UCONN considers itself NYC’s “Sixth Borough.”

Speaking of the LIRR, I recently tried mixing it up. Instead of sitting on a train for a zillion stops over 75-80 minutes, I drove to Forest Hills in about 45 minutes and took the train 15 more minutes to Penn. Saved about 20 minutes total and it was much nicer spending more time driving and less on the train with annoying drunks. Would definitely do it again. Of course I only go to the city for fun, not commuting!
 
[quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]

But even 'Cuse, who has a much bigger presence in NYC than Pukon, doesn't have the gall, the audacity, the chutzpah to say they are a borough of NYC! Pukon can go to hell, AFAIC! Let them rot in the AAC.
 
[quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287891][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]

But even 'Cuse, who has a much bigger presence in NYC than Pukon, doesn't have the gall, the audacity, the chutzpah to say they are a borough of NYC! Pukon can go to hell, AFAIC! Let them rot in the AAC.[/quote]

Let's hope...along with some 'sanctions' for them LOU & others.
Now, I'm joking.
 
fuchsia wrote: Talk is cheap. Once upon a time I got to watch Toby Kimball play at MSG.

Toby Kimball - now there is a name from the my early days! I'd forgotten completely that he played for UCONN; remember him more from NBA days.
 
[quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287891][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]

But even 'Cuse, who has a much bigger presence in NYC than Pukon, doesn't have the gall, the audacity, the chutzpah to say they are a borough of NYC! Pukon can go to hell, AFAIC! Let them rot in the AAC.[/quote]

Unfortunately I know a bunch of people who root
for Syracuse for various reasons.

Went to the school
Married to someone who went to the school
Know somebody who went to the school
Live upstate
Was a fan of Pearl or Derrick Coleman or insert
name of another player
Think they were cool by wearing a Syracuse shirt
that their mother bought them
Thought the name Carrier Dome was cool.

Well at least here in Queens and I think I can
speek for the rest of NYC, Long Island and Weschester I don’t know very many people who went to or root for UCONN. Maybe others do?
 
[quote="Andrew" post=287898][quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287891][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]

But even 'Cuse, who has a much bigger presence in NYC than Pukon, doesn't have the gall, the audacity, the chutzpah to say they are a borough of NYC! Pukon can go to hell, AFAIC! Let them rot in the AAC.[/quote]

Unfortunately I know a bunch of people who root
for Syracuse for various reasons.

Went to the school
Married to someone who went to the school
Know somebody who went to the school
Live upstate
Was a fan of Pearl or Derrick Coleman or insert
name of another player
Think they were cool by wearing a Syracuse shirt
that their mother bought them
Thought the name Carrier Dome was cool.

Well at least here in Queens and I think I can
speek for the rest of NYC, Long Island and Weschester I don’t know very many people who went to or root for UCONN. Maybe others do?[/quote]
My boss at my former job was a Yukon fan. His son attended school in Storrs. He was a good man but I never wanted to talk hoops with him. He personally knew Calhoun (I never got the full story) and loved him. It made me wretch. I didn't want to go to work in that odd year they won their last championship.
 
[quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.
 
[quote="Andrew" post=287898][quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287891][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]

But even 'Cuse, who has a much bigger presence in NYC than Pukon, doesn't have the gall, the audacity, the chutzpah to say they are a borough of NYC! Pukon can go to hell, AFAIC! Let them rot in the AAC.[/quote]

Unfortunately I know a bunch of people who root
for Syracuse for various reasons.

Went to the school
Married to someone who went to the school
Know somebody who went to the school
Live upstate
Was a fan of Pearl or Derrick Coleman or insert
name of another player
Think they were cool by wearing a Syracuse shirt
that their mother bought them
Thought the name Carrier Dome was cool.

Well at least here in Queens and I think I can
speek for the rest of NYC, Long Island and Weschester I don’t know very many people who went to or root for UCONN. Maybe others do?[/quote]

The list from Chaminade that JSJ shared today shows one student venturing to the "sixth borough." That's one more than I expected.
 
[quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287842]This article in today’s Connecticut Post was interesting, to say the least. Between Danny Hurley throwing out the first pitch at a Mets game, and UCONN claiming it is NYC’s “Sixth Borough” I had to laugh. Their freakin’ campus is 140 miles from midtown! All the more reason to keep them out of the Big East.

[URL][URL]https://www.ctpost.com/sp...ets-game-hopes-to-12964105.php#photo-15663085[/URL][/URL][/quote]


Thanks Tony
Like many if not most posters, I am a New Yorker ( born in Queens and raised in Brooklyn) but I did reside in CT - in the 1990s and recall at that time Felipe and Zendon defeating the dreaded UConn team.

