UConn Football Coach Creates Rivalry Game Without Rival's Knowledge

[rcade]

I posted this on SportsFilter and thought it would be of interest here as well:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13036482/bob-diaco-uconn-huskies-do-not-need-ucf-knights-consent-rivalry

UConn head football coach Bob Diaco has done something that could explode spectacularly in his face. He's commissioned a trophy and declared a "rivalry game" with the University of Central Florida. The Civil Conflict -- named for the American Athletic Conference schools being from the north and south -- pits two schools that only have played twice. Last year's UConn victory was the only Division I win for Diaco's team and UCF's only conference loss. "They don't get to say whether they are our rival or not," he said. "We might not be their rival, but they don't get to say whether they are our rival -- that is for us to decide."

I used to talk about creating UNT/New Mexico State as a rivalry game when the schools were Big West opponents. Our frequent conference hops and the unfortunate trip into the old Division I-AA robbed us of a natural rival. The team we've played the most, according to an NCAA Football videogame I played some years back, is New Mexico State.

But I couldn't come up with a name. I needed a river that divided us.

Edited June 9, 2015 by rcade

[JesseMartin]

Our rival isn't Drake?

[drex]

Our biggest rival over the years has been the president and athletic administrators.

[untcampbell]

And they are winning.

 

GMG

[untjim1995]

Our biggest rival over the years has been the president and athletic administrators.

​Drex just hit a moonshot out of the park...