Game Week 2025: UConn v. Ball State Cardinals (Saturday 9/20/25 @ 3:30p). Game on CBSSN w/ audio on the UConn Varsity Network & Fox Sports 97.9

[huskymedic]

 

[RSTuthill]

Actual attendance will be weather dependent I would think. Announced attendance could be anything. Another 37,000 perhaps.

 

[ZooCougar]

Mel Brown still listed?

 

[BugsyCT]

Your bold shows me u know…

“Should” is the most dangerous word uttered here at the BY.

I learned that the hard way last week.

Not gonna use it against Ball State either. I don't care how bad they presumably are.

 

[CCSUblue]

Mel Brown still listed?

But Vic added to depth is new. Also, what was the deal with Smiley last week? I never did hear though it was probably talked about. Hopefully he is back in full this week.

 

[BugsyCT]

Carson Steele who played with the Chiefs last year was great against us. Rosa had a bad fumble fighting for extra yards and the officiating was hideous that game. Oh, Zion had a wtf pick as well.

Steele gave us fits that day. Such an annoying loss.

 

[huskymedic]

But Vic added to depth is new. Also, what was the deal with Smiley last week? I never did hear though it was probably talked about. Hopefully he is back in full this week.

Smiley was in concussion protocol.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[SwingDog]

Hopefully our defensive issues are fixable otherwise it's going to be a long season. I don't see us winning by 19.

 

[RSTuthill]

Hopefully our defensive issues are fixable otherwise it's going to be a long season. I don't see us winning by 19.

The spread on ESPN is now 21.5.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[HCCForever]

Against my better judgment... I'll be there with my old man

You get to spend time with your father watching football, regardless. That’s a good day in my book.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Bongo Fury]

Steele gave us fits that day. Such an annoying loss.

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UConn tried to get him through the portal

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Attendance should be interesting, definitely less than CCSU.

I continue to be puzzled with this board’s fascination with attendance.

 

[MKH2317]

I continue to be puzzled with this board’s fascination with attendance.

Attendance can be one of the many (and most obvious) markers of how well a program is supported by its fans, and how well a G6 program can fit into a P4 conference. A lot of us on the board relate almost everything UConn does to how P4 schools compare- how are we viewed in the eyes of P4 conferences that may want to add us. A packed Rent is a good thing, shows the UConn brand is prominent and the program is strong. It shows we’re for real

 

[ZooCougar]

I continue to be puzzled with this board’s fascination with attendance.

I agree. It's nuts.

Attendance can be one of the many (and most obvious) markers of how well a program is supported by its fans, and how well a G6 program can fit into a P4 conference. A lot of us on the board relate almost everything UConn does to how P4 schools compare- how are we viewed in the eyes of P4 conferences that may want to add us. A packed Rent is a good thing, shows the UConn brand is prominent and the program is strong. It shows we’re for real

You're overthinking this.

 

[CTBasketball]

I continue to be puzzled with this board’s fascination with attendance.

Because I want to know how many Miller Lites I need to hand out to random strangers as they walk from the Gray Lot to the stadium.

 

[businesslawyer]

I continue to be puzzled with this board’s fascination with attendance.

In a forum with 350 pages about pizza, you’re puzzled by discussions on attendance?

 

[ZooCougar]

In a forum with 350 pages about pizza, you’re puzzled by discussions on attendance?

It’s the fact that they think every home game is a referendum on the future of the program.

 

[PlayItLeo]

You get to spend time with your father watching football, regardless. That’s a good day in my book.

Yeah this is 95% of my overall motivation

 

[Jetskies]

Attendance can be one of the many (and most obvious) markers of how well a program is supported by its fans, and how well a G6 program can fit into a P4 conference. A lot of us on the board relate almost everything UConn does to how P4 schools compare- how are we viewed in the eyes of P4 conferences that may want to add us. A packed Rent is a good thing, shows the UConn brand is prominent and the program is strong. It shows we’re for real

careful about how much you talk about P4 and UConn in the same breath - it seems to be an off-limits topic after the delaware loss.