F that guy

(01-10-2013 09:15 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(01-09-2013 03:54 PM)Hell_Blazer Wrote:  I am not mad at anyone for leaving. I dislike the fact when you say you'll never play any of us again. Like we were trash under your foot. You were in a slightly better conference than us now not so much. We should work together not cut each other down.

I think this has been the big issue that people dont' understand.

Does anyone remember when the first four (Houston, SMU, Memphis, UCF) did get their invites? We ALL congratulated the fans of their schools for getting what they wanted, but we did say that we thought they were making a mistake with what we all thought was a lateral move, and that if those schools stuck it out, C-USA as a whole (a rising tide lifts all boats) was in the better situation.

Some of us even pointed at E*** as being the instigator of this fiasco (I think it was mostly the USM fans that were ripping E***), while a few Marshall and western school fans said the fault of this entire thing fell on the footsteps of the Big East Conference itself.

But it was (again) certain fans that started the trash talking about leaving everyone else and the rest of us were just 'dead weight', 'trash', referring to C-USA as the "mistake", and other such statements.

But then I think the disappointing part was a number of soon-to-be ex-conference mates were trying to put on a smiley face over here (we'll miss you, hopefully we'll play again in the future) but then go over to the BE board and RIP on our schools (Trash schools, don't ever want to see them again, etc.), and once they got called out on it, just decided to rip on our schools on here as well.

Heck, the ONLY departing schools fans I have no real "beef" with as a group have been Memphis fans... for the school that had been trying to get into a full-basketball conference for so long, they're the ones that have been the most "praiseworthy" for the lack of vitriol about their departure.

Now have some of the C-USA school fans been perfect? Nope, but they've definitely been the minority, and usually from a defensive posture in the discussions.

Well I think I have been pretty consistent. I've ripped the schools in C-USA I am not impressed with on this board and others, and talked good about those that I like on this board and others. There are schools in this league I want to play every year (USM and Marshall) and others I don't personally have any urge to ever play again. I'm sure the feeling is mutual and that's fine.

(01-11-2013 12:31 PM)ShockerBob Wrote:  

LOOOL

(01-11-2013 12:43 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(01-11-2013 12:31 PM)ShockerBob Wrote:  

LOOOL

I don't care who you root for/against. What happened to the guy in the Lakers shirt is funny. Ha!

(01-11-2013 12:41 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(01-10-2013 09:15 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(01-09-2013 03:54 PM)Hell_Blazer Wrote:  I am not mad at anyone for leaving. I dislike the fact when you say you'll never play any of us again. Like we were trash under your foot. You were in a slightly better conference than us now not so much. We should work together not cut each other down.

I think this has been the big issue that people dont' understand.

Does anyone remember when the first four (Houston, SMU, Memphis, UCF) did get their invites? We ALL congratulated the fans of their schools for getting what they wanted, but we did say that we thought they were making a mistake with what we all thought was a lateral move, and that if those schools stuck it out, C-USA as a whole (a rising tide lifts all boats) was in the better situation.

Some of us even pointed at E*** as being the instigator of this fiasco (I think it was mostly the USM fans that were ripping E***), while a few Marshall and western school fans said the fault of this entire thing fell on the footsteps of the Big East Conference itself.

But it was (again) certain fans that started the trash talking about leaving everyone else and the rest of us were just 'dead weight', 'trash', referring to C-USA as the "mistake", and other such statements.

But then I think the disappointing part was a number of soon-to-be ex-conference mates were trying to put on a smiley face over here (we'll miss you, hopefully we'll play again in the future) but then go over to the BE board and RIP on our schools (Trash schools, don't ever want to see them again, etc.), and once they got called out on it, just decided to rip on our schools on here as well.

Heck, the ONLY departing schools fans I have no real "beef" with as a group have been Memphis fans... for the school that had been trying to get into a full-basketball conference for so long, they're the ones that have been the most "praiseworthy" for the lack of vitriol about their departure.

Now have some of the C-USA school fans been perfect? Nope, but they've definitely been the minority, and usually from a defensive posture in the discussions.

Well I think I have been pretty consistent. I've ripped the schools in C-USA I am not impressed with on this board and others, and talked good about those that I like on this board and others. There are schools in this league I want to play every year (USM and Marshall) and others I don't personally have any urge to ever play again. I'm sure the feeling is mutual and that's fine.

I certainly enjoyed the series with ECU, the series with Memphis was good because it was long but it wasn't as full of great games as the ECU series, and Tulane was a disappointing series after the first game it mostly didn't come about as good as we had hoped. The new teams we have played before that I look forward to are La. Tech (Rivalry of the South) which dates back all the way to 1923 and has featured some really good games, MTSU who we played in a bowl game and lost to in a very good game. North Texas I can remember some games with them that were good and some that were just boring, but those games do go back awhile, so the more recent North Texas teams I don't really know much about, but from what I have read it seems they certainly have gotten much more serious about it. Charlotte is a school I am interested in seeing how they do in football since I remember them being a very tough basketball opponent so I expect they will turn up putting some very good teams on the gridiron sooner than later. ODU has done well in the FCS so far but the FBS is a different level so they will have to continue to improve to be a force. Now UTSA is a team that I am really watching with big interest, because I think San Antonio is going to be a great addition to travel to (I personally won't be making trips there since I live in Arizona and my health is too shakey to do much). Add in teams that we have in conference like Marshall, Tulsa, UAB (at least against USM), Rice (starting to play good football), and UTEP, I really think the future of the conference could be bright. I will miss our old foes mostly but I am excited about our new ones.

(01-11-2013 12:47 PM)eagle215 Wrote:  

(01-11-2013 12:43 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(01-11-2013 12:31 PM)ShockerBob Wrote:  

LOOOL

I don't care who you root for/against. What happened to the guy in the Lakers shirt is funny. Ha!

Road games are tough in basketball.