(06-29-2015 04:35 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:32 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:27 PM)Rabbit_in_Red Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:11 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  You have quite the boner for Huskies I see... I didn't say UCONN was any better than NIU at football. NIU has also been playing longer at the top level, and NIU's greatest achievement in football is the same as UCONN's - a blowout loss in a BCS bowl.

I am a proud NIU fan and have been since my fiancee and I attended school there for the first time. I watched a heismann candidate work magic on the field and watched my team take FSU into the lockerroom at halftime barely edging us out. Is there something wrong with being a proud fan? When i hear people slam on my team and toss it aside for not being worthy I'll set the record straight and remind them of how far NIU has come. If that's "having a boner for" my school then damn right i do.

Hold up playa. Listen, I like NIU well enough. I hate UConn with a passion. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here though. That game was 31-10. A three touchdown game is a blowout by most standards. If it makes you feel any better though, UConn lost theirs by FOUR touchdowns!

Right but that was the END game score. The game was competitive until the second half. Hell it was like 7-3 until the 2nd half then a few NIU mistakes and a costly fumble for a touchdown? That was a closer game than a lot of people remember

Cincinnati lost their BCS game the worst - - I'd still take them over UConn or NIU...

Well yeah i wont take anything away from the bearcats haha they're a damn fine school and athletic program

(06-29-2015 04:35 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:24 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:17 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:00 PM)Okielite Wrote:  That's 2 more FBS CC's than UConn has in it's history. Just sayin.

Do you really want to talk about history? If the MAC is bad then what about the Yankee Conference which you played in up until the 90's. LOL.

You have quite the boner for Huskies I see... I didn't say UCONN was any better than NIU at football. NIU has also been playing longer at the top level, and NIU's greatest achievement in football is the same as UCONN's - a blowout loss in a BCS bowl.

Look at the poll. It isn't just me. Your fans are delusional. The only fan base who still follows the dude. Congrats.

UConn was in the Yankee conference in the early 90s.. hahah.. then they were playing prime time conference games with WVU and Louisville and beating them (granted, only beating WV once, but Louisville was a good rivalry - seems to me UConn won the last game at their place...) It's been posted on here numerous times, but UConn also had two of the top ranked TV ratings last year for all P5 schools (vs. BYU and vs. Boise).

If I were the Big 12, yes, I'd take BYU and Cincinnati before UConn... geographically a much better fit, Cincy is a fine school and pairs well with WV and BYU has a better football program than, let's say 15 P5 schools... that's not a knock on UConn.

I think all of these polls are "they hate us cause they ain't us". Trust me.. I'm an Ohio State fan.. I know what it is all about. It's just my alma mater is a lot better at basketball than the school where my dad played.

Where did you come up with that?

BYU UConn was not one of the top rated p-5 games all season. There were 11 games with higher ratings just that week. Numbers were not that good considering BYU accounted for most of the fans anyway. To put it in perspective Houston /BYU had similar ratings. LOL
0.7 1.08M 7:00 PM BYU/UConn ESPN
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-...v-ratings/

You are right.. typo on my end... top five "G5" (only) games... it was actually posted on here.

(06-29-2015 04:37 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:35 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:24 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:17 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:07 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  You have quite the boner for Huskies I see... I didn't say UCONN was any better than NIU at football. NIU has also been playing longer at the top level, and NIU's greatest achievement in football is the same as UCONN's - a blowout loss in a BCS bowl.

Look at the poll. It isn't just me. Your fans are delusional. The only fan base who still follows the dude. Congrats.

UConn was in the Yankee conference in the early 90s.. hahah.. then they were playing prime time conference games with WVU and Louisville and beating them (granted, only beating WV once, but Louisville was a good rivalry - seems to me UConn won the last game at their place...) It's been posted on here numerous times, but UConn also had two of the top ranked TV ratings last year for all P5 schools (vs. BYU and vs. Boise).

If I were the Big 12, yes, I'd take BYU and Cincinnati before UConn... geographically a much better fit, Cincy is a fine school and pairs well with WV and BYU has a better football program than, let's say 15 P5 schools... that's not a knock on UConn.

I think all of these polls are "they hate us cause they ain't us". Trust me.. I'm an Ohio State fan.. I know what it is all about. It's just my alma mater is a lot better at basketball than the school where my dad played.

Where did you come up with that?

