figure. Feel free to go back further. Here is the link. With the millions of dollars at stake in the men's game, there are no excuses for being outdrawn. They did the right thing in replacing Ollie.
Women's Basketball Attendance

I wrote the first paragraph only so I could write the second paragraph about the men’s team.

It was tongue in cheek.

 

[OrangeDW]

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Can’t wait to return to blue blood status.

Sep 12, 2018

 

[orange79]

Huskyforlife
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Can’t wait to return to blue blood status.

Sep 12, 2018

 

[HOFCeluck]

Literally the ONLY thing they have over us is conference. That's it. Nothing else. Oh, and they have a bigger arena (but it's old).

• They are in a god awful location. Without Boeheim, why would anyone want to go up to that shitehole?
• They have a bit longer tradition, but with much less success less championships at every single level -- conf, conf tournament, NCAAs 4>1. Every non Syracuse basketball fan in the country wouldn't trade our history for their's.
• They've got an old-arse HOF coach (which is fine in the short term) who plays an outdated system that does NOT develop guys for the pros defensively--see their moribund pro alumni list. Our pro alumni list is better.
• The picker will probably kick the the bucket in a few years anyway. So they have that hanging over their head.
• It will be BEUUUUUTIFUL if Gerry Mac takes over lol
• They could very well go the way of BC.

Aaaay moqui sounds like this guys reading your posts.

 

[OrangeDW]

Aaaay moqui sounds like this guys reading your posts.

Lol at the location comment. Storrs makes Syracuse look like NYC.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Lol at the location comment. Storrs makes Syracuse look like NYC.

Also JB picks his nose. This town will never recover from such pwnage.

 

[OrangeDW]

Also JB picks his nose. This town will never recover from such pwnage.

Outdated system. Gotta play that TOUGH UCONN KEVIN OLLIE MAN TO MAN that got Ryan Boatwright a career in Armenia.

 

[dasher]

look, if the were smart, they wouldn't have gone to UConn. For that moron's information, we had a much better all time record in the Big East. We have more final fours. We have dominated them head to head which is still the first tie breaker in any league any of us have ever played in. And we aren't going extinct like they are in their hoop league. Sooner or later, sooner I think, their hoop team will look a lot like their football team. Oh, and their empty court, is a joke.