(07-17-2017 06:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote: (07-17-2017 04:36 PM)CornellCoog Wrote: LOL at UH fans acting as if the Tulsa rivalry is one-sided.
The truth is that for the second year in a row, Tulsa ended with the best overall athletic program in the American. Every other school in this conference looks UP at Tulsa in the Learfield Cup Standings.
The football series record is 23-18. It's close. Much loser than it should be all things considered. The basketball series is even closer, 24-26 but Tulsa leads that one.
Maybe we'd be a better program if we lived in reality rather than in our dreams in which we still think UT and the Farmers are our rivals...
Tulsa has a fantastic athletic program and is a good conference member. I could say the same about virtually all our conference brethren. The question isn't are they a peer program. The question is do the fans see Tulsa as a special rivalry game. They don't. You can get mad at the fans because they don't view that game as being bigger than other games---but I don't know why. It's a waste of time. Just be glad the fan base is growing and be content that the program is progressing. Frankly a lot fans have always viewed Aggie and UT as thier rivals. It's the same situation---lol, those schools probably never saw us as rivals the way we viewed them as rivals. It is what it is. That 100-6 game probably got Tulsa fans angry....but thats not a reason for Coog fans to get all lathered up---it was also ages ago.
Just on this thread some fans do some fans dont. . . But historically yes, maybe not you but most people with historic perspective view this as a rivalry, helped along by both teams running up the score.
Is it Texas/OU, michigan/theOSU, or alabama/auburn? No, but i would say its michigan st/notre dame or arkansas/lsu.
If both programs are good its intense, we generally dont care for the other and if one team is good and one bad a lopsided score and a little more bad blood will follow.
Could it be more? Sure if it goes back to what is was 5-10 years ago when graham was our coach and both teams were very good at the same time. I doubt it will ever reach the three i mentioned but it could be good.
I also think memphis and smu are schools we are developing a rivalry with, but they lack some of the long term historic issues.
For God's sake, you food poisoned us!
We ruined a top ten ranking for you the year before (maybe two).