It would be best no doubt. Works that way for the FCS and lower divisions too. Loved going to Pittsburg KS, William and Mary, Lehigh and Lafayette... Coast Guard with their stadium overlooking the Thames River...
Nox, I think we may be confusing him with Hartford Hank, who is either a Cuse or BC fan. Makes sense if is here for CR as a CU fan
Ah okay. I knew it was a Hank. If so apologies to @hank970 . Some of us are tired of hearing UConn is not worthy of inclusion.
LOL...
Not fatal? You try selling recruits on a stadium two hours from campus and in dire need of $100 million in repairs. If Mora had an on campus stadium we’d of been in a P5 last year.
Two hours from campus? How do you figure that? Are these students on bicycles?
That would be less than 2 hours.
Two hours...lol. Drove home from the CIAC Class LL Softball Championship game on Saturday night. Made it from the parking garage next to the football complex to East Hartford & passed by the RENT in 20 minutes. Drove from Campus , Route 44, I-284 to I-84. You just don't seem to want UConn Football to succeed.
2 hours? You could enter through 95 from NY and be out to Mass in less than 2 hours.
Exaggerate much? During the first half dozen years the Rent was open I would leave Stamford with my son, drive into Westchester to pick up a couple of his buddies and then head to the Rent. It never took two hours to make that trip. There isn't a whole lot of Connecticut (basically, just Greenwich) where you can be further from the Rent yet still be in the state than the part of Stamford I live in and it's never taken an hour and a half to make the direct trip.
You sound as dumb as hank. Mora just brought in our best QB since DanO.
Ok, one hour driving on local roads, so I exaggerated a little, but my point still stands.
He's a Cincy fan.
No argument that Mora can recruit against some tough odds, but just think if he could show off a brand new on campus stadium or even one that UConn just broke ground on.
How fast were you going? Like 80mph? Normal drive time is at least 30 minutes, and 45 minutes to an hour on weekends when trucks and everyone else is out and traffic is heavy.
It's an easy 20 minute ride from campus to the rent. Traffic on those roads is not an issue.
Assuming that is correct, then wouldn't it also be an easy 20 minute ride to get from East Hartford to an on-campus stadium? Doesn't that undercut the whole east Hartford is more convenient for fans rather than driving on campus six times a year?
Exactly! He is the only person who has ever talked about this issue! Well, just him and the numerous commentators who talk about it as being a reason why Connecticut is unattractive as a P5 candidate. By the way, the Trammel article talks about an existing big 12 A.D. indicating that not having an on campus stadium shows that Connecticut isn't committed to football. So actually, it seems like it's an issue for a lot of people.
Yeah, and pretty much everyone else plays on campus. Are you seeing a pattern there?
Yeah that it would be nice but I'm a native Nutmegger and understand the NIMBY's and legislature and I'm certain that we both know that an on-campus stadium is not happening in our lifetime.
The Whalers play 600 miles away from Storrs and people still root for them
Maybe you took a helicopter? Normal traffic is 30 minutes or a few more. I’ve driven to Gampel many times for weekend games and night games during the week. Shortest I ever did on that stretch was about 30 min even, longest was 65 minutes.
Pointing out the 3 outliers in a 131 team division isn’t really a strong argument.
Not me. Never.The Whalers play 600 miles away from Storrs and people still root for them