ATTENDANCE: 27,104

[John]

I thought the number of people there early was pretty good. The way they evacuated was crazy - but I don't blame anyone. It felt colder than the 35-38 the thermometer said.

one thing I've heard southern fans say to me in the past about northern teams and fans dealing with weather is "oh, it can't be that cold, they were saying it was 35 or 40". You can't really understand the cold until you're in it for 3 hours. A person needs to take a good 5 or 10 degrees off the outside temperature to get a true approximation of how it feels.

 

[John]

That's the worst part. The 6-7 home games were my 6-7 favorite days of the year.

It's like having something taken away. I felt nothing but dread all week.

Half of the last 20 people posting here are talking about bailing, or most of their larger group is bailing.

I need 2 tickets and buy 5. I can't give them away. A friend of mine left halfway through the first quarter - and he was sitting inside.

for the first season ever, I look at the remaining games with a sense of "oh I gotta slog through these" drudgery rather than a "I still have more games left!" sense of fun anticipation. I cannot wait for this season to go away.

 

[John]

Heck, I'm pleasantly shocked the stadium had that many people at kickoff.

If they've got people on The Boneyard questioning having tickets, you can only imagine what it's like for the other 98% of the season ticket base. Know what's even worse? I cannot think of a single good reason to have season tickets. Not one. What's the point? You can always get tickets through the secondary market, and you pay WAY less.

It'll help your priority points for basketball? All you ever hear about is people getting worse seats every year for basketball.

I admire those of you who buy season tickets to support the program. But other than a feel-good gesture, I really don't see the point.

we're seriously re-evaluating how we do things with our tickets too. I love how we pay full $27 for a glorified BB practice against Concordia, but UConn releases tickets for $5. That's not the first time they've done sh it like that, and I'm getting very sick of it. This coming year is our last season of the 3 year cycle commit for football season tickets - after that, not sure what we'll do.

 

[whaler11]

I had scheduled the day off, but then had to do an all day training. Barely made 6:30 tip at Barclays.

The lower bowl seemed to have a lot more Maryland fans and it stood out due to the red. The upper decks seemed to be split more. On a Friday at 6:30 in BK on the same night as football it wasn't too bad.

The only glaring omission was that I didn't see big red!

Whatever basketball jerk. Go back to the basketball board.

 

[John]

Whatever basketball jerk. Go back to the basketball board.

you sound like a baseketballist.

 

[Adios]

My guess is UConn decided to list actual attendants rather than tickets sold. Reasonable number.

I am one of the few elite who stayed until the team sang the fight song. I don't even know the words myself. It was very, very cold. I had to come down to the lower bowl because the wind was so numbing in the upper bowl.

 

[Marty Jackson]

thump your chests all you want. the team is horrible.
if 27k showed up to see an 0-7 team in near freezing temps consider that a win.

it says there is a solid base. if the program can get back tcompeting for a bowl, the fans will come back.

 

[Marty Jackson]

was dj joey mia? even the sound system sounded off last night. like it was muted.

 

[UC990411]

We'll be lucky to draw 10k for the Memphis game

 

[Chin Diesel]

There is less than 20k in Miami for the U/VT game.

 

[John]

We'll be lucky to draw 10k for the Memphis game

a lot will depend on the weather that day.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Heck, I'm pleasantly shocked the stadium had that many people at kickoff.

If they've got people on The Boneyard questioning having tickets, you can only imagine what it's like for the other 98% of the season ticket base. Know what's even worse? I cannot think of a single good reason to have season tickets. Not one. What's the point? You can always get tickets through the secondary market, and you pay WAY less.

It'll help your priority points for basketball? All you ever hear about is people getting worse seats every year for basketball.

I admire those of you who buy season tickets to support the program. But other than a feel-good gesture, I really don't see the point.

If you were a real fan I think you would understand the desire to own season tickets. Have owned them since mid 60's and will continue to own them until my death. I'm sick about how the season has gone but will not stop going to the games and rooting for the Huskies.

 

[zls44]

If you were a real fan I think you would understand the desire to own season tickets. Have owned them since mid 60's and will continue to own them until my death. I'm sick about how the season has gone but will not stop going to the games and rooting for the Huskies.

"If you were a real fan" lmao ok

 

[Alanin502]

There is less than 20k in Miami for the U/VT game.

