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  1. kibblesnbits

    Hartford Athletic - 2024

    If they converted a few more of their frequent chances I’d say the first half might be the best I’ve seen in franchise history. They controlled play, particularly on the outside, and had Birmingham just falling back in a shell. The 2nd half they became a bit too conservative as they played...
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    Is Yale kidding me with this garbage?

    Having another school’s band fill in is not unusual. In fact, a friend of mine was in the pep band at UConn and they filled in for the Clemson band at one tournament. He said they played it so much that he can still play “Hold that Tiger” by heart on his trombone.
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    Fox - Big East exclusive negotiating window

    You math doesn't work. If they expanded the field to 96 with 32 teams playing on Wednesday (16 games) that would leave 80 teams going into the weekend, which is not a workable number. If they want to expand the tournament without adding another week the practical limit would be 80 teams (after...
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    BE, B10, SEC, and B12 tourney champs

    He meant the #8 overall seed in the tournament. The 2nd seeds in the regionals are supposed to be the 5th through 8th best teams and the S curve relationship says the overall #1 seed should get the weakest (#8) 2nd seed.
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    Yormark with the Money Shot

    That’s missing the point. Leagues are carried by their top teams and the audiences they attract. They just need those other teams to give the big boys some wins and fill up non-prime game slots.. Who in the Big 12 has a national following like Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Michigan, Ohio State...
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    Yormark with the Money Shot

    Perhaps so, but a lot of people live on the East Coast. A lot live on the West Coast too, where they have no presence or market recognition either. There’s not a single program in the revised Big 12 that most people on those coasts would make even a moderate effort to see. They might watch...
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    Mississippi senator proposes bill closes three Mississippi public schools

    The concept of regionalization is not inherently bad, but the political and organizational dynamics make it incredibly unlikely. SUNY is already in a bit of an uproar because Hochul took the 4 traditional lead universities of the system (Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook) and declared...
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    UConn, Army cancel four future football games, reschedule two other contests (FBS Schedules)

    Absolutely. There's a long history of the MAC champion competing to be the top G5 team and a potential candidate for a playoff spot or a significant bowl (tone of voice dripping with sarcasm). If their recruits respond to that with anything other than "Mental note: these guys are delusional"...
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    UMass > MAC for all sports in 2025-2026

    The A10 didn't exist in those days. I believe UMass was still in the Yankee Conference when the good doctor played in Amherst.
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    UConn Outbound Transfers for 8/1/23>7/31/24 Cycle

    I'm not sure this is true. Players leave teammates hanging by sitting out bowl games yet it doesn't seem to hurt their NFL chances or ability to transfer.
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    LOL this is getting insane...

    No wonder he went back to Georgia for another year. He's making a hell of a lot more money than he would as a late round draft pick or UDFA. Insane is the right word for the current state of affairs.
  12. kibblesnbits

    Toscano Family Ice Forum Impressions

    That's one hell of a cost overrun. It was announced as a $40M project but the articles at opening put it at $70M-$75M (citing school officials). How do you even get to that kind of # in South Dakota?
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    BC’s Hafley takes job as Packers DC

    We moved to Trumbull 30 years ago and the perception of UConn has changed tremendously over that time. UConn 2000, which improved both the infrastructure and academic standing of the school, made a huge difference in my opinion. Affordability and value for the education dollar have also pushed...
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    I'm not an alumnus of UConn but academic back channels are heating up about UConn

    I concur with many of your sentiments about the danger in WVU's actions. However, you have to clearer when making the statements "Typically they can't do this unless they're in a retrenchment process where entire departments are eliminated" and "The cutting of math, computer science, english...
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    UConn Football Class of 2024 - NLI Early Signing Day Thread/Info (12/20/23>12/22/23)

    I'm no fan of the absurd economics (and ethics) of the coaching market, but they never announced they were going to Alabama. When a kid "commits" that changes the strategy of the inbound school. They may stop recruiting other players at the position or make offers with remaining scholarships at...
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    UConn Football Class of 2024 - NLI Early Signing Day Thread/Info (12/20/23>12/22/23)

    So his agent - I mean, "advisor" - used the "commitment" to negotiate a better NIL deal?
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    OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

    I can only speak for myself, but I think the consolidation of powers, the portal and multi-transfer players are having a negative impact on my interest. I "root for the laundry" in that I back the uniform regardless of the specific players on the roster or even the win-loss record (although I...
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    Official Boston Red Sox Thread - 2023

    You are right. I was looking at his minor league stats last year when I heard a rumor that the Sox might try to acquire whoever didn't win the job in Atlanta (when Story was out and both middle infield positions were a black hole in the Sox lineup). It must be nice to accumulate so many middle...
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    Official Boston Red Sox Thread - 2023

    Grissom was bounced around by Atlanta, playing mostly at shortstop but he's actually played more 3rd base than second. If he's given a chance to focus on one position he's got the athleticism and skills to be a decent defender at 2nd. His actions need to be repeatable and consistent, which is...
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    NCAA considers changes to NIL and the portal.

