NEWPORT, Rhode Island — The Civil Conflict trophy put UConn into the national spotlight a few weeks ago. Bob Diaco created a rivalry trophy on his own, and no one, not even UCF, the other team in this newly-formed "rivalry," had any idea what was going on.
Diaco doesn't care about any of the negative press, the criticism over the name, the opponent or the previous scores going on the trophy. That doesn't matter to him.
"I'll peel every plaque off the thing. I do not care," Diaco said. "You want me to take the score from a year ago?