Coincidentally, this weekend I am with my
lovely GF back in CT - she is not a sports fan but faithfully keeps the Hartford Courant Sports Section AND WOW

today’s headline of “Hurley Homecoming set for Dec 8” BUT goes on to add UConn will play Villanove at Madison Square Garden!!!
Really? Does that make it 6 and 7 Boroughs?

Two teams I am not at all enamored with. I can lump Syracuse in the mix.

I was sooo annoyed but then reminded myself (Says I to Myself) let’s just get on top and not care what UConn, Villanova or MSG are doing. If we continue to improve and win, the publicity and recruits and games will take care of themselves ( I think, I hope).

And there are still only 5 Boroughs. lol
UConn, Villanova, MSG. Wow! What’s that word? Oh yes. Deplorable.
 
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[quote="Sherman, Sheridan & Grant" post=287914][quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=287842]This article in today’s Connecticut Post was interesting, to say the least. Between Danny Hurley throwing out the first pitch at a Mets game, and UCONN claiming it is NYC’s “Sixth Borough” I had to laugh. Their freakin’ campus is 140 miles from midtown! All the more reason to keep them out of the Big East.

[URL][URL]https://www.ctpost.com/sp...ets-game-hopes-to-12964105.php#photo-15663085[/URL][/URL][/quote]


Thanks Tony
Like many if not most posters, I am a New Yorker ( born in Queens and raised in Brooklyn) but I did reside in CT - in the 1990s and recall at that time Felipe and Zendon defeating the dreaded UConn team.

Coincidentally, this weekend I am with my
lovely GF back in CT - she is not a sports fan but faithfully keeps the Hartford Courant Sports Section AND WOW

today’s headline of “Hurley Homecoming set for Dec 8” BUT goes on to add UConn will play Villanove at Madison Square Garden!!!
Really? Does that make it 6 and 7 Boroughs?

Two teams I am not at all enamored with. I can lump Syracuse in the mix.

I was sooo annoyed but then reminded myself (Says I to Myself) let’s just get on top and not care what UConn, Villanova or MSG are doing. If we continue to improve and win, the publicity and recruits and games will take care of themselves ( I think, I hope).

And there are still only 5 Boroughs. lol
UConn, Villanova, MSG. Wow! What’s that word? Oh yes. Deplorable.[/quote]

You nailed it General.
It's what we do, not what UCONN or Nova or Duke or KY do.
In fact, fabulous PR on UCONN & Nova's part.
But who cares, so long as we're heading higher...the Rising Storm will own NYC and compete with all comers..
Let's do it.
 
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Maybe I'm not enough of a die-hard fan, but I don't get a dislike for Villanova. They're where we want to be both in terms of consistent success and style of play, plus there is no indication they cheated to get there. I think Mullin looks on Wright's program as a model to emulate, in fact he's said as much. Understand the antipathy for Syracuse & UCONN considering they deserted BE and are less than clean programs, but personally I root for teams like Nova and Providence when they are not playing us.
 
UConn may not be the 6th borough, but it still bothers me that they get exclusive coverage on SNY, a new York sports channel, and we don't.
 
[quote="Room112" post=287919]UConn may not be the 6th borough, but it still bothers me that they get exclusive coverage on SNY, a new York sports channel, and we don't.[/quote]

We will also, once we're back.
The media give us what we want, what is topical, or popular.
We've been among the anonymous & irrelevant for most of the past 2 decades.
That's changing.
Winners write the history books.
Watch.
 
[quote="sjc88" post=287908][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.[/quote]

I live in Syracuse, but I went to St. John's. Syracuse has many problems, mostly economic, but the drivel about the weather is exactly that, drivel. It is a place where a couple can raise a family and not break the bank in the process. We live in Syracuse when it snows they have the ability to remove it before you get out of work. We do not get crippled like New York City does after getting 6-8 inches. I love St. John's, but I am also very fond of where I live. I get tired of the garbage I read on here slamming Syracuse with a derogatory remark every once in a while by someone trying to be funny,
 
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[quote="kranmars" post=287859]Ok, uconn can be the sixth borough only after they agree to pay the absurdly high NYC taxes.

And I hope they realize that those taxes will not be funneled towards paying for campus improvements.

Please just leave unconn alone and do waste your time discussing them. They want and need the Big East badly. Ignore them, and they will just wither away in a mediocre hoops conference.

