Re: tUMD and UMTC Home and Home: Winner will be decided in a dive off
Wilcox deserved better this weekend. Especially on night two, he played unreal after those first two goals on Saturday. Kask played well for UMD but he was just in the way on a few of those saves too. Not taking anything away from him, but he wasn't always seeing the puck, just making saves by being in the right spot.
I was already under this impression after the NSCC last year, but I am losing more and more respect for UMD every time the Gophers play them and I can only assume they do this when they aren't playing the Gophers even though I don't get to watch much of their non Gopher games. Seriously, a whioux fan called your team out. Sorry to steal your wording, Brent, but that is ridiculously telling to me. How many times can you lay on the ice like you just got shot? Doesn't that get old? I'd rather win straight up than lay on the ice like a little girl every time someone from the other team got close to me, but I guess that's just me.
UMD fans are quickly getting to a Jan level for me as well. 50+ year old woman taunting us and a probably 40-something dude grabbing his crotch and telling me to "suck it"? Grow up. There was a few years ago where I deserved everything that came to me as an opposing fan, but we literally were minding our own business the whole game. We cheered about the good thing(s) that happened for the Gophers and we disagreed with the little girls laying on the ice and a couple goofy calls, but never got in any faces of fans or anything like that. UMD fans have always played the "we don't want you" game when Gopher fans cheered for them but I always had a little soft spot in my heart anyway. I know UMD fans still won't care but I always thought this used to be a fun rivalry, now it' seems like UMD fans are getting a little too big for the britches.