It does seem forced but I like this idea. UCF doesn't have any trophy games during the year so this gives us one. It may not be a good rivalry yet but if we start playing for this trophy every year then, in 10 years or so, it could become heated. I'm on board. Helps UCF build tradition too. It's gotta start somewhere. Why not now?

(06-01-2015 04:45 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 04:36 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 04:28 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  "Civil conflict"
What's that supposed to mean?

We speak nicely to each other.

I was thinking Yankee/ Confederacy reference

Which one is Yankee? Florida isn't the Northernmost southern state for nothing.

(06-01-2015 04:28 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  "Civil conflict"
What's that supposed to mean?

That we need to seek family counseling.

They have a countdown clock to when we play again. We've played twice. USF doesn't have a countdown clock for us as far as I know and there's a genuine mutual hatred.

I fine with this and am happy to be in a conf with uconn. We play tight in many other games. I am really surprised they didn't have the 2013 game on there. It happened.

I am so confused about what in the hell our head coach is doing. UCF has a good football team, and I will look forward to the game. But there is no rivalry and their won't be a rivalry. And even if there were to a be a rivalry with UCF, you would think our coach would at least pick up the phone and talk to UCF about it.

Very very odd and head-scratching. Who knows, maybe we're going to the Big 12 together or something.

Would make more sense with Temple

Stupid. What's the point?

So the UCF admin didn't even know about this? Talk about awkward....

You guys are overthinking this. Here is your answer, How many conference games did UConn won last year? And Who did they beat? There is your answer for this dumb stunt

We need to have something big with USF. Not sure why we don't have a trophy for that game.

The funny thing is UCF was completely shocked by the tweet. No one in our program had any involvement in creating a trophy or a "rivalry" game with UCONN.

(06-01-2015 06:49 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  We need to have something big with USF. Not sure why we don't have a trophy for that game.

I'd be satisfied with Genshaft's head if we win this year. We could go all "Game of Thrones" on each other.

(06-01-2015 03:57 PM)PirateJim Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 03:52 PM)Insane_Baboon Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 03:49 PM)PirateJim Wrote:  If ECU has a rival in this conference, I would consider it to be UCF. Recently it has been a very even series and I want to be redeemed from last year's embarrassing final seconds. My apologies to all ECU fans for bringing that up.

I've heard it a couple times on this message board, but I'm really not sold on the idea of a UCF ECU rivalry. It feels just like two good teams who happen to be in the same conference. (Same as I feel with UCF Houston).

That's why I started my statement with "If". All of our real rivals are OOC, though if you ask NC State and UNC, they would tell you they don't have a rivalry with ECU. We could have a rivalry with Va Tech, but we need to win more often. We're just too far away from the rest of the conference to build a true rivalry.

Southern Miss was a rival.

(06-01-2015 07:40 PM)DowdyPirate Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 03:57 PM)PirateJim Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 03:52 PM)Insane_Baboon Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 03:49 PM)PirateJim Wrote:  If ECU has a rival in this conference, I would consider it to be UCF. Recently it has been a very even series and I want to be redeemed from last year's embarrassing final seconds. My apologies to all ECU fans for bringing that up.

I've heard it a couple times on this message board, but I'm really not sold on the idea of a UCF ECU rivalry. It feels just like two good teams who happen to be in the same conference. (Same as I feel with UCF Houston).

That's why I started my statement with "If". All of our real rivals are OOC, though if you ask NC State and UNC, they would tell you they don't have a rivalry with ECU. We could have a rivalry with Va Tech, but we need to win more often. We're just too far away from the rest of the conference to build a true rivalry.

Southern Miss was a rival.

Meh. We just played them a ton. NC State is our only true rivalry.

UCF and USF, natural rivals, came up with a manufactured branded rivalry through the admins - I-4 Corridor Clash or something. Even though it was a joint effort, they were smart enough to casually drop the name and branding.

My experience has been that rivalries in this league (and pulling from our time in C-USA) will be hard. The problem is that it takes both teams winning consistently to have joint fan interest. Once that happens, the games have a way of moving to non-Saturdays. That makes travel harder than it already is for these fanbases. That kills the momentum.

Good example is UCF vs. ECU. It's a driveable game on a Saturday and both teams have had good years. But about half of our games have been on non-Saturdays due to the situation. After 9 years playing since 2005, I have still never been able to make a game at ECU in person and it's not for a lack of wanting.

(06-01-2015 06:49 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  We need to have something big with USF. Not sure why we don't have a trophy for that game.

Ok.. So make it happen. The good one's have evolved organically from students, pranks, etc

(06-01-2015 07:46 PM)st932253 Wrote:  UCF and USF, natural rivals, came up with a manufactured branded rivalry through the admins - I-4 Corridor Clash or something. Even though it was a joint effort, they were smart enough to casually drop the name and branding.

My experience has been that rivalries in this league (and pulling from our time in C-USA) will be hard. The problem is that it takes both teams winning consistently to have joint fan interest. Once that happens, the games have a way of moving to non-Saturdays. That makes travel harder than it already is for these fanbases. That kills the momentum.

Good example is UCF vs. ECU. It's a driveable game on a Saturday and both teams have had good years. But about half of our games have been on non-Saturdays due to the situation. After 9 years playing since 2005, I have still never been able to make a game at ECU in person and it's not for a lack of wanting.

I'm not sure id call a 12 hour drive very drive able on an average Saturday.

I don't like manufactured trophies to try to sell a rivalry. It will develop in playing games. USF vs UCF is a natural and will get more heated as we play and knock each other from championships in the future it doesn't need a fake trophy.

(06-01-2015 07:48 PM)NBPirate Wrote:  

(06-01-2015 07:46 PM)st932253 Wrote:  UCF and USF, natural rivals, came up with a manufactured branded rivalry through the admins - I-4 Corridor Clash or something. Even though it was a joint effort, they were smart enough to casually drop the name and branding.

My experience has been that rivalries in this league (and pulling from our time in C-USA) will be hard. The problem is that it takes both teams winning consistently to have joint fan interest. Once that happens, the games have a way of moving to non-Saturdays. That makes travel harder than it already is for these fanbases. That kills the momentum.

Good example is UCF vs. ECU. It's a driveable game on a Saturday and both teams have had good years. But about half of our games have been on non-Saturdays due to the situation. After 9 years playing since 2005, I have still never been able to make a game at ECU in person and it's not for a lack of wanting.

I'm not sure id call a 12 hour drive very drive able on an average Saturday.

It's not a day trip for sure. But it's definitely something that makes sense on a weekend - fly or drive. For driving I'm picturing the student groups and even the band. Playing on a Sunday or Thursday as we have a few times makes it hard for either group to attend. And for the fans that would fly like me - I ended up flying to UCONN on a Saturday versus ECU on a Thursday because I was saving vacation days.