UA Fan Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 them Bearcats and Boilermakers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Loved it!!Not sure if you caught my comments in another thread the other day.When OSwho fails, it's good for Akron. We compete against them for students, athletes, faculty, media attention, fan interest, etc. Now..the interesting scenario is this....I know there's some loyal OSwho alums out there, but will "front-runner" fans switch their allegiances to Cincinnati for the remainder of the season? I think a lot of them will. I've always believed that a good number of Suckeye fans in Ohio are merely fans of the team that has the best chance to win a national title. And this year, it's Cincinnati.Remember how many Ohio people got behind the high-ranked Cincinnati basketball program during the Huggins era? Why? Because they were better than the Suckeyes.Get ready for a repeat performance, and higher merchandise sales for Cincy, from those fans who, of course, claim to have "always been Cincinnati fans". Well, that is, as long as they stay in the top 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Loved it!!Not sure if you caught my comments in another thread the other day.When OSwho fails, it's good for Akron. We compete against them for students, athletes, faculty, media attention, fan interest, etc. Now..the interesting scenario is this....I know there's some loyal OSwho alums out there, but will "front-runner" fans switch their allegiances to Cincinnati for the remainder of the season? I think a lot of them will. I've always believed that a good number of Suckeye fans in Ohio are merely fans of the team that has the best chance to win a national title. And this year, it's Cincinnati.Remember how many Ohio people got behind the high-ranked Cincinnati basketball program during the Huggins era? Why? Because they were better than the Suckeyes.Get ready for a repeat performance, and higher merchandise sales for Cincy, from those fans who, of course, claim to have "always been Cincinnati fans". Well, that is, as long as they stay in the top 10.True, true. During the Huggins era at Cincinnatti, one never heard a peep about Columbus State basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 The sad thing is that now we're not poised to capitalize on the situation for recruiting and local fans attention. But it's still good for all the non-nut Ohio teams, especially those with nice, new facilities There won't be a mass switchover of loyalties anytime soon but Cinci is certainly garnering a lot of focus...it's just shocking how close they are to the top of the heap. Might have been a bit tougher at USF though if the Bulls starting QB hadn't been injured. Looks like Meyer, Saban and Kelly all have the upper hand on Tressel right now. Pressure is mounting on him, T. Pryor and the AD. Lose another and they may be unranked which would be a big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachTheZip Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Maybe we can hire Tressel to be our new head coach next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well, I, for one, have been a Cincy fan since they beat OSwho in '61 & '62 for the national cvhampionship, simply because they were a smaller school and, I believe, a Municipal Univ @ the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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