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uconnflyer88 said:
If football playing a ranked in the teens conference game that could determine bowl eligibility is "competing" with a meaningless CBB game against Furnam....we have bigger fish to fry

But you keep banging that drum until your arm gets tired
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That's the point - we do have bigger fish to fry.
 
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Isn't that Tom Herman?
 
Gampel will no doubt be sold out and rocking for Furman and that's great, we're a basketball school and that's the sport that most of our fanbase cares about most. The only problem is that UConn vs Furman won't be on national TV, UConn vs Houston football will. And you can bet your bottom dollar that more than a few remarks will be made by whoever is calling the game about how many empty seats there are inside the stadium. For a fanbase that has been crying about AAC membership and proclaiming themselves to being a power conference school, the scene on Saturday will portray the exact opposite of those claims.

It's too late now. We won't have 30K inside the stadium so it's best that we all accept that and move on. We can all focus on what we can all do collectively as a UConnNation to promote season ticket sales for 2016 at the appropriate times. But until then, we have a HUGE football game to get ready to play on Saturday. And if there are only 23K of us in the stands, let's make sure we're the loudest GD 23K fans in the history of half empty stadiums. Any time you put a southern team in the midst of nice, cold northern weather, it makes it a winnable game and if we all do our part, we can help our guys out as much as possible.

#HuskyUp
 
Dooley said:
Gampel will no doubt be sold out and rocking for Furman and that's great, we're a basketball school and that's the sport that most of our fanbase cares about most. The only problem is that UConn vs Furman won't be on national TV, UConn vs Houston football will. And you can bet your bottom dollar that more than a few remarks will be made by whoever is calling the game about how many empty seats there are inside the stadium. For a fanbase that has been crying about AAC membership and proclaiming themselves to being a power conference school, the scene on Saturday will portray the exact opposite of those claims.

It's too late now. We won't have 30K inside the stadium so it's best that we all accept that and move on. We can all focus on what we can all do collectively as a UConnNation to promote season ticket sales for 2016 at the appropriate times. But until then, we have a HUGE football game to get ready to play on Saturday. And if there are only 23K of us in the stands, let's make sure we're the loudest GD 23K fans in the history of half empty stadiums. Any time you put a southern team in the midst of nice, cold northern weather, it makes it a winnable game and if we all do our part, we can help our guys out as much as possible.

#HuskyUp
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need a little bit of this too:

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Dooley said:
Gampel will no doubt be sold out and rocking for Furman and that's great, we're a basketball school and that's the sport that most of our fanbase cares about most. The only problem is that UConn vs Furman won't be on national TV, UConn vs Houston football will. And you can bet your bottom dollar that more than a few remarks will be made by whoever is calling the game about how many empty seats there are inside the stadium. For a fanbase that has been crying about AAC membership and proclaiming themselves to being a power conference school, the scene on Saturday will portray the exact opposite of those claims.

It's too late now. We won't have 30K inside the stadium so it's best that we all accept that and move on. We can all focus on what we can all do collectively as a UConnNation to promote season ticket sales for 2016 at the appropriate times. But until then, we have a HUGE football game to get ready to play on Saturday. And if there are only 23K of us in the stands, let's make sure we're the loudest GD 23K fans in the history of half empty stadiums. Any time you put a southern team in the midst of nice, cold northern weather, it makes it a winnable game and if we all do our part, we can help our guys out as much as possible.

#HuskyUp
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That's the thing - Gampel MIGHT NOT be sold out - you can buy tickets right now!
 
People hoping for a Nor'easter didn't watch the last two games with bad weather. We can't do anything on offense in the rain. Rain doesn't help us win. A 35 degree day might, but that's about it.
 
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Rain isn't looking too likely according to the Saturday forecast. Temps will probably be around the mid 40s by kickoff.
 
The two events do not confli
uconnflyer88 said:
If football playing a ranked in the teens conference game that could determine bowl eligibility is "competing" with a meaningless CBB game against Furnam....we have bigger fish to fry

But you keep banging that drum until your arm gets tired
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The two events do not conflict either, but there's a hole worn through that skin as well.
 
