jmiller2794 wrote:
We don't play them at all. Neither Northwestern or Depaul will play us. We had a game scheduled this year at Depaul for the first time in a decade and it got cancelled and never rescheduled. I refuse to release this grudge until the clock runs out on our first game with them.
As far as the coaching situation goes, I think the general consensus is it's unlikely they poach our guy. We were concerned they might try for our AD and get the pair but they went with the Calipari coaching tree, and I think that suggests they're not looking to grab someone from a mid-major unless that person has a high major pedigree (which Moser does not).
As far as Rambler rivals I may be the wrong person for this. We've been in our current conference only since the 2013-14 season and so it's still a little fresh. The old heads on the board may be able to lend a historical perspective. In the MVC I think the fan base sees UNI as a respectable rival who we always play to the wire, Bradley as a pretty dirty team that we have a lot of disdain for, and ISUr as a fanbase we get into it with. Illinois State has a lot of grads in Chicago and so our home games against them (especially when they weren't league bottom feeders) drew a large and rowdy crowd of Redbird fans. Wichita was easy to hate but they left for greener (?) pastures before we got good enough to make it a rivalry lol.
Welcome to the fandom! If I may ask, how'd you get here from supporting a Big East team?