Side Show Joe
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UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
SB Nation published this write up about our most recent game, and labeled our series the "most heated active college football rivalry in the state of Texas". Anyone paying attention knows our teams don't like each other, and we fans certainly have a contentious relationship on the board. With the size of our alumni bases, this rivalry could become big if we ever develop winning programs.
Here is the link to the article.
http://www.underdogdynasty.com/conferenc...u-unt-utsa
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10-31-2016 09:01 PM |
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NorthTexan95
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
The problem is you there are a few people pushing this "rivalry" as a thing right now. In fact, we had media folks calling it a rivalry before we had even played a game. It's not a rivalry. UTSA doesn't move the needle for most UNT fans like, say, SMU or even MTSU. True rivalries have to be born over time and out of the passion of fans and players. Right now there is no passion for UTSA except game week.
Maybe one day it will be a rivalry but maybe not. No need to force it. Honestly, it hard to build a rivalry when both teams are bad. Right now I'd say UTEP is a better rival for UTSA. There was a lot more chippiness in that game than our game with UTSA.
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SApuro
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
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11-01-2016 07:02 AM |
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 06:48 AM)NorthTexan95 Wrote: The problem is you there are a few people pushing this "rivalry" as a thing right now. In fact, we had media folks calling it a rivalry before we had even played a game. It's not a rivalry. UTSA doesn't move the needle for most UNT fans like, say, SMU or even MTSU. True rivalries have to be born over time and out of the passion of fans and players. Right now there is no passion for UTSA except game week.
Maybe one day it will be a rivalry but maybe not. No need to force it. Honestly, it hard to build a rivalry when both teams are bad. Right now I'd say UTEP is a better rival for UTSA. There was a lot more chippiness in that game than our game with UTSA.
You would think so, but I can tell you that the needle moves on UNT than it does for UTEP. I think a lot of it is that UNT and UTSA have a lot in common where both are trying to take that next step and become a bigger program. I think UTEP is already at that level. Plus add in the Dallas/San Antonio angle which does add to it.
Plus its way easier to travel up to Denton than way out to El Paso.
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11-01-2016 09:14 AM |
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UTSAMarineVet09
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
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11-01-2016 10:05 AM |
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NorthTexan95
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
Um ... we won last year.
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11-01-2016 05:16 PM |
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Side Show Joe
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
See, comments like these are why other fan bases don't like y'all and there are rumors of people allegedly whizzing on your field.
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11-01-2016 09:27 PM |
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UTSAMarineVet09
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UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 05:16 PM)NorthTexan95 Wrote: (11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
Um ... we won last year.
Congrats... 1 out of 4 games. I guess that's something to be proud of
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11-01-2016 09:31 PM |
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UTSAMarineVet09
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UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 09:27 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote: (11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
See, comments like these are why other fan bases don't like y'all and there are rumors of people allegedly whizzing on your field.
Nice victim mentality you got there, but the **** talking from your fan base when we became conference mates has nothing to do with these "types of comments" right?
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11-01-2016 09:34 PM |
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Side Show Joe
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 09:34 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 09:27 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote: (11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
See, comments like these are why other fan bases don't like y'all and there are rumors of people allegedly whizzing on your field.
Nice victim mentality you got there, but the **** talking from your fan base when we became conference mates has nothing to do with these "types of comments" right?
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Relax, I'm just poking fun at an odd rumor. True or not, such antics only serve to fuel rivalries.
Hey I've admitted before that I didn't want UTSA to get into the FBS. Nothing personal. I just knew we would end up fighting y'all for recruits. Didn't think you'd be able to compete on the field this soon either, but here we are...
Believe me, within our fan base, I been very vocal in my displeasure with our record against UTSA.
Regardless of what the record looks like, if a media outlet wants to label our games as a premier Texas rivalry, I say we roll with it. By embracing that narrative, our programs and C-USA come out a winners.
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11-01-2016 10:07 PM |
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NorthTexan95
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
(11-01-2016 09:31 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 05:16 PM)NorthTexan95 Wrote: (11-01-2016 10:05 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote: (11-01-2016 07:02 AM)SApuro Wrote: UNT needs to win a few games before this is a rivalry. Let us know when you're ready to compete...did y'all see that dominating performance last week?
This.
Cant really call it a rivalry when one team fails to beat the other.
Um ... we won last year.
Congrats... 1 out of 4 games. I guess that's something to be proud of
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It's better than our record against SMU.
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11-02-2016 07:15 AM |
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
Jared nailed it in the article. Both teams love to hate one another and you see that not only with the teams on the field but also with the fan bases. It's the one game a year I want to win at all costs. We had fun talking about Mason Fine and his commanding 5'9 stature all week. See you in Denton in 2017!
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11-02-2016 11:35 AM |
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Digi368
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RE: UTSA vs. North Texas: The Texas Rivalry?
Josiah Tuaefa's late game sack of Fine made SC Top 10. If you recall, Tuaefa wanted to go to UNT badly but was never offered. Now the Freshman is having a Freshman All-American season and not just in CUSA but nationally. Just to fuel the fire.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">? JUMPMAN JUMPMAN JUMPMAN [THIS] BOYS UP TO SOMETHIN ? <a href="https://t.co/g1PfkkPRkG">pic.twitter.com/g1PfkkPRkG</a></p>— Conference USA (@Conference_USA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Conference_USA/status/792552761573249024">October 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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(This post was last modified: 11-02-2016 11:46 AM by Digi368.)
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11-02-2016 11:45 AM |
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