    To the extent the social media revenues are derived purely from tools available to everyone you are right. However, for most athletes the primary revenue source is from NIL collectives that only fund athletes. The Alabama QB with over $1M NIL income is not being funded from social media...
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    NCAA considers changes to NIL and the portal.

    Since this is based on a benefit not available to regular students (athletic scholarship and NIL funding) I don't see why the discrimination argument is an issue. If they want to transfer without those special benefits then they can do so any time, just like a regular student.
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    2024 UConn Football Commit - Wes Hoeh (Glen Ellen, Illinois)

    While the rest of college football is thinking air raid, we’re going all Woody Hayes with this kid and Stafford lined up in a twin back set. We might not score a lot, but we’ll scare the hell out of linebackers and defensive backs.
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    2024 QB Commit Cole Welliver- Most Accurate QB In TX

    Welliver played at a school in D2 of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). He didn’t play against the big public high schools with their professional looking stadiums. TAPPS has 230 members across 6 divisions so his accomplishments were compared to 40 or so similarly...
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    2024 UConn Football Commit - Connor Stutz (Seattle, Washington)

    Unless he was injured it appears he's been the backup for the last couple of years. The results for a small sample size are good, but it's an odd pickup. A backup going up the food chain instead of down........
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    UConn Outbound Transfers for 8/1/23>7/31/24 Cycle

    Not when Deion recruits over him. More than any other position group, backup offensive linemen are invisible. The goal is to get 5 cohesive starters and play them as close to 100% as possible. Subs generally get significant playing time only when the starter is hurt or the lead is large...
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    OT Jon Rahm to LIV

    It's a different part of the male anatomy...........
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    Bryant Butthurt they’re not part of historic non conference run

    I think people are making far too much of this. I don't think it was a shot at UConn. I think it's a D1 coach trying to explain (justifying?, rationalizing?) why they were playing a D3 school. It's "Well, we wanted to play UConn but it fell through so we were left scheduling a D3 school instead."
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    Toscano Family Ice Forum Impressions

    That's the point I made when they built the place. Put in risers on the student deck as a bandstand so they can play above the glass instead of into it. Add the seats behind the net to the student section. Then we can start planning how to get rid of that stupid ground level club section at...
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    Colorado

    Deion has to prove he can actually coach. We know he can recruit. He won at J State because his fame, personality and gene pool were able to attract a caliber of talent that just doesn't go to HBCUs any more (e.g. Travis Hunter, Shedeur Sanders, etc.). They just overwhelmed most of the...
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    Toscano Family Ice Forum Impressions

    Who knows when someone came up with the genius idea to replace seats with standing room - maybe the designer's previous project was a soccer stadium - but it was certainly part of the plans when the project was approved. "A student-only standing room deck will also be situated behind the...
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    Future of Army Series Due to AAC move in doubt

    I just realized the answer to my own question. Army-Navy will be non-league so they can retain their end of season date after the AAC Championship game. That's all the more reason to not join the AAC. Army will rue this day once they begin the type of slow decline that befell Navy once they...
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    Future of Army Series Due to AAC move in doubt

    Why would Navy be non-conference if they are in the same league? I'm sure the AAC could find a way to adapt its scheduling model to account for one fixed opponent per year. That's especially true since there isn't a single real rival for Army in the league other than Navy. Both schools have...
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    Now THIS is a rivalry

    They don’t play on the field but MIT and Harvard are definitely rivals. About 40 years ago, during a Harvard-Yale game, MIT students triggered a device that they’d buried at mid-field. A giant balloon with MIT written on it rose up from under the turf before exploding.
  34. kibblesnbits

    Toscano Family Ice Forum Impressions

    It's a $70+M arena built in 2023 for Christ's sake - this shouldn't be that hard.
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    ACC votes to add Stanford, Cal, SMU: Conference presidents approve expansion to 18 schools

    So next year cable companies are going to announce to all their customers in Texas that we are moving the ACCN from an optional add-on to the basic packages (and forcing them to pay for it) because SMU is now in the league? Cable companies are desperately trying to keep down costs and hold onto...
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