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NYUConn said:
I cannot understand how people do not realize how little control a university has over scheduling.
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Stop, please. Putting both games on the same day is spitting in the face of season ticket holders.
 
Waquoit said:
Stop, please. Putting both games on the same day is spitting in the face of season ticket holders.
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Calm down, dude, nobody is spitting in your face.

The American scheduled the football game and the basketball game being on Saturday probably has to do with Furman being in Charlotte two days earlier for a 7 p.m. game., meaning they would be playing twice in two days.

And seriously, if you are worried about having to choose between UConn-Houston in football and UConn-Furman in basketball maybe just save yourself some money and not buy Football season tickets next year and opt for individual games.
 
Waquoit said:
Stop, please. Putting both games on the same day is spitting in the face of season ticket holders.
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Also both start times are still TBA so there is a better than good chance you will be able to make both.
 
I have tickets to both and will do my best to TRY and give my Furman tickets away. Probably only a 50% chance anyone takes them.
 
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NYUConn said:
I cannot understand how people do not realize how little control a university has over scheduling.
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What are you talking about? It's an early season warmup against a payday team. They'd have agreed to play us 20 minutes after their first game ended if we told them to. Of course we could have scheduled it how we wanted. If you mean tv dictates the start time that's true but again I doubt the CBS brain trust is bumping the SEC game of the week for UConn-Furman basketball. We could have and should have played this on Sunday at noon. Leave Saturday for a potentially important football game.
 
NYUConn said:
Also both start times are still TBA so there is a better than good chance you will be able to make both.
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I'll be going to the football game, thank you. And isn't your suggested solution, to quit buying FB season tickets, evidence that the Ath. Dept. effed up here?
 
Waquoit said:
I'll be going to the football game, thank you. And isn't your suggested solution, to quit buying FB season tickets, evidence that the Ath. Dept. effed up here?
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Not at all. If you buy season tickets for multiple teams in the same season you have to anticipate that there are going to be conflicts.

Some of them are out of the school's control such as conference games. They can't control those.

Other games we may be able to control a date, but television dictates start times.

It's the price you pay for supporting a school with such a rich athletic history and strong pedigree such as UConn :)
 
I posted this in a different thread:

Both game times are TBD, my guess is they are waiting for the football to be slotted and then slot the basketball game. Regardless of the fans in the dark shaded area of the Venn Diagram who may have tickets for both, SNY wants to maximize their viewership for basketball as much as ESPN does for football. My guess is SNY will wait for the football game to be slotted and then establish the basketball game tip-off.

That said, It's been 35 years since Furman has even sniffed the NCAA Tournament. UConn will hopefully be competing for a bowl game.

Here's my hope (in order):
12:00 basketball tip off/3:30 football kickoff
1:00 or 4:00 basketball tip/7:00 kickoff
12:00 Kickoff/7:00 tipoff (best case for those with tix to both).
 
freescooter said:
What are you talking about? It's an early season warmup against a payday team. They'd have agreed to play us 20 minutes after their first game ended if we told them to. Of course we could have scheduled it how we wanted. If you mean tv dictates the start time that's true but again I doubt the CBS brain trust is bumping the SEC game of the week for UConn-Furman basketball. We could have and should have played this on Sunday at noon. Leave Saturday for a potentially important football game.
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You are 100 pct right here. I love to give you a hard time about this stuff but it doesn't make any sense.
 
freescooter said:
Sometime I wonder if the scheduling people even work for the same university. They clearly never communicate with each other.
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It's amazing that you still do not know how things work.
 
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NYUConn said:
Also both start times are still TBA so there is a better than good chance you will be able to make both.
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May you be blessed, you silly silly person. To think with common sense and reasoning on this site. Such a bold move. :eek: :D
 
Fishy said:
It's amazing that you still do not know how things work.
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It's a friggin early season payday game for Furman. If we told them to play at half time of their other game they'd do it. They want 2 things out of this.
1. The money
2. The noteriety of playing a 4 time national champ.

Of those #1 is way more important.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
Incorrect. The Furman game is considered a "sub-regional" game in the Battle for Atlantis. We didn't have a choice.
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Funny how Michigan was a let to play its preliminary round on Tuesday night and A&M and Texas could play Friday night but we "didn't have a choice". Even Charlotte didn't have to compete with its football game on Saturday. Good excuse but the facts suggest it ain't true.
 
freescooter said:
Funny how Michigan was a let to play its preliminary round on Tuesday night and A&M and Texas could play Friday night but we "didn't have a choice". Even Charlotte didn't have to compete with its football game on Saturday. Good excuse but the facts suggest it ain't true.
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1) Errr what Michigan game on Tuesday?
2) Texas and aTm play in Atlantis on Wednesday the 25th like us?
3) You do realize we can't play Furman at same time Charlotte does? If there is a logitstical issue, that's probably it, as Furman is making one road trip of it.

