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2022 Spring Game?

TMB4405 said:
This was definitely a play to get more students to attend. I think the small attendance of us regulars over the last several games probably made them think it would be better to get 1000 students to a game and 1000 regulars than 1500 regulars and only a few students. I am fine with it. Not sure I will be able to make it but definitely will try.
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Will they bring a bunch of high school players and coaches up as well? Might be a better atmosphere on campus than at an empty Rensch ...
 
Samoo said:
Will they bring a bunch of high school players and coaches up as well? Might be a better atmosphere on campus than at an empty Rensch ...
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Also first day of UConn Spring Weekend.
 
I think the hope is to get the students to get excited and want to make the trek to the Rent. Like others said, the people who usually go to the Spring game will go to regular season games and possibly make the trek to Storrs. However, I really think they want to energize the student fanbase and this is an easy way to start.
 
I think this is a good idea to have the spring game on campus. Till we get back to a winning record, bowl eligibility, and dare I say, potential top 25 ranking, then we can return to Rentschler field for a traditional spring game on a late April Saturday afternoon.
 
With the dimensions of Morrone stadium, does anyone have a sense of how well a football set up can work there? It is hard to tell from the videos how much space there is once you overlay a football field. I imagine it will be tight with goal post and space for players and other personnel on the sidelines.
 
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ChampHusky said:
With the dimensions of Morrone stadium, does anyone have a sense of how well a football set up can work there? It is hard to tell from the videos how much space there is once you overlay a football field. I imagine it will be tight with goal post and space for players and other personnel on the sidelines.
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Morrone is 75 yards wide, a football field is 53 1/3 yards wide, so they already have 60 additional feet to work plus the existing sideline that’s already there for soccer players and personnel, should be more than enough. And as far as goal posts they may be tight to each end, but Memorial Stadiums were right up against the outside of the stadium back in the day too. But I also don’t recall them ever really kicking in spring game anyways.
 
Platt81 said:
And as far as goal posts they may be tight to each end, but Memorial Stadiums were right up against the outside of the stadium back in the day too. But I also don’t recall them ever really kicking in spring game anyways.
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I think this is key. They can make the spring game anything they want it to be. No kicking....50 yard field...etc..

I wouldn't get caught up in trying to fit a traditional football game on this field.
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
I think this is key. They can make the spring game anything they want it to be. No kicking....50 yard field...etc..

I wouldn't get caught up in trying to fit a traditional football game on this field.
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I agree. I don't think this needs to be a full fledged game. I don't know Mora's vision or plan but it could be a mixture. FGs may not be part of that vision but who knows. I've embarrassed to say I've never gone to a Spring Game so I'm not sure what past ones were like. My guess is that they are going to do as much as they can to get students excited to want to travel to the Rent and watch games.

Who knows, maybe they take some Midnight Madness ideas and do some crazy things like a FG distance competition.

I'm just so pumped for change and the energy that is eminating from this program. The social media has been absolute fire
 
Jim Dish is correct on the difficulty of attending for those of us in Fairfield County. Not only would I need to take Thursday afternoon off in order to get there on time, as a night game, I likely would need Friday off as there is little chance that I could get home at any reasonable time.

That said, for a number of reasons I think on campus is the best move this year and I imagine Thursday does make the most sense at this point.

As we need to re-energize our fan base, I imagine that the cost of using the Rent for this event (if for example we were to have it on the following Saturday) would be senseless if 1,500 fans showed up.

On the point of energizing the fan base, improving student involvement is one (of a few) critical areas that require improvement. Making this event (considerably) easier for them to attend could well pay dividends in future fall home games. I'm guessing is that they chose Thursday as a number of students still normally depart campus for the weekend.

At the moment, this is a very good idea. If we are unable to hold out spring games at the Rent (due to lack of need of the seating capacity) then we can state that things went very wrong.
 
History Geek said:
I think they may be prioritizing getting kids there over the smattering of die-hard adults.
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I think that is the correct priority. It's just a Spring Game and doesn't need to be about a handful of diehards or big donors. Probably try to make it and hope they have something to attract more students.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Jim Dish is correct on the difficulty of attending for those of us in Fairfield County. Not only would I need to take Thursday afternoon off in order to get there on time, as a night game, I likely would need Friday off as there is little chance that I could get home at any reasonable time.

That said, for a number of reasons I think on campus is the best move this year and I imagine Thursday does make the most sense at this point.

