No wonder people dont like UNC

With all their whining and negative attacks on others over on Bigsoccer, is there a more spoiled fan base. Someone posted about how they were still bitter Carrie Dew did not go to UNC, too bad. Why cant they be happy with their 25 other 5 star recruits.

They still think Sinclair and Milbrett should have gone there

I remember a quote about Sinclair that Dorrance had "followed her all over the country" or something like that. Was Milbrett recruited nationally or was she an under-the-radar recruit. I wasn't a big fan yet back then.

I know Clive said Milbrett "came to Portland when it wasn't cool [to come here]," and was a big reason for the rise of the Pilots. Fans have told me she was a dominating player in high school so I wouldn't be surprised if lots of schools were recruiting her.

I can think of another annoying bunch of fans a few hours to the northeast of Portland....

I got some enjoyment when I read that Michelle Akers thought Anson was "arrogant", and was turned off by his attitude, she seems to be one of the few to have seen the light. She might have been turned off, but we all know he was turned on, haha, could not resist.

After reading about his troubles, I realized The Man Watching was a perfect title for the book about him.

Love him or hate him or somewhere in between. He has compiled a record that is unmatched. For the right reasons or for the wrong reasons the players go there and they win. I don't think anything he has done or will do takes away from our beloved UP. We have a team with very very few critics. That speaks volumes.

Purple Pride, a couple hours northeast, hmmm, that puts it pretty close to Spokane. I hope you aren't saying my Zags have arrogant fans.

There are some, actually, but, by and large, we are a pretty friendly bunch, and I am a big Portland soccer fan.

Basketball, well, I am happy for you guys, especially when you beat the Fuskies, but when we come to town......Go Zags.

I've been reading lots of teams' threads on BigSoccer. There are some very decent folks who are UNC (and other teams') fans and a few who are not and take every "foreign" post on their thread as an attack on UNC (or their team), some of whom also spend time putting down other teams and players when there's no need to do it, with the success their program has had. Some of it is just ill mannered fans, but I think some of it is a reaction to a lot of anti-UNC feeling over the years. Interestingly, I've noticed that there's actually some anti-Portland feeling out there too, although nowhere near the same scale as towards UNC. Sort of interesting.

One of the things I have noticed is that in both the ACC and the Pac 10, it's almost a game for the fans on one team to bad mouth and insult big rival other teams and their fans. I personally don't like it, but maybe it's just the way those schools' sports fans relate to each other. Different culture than the one I'm used to. I much more like hearing from the Jame Madison coach how great it was for his players to be clapped off the field by the Portland fans at the end of the game.

Id say most of the threads on the Womens College board have been pretty tame this year, except the aforementioned Anson Case thread, and some of the banter back and forth between USC fans and UCLA fans was amusing, besides that most people, thankfully, our respectful towards one another. The UNC fan complaining about not getting a recruit just seemed ludicrous to me, and I needed to vent, and not with a Coors Light

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:I've been reading lots of teams' threads on BigSoccer. Interestingly, I've noticed that there's actually some anti-Portland feeling out there too:

We are gentle and kind spirits and I will b***h slap anyone who has such feelings.

Auto Pilot wrote:

UPSoccerFanatic wrote:I've been reading lots of teams' threads on BigSoccer. Interestingly, I've noticed that there's actually some anti-Portland feeling out there too:

We are gentle and kind spirits and I will b***h slap anyone who has such feelings.

Agree. We're nice.

The big schools have big football and basketball teams, so maybe the smack talk that goes with those sports carries over. Have you ever tried to read a UO or OSU board for actual insight on the teams? Good luck with that.

I think that people are always jealous of success in sports. UNC is undeniably successful, and so is UP. I don't have a problem with them competing to get recruits or having fans who were spoiled by success. It would be hard not to be with all that they've done. I just want to beat them when we play them. That's it.

any chance they are on UofP's schedule this season???

I suspect they will be on the schedule. In December.