Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[nelsonmuntz]

this fan base is worse.

I agree with this statement when it comes to some of the fans.

 

[CL82]

And if I had a ham sandwich, I'd have a ham sandwich.

Well, it's good that you are a hungry husky, I guess.

 

[Waquoit]

And that is part of the reason why when the team isn't doing well, attendance drops off dramatically. There is no attachment to the stadium, the team and the college experience. There is no going back to the ole stomping grounds.

After the Baylor game, I read a Baylor beat guy say our student section was "the equal of any in the Big 12". All this "losing the college atmosphere" is just more piffle. The place was rocking when we were in the Big East.

 

[huskymedic]

And if I had a ham sandwich, I'd have a ham sandwich.

Mora wants his ham sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato & onions:

 

[Vowelguy]

Mora wants his ham sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato & onions:

I want a winning lotto ticket.

 

[shizzle787]

Mora wants his ham sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato & onions:

He knew both of these things going in. Don't use them as crutches.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

He knew both of these things going in. Don't use them as crutches.

Especially as he spent a few years as UCLA's head football coach. Not only did he know what the situation was at UConn prior to accepting the position, he had prior first hand experience running a program that had to commute ~30 minutes from their campus to the stadium where they played home games

 

[huskymedic]

Mora wants his ham sandwich w/ lettuce, tomato & onions:

He knew both of these things going in. Don't use them as crutches.

Especially as he spent a few years as UCLA's head football coach. Not only did he know what the situation was at UConn prior to accepting the position, he had prior first hand experience running a program that had to commute ~30 minutes from their campus to the stadium where they played home games

From Graham Chamberlain’s Storrs Central UConn Coach’s Road Show Recap:

-> After the event, I was able to get some time with Coach Mora to talk about the upcoming season. When asked about if he was discouraged coming off last season, he disagreed, saying “we have a lot of challenges here. There’s only two teams that are independent, us and Notre Dame (UMass is independent for this season, but will be joining the MAC in 2025), we don’t have an on campus stadium, so it’s hard. I don’t get discouraged...recognize the challenges, but don’t get discouraged.” <-

 

[MKH2317]

From Graham Chamberlain’s Storrs Central UConn Coach’s Road Show Recap:

-> After the event, I was able to get some time with Coach Mora to talk about the upcoming season. When asked about if he was discouraged coming off last season, he disagreed, saying “we have a lot of challenges here. There’s only two teams that are independent, us and Notre Dame (UMass is independent for this season, but will be joining the MAC in 2025), we don’t have an on campus stadium, so it’s hard. I don’t get discouraged...recognize the challenges, but don’t get discouraged.” <-

He got loud about not having money to pay for players- he got money to pay for players. Now he’s getting loud about not having an on campus stadium. Let’s hope the trend continues

 

[Bonamassa]

Let's attack the coach for telling it like it is. That'll show him!

 

[baggerbob]

You just signed Geno to a 5 year extension, the state helps with millions to balance the Athletic budget.
Uconn should have an on campus stadium.
You need a dome to use as a multipurpose stadium, all year round.
40,000 for football, 25,000 for Men and Women's basketball, concerts, graduations, state football tournaments and other events, such as big name concerts.
That would show all the conferences you were serious about sitting at the final table.

 

[coachcap]

You just signed Geno to a 5 year extension, the state helps with millions to balance the Athletic budget.
Uconn should have an on campus stadium.
You need a dome to use as a multipurpose stadium, all year round.
40,000 for football, 25,000 for Men and Women's basketball, concerts, graduations, state football tournaments and other events, such as big name concerts.
That would show all the conferences you were serious about sitting at the final table.

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

 

[CL82]

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

If I recall correctly those renderings included things that now are already included in the Shenkman and Burton buildings. All we need is a stadium.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Chin Diesel]

If there's no law on the books before those schools split, there never will be one afterwards.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Somewhere in the catacombs there is an archive of blueprints that are the original renderings for Rentschler Field. The pages show a 50,000 seat domed multi-use facility for football with modifiers for basketball. Maybe it's time to dust them off & update them for current building codes. Would be less expensive than going back to Square 1...

IIRC, that was when the Whalers were still in Hartford and the idea was a multi-purpose arena that could handle football, ice hockey and basketball. That barely got beyond sketches (a few mockups made it to newspapers) before Karmanos shot down the Whale being part of it (he stated he'd only remain in state if he could have an arena in Fairfield county). It came up again briefly when the Pats were in discussion for Adrien's Landing but the covered stadium part was quickly dismissed.

I doubt it ever reached the point where blue prints were drawn up.

 

[Drew]

 

[CL82]

If there's no law on the books before those schools split, there never will be one afterwards.

I don't know, maybe the idea is that they don't want the presence of a law making them less attractive prior to a conference change.

 

[baggerbob]

If I recall correctly those renderings included things that now are already included in the Shenkman and Burton buildings. All we need is a stadium.

I liked you Post, but Uconn needs to go big, and a Domed Stadium on campus would show The Big, and SEC that UCONN needs to be in the last round of moving chairs.

 

[CL82]

I liked you Post, but Uconn needs to go big, and a Domed Stadium on campus would show The Big, and SEC that UCONN needs to be in the last round of moving chairs.

I don't see it happening in the near term, unless it was an express requirement. I agree with the poster who said that doing a feasibility study is probably a good idea.

 

[Hondo 77]

I want a winning lotto ticket.

 

[Vowelguy]

“Under a bill filed by prominent Republican House members, UNC and NC State would be required to play at least one of East Carolina, Appalachian State and Charlotte every year and would have to play each school home and away every six years.”

Bill will not advance.

North Carolina football scheduling bill won't go forward: official

A proposed bill in North Carolina that would have required the Tar Heels and NC State to play the state's Group of Five level schools in football and basketball

www.si.com

 

[ZooCougar]

The Rent is beat.

The state hasn’t done anything to keep it refreshed.

The stupid school let the football program descend into the abyss.

You can overcome a bad stadium and a bad location if your team is fun to watch.

 

[CL82]

The Rent is beat.

The state hasn’t done anything to keep it refreshed

Ongoing maintenance isn't the states job, that is what the CDRA should be doing. One of the things that I find incredibly annoying about the CDRA is their ongoing practice of not doing maintenance for a decade or two and then presenting the need for remediation as a capital improvement. Yet somehow, even without doing routine maintenance, they manage an annual multimillion dollar loss, even after being grossly subsidized by the university. They are possibly the most inept organization ever to exist on the planet.

 

[ZooCougar]

Ongoing maintenance isn't the states job, that is what the CDRA should be doing. One of the things that I find incredibly annoying about the CDRA is their ongoing practice of not doing maintenance for a decade or two and then presenting the need for remediation as a capital improvement. Yet somehow, even without doing routine maintenance, they manage an annual multimillion dollar loss, even after being grossly subsidized by the university. They are possibly the most inept organization ever to exist on the planet.

Is the CRDA in the room with us right now?