Is University of New Haven Going To Go FCS?

[Duncan Idaho]

A sad day. I grew up in a UVM family and my Dad was on the Athletic Council from time to time. We really loved UVM football.

Kind of a funky setup there with the two fields together. Think UVM was considered the best public school in the NE at the time. Their Qb named Bateman was an All-American, finished up at Brown and played a few years in the NFL. He was good, may be their best ever,

 

[RSTuthill]

Kind of a funky setup there with the two fields together. Think UVM was considered the best public school in the NE at the time. Their Qb named Bateman was an All-American, finished up at Brown and played a few years in the NFL. He was good, may be their best ever,

Two fields? Baseball (with lights) and football? Centennial field? Is that what you mean? The name Bateman does ring a bell.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Two fields? Baseball (with lights) and football? Centennial field? Is that what you mean? The name Bateman does ring a bell.

Yes, if i am remembering correctly the football field was right up against baseball's left center field fence.

 

[RSTuthill]

Yes, if i am remembering correctly the football field was right up against baseball's left center field fence.

It has changed a lot over the decades on the basis of looking at Google Maps.

 

[tiger paw]

I remember going to a Vermont - UConn football game some time in the 1970's. Heavy rain the entire time. Left at halftime , changed to dry cloths, and returned. Bateman might have been the QB. Not sure why I still remember that day.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

I remember going to a Vermont - UConn football game some time in the 1970's. Heavy rain the entire time. Left at halftime , changed to dry cloths, and returned. Bateman might have been the QB. Not sure why I still remember that day.

He was. Injured in the 4th. Maybe remember because of that weather and...Russ Clarke rushed 44 times for over 200 yards. Still a UConn record for carries I believe. Folks thinking he was the next Torkelson after that.

 

[Purple Stein]

NEC is going to be in trouble with teams dropping to D3.

Le Moyne and Stonehill recently came up. Mercyhurst and Chicago St. just joined. But dang, there's probably been 30 different schools involved in this league. No one stays for very long. Merrimack is gone, Duquesne and RoMo are football only. Not very stable.

CCSU needs to move to the MAAC or CAA.

I put this in another thread, too, but some kind of merger between America East and NEC probably make sense in the near future.

 

[Vowelguy]

I put this in another thread, too, but some kind of merger between America East and NEC probably make sense in the near future.

why? NEC is now largely dregs, especially ChicagoSt which probably would lose most matchups with D3 Trinity.
if the AE needs schools, take 1 or 2 of the better NEC and that's it.

 

[Patman]

why? NEC is now largely dregs, especially ChicagoSt which probably would lose most matchups with D3 Trinity.
if the AE needs schools, take 1 or 2 of the better NEC and that's it.

Yeah, people don't realize how low the NEC is in general. America East holds way higher standards

 

[WrenchFan69]

I put this in another thread, too, but some kind of merger between America East and NEC probably make sense in the near future.

Who does that make sense for? America East doesn't need any of the NEC currently and will never need all of the NEC. NEC and MEAC merger could maybe happen if it needs to.

 

[shizzle787]

Who does that make sense for? America East doesn't need any of the NEC currently and will never need all of the NEC. NEC and MEAC merger could maybe happen if it needs to.

May happen. There are rumors that half of the NEC is potentially moving down to D3 and NCCU and SCSU are considering dropping down to D2.

 

[CCSUblue]

SCSU is already D2... What is NCCU?

 

[shizzle787]

May happen. There are rumors that half of the NEC is potentially moving down to D3 and NCCU and SCSU are considering dropping down to D2.

North Carolina Central and South Carolina State.

 

[Kurebeach50]

Kind of a funky setup there with the two fields together. Think UVM was considered the best public school in the NE at the time. Their Qb named Bateman was an All-American, finished up at Brown and played a few years in the NFL. He was good, may be their best ever,

I believe Bateman was from Darien

 

[CCSUblue]

North Carolina Central and South Carolina State.

My bad, I missed the MEAC part. I was thinking CT schools.

The NEC survives because it has an ungodly number of affiliate members. There's something like 15 affiliated schools with Howard having a full 7 teams in the NEC while it's primarily associated with the MEAC.

They should just embrace that. Let SH and Merrimack back as football affiliates.

CCSU, FDU, LIU, Wagner, they should all jump to the MAAC and leave any affiliate teams behind that they need to.

Let those other new teams figure it out.

 

[WrenchFan69]

My bad, I missed the MEAC part. I was thinking CT schools.

The NEC survives because it has an ungodly number of affiliate members. There's something like 15 affiliated schools with Howard having a full 7 teams in the NEC while it's primarily associated with the MEAC.

They should just embrace that. Let SH and Merrimack back as football affiliates.

CCSU, FDU, LIU, Wagner, they should all jump to the MAAC and leave any affiliate teams behind that they need to.

Let those other new teams figure it out.

I don't think the MAAC will want any of CCSU, FDU, LIU, or Wagner unless someone leaves. I do wonder if the MAAC is hoping Canisius and Niagara bolt to save on travel costs - they're far out there in west NY. Wonder if the Horizon League would take them on.

 

[UCFBfan]

I really hope CCSU doesn't go down with the ship.

 

[huskymedic]

I know they were building the stadium and support areas and whatnot to go FCS back in 2021. What’s the latest here?

 

[Drew]

Let’s go!!! Get them on the schedule immediately!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[UCFBfan]

Really surprised in this day and age of money, money, money that any small school would think about, and actually move up to D1.

 

[uconnric]

Let’s go!!! Get them on the schedule immediately!

They were on the schedule years ago (1992). Didn't end well for us.

 

[RSTuthill]

They were on the schedule years ago (1992). Didn't end well for us.

Three point three decades ago to be precise. An election year in which what's his name won. Was that game in Memorial Stadium? We used to park our cars right by Memorial and carry our kayaks into the pool for gate training in that era. Geez the years are flying by.

 

[ktuck911]

Three point three decades ago to be precise. An election year in which what's his name won. Was that game in Memorial Stadium? We used to park our cars right by Memorial and carry our kayaks into the pool for gate training in that era. Geez the years are flying by.

Thanks for the reminder brother. 1992 was a good year on campus (but the the '89-'90 year was probably the best)

 

[tiger paw]

See how quick + easy it's to move up to a bigger, more high profile conference. Yet UC has spent a lifetime trying to do that. Maybe UNH administration + athletic dept can give us a few tips on how that's done.