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How intimidating can we make Gampel on Wednesday?

zls44 said:
Why did you need contacts? Were you not there? Thats interesting.
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I was not. First home game I missed this year. Shame on me. Even the biggest fans miss one occasionally. I watched the whole game though. Don’t worry about me. Be the best fan you can be.
 
Curious why more people can’t make it out to the XL Center on a Sunday afternoon. It’s Connecticut, what else are people doing? That many people go to church? Lol
 
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Wednesday needs to be an impressive showing from the students. So early in the semester, absolutely nothing better to do than get lubed up, fill Gampel, and scream for 2 hours. If they can't get up for this, they never will
 
August_West said:
There were a ton of empties today.
And people’s complaints in past were “ nothing to cheer for” in the losses.
Whelp there was plenty to cheer for today in a blow-out……….so………do the math.

Gampel does need to be lit Wednesday though. It’s abother make or break against a team well ahead of us in standings. Let’s see what fans are made of.
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XL center sucks. It just does. When one’s only argument for it is an argument against Gampel (traffic) that’s all you have to know.

Gampel will be rocking with students. Biggest game we’ve had in the building since Cincinnati in 17-18 (yes they were ranked 8th)
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
What you mean? I was raised in CT so I would know. lol
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Rocktheworld said:
XL center sucks. It just does. When one’s only argument for it is an argument against Gampel (traffic) that’s all you have to know.

Gampel will be rocking with students. Biggest game we’ve had in the building since Cincinnati in 17-18 (yes they were ranked 8th)
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I am starting to agree with you. XL/Civic Center used to get loud as heck and was a crazy atmosphere. It has not matched Gampel lately. And you’re right about the magnitude of this game at Storrs. Biggest game there in years. Let’s get it ROCKING. Louder than Florida/Houston games pre-Covid?
 
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invite Bouk back
That will cause a stir:cool:
 
XLCenterFan said:
I am starting to agree with you. XL/Civic Center used to get loud as heck and was a crazy atmosphere. It has not matched Gampel lately. And you’re right about the magnitude of this game at Storrs. Biggest game there in years. Let’s get it ROCKING. Louder than Florida/Houston games pre-Covid?
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TBH I was only able to say that because somehow we have had several top 8 games in XL over that time period lol

Since I was a freshman in ‘08 I saw that the pathetic student section at XL made it inferior
 
gwhuskyfan said:
Amazing how many people were leaving at the U8 timeout with about 6.5 mins left in the game. I get it's a blowout, but was still surprised at the numbers
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It's the Connecticut way, and has been for decades.
 
gampelcrazies said:
XL didn't have it again today. We will see how the crowd is for the Marquette game in a few weeks.

For Wednesday as along as the weather isn't bad I'll be giving Xavier players all I got.
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Advanced weather report says chance for mixed precipitation in the afternoon with about an inch of accumulation. If that weather report holds then it shouldn't be an issue.
 
gampelcrazies said:
XL didn't have it again today. We will see how the crowd is for the Marquette game in a few weeks.

For Wednesday as along as the weather isn't bad I'll be giving Xavier players all I got.
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Can't let a little snow keep you away - can't tellyou how many storms we drive onto watch UConn - 12/7/96 comes to mind - hell of a drive home and no power for 5 days afterwards. Only 1 time I remember not going- was against Pitt at Gampel, not sure of the year - donated our tickets to students
 
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nashusky109 said:
If the game is still on with bad weather, I hope they can take the tickets on the market and some how subsidize them for students on campus to entice them to go.
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Way way back when I was on campus Pitt came to Gampel during a snow storm. Free tickets for students. I chose that night to come down with mono and sleep for 27 hrs straight. Heard it was awesome. (They can do it, and it's not unprecedented.)
 
Kathy said:
Can't let a little snow keep you away - can't tellyou how many storms we drive onto watch UConn - 12/7/96 comes to mind - hell of a drive home and no power for 5 days afterwards. Only 1 time I remember not going- was against Pitt at Gampel, not sure of the year - donated our tickets to students
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Just commented on this. I was a freshman. Fall semester of 2004 or spring semester 2005, depending on when in the season.
 
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RC111 said:
Just commented on this. I was a freshman. Fall semester of 2004 or spring semester 2005, depending on when in the season.
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Figured it out - 1/22/05. Had almost 20" in Tolland where I lived at the time
 
Scott2Tate said:
Wish they were given more seats to fill around Gampel ala Cameron Fieldhouse (as much as that pains me to say…)
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I despise everything Duke but their home court atmosphere makes me green with envy sometimes.

F Duke though…
 
Still a ton of tickets left on secondary market, people need to scoop em’ up.
 
XLCenterFan said:
Here we are again boys and girls. I've used terms like "hostile" and "raucous" before. Now it's INTIMIDATING. My contacts at the XL today told me the crowd was large but church-like. I'm sure most of that had to do with the inferior quality of opponent and the resulting blowout. There is no excuse for Wednesday. My UConn group chat is ready to lose their minds as we seek to avenge loss 1 of the year. The base is coming around again, as are the casuals. Let's show X what a real college crowd looks and sounds like. Gampel. Storrs, CT. 1/25. 6:30 pm. There are no excuses. The dogs need us. Mount up.
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Uconn will never have the hostile environment like the other big time programs because Connecticut is full of old uppity stuck up people. Uconn does their students a disservice sitting the behind the baseline out of the view of the tv cameras. What you do see on tv are those old folks I mentioned earlier sitting in the good seats but are too good or too stuck up to stand and cheer. Uconn announces a white out game, they'll give out white t shirts and the old folks wont even put them on. They will rather sit them on their laps and remain quiet. Home games feel like they are being played in a library. Its even worse in the XL Center. I've been saying for years that they need to move the students courtside. This is why we have absolutely no home court advantage for any home games.
 
StllH8L8ner said:
I despise everything Duke but their home court atmosphere makes me green with envy sometimes.

F Duke though…
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Its more than just Duke. Turn on any game from a big time program other than UConn and you will see their students sitting in the good seats going crazy. UConn buries their students behind the baseline and who do we see on tv sitting in the good seats? Old senior citizens that won't stand up and cheer. That needs to change.
 
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