(07-14-2014 07:25 AM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 08:58 PM)Purplehook Wrote:  Nope...just tired of all the D*ck measuring contests going on around here. I don't understand why people can't be happy for other conference members and their accomplishments. People on this forum trolling ECU fans is getting old.....it will be settled on the field.

The whole topic of this thread is ridiculous. The schools couldn't be more different. Other than finally being in the same conference, for the time being, they really don't have much in common. If pointing that out makes me a troll, so be it.

So totally different schools can't be a rivary? I guess Memphis and UCONN basketball can't be a rival game either since they are not even ranked in the top 200 academically? UCONN is the only flagship university so no rivals with the other schools since they are not a flagship? The points made seem to disqualify any school in the AAC as a rival of UCONN. Let's just see if our mid-atlantic alumni base develops into a traveling fan base and we have a decent showing at Temple and UCONN games. We will have a good crowd at Navy and I think we will have a good crowd at Temple especially if both teams are competitive. UCONN is still a question mark for me.

(07-14-2014 07:47 AM)PirateJeff Wrote:  

(07-14-2014 07:25 AM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 08:58 PM)Purplehook Wrote:  Nope...just tired of all the D*ck measuring contests going on around here. I don't understand why people can't be happy for other conference members and their accomplishments. People on this forum trolling ECU fans is getting old.....it will be settled on the field.

The whole topic of this thread is ridiculous. The schools couldn't be more different. Other than finally being in the same conference, for the time being, they really don't have much in common. If pointing that out makes me a troll, so be it.

So totally different schools can't be a rivary? I guess Memphis and UCONN basketball can't be a rival game either since they are not even ranked in the top 200 academically? UCONN is the only flagship university so no rivals with the other schools since they are not a flagship? The points made seem to disqualify any school in the AAC as a rival of UCONN. Let's just see if our mid-atlantic alumni base develops into a traveling fan base and we have a decent showing at Temple and UCONN games. We will have a good crowd at Navy and I think we will have a good crowd at Temple especially if both teams are competitive. UCONN is still a question mark for me.

UConn's biggest bball rivalry for 20 years was with St. John's, so I take your point. I don't think the schools have to be similar. In fact, the rivalries are between the teams and not necessarily the student bodies.

All it takes to make a rivalry are heated battles with something on the line in a consistent manner. ECU and UCF aren't all that much alike but we created a rivalry by always playing for the CUSA championship.

Well this is another stupid fuck*n thread.

(07-12-2014 11:08 AM)BE4evah Wrote:  Got to love the work that Aresco is doing. He made a big deal about developing natural rivalries (geographic and institutional fit) and he looks like he's going to be successful in football as it's really taking off. The men's and women's basketball rivalry lags a bit but ECU is ready to step it up. One idea is some kind of trophy that is given at the conclusion of each game.

Present it at the end, carry/parade the trophy around the court/field at halftime. Maybe call it the Colonial Trophy, get the governors involved.

Make sure the media stays involved like they have been. Twitter wars, fan involvement. Get and keep the party started.

(07-14-2014 05:24 AM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(07-14-2014 01:44 AM)BE4evah Wrote:  Granted, the two schools don't have a lot of history together, but that will change with the passage of time. The geography argument is spot on- both eastern schools that take pride in representing a (small) state, aand one a region (large). As for acedmcs, I think that focus doesn't make sense.ECU seems tobe as well regardedin nirth carolina as Uconn is in Connecticut. The students will have fun as this rivalrytakes off.

Uconn will enjoy getting out to the piedmont, It will be new territory for them, and the fans seem to be getting all riled up for the games. Can't wait to see if Ollie or Geno can pull out the win with such nutso fans! Diaco is all about game day atmosphere so he's looking forward to getting to nc

Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but ECU isn't in the Piedmont is it?

Just sayin'...

And North Carolina is hardly a small state. 3x the size of Connecticut, 10th largest in the country and likely 8th or 9th in short order.

(07-14-2014 01:44 AM)BE4evah Wrote:  Granted, the two schools don't have a lot of history together, but that will change with the passage of time. The geography argument is spot on- both eastern schools that take pride in representing a (small) state, aand one a region (large). As for acedmcs, I think that focus doesn't make sense.ECU seems tobe as well regardedin nirth carolina as Uconn is in Connecticut. The students will have fun as this rivalrytakes off.

Uconn will enjoy getting out to the piedmont, It will be new territory for them, and the fans seem to be getting all riled up for the games. Can't wait to see if Ollie or Geno can pull out the win with such nutso fans! Diaco is all about game day atmosphere so he's looking forward to getting to nc

1. Lol, NC is one of the largest (most populous) states in the country. Our region (eastern NC) has nearly the same population as the state of Connecticut.

2. ECU is on the coastal plain, not the piedmont

3. Learn how to spell

Pirates... Leave this thread alone.

