UCons! Hee hee. I'll bet they've never heard that one.
Seriously, what do people from Connecticut call themselves?
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UCons! Hee hee. I'll bet they've never heard that one.
Seriously, what do people from Connecticut call themselves?
I thought it was clear that by calling it as a "sweeping generalization" that I was making fun of him, and that I wasn't actually suggesting it applied to all people from Iowa.
Perhaps that didn't read well.
When on Rome's site catching Fred's interview I saw he had recently interviewed NCCU coach Moton and gave it a listen. Solid guy. Hope I get to pick NCCU to pull an upset next year when not playing us. I like Kevin Ollie too from his playing days, but I can't say I've seen much to respect out of UConn players or fans in our recent games with them (the feedback from our fans who attended the road football game were pretty resounding). Just hoping for a clean game with no fans or mascots assaulted.
I don't hate Connecticut because I've never even been there, spent plenty of time in NYC though. My coworker from NYC does hate your state with a passion but that's him. I haven't seen anything to suggest UConn fans are respectful and the accounts of people who went to our football game a few years ago make it seem unlikely I will. Hope you prove that perception wrong!
I think I've been respectful to the respectful ISU fans. I totally think this topic was made in poor taste and that the topic creator deserves all the bashing he got, but at the same time, he didn't actually insult Iowa State or its fans.
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But I quoted this post:
My point is that your fellow UCONN fan came in and started making sweeping generalizations first. (Not saying I agree with HFCS's view of Connecticut people.)
I guess... I think the guy who made this topic is a moron, but his description of Iowa was more on the ignorant side than the malicious side.
fair enough, didn't mean to paint with a broad brush and I guess I was calling out whoever pushed our mascot over an 8 foot concrete drop and not a whole state. Our fans who went to the football game @UConn already did not have glowing reviews and the mascot story came out a day later. Could easily be a misperception, but you should probably expect to find it here even if you're polite as you seem.
The mascot thing sounds awful, but I have to admit I only heard of it for the first time coming here today, since I couldn't care less about football.
Connecticut has a lot of blue collar towns. And urban ghetto type cities. And since UCONN is the flagship, it attracts a lot of fans with no connection to the university. So yeah, crank up the guns n roses, add some liquor and you can get low-class fans. Our cities are bad. Gritty bad. Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven. At tne same time, UCONN itself draws more kids from Greenwich High than any other college. I think some 350 kids out of undergrad enrollment of 18k come from Greenwich. Weston, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, you're looking at a huge chunk of UCONN's enrollment. Those are the kids/fans that will be your volvo driving, latte fans. Now, the top kids go to HYP, etc., but by and large, there's a certain socioeconomic divergence from the UCONN student and the UCONN fan.
And since the school can only choose what students to admit, and not which fans root for the school, UCONN gets its share of knuckleheads. But like most everything in life, it's usual inaccurate to paint with such broad strokes and assign to the group the actions of the few.
And since the school can only choose what students to admit, and not which fans root for the school, UCONN gets its share of knuckleheads. But like most everything in life, it's usual inaccurate to paint with such broad strokes and assign to the group the actions of the few.
3/4 of the people on east coast couldn't even point to Iowa on a map. Majority of the time they would point to Ohio. I live on the east coast, I like it but arrogance is over the top.
The only thing I like about Connecticut is Frank Pepe.
The only thing I like about Connecticut is Frank Pepe.
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People in Chicago can't find Iowa and a huge chunk of it borders their state. Real conversation I had with a Chicago native here recently:
"Oh that's where potatoes come from right?"
me: no
"Well Iowa is right next to Idaho so it's not a big difference."
It was said quite confidently.
Last week when KXNO was calling people in NC, they asked one person "What's the capital of Iowa?" Their response.... "Illinois."
The moral of this story? People everywhere are dumb.
The moral of this story? People everywhere are dumb.
I have lived in Chicago and this would be a fair statement, but the east coast is at another level.
Actually, this does represent a good portion of Iowa, minus a reference to meth.
However, we have as many players from Toronto as Iowa. And more from Michigan (Detroit/Flint, not the UP). So the stereotypical Iowan image does not quite fit our BB team.
And we have as many players from Massachusetts as you do!
Is MSG more historic than the Spurs arena, where actual NBA championships have been won in the last 10 years?
I think we all know Uconn will bring more fans there b/c it has public transportation service. I'm assuming that's why only a few hundred showed up to Louisville a couple years ago for our last meeting.
Anybody have a gif of Royces opening tip one hand jam from that game? It's the one where Uconns two overhyped bigs parted out of fear.
I think we all know Uconn will bring more fans there b/c it has public transportation service. I'm assuming that's why only a few hundred showed up to Louisville a couple years ago for our last meeting.
Anybody have a gif of Royces opening tip one hand jam from that game? It's the one where Uconns two overhyped bigs parted out of fear.