BYU UConn was not one of the top rated p-5 games all season. There were 11 games with higher ratings just that week. Numbers were not that good considering BYU accounted for most of the fans anyway. To put it in perspective Houston /BYU had similar ratings. LOL
0.7 1.08M 7:00 PM BYU/UConn ESPN
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-...v-ratings/

You are right.. typo on my end... top five "G5" (only) games... it was actually posted on here.

Ahh, makes more sense. I think to be realistic the BYU game was when BYU was undefeated and their QB was really playing well before he got injured. But Houston drew a .6 against BYU 2 weeks later so I think its safe to say that a good portion of that rating is/was BYU fans.

Here is a normal TV rating for UConn later in the season once the few fans stop showing up and watching on TV
0.0 65K 4:00 PM UConn/Memphis ESPNEWS

Anybody who thinks the Big 12 should add UConn and Memphis has some splaining to do. Those are not acceptable TV ratings.

(06-29-2015 04:22 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:14 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:07 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 03:56 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 03:54 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Congrats on your 4 MAC football championships.

Quite the accomplishment!

And a BCS bowl berth, when has UCONN done that recently =p

And women's basketball doesn't count. Nobody in the P5 is using that as their argument for UCONN...

Why don't UConn fans ever brag about the fact they were a middle-of-the-road team in a power conference for 10 years - they sort of proved they could compete in a power conference, albeit the "weakest one" (the Big East top-to-bottom was still better than the ACC if you take away it's 2 elite programs... but whatever). In a 6-year period they shared the conference title once and won it outright once?

Just because the last two coaches have been train wrecks, there's nothing that special about Edsall but their resume under him was P5 worthy... laugh at me and I'll point out 5 P5 schools that were worse in that same era. (Kansas, Duke, Syracuse, Pitt, Indiana... see a trend ?) I could probably pick out a few more, right?

Just throwing it out there for the millionth time.. I'm in NYC a lot... I never, ever, ever see Rutgers gear.. I see plenty of Syracuse and UConn clothing though.

Do I need to pull out further numbers? 4 bowls in Edsall's last 5 years?

Wins over Baylor, Notre Dame, South Carolina, every team in the Big East (WV, Rutgers, Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville)... also Duke, Wake, Virginia, Vanderbilt, Indiana.. also with respectable losses to Boise St., NC State, North Carolina and Michigan. 1 outright title, 1 shared title... average finish final 10 years in the Big East was 4th place.

They suck now, yes, and I don't have a ton of faith in Diaco - but they are one good coach away from being as good as any other G5 program in football in 2-3 years.

I think you missed recruiting/talent. 1 coach can't fix that issue. Every time I look UConn is near the bottom of the AAC in recruiting. At a time when UConn needs a good football program more than ever the program is doing what it has always done. Essentially nothing. Could not have picked a worse time to be a bottom of the conference program in a marginal conference.

Programs like UCF, USF, ECU, Houston, and SMU will murder UConn in recruiting moving forward.

Every year UConn was in the Big East they were also last or second to last in recruiting. They still averaged a winning record in conference play. Don't buy too much into recruiting numbers. Who recruits better? BC or UConn? Syracuse or UConn? Now go look at how many players get drafted out of those schools. There were 22 NFL players from UConn in 2014. They had a first round draft pick this year... guess how many stars he was? Byron Jones was a 2-star prospect. Geremy Davis was drafted this year too.. 3-star prospect. And these were guys who "developed" under Pasqualoni and Diaco - not Edsall. Sio Moore is an NFL starter - 2 stars. UConn has had a just one 4 star (rivals) guy ever.

Northeast guys are always overlooked in recruiting.

Same thread with the same cast of characters that's been done on this board a million times.

(06-29-2015 04:45 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:37 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:35 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:24 PM)jskwrite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 04:17 PM)Okielite Wrote:  Look at the poll. It isn't just me. Your fans are delusional. The only fan base who still follows the dude. Congrats.

UConn was in the Yankee conference in the early 90s.. hahah.. then they were playing prime time conference games with WVU and Louisville and beating them (granted, only beating WV once, but Louisville was a good rivalry - seems to me UConn won the last game at their place...) It's been posted on here numerous times, but UConn also had two of the top ranked TV ratings last year for all P5 schools (vs. BYU and vs. Boise).