As we need to re-energize our fan base, I imagine that the cost of using the Rent for this event (if for example we were to have it on the following Saturday) would be senseless if 1,500 fans showed up.

On the point of energizing the fan base, improving student involvement is one (of a few) critical areas that require improvement. Making this event (considerably) easier for them to attend could well pay dividends in future fall home games. I'm guessing is that they chose Thursday as a number of students still normally depart campus for the weekend.

At the moment, this is a very good idea. If we are unable to hold out spring games at the Rent (due to lack of need of the seating capacity) then we can state that things went very wrong.
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Get together with your Fairfield County crowd and charter a bus. Less stressful and if you get one of the casino bus drivers you'll probably get there in an hour.
 
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Huskygrad88 said:
I actually like on campus on a smaller field. Save a ton on logistics, and add some juice with students and a compact crowd. Much better option than a few hundred people in a 40k stadium…
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And, heck...maybe (just maybe), if successful, it starts stoking fires on the potential of getting a stadium on campus (within the next decade...God willing, I hope to be here to witness that)
 
ktuck911 said:
And, heck...maybe (just maybe), if successful, it starts stoking fires on the potential of getting a stadium on campus (within the next decade...God willing, I hope to be here to witness that)
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Would have to convince Tolland/Mansfield to let them extend turn 195 into an expressway with a direct route to this new stadium and Gampel. Highly unlikely, but you never know.
 
History Geek said:
Would have to convince Tolland/Mansfield to let them extend turn 195 into an expressway with a direct route to this new stadium and Gampel. Highly unlikely, but you never know.
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20 years ago, this was a Longshot brother... but with folks getting older, dying off, retiring and moving to warmer climates, things change.
 
Don't need to use 195. There is a new road heading to Route 44 from UConn's new research park. There is plenty of room for a football stadium on land there. Plus, if it has some skyboxes and rental rooms it could be used for conferences and trade shows connected to commercial research. Money maker for UConn!
 
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ShakyTheMohel said:
I think this is key. They can make the spring game anything they want it to be. No kicking....50 yard field...etc..

I wouldn't get caught up in trying to fit a traditional football game on this field.
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Remember when Former "Coach" Pasqualoni spend 45 riveting minutes on running plays inside the offenses own 5 yard line?
 
Now "Coach" Pasqualoni is the new defensive line coach for the Carolina Panthers. Keep him down South!
 
Husky25 said:
Remember when Former "Coach" Pasqualoni spend 45 riveting minutes on running plays inside the offenses own 5 yard line?
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Remember when we took a year off and the first thing we ran upon returning was a busted play?
 
Waquoit said:
Remember when we took a year off and the first thing we ran upon returning was a busted play?
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:confused:

Price of tea remains unaffected.
 
Husky25 said:
Remember when Former "Coach" Pasqualoni spend 45 riveting minutes on running plays inside the offenses own 5 yard line?
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Pretty sure that was Disco. HCPP's first plays from scrimmage were throwing long weren't they?
 
RSTuthill said:
Pretty sure that was Disco. HCPP's first plays from scrimmage were throwing long weren't they?
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I don't think so. After a quick search, I think the Spring "Game" I'm thinking of was 2013. The format (Controlled scrimmage) may have been because half the team was hurt, but I also remember the feeling that Pasqualoni was annoyed at being at Rentschler in front of a dwindling fans of his own doing.

UConn has been a run-run-pass team for about 15 years and in light of recent unfortunate events, I half regret having the feeling that when long pass plays fell incomplete in that era, it provided an, "I told you so," opportunity.
 
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Does anyone know if this is/will be a "first come, first serve" scenario or a ticketed event? I called the ticket office yesterday and the young lady I spoke to, while very nice, wasn't even aware of a spring football game.
 
paulmf said:
Does anyone know if this is/will be a "first come, first serve" scenario or a ticketed event? I called the ticket office yesterday and the young lady I spoke to, while very nice, wasn't even aware of a spring football game.
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The first rule of Spring Game Football Tickets is that you don't ask about Spring Game Football Tickets. Bummer you tripped up on the first rule, better luck next year.

PS - no one knows anything yet....
 
Exit 4 said:
The first rule of Spring Game Football Tickets is that you don't ask about Spring Game Football Tickets. Bummer you tripped up on the first rule, better luck next year.

PS - no one knows anything yet....
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Such is the life of a casual fan.

PS-Thanks for the info......
 
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