Dumping 4 football season tickets tomorrow

[ZooCougar]

Actually, a card carrying liberal. But truth be told, us liberals believe in natural law even more than most conservatives. But that is for another board.

I call BS on that. Start the thread home slice.

You're a DINO all the way.

 

[CTMike]

No need to pile on ruskin. He's a symptom, what's the cause? And don't get caught up on just him. The attendance for Cinci says all you need to know- season tix sales will be dismal next year, barring some weird Michigan in-flux. How to we solve the problem of fan apathy. Long term, it's a new coach. Short term...???? This is a huge problem, not just ruskin's.

 

[Jarhead_1775]

The man has had season tickets since 1997. When we were still D1-AA. Cut him some slack. Personally, I go to games because they are fun, win or lose. Harassing the opposing bench is really a lot of fun.

I talked to the opposing team exactly once. Sitting above WF's tunnel in Charlotte. I yelled and screamed "zero points" at halftime and pointed at the scoreboard. We know how that turned out for us. I'm eating cheese on myself, a "suicide cheese", if you will, to warn others to perhaps not repeat my mistake and to tread lightly in such situations! Jeannoct still gives me at every game.

 

[ruskin]

I'll call your bluff. I bet you think you are telling the truth now, but I bet next year you are at no less than 4 home games. I also bet you go to the Spring Game.

I said I wasn't going to Cincinatti...but I went. I said it didn't feel worth it to road trip to Rutgers...but I went. The bottom line is I always get angry enough to realize going isn't logical, but in the end I can't get it out of my blood.

I'll put the O-U at three - Maryland Michigan and one other.

 

[NutmegState]

I don't see how that's not a good hire. If you were a coordinator at Florida, Urban Meyer thinks you're good, and you've won at Temple (Temple!), exactly whom does either BC or us think we're getting that is going to be a better fit? And don't give me ridiculous names like Petrino.

We'll see how he does, but as much as I hate BC that seems to me like a pretty safe hire.

It's a good hire for BC. He'll easily recruit New England's best to BC. And he still has the contacts in FL. Smart hire, just as he would have been for UConn.

This is really bad news for UConn. Addazio will pluck whoever he wants from Connecticut...and CT kids are going to be Pasqualoni's best shot at getting top flight talent.

Sad trombone noise. The arrow is pointed down. Straight down.

 

[ruskin]

Quite honestly, I'm not enjoying the games that much. If I only went because it was "fun" I wouldn't go that much. I would have less "fun." . . . . The product on the field is becoming hard to watch. The "fun" of sports, as I know you know, is in the vicarious thrill of being associated with success on the field of battle. If you get to the bottom of it, that is what the crowd is roaring about when a touchdown is scored, or a drive is stuffed. Brute force vs. brute force. Your side just beheaded a mortal enemy soldier. The crowd roars. Watching our own boys getting beheaded in battle isn't something you like to watch. This isn't tennis.

Thank you gars. . . .Last night was "fun" despite the outcome, because there's an underdog, undermanned team playing hard for a young coach who knows the modern game. And, because of the nature of basketball, there is hope for the future, because 1 or 2 good recruits can get the program back where it was.

It is not "fun" to take your seat with a sense of dread in the back of your head hoping the coaching staff won't do something stupid. No reason to rehash the entire list, but the Buffalo turtle, the insane handoffs at the end of the Pitt win, the non-use of timeouts at Rutgers and wasted timeouts against Cincinnati are the prime examples of this staff's ineptitude. Anyone who thinks this will change with PP allowing GDL any coaching role in this program is deluding themselves. While the rest of the FBS world moves at light speed to fix their program, we instead deliberate and react. Now we have to wait for PP to announce what GDL will do. That is not "fun" either.

The 72-hour period after last Saturday's game was a crucial one for WM. He did the AD version of not using the timeouts at the end of the first half at Rutgers. Every hour that goes by with an unclear GDL future is like wasting the timeouts at Cincy. And allowing him to stay will be like running a double-reverse pass with a recently-concussed QB

 

[ZooCougar]

I don't see how that's not a good hire. If you were a coordinator at Florida, Urban Meyer thinks you're good, and you've won at Temple (Temple!), exactly whom does either BC or us think we're getting that is going to be a better fit? And don't give me ridiculous names like Petrino.

We'll see how he does, but as much as I hate BC that seems to me like a pretty safe hire.

Remember the time Pasqualoni was thought of as a safe hire? Good times.

I liked Addazio until I saw Temple in action. I think BC needs a different system than what he brings to the table.

 

[Adios]

Quite honestly, I'm not enjoying the games that much. If I only went because it was "fun" I wouldn't go that much. I would have less "fun." I have four blue seat tickets with another couple. I'm usually the only one there. Sometimes I can find someone who wants to go ( my wife has first dibbs if its warm out). My friend rarely goes, and sometimes he manages to give them away, but half the time they are vacant. The product on the field is becoming hard to watch. The "fun" of sports, as I know you know, is in the vicarious thrill of being associated with success on the field of battle. If you get to the bottom of it, that is what the crowd is roaring about when a touchdown is scored, or a drive is stuffed. Brute force vs. brute force. Your side just beheaded a mortal enemy soldier. The crowd roars. Watching our own boys getting beheaded in battle isn't something you like to watch. This isn't tennis.

