UM Rivalry
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(As a side note, FIU/UM is scheduled to reignite their series in 2018/2019 and maybe that will turn into something because of the proximity but I'm not sure. I hesitate to call anything a rivalry when there hasn't been at least a decade of games)
The Schnellenberger connection is a tenuous reason for a rivalry; it's not like Schnellenberger left them at their height and then came here and started winning national championships instead (you know, an Urban Meyer situation). We didn't steal him away at a critical moment.
That said, I think FAU/FIU will become a bigger thing every decade because of the conference affiliation and we're already trying to knock each other out of bowl eligibility every year and that's the biggest thing for both our teams right now.
Similarly, FAU/MTSU and FAU/WKU could become bigger rivalries for the same reason.
As a side note, FAU/Troy was starting to become a thing and now that we've moved to CUSA we haven't played them… would be interested to watch them come to FAU Stadium, if only for nostalgia sake. I could see that being a good game.
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As a side note, FAU/Troy was starting to become a thing and now that we've moved to CUSA we haven't played them… would be interested to watch them come to FAU Stadium, if only for nostalgia sake. I could see that being a good game.Posted On: Jul 28th 2015, 1:42 AM #346715
It would be the same as the argument that you were making in how UM fairs when playing us. Troy is a shadow if their former selves. That JUCO pipeline technicality being taken away from them has REALLY hurt.
Although, the Orlando Sentinel did rank them ahead of us for 2015…
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owlmart said
Not sure what UM's incentive would be for a rivalryPosted On: Jul 28th 2015, 9:40 AM #346725
+1
UM has nothing to gain by playing us, unfortunately.
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owl2Doc said
As a side note, FAU/Troy was starting to become a thing and now that we've moved to CUSA we haven't played them… would be interested to watch them come to FAU Stadium, if only for nostalgia sake. I could see that being a good game.Posted On: Jul 28th 2015, 1:42 AM #346715
It would be the same as the argument that you were making in how UM fairs when playing us. Troy is a shadow if their former selves. That JUCO pipeline technicality being taken away from them has REALLY hurt.
Although, the Orlando Sentinel did rank them ahead of us for 2015…
Posted On: Jul 28th 2015, 9:15 AM #346723
Oh I agree. I know they have shrunk back down. I'm just saying one game might be interesting.
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