Houston football

[Fishy]

They officially broke ground on their new football stadium yesterday. They expect to have it ready by August of 2014 - 40,000 seats to start, expandable to 60,000 whenever.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

It really does seem like a lot of the new schools are really committed to building up their programs.

In retrospect, the NBE with Boise State, Ville, Rutgers and the C-7 would have been pretty damn good. Remember at a point in time, we were complaining about that league? It practically seems like the B1G compared to where we are now.

 

[Dann]

funny, as soon as that stadium goes up, uh passes us. they have 60k plans not to mention other things. we dont have 60k plans on paper for the media to chat about...

 

[noeynox]

TThey must be excited about that two mil a year from the new big east TV contract.

 

[Dann]

TThey must be excited about that two mil a year from the new big east TV contract.

mwc or b12 by then imho

 

[noeynox]

Our press release said the same thing when the rent was built. The footings are in place yada yada yada.

 

[Dann]

Our press release said the same thing when the rent was built. The footings are in place yada yada yada.

yes put plans out. those footing are for 50k. thats not going to do it. u either go big ro dont. 55-60k. they need to just pay a art teacher some $ on campus aand do a drawing and release it. national media/perception.

 

[upstater]

funny, as soon as that stadium goes up, uh passes us. they have 60k plans not to mention other things. we dont have 60k plans on paper for the media to chat about...

We do have 100k plans though.

 

[ZooCougar]

It really does seem like a lot of the new schools are really committed to building up their programs.

In retrospect, the NBE with Boise State, Ville, Rutgers and the C-7 would have been pretty damn good. Remember at a point in time, we were complaining about that league? It practically seems like the B1G compared to where we are now.

We actually thought it could not get worse. And it did.

 

[Dann]

We do have 100k plans though.

show me th drawing and simply just say, were looking into expansion here is what this would look like...media feed me

 

[ConnHuskBask]

We actually thought it could not get worse. And it did.

I mean at this point, even the post Boise set up with the C7 seems worlds better.

 

[Doggie Style]

show me th drawing and simply just say, were looking into expansion here is what this would look like...media feed me

Dan, I hear you. It would give us something positive to discuss, but from a political standpoint it's not a good time to have this in the media. Then the discussion will start regarding the cost, and where that money for the expansion will come from etc... When the time is right for a B1G conference move, its game on bcuz it's essentially a done deal at that point.

 

[zls44]

Here's the problem.

"You had the drawings...where are you on fundraising?"
"We haven't started."
"When is your target date?"
"We don't know."

Repeat for a decade.

 

[ZooCougar]

Don't you love how loosely the term "plan" is used.

Someone, somewhere might have a plan for a 60,000 seat on campus stadium. That doesn't constitute a plan.

Also, just because the Rent is expandable to a certain number, doesn't mean you have a plan. It's just an option that we purchased when the stadium was designed. It's just something that would make a future plan more feasible.

Here's the problem.

"You had the drawings...where are you on fundraising?"
"We haven't started."
"When is your target date?"
"We don't know."

Repeat for a decade.

 

[Fishy]

Here's the problem.

"You had the drawings...where are you on fundraising?"
"We haven't started."
"When is your target date?"
"We don't know."

Repeat for a decade.

Um, do you think UConn should be fundraising to add seats to a stadium they don't own?

 

[Doggie Style]

Honestly, I'm not looking for an expansion plan for The Rent now. What I am interested in seeing is the final drawings from the Master Architectural firm Pres Herbst hired several months ago to redesign the campus. If THAT has a new Stadium on it, then things could get interesting....... Either way, based on the Gov's support of the recent investment in Uconn's future to the tune of $2B, I really don't think an adequate stadium project would take much to get approved if a conf invite was in the balance.....

 

[RS9999X]

A new stadium would require selling out the Rent for a few years and absorbing some ticket price increases as well as increased seat donations and sold out corporate boxes. Then a Rent expansion would be proposed to 50,000 plus 2000 luxury seats or boxes plus site renovations plus noise abatement. Maybe in 2040 they would look at a new facility. None of which will happen.

Sent from my Lumia 920 via Windows 8. Now bite me Apple Droids.

 

[RS9999X]

A new stadium would require selling out the Rent for a few years and absorbing some ticket price increases as well as increased seat donations and sold out corporate boxes. Then a Rent expansion would be proposed to 50,000 plus 2000 luxury seats or boxes plus site renovations plus noise abatement. Maybe in 2040 they would look at a new facility. None of which will happen.

Sent from my Lumia 920 via Windows 8. Now bite me Apple Droids.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Houston Cougar basketball is the cautionary tale I worry about. Legendary coach retires, they manage to hang on to competitiveness for a few years, then they are dumped out of a major conference. Competent successor to legend decides he doesn't want to go down with the ship in conference Siberia, bolts for a mid-major.

Program has sucked ever since despite a tremendous local talent base. Do you think Jake Voskuhl, Emeka Okafor and Hasheem Thabeet all come to UConn if Houston was still relevant? Houston Cougar basketball may be UConn's future.

 

[upstater]

Houston Cougar basketball is the cautionary tale I worry about. Legendary coach retires, they manage to hang on to competitiveness for a few years, then they are dumped out of a major conference. Competent successor to legend decides he doesn't want to go down with the ship in conference Siberia, bolts for a mid-major.

Program has sucked ever since despite a tremendous local talent base. Do you think Jake Voskuhl, Emeka Okafor and Hasheem Thabeet all come to UConn if Houston was still relevant? Houston Cougar basketball may be UConn's future.

Look at the schools. They are different schools. It makes a big difference.

 

[tzznandrew]

Houston Cougar basketball is the cautionary tale I worry about. Legendary coach retires, they manage to hang on to competitiveness for a few years, then they are dumped out of a major conference. Competent successor to legend decides he doesn't want to go down with the ship in conference Siberia, bolts for a mid-major.

Program has sucked ever since despite a tremendous local talent base. Do you think Jake Voskuhl, Emeka Okafor and Hasheem Thabeet all come to UConn if Houston was still relevant? Houston Cougar basketball may be UConn's future.

Another main difference: they have no title, and they were only good for a short window.

UConn was very good for a quarter of a century.

 

[upstater]

Another main difference: they have no title, and they were only good for a short window.

UConn was very good for a quarter of a century.

I think Houston was pretty good up until then, Guy Lewis did have a lot of wins, and he played Grandpa on the Munsters.

 

[Pudge]

Here's the problem.

"You had the drawings...where are you on fundraising?"
"We haven't started."
"When is your target date?"
"We don't know."

Repeat for a decade.

Jeff Hathaway - the Caretaker AD

 

[Pudge]

We had the Financing Structure in place - better than Rutgers & Louisville - to expand while the Capital Markets were booming in 2007. The Expansion was symbolic & we didn't do it. That, my friends, is a neon sign that we weren't seeing the changing tide. You can disagree on impact; it's not debatable that the Rutgers AD & the Louisville AD put in their application for upgrade right there.

 

[upstater]

We had the Financing Structure in place - better than Rutgers & Louisville - to expand while the Capital Markets were booming in 2007. The Expansion was symbolic & we didn't do it. That, my friends, is a neon sign that we weren't seeing the changing tide. You can disagree on impact; it's not debatable that the Rutgers AD & the Louisville AD put in their application for upgrade right there.

You have to wonder what the ACC was doing inviting Cuse, Pitt, BC ahead of Rutgers.