Attendance was 49,267. Of course, the capacity of Sun Life is nearly 76,000 so lots of empties for a top 20 showdown. I guess the beach was calling.....

 

[d1reality]

I understand every reason to leave the game early (or not even come). But it's getting to " or get off the pot" time for UCONN fans. If we, as a fanbase, want out of the AAC and an invite into a P5 conference, we, collectively, need to do MUCH better than what we all showed last night. The Barclay's Center was 75% MD fans (not good for a program that stakes claim in the NYC market) and the mass exodus at halftime was disturbing. I'm not dumb, I expected SOME people to leave at halftime for all of the reasons you mentioned. But I certainly never expected 3/4 of the already small crowd to leave at halftime. That had to be so deflating to our players to see 5K left in the stadium for the 2nd half kickoff. I feel so terrible for our players and the guys who have put so much effort into our program only to be completely dismissed by the people who claim to support them. If we're going to use the "it was cold" excuse for leaving a game early, then all of those negative perceptions of our fanbase are solidified. UCONN fans don't care and football doesn't work in the northeast. There are plenty of cold weathered stadiums across the country and I can't think of a single time watching a game where 3/4 of the existing crowd left at HALFTIME. To each is own I guess, I just guess that I have to lower my expectations of our fanbase and our future CR. ALOT.

I hope the weren't any recruits there to witness this embarrassment,

 

[Chin Diesel]

Attendance was 49,267. Of course, the capacity of Sun Life is nearly 76,000 so lots of empties for a top 20 showdown. I guess the beach was calling.....

Attendance implies people attending an event. No way 49k were there. And I highly doubt 49k tix were sold.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Left in the end of the 3rd quarter... First timeVER leaving a game early. Sad drive home as I listened to the rest of this dumpster fire on 1080am.

 

[tbone]

It may seem trivial but you would think the head coach would have sense enough to wear a winter jacket. Two coaches were in short sleeve shirts.makes me wonder what he is trying to prove. Was he trying to be tough because it sure wasn't smart.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It may seem trivial but you would think the head coach would have sense enough to wear a winter jacket. Two coaches were in short sleeve shirts.makes me wonder what he is trying to prove. Was he trying to be tough because it sure wasn't smart.

The TV announcers said Strong made a conscientious decision not to get all dressed up in warm clothes to send a message to his players. Not sure what Weist was thinking.

 

[John]

The TV announcers said Strong made a conscientious decision not to get all dressed up in warm clothes to send a message to his players. Not sure what Weist was thinking.

he was thinking that dumpster fires are hot.

 

[dsturdy5]

Count me among the people who have had tickets since the Rent opened who is not sure what to do next year. 2.5 hour drive each way and a young family at home plus differing work conditions will all impact my decision along with the new hire and the direction of the team come April.

 

[Dooley]

It may seem trivial but you would think the head coach would have sense enough to wear a winter jacket. Two coaches were in short sleeve shirts.makes me wonder what he is trying to prove. Was he trying to be tough because it sure wasn't smart.

Seeing Weist on the video board rocking the short sleeves was the highlight of the night. My brother and I came up with three reasons why he would do that:

1) do something "tough guy" to try to spark and unite the team;
2) do something shocking to get noticed by other coaches for future employment;
3) he wanted to catch pneumonia to miss as much of the rest of the season as possible

I think #3 is the most plausible.

 

[SubbaBub]

Coaching hire is everything. If it doesn't excite and give hope, we are likely out. Money isn't the issue, it's the time.

I invested roughly 9 hours in that debacle Friday from tailgate prep, travel, tailgate and game and at the end felt like a fool for doing so.

I am still amazed it could fall apart so quickly. It is damn hard to suck so badly, even Duke (perennially), Cuse under GRob, and Louisville under Krags played better than this.

 

[huskymedic]

Seeing Weist on the video board rocking the short sleeves was the highlight of the night. My brother and I came up with three reasons why he would do that:

1) do something "tough guy" to try to spark and unite the team;
2) do something shocking to get noticed by other coaches for future employment;
3) he wanted to catch pneumonia to miss as much of the rest of the season as possible

I think #3 is the most plausible.

LOL. I'm going with all three (wonder if he can file a comp claim on top of it )!