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Butch said:
I suggest you add that the takers can also tailgate at others' tailgates. Just seek out an invite on the football board.
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This too. Just do the experience of game day.
 
Seeing as the Furman game is technically part of a tournament is it included in season ticket packages?
 
BoatShow said:
Seeing as the Furman game is technically part of a tournament is it included in season ticket packages?
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What tournament?? I'm quite positive it's not part of Atlantis...
 
BUHusky said:
What tournament?? I'm quite positive it's not part of Atlantis...
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BoatShow said:
I read somewhere that it was the "on campus" portion of the Battle For Atlantis.
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Yup, for some reason, there's a mainland tournament:

The game between Elon and Michigan is part of the Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Games. The Wolverines will participate in the main Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas Thanksgiving week, Nov. 25-27, 2015 at Imperial Arena. Elon will host a Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland Tournament Nov. 25-27 at Alumni Gym, hosting Mount St. Mary's, Furman, and Texas A&M Corpus-Christi.

http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2015/11/15/MBB_1115153542.aspx
 
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BUHusky said:
What tournament?? I'm quite positive it's not part of Atlantis...
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Why not? This kind of thing is pretty normal these days.

For instance, the game Georgetown lost to Radford was technically part of the 2K Classic. It doesn't hold any bracket implications though. Radford was always going to go to the "undercard" portion and Georgetown was always going to go the "main event" portion, regardless of the outcome.

Same for us and Furman.
 
Leebo said:
Why not? This kind of thing is pretty normal these days.
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I guess. I was skeptical because neither uconnhuskies.com nor the Battle 4 Atlantis site made any mention of these mainland games. I know Atlantis did a mainland tournament last year but couldn't find any mention of it this year. It's good in the sense that it gives those low major teams a chance to play more exempt games.

Also, in the past uconnhuskies.com was good about listing on campus games for these tournaments (see the 2K Classic a couple years back). Leave it @tcf15 to find the pertinent info.
 
BUHusky said:
I guess. I was skeptical because neither uconnhuskies.com nor the Battle 4 Atlantis site made any mention of these mainland games. I know Atlantis did a mainland tournament last year but couldn't find any mention of it this year. It's good in the sense that it gives those low major teams a chance to play more exempt games.

Also, in the past uconnhuskies.com was good about listing on campus games for these tournaments (see the 2K Classic a couple years back). Leave it @tcf15 to find the pertinent info.
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Believe it or not, I was unaware until I read about the mainland tourney over on the football board.
 
Have acquired more tix for Saturday courtesy of @Dooley

Offer still stands. Basketball fans who want them come n get them.
 
Carduccib said:
Figured I would get some views if I stated it like that. Seriously, go to the FB game
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Nah, I'll pass since I'm not really into football. Let me try this, Send me money... seriously, just send me money
 
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Can someone explain to a complete football novice how a .500 team will become bowl eligible just by beating 1 ranked conference opponent? Is this part of a conference tournament or something?
 
Every time this thread gets bumped I think it's about the 2016 Final Four. I'm sorta superstitious about buying Final Four tickets in advance. I'll buy mine the week before.
 
KingOPancakes said:
Can someone explain to a complete football novice how a .500 team will become bowl eligible just by beating 1 ranked conference opponent? Is this part of a conference tournament or something?
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There are a lot of bowls. You just have to be .500 and in a conference that has a bowl affiliation.
 
KingOPancakes said:
Can someone explain to a complete football novice how a .500 team will become bowl eligible just by beating 1 ranked conference opponent? Is this part of a conference tournament or something?
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I think 6 wins makes you bowl eligible, and 7 wins guarantees you a bowl game.
 
KingOPancakes said:
Can someone explain to a complete football novice how a .500 team will become bowl eligible just by beating 1 ranked conference opponent? Is this part of a conference tournament or something?
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6 wins, for all intents and purposes, gets a team to bowl eligibility. There are oodles of bowl games that are tied to certain conferences based on teams' records (6+ wins). To get an invite, most bowls require a minimum of 6 wins but would prefer 7. If a bowl game that is tied-in to a conference that can't produce enough bowl eligible teams (6+wins), then they have the right to "shop elsewhere" and invite another 6+ win team. It is possible that a 6-win team does NOT get invited to a bowl game (ex - Temple last year was 6-6 and did not go to a bowl). For the most part, bowls invite teams that meet the minimum 6 wins AND they feel confident will sell tickets. Temple's fanbase does not have a great reputation for traveling or selling tickets in its own stadium.

For UConn, playing a ranked conference opponent is just a happy circumstance for this Saturday. If we beat either Houston on Saturday or Temple next Saturday, that will get us to 6 wins and bowl eligible. The resume, much like basketball RPI/SOS, would be greatly improved as the final win would come against a very tough, ranked opponent.

