Who Here Hates The Delaware Blue Hens?

[matcom]

I mean it costs like $17.43 in tolls just to get to the damned STADIUM! x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Prolly the same kinda people who hate the Lansing Lugnuts

whose logo features a bolt, not a nut.

:shrug:

[madinmaryland]

2. HAHAHAHA!!1!!

:popcorn:

[sasquatch]

3. I know, and Lynnsin keeps building new ones too

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

4. This guy -- would you believe, a UD alum!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=6952173&mesg_id=6952173

On behalf of alumni across the nation, I would like to congratulate you on being recruited to play football at the University of Delaware. As you know, our Blue Hens are six-time national champions and perennially one of the top Division I-AA programs in the country. We have produced dozens of NFL players, ranging from Rich Gannon and Scott Brunner to Ivory Sully and Mike Adams. With our explosive passing attack, I am confident that a wide receiver like you could thrive here.

I also have been informed, however, that you are a student of character, decency and open-mindedness. That, more than anything, is why I am writing this letter: to urge you (and your fellow recruits) not to attend my beloved university.

That's right. Say no to the Blue Hens.

Allow me to be blunt. The University of Delaware's persistent refusal to face Delaware State University in football is cowardly, pig-headed, self-righteous and, worst of all, oozing with racism. As you might know, the two schools -- separated by a mere 50-minute drive from Newark to Dover -- are both ranked in the top 25 of Division I-AA polls. For more than 30 years now, Delaware State has tried to arrange a football game with Delaware, only to be rebuffed time after time. "Name the place and the day, and we'll be there," Rick Costello, Delaware State's athletic director, told me recently. "Delaware-Delaware State would be great for the state, for the students, for ticket sales and school spirit. It's a natural, isn't it?"

Funny, though, he never brings up the toll issue... :P