Re: I can't believe there's no MSU - Miami thread
Did you apply and not get in or something...? Seriously, this crusade sounds personal.
It's not really like that fellowes. I'm actually a guy who respects things like academics and research and nerdy stuff like that, even more than a school's athletic resume. So because of that, my ill feelings toward's Miami of Ohio sports teams or fans only comes out when the circumstances warrant. Otherwise, I know that MU's one of the original "Public Ivies", that it has a long and storied history going WAY back, with its rivalry with Cincy being one of the longest running in the nation. Not as long as Minnesota Vs Wisconsin, of course, but almost so. It wouldn't be the type of school I'd choose to go to, but that's not a bad thing, because after my #1 choice, UMn, I'd either choose a scrum party school or a private unaccredited religious school or something.
I will admit that I know a MU fan, and I don't like the guy, but he's not a big hockey fan(so little does he care about their hockey team, he hasn't said one word about it all season), despite his also being a Cincy bb fan and that team not looking so good and despite saying he hated football when I first met him, he became a bandwagoning fb fan first because of Miami's 2003 season and also because Cincy's supposedly done so well in fb recently, lol. So yes, that plays a very small factor in my not being the biggest Miami fan. 2003 was probably Minnesota's best season in cfb in decades, and I had to put up with some idiot MU fan bragging day and night about how MU was SO much better than UMn, because, he said, compare their win/loss records, MU's only got 1 loss, but UMn's got THREE!!! Miami played ONE ranked team all year and got their arses handed to them, and yet the press didn't know any better either. So MU finished the season ranked #10 and UMn finished ranked #20 in the AP. Both teams lost to Iowa, but UMn scored 22 pts on Iowa and MU could only muster 3 pts losing 21-3.
BUT, the much larger factor, that was in play before I met that guy, is the whole, Team A plays a Top rated SOS and has 22-12 record, Team B plays a horrible SOS and has 32-2 record. Fans of Team B tell fan of Team A that his team SUCKS. Well, lets just say I am a fan of Team A and I know that Team B hasn't played much of anyone all season and when they did, they lost.
Now fellowes, you may not be the kind of person who would do that, go on bragging endlessly about how incredible your team is for beating up on a bunch of creampuffs and who would then turn around and ridicule the team with a top rated SOS and because of that schedule, many more losses, BUT...
but the average fans of the Team Bs out there, DO that, and they do that a lot. And that's always bothered me, for the entire 30 years that I've been a sports fan, in fact. And I just happen to be a Minnesota fan, if you couldn't tell, and playing fb or bb in the Big Ten usually leads to my team and/or my fellow conf teams to have tough strengths of schedule. And then in hockey, the same thing, being in the WCHA usually leads to my team and my fellow conf teams to have tough SOSs.
So, my team and sometimes fellow conf mates, have caught flack in the past for losing, and the person giving the flack, was a fan of one of those Team Bs. Examples of Team Bs from this year and the past would be, Gonzaga bb, Cincy fb, MIAMI OF OHIO fb(2003), and in hockey, while some people might say Quinipiac fits the profile? From my personal perspective, I haven't had any run ins with Q fans yet, but I have with Miami and CCHA fans in the past, going way back, so yeah, this late in the year when I see Miami is ranked #3, yet I remember them losing a bunch of games a few weeks back, it made me suspicious and so I did the research and checked em out. I'm a college hockey fan remember, so I'd have already checked out a few other teams, so it wasn't out of a vendetta or anything like that. I honestly wasn't paying a lot of attention to the CCHA this season, partly because I saw that they were pretty weak as a whole.
So when I saw this thread come up the other day, I came by to check it out and saw someone making the comment that Miami of Ohio was going to pummel MSU because MSU sucked so bad, and the implication was that Miami was so awesome or something, or at least in comparison to MSU. So I made a comment that was maybe a little over the top, in a sense I said that MU was possibly the worst #3 rated team in all of history, and a couple people got riled up about it, and so I defended my remarks with the relevant stats and facts. I was called a moron among other things. And no, my feelings weren't hurt, I laughed about it in fact, but then when my prediction of MU losing to lowly MSU came to pass, of course I'm going to come in here and say, "See, I told you so!"
It wasn't a vendetta against Miami of Ohio, it was a weak team that was passing for a great team, because of a weak schedule and apparently NO ONE ELSE in the entire college hockey world having taken a closer look, BUT ME, so when I let everyone in on what I found out when I took that closer look, instead of people recognizing what I was showing them and adjusting the way they think about them, they chose instead to remain deluded and in denial and also chose to lash out at me. Which is fine, I'm not going to step into the ring if I can't take a couple punches, in fact, I'm like Rocky Balboa, I need to take a 100 punches before I get warmed up, lol. Oh, and I always win like Rocky, too, if not the first fight, then in the rematch for sure.
I've done this once before, picked on Miami of Ohio and the CCHA, under my old moniker which I couldn't remember since it had been probably 5 years since I've been in this place, I made the comment that the CCHA was weak, and got ripped into by CCHA fans for posting that opinion. So I posted my predictions for the NCAA tourney, and my prediction was that FOUR WCHA teams would all make it to the Frozen Four and that the CCHA would only win 1 game in the NCAA tourney. I predicted that Michigan, the conf leader, would win their 1st round game, but would lose their 2nd round game, and that all the other CCHA teams would lose their first round games, and I'm guessing you know what happened. I was right on all counts. Michigan went 1-1 and the other CCHA teams, I think there were 3 others, went like 0-3, and the Frozen Four? Yeah, all 4 teams were WCHA teams.
So you can either take heed of what I've posted, and don't bet too much money on Miami or the CCHA this season, and just hope the move to the new conf next year and new recruits ect., and another year to grow and mature and improve their game, will change MU's situation. Sh1t, at least as far as hockey goes, this is the last year I'll be able to pick on them, because the NCHC will be a VERY legit league. You might be able to get some revenge and pick on my Gophers for playing in a weak *** conf, if MSU, PSU, Michigan and OSU don't improve before next year, and for that matter, even Wisconsin. lol
Or you can join the others in here that think that I'm a moron and have no clue what I'm talking about?
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