Here's a catch - let's say UConn wins on Saturday and only draws 20K. A bowl committee might pass on UConn in favor of another school who they feel would sell more tickets at their game. That's why it is fairly important that the football game draws well this Saturday. While the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium would certainly consider UConn (if their tie-ins aren't all met), a bowl located somewhere else might not and point to dismal attendance at our last 2 home games against quality opponents as a reason why.

One more catch - it is possible that a 5-7 team could receive a bowl invite. But, again, the determining factors used for that would hurt UConn's chances. I think the tie breaking determination for 5-7 team invites is APR...and our football program scores 960, which is below other teams who would potentially be 5-7 (there is a posting on the football board of possible 5-7 teams APR scores if you are interested).

So to summarize this long-winded reply, our best chance at a bowl game is winning both games to close the year. Our next best chance is to win one of our final games...with a decent crowd in our last home game. Right now, the Courant is reporting that only 23K tickets have been sold for the game. That is incredibly and embarrassingly low for such a big game against a highly ranked opponent.

Hope this answers your question.
 
Kembacity said:
Nah, I'll pass since I'm not really into football. Let me try this, Send me money... seriously, just send me money
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I'll send you free tickets if you want to go. It's okay if you don't...just thought I'd offer.
 
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Kembacity said:
Nah, I'll pass since I'm not really into football. Let me try this, Send me money... seriously, just send me money
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If you care about UConn basketball, then you should care about UConn football. Its been explained endless times that football drives the $$$ bus in college sports, and is the reason we're not currently in a P5 conference. Unless you're happy playing Tulane and East Carolina in hoops every year.
 
BugsyCT said:
If you care about UConn basketball, then you should care about UConn football. Its been explained endless times that football drives the $$$ bus in college sports, and is the reason we're not currently in a P5 conference. Unless you're happy playing Tulane and East Carolina in hoops every year.
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Yeah, I'm going to start paying attention to UConn football simply because its football that drives the $$$ in college sports, because I have soooo much free time that I'm just looking for things to watch that bore me to no end and I cant escape in pop culture or the business world, do you people have to try to be this ridiculous or does it come natural? You really think that because I'm a UConn basketball crazy, I'm going to take up fandom in a sport that literally every day (during the NFL season living in Boston) I have to remind someone "yeah I'm not really into football at all, I don't know what happened to your boy Edelman"??
 
Dooley said:
I'll send you free tickets if you want to go. It's okay if you don't...just thought I'd offer.
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I would almost definitely take you up on that offer but I live in Boston and I'll be busy installing kitchen flooring anyways, but thanks. I can offer THIS kind of support, but people expecting me to take up football full time because its UConn and I love basketball but hate football? yeah, not gonna happen
 
BugsyCT said:
If you care about UConn basketball, then you should care about UConn football. Its been explained endless times that football drives the $$$ bus in college sports, and is the reason we're not currently in a P5 conference. Unless you're happy playing Tulane and East Carolina in hoops every year.
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If you don't actually enjoy something, there's a major difference between acknowledging that it's important and looking for an update now and then and actually taking 3+ hours out of your life to follow it in real time. And that's not good enough for some people here. They want the people who don't care to spend more money and time to watch it in person.

For me, going to this game would be my entire Saturday with the travel involved.

PS: I think I figured out why the initial post bugged me when I posted the first time. Because it's not marked OT intentionally to make it look like a basketball topic at first.
 
Kembacity said:
Yeah, I'm going to start paying attention to UConn football simply because its football that drives the $$$ in college sports, because I have soooo much free time that I'm just looking for things to watch that bore me to no end and I cant escape in pop culture or the business world, do you people have to try to be this ridiculous or does it come natural? You really think that because I'm a UConn basketball crazy, I'm going to take up fandom in a sport that literally every day (during the NFL season living in Boston) I have to remind someone "yeah I'm not really into football at all, I don't know what happened to your boy Edelman"??
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Am I supposed to know everyone's personal life situation? No need to be that snarky. Just saying that the long term health of our basketball programs is influenced by the success of our football program. How long do you think our basketball teams will continue to stay competitive on a high level against P5 conference teams with much larger revenue streams?

Six or seven weekends in the fall out of the whole year. Such a huge commitment.

So sorry I even brought it up then. Jesus.
 
Kembacity said:
I would almost definitely take you up on that offer but I live in Boston and I'll be busy installing kitchen flooring anyways, but thanks. I can offer THIS kind of support, but people expecting me to take up football full time because its UConn and I love basketball but hate football? yeah, not gonna happen
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No worries man, just thought I'd offer. And I completely understand where you're coming from - different strokes for different folks! If/When the day comes that you want to go to a football game, let me know and I'll happily buy you and some friends/family a ticket.
 
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Sorry to clog the thread but this is all I see

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