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?

 

[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