Making the football and basketball games TBA is making the best of a potentially crappy situation - question is, how crappy does it end up?
 
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Michigan-Elon is 11/16
Texas A&M plays A&M Corpus Christi 11/19
Washington plays 11/19
We're kowtowing to Charlotte and Furman and people don't think we are a mid major now...
 
freescooter said:
Michigan-Elon is 11/16 Texas A&M plays A&M Corpus Christi 11/19 Washington plays 11/19 We're kowtowing to Charlotte and Furman and people don't think we are a mid major now...
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Not sure I would go to UCONN / Furman if they played it in the street in front of my house.
 
J187Money said:
Not sure I would go to UCONN / Furman if they played it in the street in front of my house.
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I don't know why but that made me laugh out loud - maybe I pictured you opening the blinds in your home seeing a Jalen lob to Brimah flush - then see opposing team inbound ball- u see Furman on the front of the jersey - shut blinds and log on to BY
 
All my friends always wonder why I never make it to their semi-annual Yale/Harvard tailgate and I always have to explain that I am going to watch a real football team. Though that's not always really true. But I'd rather rep my alma matter (and my hometown team) than an Ivy any day.

But if the Houston game starts late, I have no problem doing both.
 
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J187Money said:
Not sure I would go to UCONN / Furman if they played it in the street in front of my house.
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You could say the same thing about 7 of the other preconference home games.
 
freescooter said:
Michigan-Elon is 11/16
Texas A&M plays A&M Corpus Christi 11/19
Washington plays 11/19
We're kowtowing to Charlotte and Furman and people don't think we are a mid major now...
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1) Because Elon also plays at Cuse 21st. Cuse happens to be away that weekend (in conference, so they likely just got lucky)
2) Because A&M CC also plays at Texas 21st. Texas has a bye.
3) ...because MSM is playing @ Gonzaga on the 21st. That one's easy.

We likely "kowtowed" to Furman because it doesn't make sense for a team from SC to play a game in NC on the 17th, then CT on the 19th, followed by NC on the 21st. Especially on their budget.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I've always been a basketball guy, but really....Furman? If there's a conflict and the football team is playing for something relevant, it's not much of a contest. If this were the Georgetown or Ohio State game, it's a different story.
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I've always been a UConn guy.
 
The hoop game belongs to SNY - right now, they're slotting it at noon, but they will bump a CAA football game at 7 for it. They have a paid boxing card in the middle of the afternoon so pretty safe to assume hoop is 12/7. It's almost the only game on the schedule with a time still to be determined, so fairly clear they're waiting to lock in based on where football lands.

And we won't know the football start until a week from Sunday. ESPN will make that call - barring a Houston collapse over the next two games, I can see 3:30 or 7:30 being possible. Throwing a ranked team on ESPN2 or U in the later time slots makes sense. (Also depends on other match-ups, etc., etc.)

There are tons of variables, but if I had to guess now, and assuming Houston holds, it's basketball at noon and football at 7:30. It's a long day, but if you'd like, you can get drunk twice.

As previously stated, the Furman game is a contractual game scheduled through the Battle4Atlantis promotion. (Elon, Furman, Mount St. Mary's and Texas A&M-CC play two majors each and then meet at Elon for the Battle4Atlantis "Mainland" bracket...read "Don't get to go to the Bahamas".)
 
pepband99 said:
1) Because Elon also plays at Cuse 21st. Cuse happens to be away that weekend (in conference, so they likely just got lucky)
2) Because A&M CC also plays at Texas 21st. Texas has a bye.
3) ...because MSM is playing @ Gonzaga on the 21st. That one's easy.

We likely "kowtowed" to Furman because it doesn't make sense for a team from SC to play a game in NC on the 17th, then CT on the 19th, followed by NC on the 21st. Especially on their budget.
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We are supposed to be the big dog It doesn't make sense for us to play a home basketball game the same day we have a home football game either but I guess mid-majors don't get a choice. Interesting that UConn is the only one with this conflict as was pointed out above. Either our Athletic dept. is inept, we are viewed as a mid major, or we are forever really not interested in having a real football program. Or all of the above. Hurts both crowds. Hurts football more though. Especially if it is a 7-730 kick off.
 
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