If I were the Big 12, yes, I'd take BYU and Cincinnati before UConn... geographically a much better fit, Cincy is a fine school and pairs well with WV and BYU has a better football program than, let's say 15 P5 schools... that's not a knock on UConn.

I think all of these polls are "they hate us cause they ain't us". Trust me.. I'm an Ohio State fan.. I know what it is all about. It's just my alma mater is a lot better at basketball than the school where my dad played.

Where did you come up with that?

BYU UConn was not one of the top rated p-5 games all season. There were 11 games with higher ratings just that week. Numbers were not that good considering BYU accounted for most of the fans anyway. To put it in perspective Houston /BYU had similar ratings. LOL
0.7 1.08M 7:00 PM BYU/UConn ESPN
http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-...v-ratings/

You are right.. typo on my end... top five "G5" (only) games... it was actually posted on here.

Ahh, makes more sense. I think to be realistic the BYU game was when BYU was undefeated and their QB was really playing well before he got injured. But Houston drew a .6 against BYU 2 weeks later so I think its safe to say that a good portion of that rating is/was BYU fans.

Here is a normal TV rating for UConn later in the season once the few fans stop showing up and watching on TV
0.0 65K 4:00 PM UConn/Memphis ESPNEWS

Anybody who thinks the Big 12 should add UConn and Memphis has some splaining to do. Those are not acceptable TV ratings.

Don't blame UConn.. their team was a dumpster fire at that point... the game actually meant something for Memphis

Voted Tulane, it is in Louisiana, that's all.

I'm mad ECU isn't more hated. What the hell is this crap!

How does UC have 8 hated votes?? What the heck have we done to deserve that?

In reviewing the results of the poll ... UConn wins!!!

USF, don't really have a reason why, I just have a natural but lacking of reason hatred for them.

0.2 296K 4:00 PM Oklahoma St./Kansas FS1

and I guess you guys are setting the world on fire with your ratings

I bet you will now argue that the channel it was on made a difference. Of course you don't mention that when it works against your weak argument.

I voted for Temple because they didn't have any votes.

Not much difference in the TV ratings for the B12 and the top of the G5. Take Texas and Oklahoma out of the mix and you are right there with them.

Rank ▴ Conference Avg Viewers Avg Rating # of Rated Gms
10 Sun Belt 603,694 0.42 18
9 C-USA 780,254 0.50 42
8 MAC 792,583 0.50 36
7 AAC 971,983 0.65 60
6 MWC 1,010,406 0.65 49
5 Big 12 1,625,221 1.01 92
4 Pac 12 1,759,673 1.11 76
3 ACC 1,961,674 1.25 88
2 Big 10 2,920,815 1.84 82
1 SEC 3,805,794

(06-29-2015 08:07 PM)quintas Wrote:  0.2 296K 4:00 PM Oklahoma St./Kansas FS1

and I guess you guys are setting the world on fire with your ratings

I bet you will now argue that the channel it was on made a difference. Of course you don't mention that when it works against your weak argument.

Nope, both KU and OSU had a bad season of ratings for the most part. ESPN News and FS1 get similar ratings so it's not the network. It's embarrassing but at 296k still over 6x more than the 45k listed for UConn/Memphis game.

(06-29-2015 10:24 PM)Okielite Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 08:07 PM)quintas Wrote:  0.2 296K 4:00 PM Oklahoma St./Kansas FS1

and I guess you guys are setting the world on fire with your ratings

I bet you will now argue that the channel it was on made a difference. Of course you don't mention that when it works against your weak argument.

Nope, both KU and OSU had a bad season of ratings for the most part. ESPN News and FS1 get similar ratings so it's not the network. It's embarrassing but at 296k still over 6x more than the 45k listed for UConn/Memphis game.

Impossible! There's been how many posts on this very forum talking about how big a draw UConn is?

(06-29-2015 07:59 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  In reviewing the results of the poll ... UConn wins!!!

Was it ever in doubt?

I love the UConn fans in this thread proving precisely WHY UConn is the clear cut winner in this poll...

(06-29-2015 07:29 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  I'm mad ECU isn't more hated. What the hell is this crap!

You need more StillJonesings in your fan base.

(06-30-2015 06:42 AM)Rabbit_in_Red Wrote:  I love the UConn fans in this thread proving precisely WHY UConn is the clear cut winner in this poll...

And the Louisville and Oklahoma State fans have been pure gentlemen.