No. No it doesn’t. I recognize SU will play UCT every once in a while because they’re close geographically, and we should probably be pushing for 2 for 1s. But no one - and I mean no one - gets amped to play them. We would get more excitement playing Army, or Navy or heck even Temple, than UCT.
Agreed. There's a kid from Auburn on CCSU, so I've tracked them a bit. They are a below average FCS squad.
Army and Navy, meh. Temple, if it helps get recruits out of Philly. but they are no value for rivalry purposes.
Dude, this is not a rivalry. It just isnt.
Usually, the away team's conference sends the refs.
Its either the scheme or not. You need under sized, explosive D lineman in this defense to perform all the fits that allows the defense to attack the gaps on a run heavy team. If you want them to have big DT's than they need to go back to a 4-3 scheme where you have traditional 1 and 3 tech DT's. Many ways to skin a cat. SU chose to use strong, fast and explosive D Lineman against less athletic offensive lineman.
I don’t think this part has been said enough. Freshman QB vs Tony White.
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It’s not a downside. You can stop run heavy, down hill running teams with their method too. I don’t understand the thought that big DT’s helps stop the run and nothing else. There are multiple ways to stop the run. They can get gashed with the run with bigger DT’s as well.
Most of the best rivalries are a result of geography.
Most FBS/FCS games amount to a scrimmage. What their staffs goals were for that game, I have no idea and neither does anyone else.
Bill, my main point is, why is it such a bad idea to pump the breaks a bit instead of building these wild expectations based on 1 game? If it's a tough game, which it could well be, and Syracuse gets the win, what's wrong with that? As far as the rivalry thing goes, Syracuse needs to put the past behind them and look to the future.
I don't have a problem with pumping the brakes. I just think you're really, really overplaying UConn's abilities based on a somewhat competitve game against a questionable opponent and a fairlytight game against a very bad one. As far as the rivalry thing, I've been following SU football since about 1980. UConn is not anything close to our rival in football. Maybe, if we had stayed in the same conference, it could have become one based on Randy Edsall gloating over kicking us when we were already unconscious, but, to quote Austin Powers, that train has sailed.
oh no, oh no, you mentioned U Mass to Cous. lock this thread!!
It is what it is. Two B1G schools with no B1G for them.
The basis of the SU/UCONN rivalry is basketball. In other rivalries it starts with one sport and extends to all the other sports eventually. UMASS and UCONN should definitely look to make their sports teams the main rivals of the other, they have played each other since the 1800's. Who is the Oranges main rival, BC? That doesn't really fire up much passion. PITT, about the same.