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(07-13-2014 01:23 PM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 01:13 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 12:11 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(07-12-2014 12:43 PM)DfromCT Wrote:  As someone who lives (and has so for most of my life) in CT, and am somewhat of a UConn fan, AND having lived in NC and followed the Pirates since the year 1980, I have ZERO idea what this thread is about. There's absolutely nothing natural about a rivalry between these two schools.

One is the flagship university for the State of Connecticut. The other is a directional university in North Carolina. One is ranked 57th in the nation among all Universities, the other #181. Among Public Universities, one is ranked #19, the other #101. One wins regularly on the basketball court, the other not very often. ECU may actually have more tradition in football, but UConn has come a long way (and then had a terrible coaching hire) in a short time. Skip Holtz coached UConn in the days it was part of D1a or FBS as it's now known.

Directional U, you just had to go there could leave it alone. May have more tradition????? How many top ten final rankings in football for UConn, ever? One is 3-2 in Bowls total of 5, the other is 9-10 for a total of 19. You got a computer, a smart person would look up the information first before running there mouths and say "may actually" as both a slight back handed complement and a way to give UConn an out for football.

dfrct is a troll don't listen , its not a directional school ecu, 181 national is not bad actually, with all the colleges in this country.
welcome ecu............we need u badly.............

if you conn can get their running game going, watch out, if not it'll be a long year.

just so you know ecu, UConn beat up Baylor a few times and has had some solid fb teams.


UConn takes down notre dame, enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqLxHdc4Mw

Doesn't ECU start with EAST? Not a directional school? Sorry.

I live in Connecticut, and gradutated HS from NC. I pay tuition to UConn for my daughter. I know a bit about both programs.

You think ECU is in the same academic category as UConn? Dream on. I did my homework and posted NOTHING that was inaccurate. When has ECU been to a BCS bowl? NEVER. UConn is light years ahead of ECU in terms of getting into a P5. They're ahead of my alma mater as well. How many "directional" universities are there in the P5? I don't think there's any.

I do think ECU has more history in football, but is nowhere near UConn's rival. Nor is it the flagship University, it's actually tied for third in the state of NC with Wilmington, App State (which has good football, too!) and other State schools.

ECU Pirates are fun to watch mostly because of their fans. But you're dreaming if you think they're anywhere close to the academic (and frankly athletic) quality of UConn.

CYA

Oh I don't know, University of Southern California, University of South Carolina, University of North Carolina. Yes, two of those are flagship universities with the name of their state in their name, however, that doesn't change the fact that South and North are both directions.

I happen to agree with you on the rivalry thing, there is nothing natural about a rivalry between UCONN and ECU. If it happens it'll happen over a period of years and only if the two teams are taking a game from the other when something meaningful is on the line and that happens several times. All this rivalry talk is putting the cart before the horse. They have to develop naturally, if they ever develop. And my opinion is that we will never be a rival of UCONN and along the same lines, we will never have a rivalry with Navy, as some have said. The differences in the institutions are too great no matter what anyone says. I've worked with too many ring knockers to believe otherwise.

(07-13-2014 02:57 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 02:05 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 01:23 PM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 01:13 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 12:11 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  Directional U, you just had to go there could leave it alone. May have more tradition????? How many top ten final rankings in football for UConn, ever? One is 3-2 in Bowls total of 5, the other is 9-10 for a total of 19. You got a computer, a smart person would look up the information first before running there mouths and say "may actually" as both a slight back handed complement and a way to give UConn an out for football.

dfrct is a troll don't listen , its not a directional school ecu, 181 national is not bad actually, with all the colleges in this country.
welcome ecu............we need u badly.............

if you conn can get their running game going, watch out, if not it'll be a long year.

just so you know ecu, UConn beat up Baylor a few times and has had some solid fb teams.


UConn takes down notre dame, enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfqLxHdc4Mw

Doesn't ECU start with EAST? Not a directional school? Sorry.

I live in Connecticut, and gradutated HS from NC. I pay tuition to UConn for my daughter. I know a bit about both programs.

You think ECU is in the same academic category as UConn? Dream on. I did my homework and posted NOTHING that was inaccurate. When has ECU been to a BCS bowl? NEVER. UConn is light years ahead of ECU in terms of getting into a P5. They're ahead of my alma mater as well. How many "directional" universities are there in the P5? I don't think there's any.

I do think ECU has more history in football, but is nowhere near UConn's rival. Nor is it the flagship University, it's actually tied for third in the state of NC with Wilmington, App State (which has good football, too!) and other State schools.

ECU Pirates are fun to watch mostly because of their fans. But you're dreaming if you think they're anywhere close to the academic (and frankly athletic) quality of UConn.