Got this from Wood N Tap this afternoon. Any other sponsors stepping up to the plate to promote the game?

We'll be loud and proud in section 223 on Saturday--go Huskies!




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Sprague03 said:
That's a good point. I'm from the New Haven area as well and I offered to buy a family tickets to the UConn/Houston game, but they opted to go to the Yale/Harvard game instead.
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The Family (Single Father/2 young kids/and a friend) changed their mind and are now coming to the UConn game!! I looked to buy tickets, but the green dots are running out quick!!
 
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I personally like to attend Yale /Harvard just to try and pretend I'm not super low class for a day. Funny thing is the actual high class people use the game for the total opposite and what ensues is quite the scene. Everyone should experience it, not this year though. Go to the UConn game.
 
It just doesn't matter to the casual fan anymore. Bowl eligibility to play a Sun Belt or MAC team and 15 extra practices mean nothing to the average fan.

It's going to be late November, as a 5-5 UConn team playing a Houston program that we have no history or connection with.

The price is irrelevant. The average fan isn't using their whole Saturday to sit in the cold to see a .500 UConn team take on a program they don't care about.
 
As great as a night game is in the fall it's a good thing this one is mid-afternoon. Pretty cold earlier tonight at a State soccer match in Waterbury. Saturday will be OK until the chill sets in right after the game.
 
FartMan69 said:
I personally like to attend Yale /Harvard just to try and pretend I'm not super low class for a day. Funny thing is the actual high class people use the game for the total opposite and what ensues is quite the scene. Everyone should experience it, not this year though. Go to the UConn game.
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TheJerk and I were considering doing both games if uconn played at 7 or 8 pm.
 
John said:
need a little bit of this too:

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I am not sure cold weather will be a big help. BS is from Georgia. He hasn't shown himself to be a bad weather QB.
 
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Perspective people.

A year ago, on senior day - I wasn't there by choice. Better things to do, more important things to do with family than sit and watch that team after the Cincinnati shut out. Worst game I can ever remember at Rentschler - that Cincinnati game last season. A yerar later I'm glad I made that choice, because you just don't know what life's choices make for you sometimes.

There are some diehards around here that were there, and they'll attest to what the final home game looked like in 2014. I'd bet the house and farm that on Saturday - this season's home finale - we've got at minimum a 200% increase in attendance from last year - and that's big.

We've got more better marketing and promotion than ever. It's not talked about much, but there are a few people around here that are the spark for some basic stuff that's happened, that makes just worlds of difference. Somebody mentioned Army football recently. We had a long talk about advertising on this website years ago, I rmember specific at talk about access to website and ticket buying. UCONN was a atrocious, when it came to online ticket purchase. On metro north - Army had advertising that simply listed - Army football. www.armytickets.com. THe UConn website at the time, if you wanted to key it on a keyboard needed to be C+ computer code. Now it's www.uconntickets.com. That came from discussion around here. Many other things to. People pay attention, so be careful what you write.

We've got effective marketing plans right now, but the product hasn't caught up just yet. It's that simple. Until we have a team that is a regular winner at home, combined with marketing and advertising that does not sell at 95-100% capacity? This kind of discussion is manufacturing problems that don't exist.

I won't be there again this weekend, not by choice this time, but my seats will have butts in them.
 
The biggest change we will see this Sat vs the last home game last year will be NOISE.
Remember how we used to rock the XL with only 9k fans for the Whale in the playoffs in the 90's?
Yeah....the Rent is set so we can do the same with 27k.
I anticipate not having a voice by halftime.
 
31GuardTrap said:
The biggest change we will see this Sat vs the last home game last year will be NOISE.
Remember how we used to rock the XL with only 9k fans for the Whale in the playoffs in the 90's?
Yeah....the Rent is set so we can do the same with 27k.
I anticipate not having a voice by halftime.
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I still believe that one of the loudest crowds I have witnessed at the Rent was the 20,000 of us that were in the stands to see the Snow Bowl vs. USF. That was one of my favorite experiences of the last 13 years. Hoping for more of that on Saturday.
 
