It’s Football Season
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AllHusky is right. After these exhausting rumor-filled days about Hurley, the ups and downs of the baseball team -- it's time for football success and an on-campus stadium. Football drives the bus in conference realignment! ACC or another power conference, get ready for the Huskies!
Alum86
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Word. Or squeeze more peons in the bleacher seats. Just keep them away from my chair-backs. LMFAO.
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Talking about an on-campus stadium at this point is just wasting bandwidth.
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Which is why the post leads with “8-4”
How would 8-4 work for a start?
Mind boggling to me that USF(and UCF) have jumped the line. In 1993, UCF was just a few random buildings in a field. It's a small city with a downtown now. USF was UCF's little sister.
From a Kolumbo post:
also in that post from Big Ten information:
"USF is a good option to add to the ACC. They are an AAU school, they are building a new football stadium on campus that will be better than most existing ACC football stadiums, they have a larger enrollment than your average ACC member, their football program is one of the youngest in FBS"
From a Kolumbo post:
also in that post from Big Ten information:
"USF is a good option to add to the ACC. They are an AAU school, they are building a new football stadium on campus that will be better than most existing ACC football stadiums, they have a larger enrollment than your average ACC member, their football program is one of the youngest in FBS"
So you mean if Uconn builds their new stadium in Daytona Beach, they'd have a chance at the ACC, LOL! Kinda seems like if the Lakers moved to the Meadowlands, Hurley would be their next coach, Oh well !
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We have positive momentum thanks to men's hoops and Dan Hurley. Time to build on that. We must win at least 8 games this year in football. That will generate fan interest and positive press. Conference moves are coming, and we will be ready if we can show competence on the football field.
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If Mansfield stop being populated with NIMBYs, maybe. However, what should we do with The Rent? Should we give it to Goodwin or should we tear it down? I'm not sure if it should be torn down. Maybe if Hartford gets a UFL team (rumored) maybe it would be nice to get an on campus stadium.
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Said it on the site earlier, worse comes to worse give it to Central Connecticut for football. If Hartford gets UFL team, Rent would be great home field.
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Why is an on campus stadium whine fest infecting every football thread? It's a complete fiction. Keep it all contained in one thread and let that thread be the cesspool. This thread should be about the first days of what's going on at camp. Not a retread of a 15 years complaint fest.
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Hear!! Hear!!
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Yep. It's also much cheaper to patch a tire rather than buy a new one. Of course the patched one won't last as long.
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medic, just went to camp thread. not much going on. what do you want to talk about? is it for news of activity in camp, who's doing what reports? love to hear some news related to development, progress and who's hot and who's not.I promise no stadium talk here: 2024 Summer Camp loading…
Thank you...I get the Alum who want to relive an on campus trip in the fall but 80% of the fans I've tailgated with, meet or brought to Uconn games over 30 plus years as a donor and season TX holder are CT sports fan in general not Uconn grads. Who like Uconn, enjoy the games but can care less about on campus. Uconn's been an off campus, entire state supported "franchise" with more Hartford than Storrs season ticket holders for close to 50 years. Just look at Hockey everyone screamed about an on campus arena. Well they got it, lost half the hockey fan base, and now the shinny new place and the mediocre coach have turned it into an on campus morgue. # Winning period !
Even with the on campus stadium, I think there would be some kind of agreement to have Mora’s team play at least one game at the Rent.
UConn needs the on campus stadium for the program, the on campus stadium will be built.
Keep dreamin ...Mora will make the CFP before that happens, but I'd take 8 or 9 wins either way !
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What some of you forget is that the construction company and architects who want the job of designing and building the new stadium will advocate for its development. Often, they have a lot of political clout. So too do our alumni.
There's alot of good people involved with Uconn sports. But don't get it confused, if they had the impact you think they do, it could've been used "buying their way" into the ACC ( like a smaller school w/ a smaller stadium/fan base in Dallas did). Which would've been a hell of alot cheaper and been a way better long term investment than some on-campus stadium that's never gonna happen. ( at least until we get in the SEC or B1G, which is a nice dream too
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Well because most of those commenting have never been to the campus or absolutely no concept of the infrastructure situation. You have a good complaint here.
You could possibly be right but most likely not. Folks that continually dream of this should describe their logistics on the topic.
A) Maybe a map of where this sort of stadium could be built on campus.
B) Layout the parking situation which is presently not easy on campus. Where would parking for 40K plus be located?
C) That and the miles of road that would have to be widened to double lanes much to the disdain of the locals to handle traffic.
D) Last but not least, I truly love the passion some have to get the football team on campus. But as a season ticket holder from the start at the Rent I proffer to tailgate for 3+ hours in East Hartford rather than sitting in traffic in Storrs for who knows how long.
Just wanted to point out that there already is parking for the at least 20,000 plus that already live, work, or go to school on campus. Those people would just walk to the stadium. Both you and the other on campus stadium complainers are so self-centered it’s laughable. The world does not revolve around 3, 4 or 5000 season ticket holders. If you don’t like it stay home and watch it on tv.Well because most of those commenting have never been to the campus or absolutely no concept of the infrastructure situation. You have a good complaint here.
You could possibly be right but most likely not. Folks that continually dream of this should describe their logistics on the topic.
A) Maybe a map of where this sort of stadium could be built on campus.
B) Layout the parking situation which is presently not easy on campus. Where would parking for 40K plus be located?
C) That and the miles of road that would have to be widened to double lanes much to the disdain of the locals to handle traffic.
D) Last but not least, I truly love the passion some have to get the football team on campus. But as a season ticket holder from the start at the Rent I proffer to tailgate for 3+ hours in East Hartford rather than sitting in traffic in Storrs for who knows how long.
……….or 4 or 5 times, if they decide to play one or two home games at the Rent.
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