CYA

I pay tuition for my daughter also and she starts UConn in the fall, to be honest it doesn't matter where you go to school., tell that to the 90 day wonders of ww2, my dad was one of them and he was a flight navigator on a b17 bomber, flew lead plane with the colonel many times and went to eboston high school mass and became a captain in the army air core......

Very cool

for all the stupid people, this is a B-17



carry on

Man that is an awesome piece of machinery. They've always been my favorite aircraft.

All it takes to make a rivalry are games that matter and certain happenings on the field at said games. The New England attitude toward the south could also create some interesting bulletin board material on our end.

(07-14-2014 10:29 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  All it takes to make a rivalry are games that matter and certain happenings on the field at said games. The New England attitude toward the south could also create some interesting bulletin board material on our end.

I agree. Also, the southern attitude toward New England ("d*mn yankees") could also create some interesting bulletin board material on our end as well!

(07-14-2014 05:24 AM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(07-14-2014 01:44 AM)BE4evah Wrote:  Granted, the two schools don't have a lot of history together, but that will change with the passage of time. The geography argument is spot on- both eastern schools that take pride in representing a (small) state, aand one a region (large). As for acedmcs, I think that focus doesn't make sense.ECU seems tobe as well regardedin nirth carolina as Uconn is in Connecticut. The students will have fun as this rivalrytakes off.

Uconn will enjoy getting out to the piedmont, It will be new territory for them, and the fans seem to be getting all riled up for the games. Can't wait to see if Ollie or Geno can pull out the win with such nutso fans! Diaco is all about game day atmosphere so he's looking forward to getting to nc

Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but ECU isn't in the Piedmont is it?

Just sayin'...

Coastal Plain.

(07-14-2014 10:32 AM)UConnHusky Wrote:  

(07-14-2014 10:29 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  All it takes to make a rivalry are games that matter and certain happenings on the field at said games. The New England attitude toward the south could also create some interesting bulletin board material on our end.

I agree. Also, the southern attitude toward New England ("d*mn yankees") could also create some interesting bulletin board material on our end as well!

I thought about that after I posted. My old roommate still says that he hates Duke because of all the "yankees". Interestingly enough, he's a Red Sox fan.

This is also the first time that we've played a team from the north in a long time. Maybe the regional difference would be a catalyst, even though it may seem odd.

Ragsdale HS....ugh...

(07-14-2014 10:29 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  All it takes to make a rivalry are games that matter and certain happenings on the field at said games.

If that's all it takes, then why are rivalries relatively rare?

For example, in the old Big East, Georgetown and Pitt played a lot of memorable, hard-fought, meaningful games, and I often looked forward to games with Pitt as "big games". But it was never a real 'rivalry'. E.g., unless Pitt was playing us or unless their results really impacted on us in the standings, I didn't care whether they won or lost, their defeats didn't make me happy and their victories didn't make me sad.

In contrast, when it came to Syracuse (foremost) but also schools like Villanova and St John's, I did care about all of that. I gloated a bit when those schools failed and it pissed me off when they triumphed, against Georgetown but also even against others. And despite all that, I badly miss playing Syracuse twice a year but don't think twice about not playing Pitt anymore.

That's a "rival", and they are rare.

Maybe they are mad because we stole their hockey team?

(07-14-2014 08:45 AM)PGPirate Wrote:  Well this is another stupid fuck*n thread.

Leave it to Quo Vadis and another one of his 50 alter egos. In this thread he/she was supposedly a Tulane graduate who went to high school in North Carolina, but now he lives in Connecticut.

(07-14-2014 10:50 AM)PirateMarv Wrote:  

(07-14-2014 08:45 AM)PGPirate Wrote:  Well this is another stupid fuck*n thread.

Leave it to Quo Vadis and another one of his 50 alter egos. In this thread he/she was supposedly a Tulane graduate who went to high school in North Carolina, but now he lives in Connecticut.

Look, since we all know I own the Pirate Flotilla, why don't we just make it official and your alumni president can give me the keys to the school or something?

(07-13-2014 08:28 PM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 08:20 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 06:39 PM)DfromCT Wrote:  

(07-13-2014 06:29 PM)Stardust Wrote:  The term "directional" is utterly meaningless when used to describe a University. Only trolls or self absorbed fans of other schools with an artificially inflated sense of superiority ever use the term. My gut tells me we have a Tarheel or Wolfie provoking such nonsense.

I'm a Tulane fan. Class of 1985. Lucy C. Ragsdale High School class of 81.

If the shoe fits, wear it proudly.

you post like you graduated from sophie newcomb

OK, you win. LMFAO!

One of the things I hate about our recently retired President is what he did to Newcomb.

I may be an ole granny, but I'm dealing with a lot, and these bulletin boards are a serious distraction for me. Again, I appologize to the ECU fans for my earlier remarks.

I would expect nothing less from a Stamford ct resident but snobbery an an elitist attitude. u living in conn u must be a UConn fan now.