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Sligo bent plenty of rules back in 2002 or whenever they won it first, couple of dodgy students at the time when mchugh was over them. I went to uni across the water so neither the Belfast colleges mean anything to me but you would always hear about this supposed superiority complex queens have over the other one. Can't really understand it myself, so went and checked up there only to find this great queens place was ranked 197th in the world, that's pretty brutal! Most of the other Irish colleges are lower but they don't bum up their reputation.

To me, university football was the best, anyone here who have played in the british uni championship weekend in birmingham knows what the banter is like.

Orchardman you should stick to picking apples for you know nothing about HE football. For a start, yes Sligo were at. I was disgusted at the time and ashamed now... they played two players in Sigerson both of whom had left their course, one from Roscommon, the other from Donegal.
As for the rankings of colleges, who the hell cares?! We were having a football debate and talking about UUJ pulling fast ones year in year out in pathetic attempts to win trophies. ..but now that you mention it, I have just googled it too - if Queen's are ranked 193rd in the world that would make them in the top couple of percent in the world?, not bad! UUJ arent even ranked! Only Trinity and UCD are ranked higher in Ireland. Your argument whilst beside the point, is also totally inaccurate.

This argument on the freshers is crazy. As someone said earlier, if a team played illegal players then throw them out. For a team to claim they don't know a score just to try and pull another stunt would be typical of a college with no class, no integrity, no sense of fair play. I've never experienced any Queen's snobbery or (quite the contrary) thinking they are better than others but to listen to the likes of UUJ people like Stronghold they clearly suffer from an inferiority complex.

A bit of a farce of a match by all accounts. The gardai had a strong side our. The Nordy gardai probably have a token team?

Is there any county team NOT training at the moment? I know both Sligo and Leitrim are flat out and Mayo are having trials and fitness tests. Training ban? It should be called rest ban!

ps: The northern colleges can argue away but none of them will win Sigerson this year anyway. Watch a few new colleges from the south emerge like NUI Maynooth and Carlow IT

No interest in this at all so will leave it to others to do a Connacht team.

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Bit of North Mayo steel in the form of Farr surely is needed?

A Connacht team is never a connacht team without a token Sligo man. Eamon O'Hara needs a replacement

@ stronghold
For a man who claims to be a Coleraine graduate you certainly know some amount about Jordanstown!! ...also you appear to be totally obsessed with Queen's. I suspect you are involved with Jordanstown and possess an inferiority complex due to your more illustrious neighbours being a prestigous college and jordanstown being a technical college? Would I be right? (says me who went to Sligo IT) Your defensive tones would also suggest that you advocate the fact that Jordanstown are famous for breaking rules and possesing zero integrity.

Everyone knows the Sigerson is a terrific competition but it is tarnished when colleges like Jordanstown stretch and break the rules. They would be much better off if they didnt have hangers on like Tommy Joe dragging them into the gutter.

Not the first heifer those boys were with

What are the College sides like this year? No doubt J-Town have an array of inter county footballers doing guddy studies or lego building.

No idea, havent really noticed any coverage. A lad from my home club plays with Maynooth and they are in the league final against Carlow, both of whom beat big guns DCU and UCD. A change in the gaurd maybe.
I do enjoy the colleges being in the pre season cups like the mckenna cup, it adds a different demension to the thing.

How do some people know what the McKenna cup groups are and it hasnt been released to the media yet? Some sort of big secret?

Some of the comments on here from Tyrone folk are dissapointing. The scenes were shocking and undefendable so why attack the initial poster of this thread?
You then get another poster saying this happens in every county... bullshit of the highest order! It does not happen in every county, it mainly happens in Tyrone and very often happens in Antrim. After that it is highly unusual. Also, this may be controversial but it does seem that Carrickmore are stuck in the middle of this stuff every time it happens.
It's embarressing folks, wait till you see UTV and BBC having a field day now.

McGuinness goes ultra defensive again on this one. Cassidy will be back by the end of the McKenna cup, wait and see.
Cassidy has heart, work rate and passion.. qualities that were sadly lacking in McGuinness when he was a player.

So you play in the junior c/ship? It's just that I have a few mates working in Dublin who have drifted away from football but may be enticed back in if teh standard isnt too high. Junior would be high enough.

Corofin were lucky but deserving. I can see them winning it out.

Sweeping statements above! I wonder have you been involved at grass roots HE GAA or do you just believe what you hear?
I was involved with SligoIT 2001-2004 and yes they were at it too but have cleaned up their act. Jordanstown have and are pulling lads in year after year in a pathetic attempts to win trophies (which they fail at) and all it does is reduce the integrity of HE competitions. I have first hand knowledge of the lengths they go to to try and draft in players. It just underlines the lack of confidence they have in their own players every year. Some colleges have gained respect over the years, not Jordanstown.
There should be same rules adhered to by all colleges. Simple.

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Tommy Joe up to his usual tricks.

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LOL Is that charlatan Tommy Joe still involved up there?? He was at it back in my day too, offering young lads money to play for the college. He must be a failed player who couldnt get into Queen's or something.

I think you will actually find Tommy- Joe went to queens as well as UUJ and that most universities including queens where offering scholarships and still are, long before UUJ. If you compere DCU, UCD, UCC , CIT, Waterford and Maynooth the northern colleges are a way behind in scholarships. But fair play to any young player who gets one especially in the current economic climate and the rising cost of fees. Good Luck to them.

Thou protesteth too much!
Everyone knows that Jordanstown approach players and stick them into silly masters courses just so they can play for the college. They have made a mockery of colleges competitions for years and all that seems to motivate them is to try and keep up with their more illustrious neighbours. It's pathetic really.