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Butch said:
I'll be lynched if I keep saying I'd rather be in the ACC and the Hockey East. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are great programs. Michigan State has 3 championships. Ohio State needs a rink for it's hockey program. Penn State just started but sure did well as a club team in the ACHA. They play each other 4 times a year. In the HE, we'd play each program 2, 3 or 4 times, depending. Our program has been ignored for so long by the administration. Now, it seems the administration wants to place the rink in a very visible spot.

I prefer the rivalries and traditions of the northeast over the midwest, any day. I prefer the HE and ECAC over the B1G. The majority of D1 northeast football traditions are also in the ACC.
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The two conferences are about even. HE won 8 of the last 20 championships, and the B1G has won 6.

On the other hand, HE has been the runner-up 12 times and B1G only 2.

So, HE is 8-12 (some of those wins and losses were all-HE finals) while B1g is 6-2.
 
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upstater said:
The two conferences are about even. HE won 8 of the last 20 championships, and the B1G has won 6.

On the other hand, HE has been the runner-up 12 times and B1G only 2.

So, HE is 8-12 (some of those wins and losses were all-HE finals) while B1g is 6-2.
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The HE is more balanced than the B1G. The B1G is very top heavy. Same with football. I am having trouble in seeing the allure of taking an immediate risk of being another Indiana or Purdue or Rutgers. We have more of an upside in the ACC in football.
 
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Butch said:
The HE is more balanced than the B1G. The B1G is very top heavy. Same with football. I am having trouble in seeing the allure of taking an immediate risk of being another Indiana or Purdue or Rutgers. We have more of an upside in the ACC in football.
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I understand were your coming from Butch but I think you underestimate UConn's FB potential if you think they can't be a solid "middle of the pack" B1G team like an Iowa/MSU? I do agree you would have a better shot week in and out of regular top 5s in FB the ACC and the fact BB is played at a little higher level/priority but see SU/Duke and the crazy HcourtA would Tobacco Rd be impossible to neutralize? I hate what CR is doing to natural regional rival's!!
 
NickyNewark said:
I understand were your coming from Butch but I think you underestimate UConn's FB potential if you think they can't be a solid "middle of the pack" B1G team like an Iowa/MSU? I do agree you would have a better shot week in and out of regular top 5s in FB the ACC and the fact BB is played at a little higher level/priority but see SU/Duke and the crazy HcourtA would Tobacco Rd be impossible to neutralize? I hate what CR is doing to natural regional rival's!!
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Have you seen our football recruit class's national ranking? It's as if we are lower than Sun Belt and MAC schools. I know we are much better than that but we have some really big perception issues to deal with.
 
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I see all of the hockey talk (might as well be Greek to this southerner).

Anybody talking baseball? Anybody care about baseball?...the season is alive.

If I remember right, UConn was one of the better northern baseball clubs....Went to a Super regional not that long ago.
 
We had a bad start at the Snowbird Classic - went 0-3 with losses to OSU, Auburn and Indiana State.

As bad as that was, they had a strong Baseball at the Beach down in South Carolina - went 3-0 with wins over Wichita, George Mason and Illinois.

Bit of a gap now until they head to Tennessee for three against Lipscomb and then to Gainesville for three against UF.
 
billybud said:
I see all of the hockey talk (might as well be Greek to this southerner).

Anybody talking baseball? Anybody care about baseball?...the season is alive.

If I remember right, UConn was one of the better northern baseball clubs....Went to a Super regional not that long ago.
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Baseball got off to rough start this season, but just swept the Baseball At The Beach tournament going 3-0, so getting a little momentum. Good pitching will carry them, but need to replace some good bats from LY who are now being paid in the minors

They lost in the Super Regionals to USCe 2 seasons ago after winning the regional at Clemson. Made the regionals last year going 1-2, beating VT, then losing to Oklahoma and VT to get bounced. Penders has done a GREAT job with limited scholarships and resources, gets a lot out of his players.
 
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I go to baseball games, too. We get larger crowds for hockey. Even in the Antarctic Hockey Association.
 
A win over the Shockers is a good win...Wichita State, although down some years, has a baseball tradition under Gene Stephenson.
 
Butch said:
Have you seen our football recruit class's national ranking? It's as if we are lower than Sun Belt and MAC schools. I know we are much better than that but we have some really big perception issues to deal with.
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Yeah I didnt expect this class to have much of a rating but I think the rating system is a "beauty contest" mostly designed for the FB factories for selling stuff and isnt always a good indicater of future success. UConn never really had high rated classes but won despite the ratings. Schools like Boise St and 2 or 3 others win big despite low recruiting ratings show you can't put too much stock in them. Look at RU with all the high rated talent they had been stocking the last few years....UConn doesn't appear to have problems competing and winning despite lower rated classes! As far as the perception goes PP undid all the good feeling RE had cultivated over the previous 10 yrs or so and I cursed the day I heard about it(the hire) and I actually like him as a man but knew perception was going to take a big hit at UConn. I think Diaco is the opposite and will bring a bright light on UConn FB soon.The people who make decisions don't worry as much as we do about perception and know UConn has to be at the bigboy table or no one should be !! In a yr or 2 you'll wonder why you ever were concerned about CR but the not knowing is the worst.
 
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I'm a bit challenged with computers. Can you post a pdf here? It seems like you can only link something online?
 
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I don't know if it's big enough to see the "Hockey ?" that is boxed next to the the "Rec" site. PM if you want to see the document. I'll just email it/
 
specialisthusky said:
I don't know if it's big enough to see the "Hockey ?" that is boxed next to the the "Rec" site. PM if you want to see the document. I'll just email it/
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I see it in the upper left corner. Thank you! Right where it is now?!
 
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Butch said:
I see it in the upper left corner. Thank you! Right where it is now?!
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Is it where the current hockey rink is, or is it on the right side of the image across from the parking garage and Ted's?
 
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UCONN13KC said:
Is it where the current hockey rink is, or is it on the right side of the image across from the parking garage and Ted's?
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I believe that is the new proposed site. If I could load a better image you could see there is a question mark under hockey in that location.
 
LOL The B1G is going to fly in the face of everything they preach to add Southern Illinois? Like most politicians this guy is completely clueless.
 
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