MarbleheadHusky said:
I still believe that one of the loudest crowds I have witnessed at the Rent was the 20,000 of us that were in the stands to see the Snow Bowl vs. USF. That was one of my favorite experiences of the last 13 years. Hoping for more of that on Saturday.
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It was probably the only game where more than 80% of us there were standing the entire time.
Was flipping awesome. My dad and my uncles snuck in black russians in their oversized mittens. the look on their faces when we got to our seats was priceless. It was the.." I am 60 plus years old and just got away with something a 20yr old would do...look".
 
That snow USF game was FUN. My wife (not a sports fan by any means) soldiered through and lost her mind when rallied on the last minute drive and Teggart's FG sailed through the student section uprights. You are both right - that was one of the louder games at the Rent with half of a crowd.

The good news about Saturday - the diehards will all be there in full throat. I'm so friggin' pumped and can't wait until Saturday! Rooting on my Huskies with 25K of my closest friends.
 
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Carl Spackler said:
Perspective people.

A year ago, on senior day - I wasn't there by choice. Better things to do, more important things to do with family than sit and watch that team after the Cincinnati shut out. Worst game I can ever remember at Rentschler - that Cincinnati game last season. A yerar later I'm glad I made that choice, because you just don't know what life's choices make for you sometimes.

There are some diehards around here that were there, and they'll attest to what the final home game looked like in 2014. I'd bet the house and farm that on Saturday - this season's home finale - we've got at minimum a 200% increase in attendance from last year - and that's big.

We've got more better marketing and promotion than ever. It's not talked about much, but there are a few people around here that are the spark for some basic stuff that's happened, that makes just worlds of difference. Somebody mentioned Army football recently. We had a long talk about advertising on this website years ago, I rmember specific at talk about access to website and ticket buying. UCONN was a atrocious, when it came to online ticket purchase. On metro north - Army had advertising that simply listed - Army football. www.armytickets.com. THe UConn website at the time, if you wanted to key it on a keyboard needed to be C+ computer code. Now it's www.uconntickets.com. That came from discussion around here. Many other things to. People pay attention, so be careful what you write.

We've got effective marketing plans right now, but the product hasn't caught up just yet. It's that simple. Until we have a team that is a regular winner at home, combined with marketing and advertising that does not sell at 95-100% capacity? This kind of discussion is manufacturing problems that don't exist.

I won't be there again this weekend, not by choice this time, but my seats will have butts in them.
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A 200% increase in attendance from the SMU game to end last year would be totally meaningless. Because there weren't 5000 people actually in the stands.
 
BugsyCT said:
Stomp the bleachers on 3rd down - good way to generate added noise. Let 'em know you're there!
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Been doing that practically since the Rent opened, still love the looks on the faces of the people who refuse to get up further down the bench! Especially if I have the steel toes on!
 
Jerry27 said:
Been doing that practically since the Rent opened, still love the looks on the faces of the people who refuse to get up further down the bench! Especially if I have the steel toes on!
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Too bad we won't have a full student section. When they shake their keys the place just rocks. :rolleyes:
 
The UConn department is certainly doing their thing in advertising the game. I've received numerous facebook/twitter and Inta messages from the athletic office, and probably about another 5 separate e-mails promoting the game, and now they sent an email to all UConn Junior Husky members (my 5 year old nephews) an e-mail that they can attend the game for free and parents can buy tix for $15 each.

Driving across the Q-bridge, UConn also advertises the times of their bball games on a digital board, but I haven't seen them advertising the football game on it yet. Any one else see anything in other parts of the State, like in Hartford county?

They also need to go on PLR 99.1, Kiss 95.7, 104.1 and promote the game and ticket sales. Do whatever they can!
 
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While we're on the topic of student section. They need to figure out how to be a presence at hockey games. Always been great at hoops games those who actually show up typically care and are pretty good. At hockey games the section can be full and you would never know. Obviously they're new to it but I hope they figure it out. I went to the game last night with QU fans and they were like how come you guys don't have a student section? I was like it's over there its full but they don't cheer. At big time hockey schools the student sections resemble like international soccer crowds. Okay long enough off topic rant.
 
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