Those fans have earned every ounce of indignity that will follow them. Let uconn fans be forced to relive the glory days of Jim Calhoun as their only source of basketball thrills.[/quote]

I'm loving their desperation to be in a relevant conference. They were prime traitors when the ACC and other power 5 conferences were expanding. Always hated the men's basketball program but admit that I once was a big fan of the women's team for personal reasons but that was ages ago. I wish nothing good for them.
 
[quote="frank61" post=287922][quote="sjc88" post=287908][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.[/quote]

I live in Syracuse, but I went to St. John's. Syracuse has many problems, mostly economic, but the drivel about the weather is exactly that, drivel. It is a place where a couple can raise a family and not break the bank in the process. We live in Syracuse when it snows they have the ability to remove it before you get out of work. We do not get crippled like New York City does after getting 6-8 inches. I love St. John's, but I am also very fond of where I live. I get tired of the garbage I read on here slamming Syracuse with a derogatory remark every once in a while by someone trying to be funny,[/quote]


BTW Frank I was not intending to slam your city just that team orange team. I’m glad you enjoy and appreciate where you live!
 
[quote="Sherman, Sheridan & Grant" post=287924][quote="frank61" post=287922][quote="sjc88" post=287908][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.[/quote]

I live in Syracuse, but I went to St. John's. Syracuse has many problems, mostly economic, but the drivel about the weather is exactly that, drivel. It is a place where a couple can raise a family and not break the bank in the process. We live in Syracuse when it snows they have the ability to remove it before you get out of work. We do not get crippled like New York City does after getting 6-8 inches. I love St. John's, but I am also very fond of where I live. I get tired of the garbage I read on here slamming Syracuse with a derogatory remark every once in a while by someone trying to be funny,[/quote]


BTW Frank I was not intending to slam your city just that team orange team. I’m glad you enjoy and appreciate where you live![/quote]

General, I live here and slam them every day. When I am moving around the city I will usually where our Red and White shirts, and sweaters and will invariably have some idiot make some kind of inane remark, it really is fun.
 
[quote="frank61" post=287925][quote="Sherman, Sheridan & Grant" post=287924][quote="frank61" post=287922][quote="sjc88" post=287908][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.[/quote]

I live in Syracuse, but I went to St. John's. Syracuse has many problems, mostly economic, but the drivel about the weather is exactly that, drivel. It is a place where a couple can raise a family and not break the bank in the process. We live in Syracuse when it snows they have the ability to remove it before you get out of work. We do not get crippled like New York City does after getting 6-8 inches. I love St. John's, but I am also very fond of where I live. I get tired of the garbage I read on here slamming Syracuse with a derogatory remark every once in a while by someone trying to be funny,[/quote]


BTW Frank I was not intending to slam your city just that team orange team. I’m glad you enjoy and appreciate where you live![/quote]

General, I live here and slam them every day. When I am moving around the city I will usually where our Red and White shirts, and sweaters and will invariably have some idiot make some kind of inane remark, it really is fun.[/quote]

Way to go, Frank!
 
[quote="frank61" post=287925][quote="Sherman, Sheridan & Grant" post=287924][quote="frank61" post=287922][quote="sjc88" post=287908][quote="Section9" post=287872]Yeah, yeah, pukon's the sixth borough; kinda like when cuse considers themselves an NYC suburb.:p :angry:[/quote]
Back in the day, when I was a student, SJU had a bus trip to Syracuse. It was February. I woke up in the hotel and turned on the radio to hear something like "The high temperature will be Minus 1"....hell on earth.
Sixth borough my a--. More like the crappy attic above a really great party. I am still convinced they (Boeheim) somehow convinces kids that SU is "just minutes from NYC". How he ever recruited top talent there is amazing.[/quote]

I live in Syracuse, but I went to St. John's. Syracuse has many problems, mostly economic, but the drivel about the weather is exactly that, drivel. It is a place where a couple can raise a family and not break the bank in the process. We live in Syracuse when it snows they have the ability to remove it before you get out of work. We do not get crippled like New York City does after getting 6-8 inches. I love St. John's, but I am also very fond of where I live. I get tired of the garbage I read on here slamming Syracuse with a derogatory remark every once in a while by someone trying to be funny,[/quote]


BTW Frank I was not intending to slam your city just that team orange team. I’m glad you enjoy and appreciate where you live![/quote]

General, I live here and slam them every day. When I am moving around the city I will usually where our Red and White shirts, and sweaters and will invariably have some idiot make some kind of inane remark, it really is fun.[/quote]

Sorry Frank. I apologize if I offended. The story about waking up there is true. However, my intent was not to offend anyone. It was silly and wrong.
 
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