2014 Huskies -What is the question that you are most curious about?

[Confident Carl]

You can walk through New England and the NYC Metro with discounted tickets to a college or pro team. Any team, any sport. If the team is lousy, you won't have much success. The fan base is intelligent and discerning and has money to spend; but not for bad product. I've seen the Yankees and Mets draw 4.0 million and I've seen both stadiums become empty echo chambers. The Jets have lost a multi-year waiting list. The Giants, Knicks and Rangers live with no-shows.

Columbia, SC? What else is there to do? What else competes for the entertainment dollar? In this part of the country, bad product doesn't sell. It's a totally different sell.

Quite a number of universities have taken advantage of this sales strategy. If football season ticket sales are down, it may be worth checking into. The universities have access to huge data bases.

 

[RedStickHusky]

It's an interesting thought. For years I went to every basketball game at the XL Center. The last few years I'm down to 3-4 a season. It would take some effort but I could still go to all of them... I just would rather stay home and have 15 games to pick from on television.

I watch 90-95% of the total minutes of the season, but fully grant than anyone hauling themselves to Gampel or XL night in and out is a better fan than I.

You know I'm not the judge, and don't want to be but I think if you're going once or more per season you shouldn't feel bad. It amazes me how much the internet/streaming experience has improved in just a couple of years.

 

[whaler11]

You know I'm not the judge, and don't want to be but I think if you're going once or more per season you shouldn't feel bad. It amazes me how much the internet/streaming experience has improved in just a couple of years.

Oh I don't feel bad.

To me it's not just the improvement of streaming.. it's the way streaming and the internet have conditioned me. At home I don't watch commercials. I can jump between a dozen games and always find something competitive. Twitter for me and many others is huge during a college football Saturday or college basketball night.

I've lost all patience for the dead time at a college basketball game.

Almost anyone who has ever seen Red Zone instantly gets how awesome it is. I'd rather stay home with an ipad and Red Zone than go to any NFL game. If I go to an NFL game it's for the tailgate/social experience.

 

[J187Money]

Oh I don't feel bad. To me it's not just the improvement of streaming.. it's the way streaming and the internet have conditioned me. At home I don't watch commercials. I can jump between a dozen games and always find something competitive. Twitter for me and many others is huge during a college football Saturday or college basketball night. I've lost all patience for the dead time at a college basketball game. Almost anyone who has ever seen Red Zone instantly gets how awesome it is. I'd rather stay home with an ipad and Red Zone than go to any NFL game. If I go to an NFL game it's for the tailgate/social experience.

To me going to games is spending time teaching my son the game or seeing friends I don't see that often. Because I work in NYC I don't see my Hartford based peeps that much. Having FB and BB tix gives me legit reason to go out and see people I otherwise wouldn't get to see.

 

[Dooley]

To me going to games is spending time teaching my son the game or seeing friends I don't see that often. Because I work in NYC I don't see my Hartford based peeps that much. Having FB and BB tix gives me legit reason to go out and see people I otherwise wouldn't get to see.

Ditto for me, minus the working in NYC part. I work from home most of the week and don't see many people. Going to football games with my brother and friends is something I really look forward to on a week-to-week basis. Good food, good drinks, and good times. I love our seat location. That all said, I do hope that UCONN/Spectrum will put some money into expanding wifi at the stadium. I would love to be able to check scores from other games but it's impossible to do so inside the stadium.

 

[UCFBfan]

Almost anyone who has ever seen Red Zone instantly gets how awesome it is. I'd rather stay home with an ipad and Red Zone than go to any NFL game. If I go to an NFL game it's for the tailgate/social experience.

NFL games are so ridiculously expensive. I'd love to go to one a year but it's just not feasible. RedZone is by far, the best thing. It sometimes drives me crazy when they stay on a game that I don't care about for too long but usually it's great. My Sundays for my wife and I are on the couch, watching redzone and our fantasy teams. We're working on getting our little ones in on it (2 and one month is still a struggle to get them to understand! )

That being said, UConn football is a great outlet and I love being able to tailgate and see games for a decent price. Hopefully when my little ones get older we'll go back to getting season tix. For now, it's one game a season for the wife and I. Can't wait to be able to get my kids involved and loving the football game day experience.