You have chairback seats?

 

[CL82]

I have no problem with someone who feels so disconnected from the program, not buying season tickets. While I agree, generally, that a true fan supports the players regardless of success, but I think voting with your wallet is a legitimate way to give feedback to the athletic department.

Just my two cents worth.

 

[zls44]

I have no problem with someone who feels so disconnected from the program, not buying season tickets. While I agree, generally, that a true fan supports the players regardless of success, but I think voting with your wallet is a legitimate way to give feedback to the athletic department.

Just my two cents worth.

You take all the FB money and put it someplace else. Towards the UCADF, towards basketball season tickets, towards hockey season tickets, towards the BB facility, these are all options that don't harm the university but show your displeasure with the football program.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

I call BS on that. Start the thread home slice.

You're a DINO all the way.

Psht, some of us are even capitalists. Just not the imaginary ones you hear about on TV.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

You take all the FB money and put it someplace else. Towards the UCADF, towards basketball season tickets, towards hockey season tickets, towards the BB facility, these are all options that don't harm the university but show your displeasure with the football program.

But football drives the bus and our lack of support for our football program is something that is holding us back from getting a spot at the big boy table. Withdrawing support and putting it back into sports that don't drive the bus isn't helping the University. At. All.

 

[Adios]

I'd keep the tickets. We're amongst the big boys now. Next year should be fun.

 

[zls44]

But football drives the bus and our lack of support for our football program is something that is holding us back from getting a spot at the big boy table. Withdrawing support and putting it back into sports that don't drive the bus isn't helping the University. At. All.

If you really think THAT'S what's holding them back, then I don't know what to say except I disagree.

 

[ZooCougar]

The Rent would fill up if the product on the field were more fun to watch. All the PR in the world isn't enough to overcome a bad football team.

 

[Waquoit]

I never had a season ticket. If everyone else dumps, my chance to get a good seat!

You could by a good seat if you wanted to.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

If you really think THAT'S what's holding them back, then I don't know what to say except I disagree.

It's not THE thing holding us back. But if you think not showing up to football games is doing anything but hurting, I fear you are mistaken.

 

[Waquoit]

. . . .and will buy men's basketball season tickets w/donation instead for 2013-14.

It's a free country and you have a right to your opinion. But a true fan of the program, one that wants better for the team doesn't give up his season tickets. If you want to voice your displeasure, write letters, send emails, call local media. But giving up your tickets doesn't send that message.

Look at the Whalers. They were bought by a local jackoff that used the team as an ego boosting toy. He cut way back on PR and outreach and put a lousy product on the ice. Fans stayed away in droves. The fans sent a message - improve the team. However, the message received by the rest of the world was "Hartford doesn't support their team." Didn't matter that when the Whale was good they outdrew the Bruins.

By giving up your tix, what you are saying is you agree that UConn doesn't deserve to be in a better conference.

 

[ruskin]

quoit, I'm saying by retaining PP/GDL the AD/president/board of trustees - and let's not leave Mr. McHugh out of the retain PP decision - the SCHOOL doesn't want to do whatever it takes to be in a better conference. Why subsidize that?

Look at all the coaching whirlwind in the past 72 hours. We, meanwhile, are whistling past the graveyard by playing it safe, doing what "the book" says and not firing someone after two years who is clearly not up to the job and has a long RECENT track record of failure. UConn 2013 = Syracuse 2004.

In 2004, GDL was nominally "relieved of offensive coordinator duties" but still had all the power he had before. Unless GDL is COMPLETELY divorced from this program, there is no hope.

And BTW to the poster who said GDL "is out recruiting, you can't undercut him", welcome to the big time. Too many stories to recount this week of coaches finding out about changes, including their own firings, while recruiting.

 

[Waquoit]

quoit, I'm saying by retaining PP/GDL the AD/president/board of trustees - and let's not leave Mr. McHugh out of the retain PP decision - the SCHOOL doesn't want to do whatever it takes to be in a better conference.

I want P gone as much as anyone and I'm not ready to agree with that statement. But back to your OP. I say you are hurting yourself most of all. What are you going to do next fall on game weekends that will be as much fun as going to the game?

 

[Adios]

You could by a good seat if you wanted to.

Where do you have a seat?

 

[Adios]

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We're headed for the B1G. Enjoy the ride. I gotta get a ticket.

 

[Waquoit]

Where do you have a seat?

I'm on the 23 yard line. But if you wanted a chairback between the 35's you could get it. It's not like hoops where you need a ton of points to sit in the middle.

 

[Adios]

I'm on the 23 yard line. But if you wanted a chairback between the 35's you could get it. It's not like hoops where you need a ton of points to sit in the middle.

I have connections to the first row seats on both sides of the stadium. Only problem is I don't own any one of those tickets. One of row of seats is behind an opponent's seats. Get to harass the bench. Dude has 12 seats.

 

[FBUCONN]

Plenty of good seats available......