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Message: [QUOTE="jdb50, post: 4378471, member: 1530"] I was one of those Freebie Hill people. Carried a quarter keg up there for one game. The 80's were a strange time for college football in New England. BC was doing its thing. Everyone else was trying to keep their programs going. BU and Northeastern were decent programs but decided to give up football eventually. We had 5 winning seasons in a row -86-90- with players like QB Matt DeGennaro who was helping with the sideline reports on the radio show a couple years ago. At the time the big game to go to for UConn fans was the Yale game and there were some big crowds at the Yale Bowl. Then people stopped going into the game and just partied in the parking lots. Toner was mystified in that interview but he knew we had to keep up with the big boys. He got us into the Big East. Very interesting that the New Haven head coach who beat us 14-13 in Tom Jacksons second to last season (1992) was Mark Whipple. The decision to hire PP/GDL over him has put us where we are today. Hoping for a revival and praying Jim Mora can make it happen. We were a essentially minor league team and had minor league attendance. Toner was fighting the tide thinking playing Central in Storrs was going to be a big deal. [/QUOTE]