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

[ElGuapo]

I can think of a great NIL opportunity, the Electric Blue Endzone.

Electric Blue Playzone

 

[UConn Dan]

Traffic in CT is 90% due to poor lane discipline. Slow people in the passing lane refusing to push over.

The good news about an on-campus stadium is that Route 195 is only one lane... problem solved...

I'm only a "traffic engineer" on the boneyard, but if we ever get a stadium on campus, we make 195 a three-lane road and the center lane alternates depending on the flow of traffic. May require a lot of cones (and people to move them once the game starts), or some other new fangled way to control traffic flow. I'm sure my fellow boneyard traffic engineers have some solutions for us.

 

[LBird33]

Ya you could park at the old rent. Parking lot and then take a shuttle into storrs. How ironic lol

 

[Kolumbo]

That would be an interesting promotional opportunity, go to a football game and get passes for discounted lap dances and a free buffet at a strip club.

Not to mention the Rolling Party Electric Blue Bus to and from the stadium from I-84.

 

[XStorrsion]

I'm only a "traffic engineer" on the boneyard, but if we ever get a stadium on campus, we make 195 a three-lane road and the center lane alternates depending on the flow of traffic. May require a lot of cones (and people to move them once the game starts), or some other new fangled way to control traffic flow. I'm sure my fellow boneyard traffic engineers have some solutions for us.

The old Tappan Zee Bridge Zipper system is probably sitting in a warehouse waiting to be dusted off.

 

[hoopsfan22]

The old Tappan Zee Bridge Zipper system is probably sitting in a warehouse waiting to be dusted off.

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I was just thinking of that thing. I think San Francisco also has a similar system on some of its bridges to add capacity in the higher demand direction. Or you could do what they do in construction zones that they set up and pick up each night where it's just a guy in the back of a truck setting out cones or those orange barrel things for miles and it only takes 15-20 mins.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Traffic in CT is 90% due to poor lane discipline. Slow people in the passing lane refusing to push over.

The good news about an on-campus stadium is that Route 195 is only one lane... problem solved...

They could put stadium near the hockey and baseball stadium. 45000 seat. I’d be for it.

 

[UConnJim]

I just dont know how the infrastructure can support it. It would be great, but they need new roads for 195 and 44 aren’t gonna do for football traffic.

Remember, it’s CT, everything is a PIA in this state.

Go to a Patriots game in Foxboro. They are able to make Rt.1 go in one direction each way to the highways from the stadium on game days. Remember, you don't have to get 40k into Storrs if it is a 45k stadium as the students would be almost 10k of that.

 

[Ha Who]

Go to a Patriots game in Foxboro. They are able to make Rt.1 go in one direction each way to the highways from the stadium on game days. Remember, you don't have to get 40k into Storrs if it is a 45k stadium as the students would be almost 10k of that.

Foxboro would not be my role model

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Needs to be in a place where a concert can be held. Get some actual use out of it. The Rent could have had a lot of bands there. I'd put a roof on a new one.

 

[huskyblooz]

I am for a stadium there, eventually.

When you hit CT traffic all you do is complain!

But, traffic sucks in CT. It crushes your soul and will to live. Friend of mine works in Storrs, yesterday from Storrs to Farmington home it was nearly 2 hours. There was some accident or something. That is extreme. But a 40 minute ride shouldn’t take 80 minutes. I have grown to loathe going east of the river.

One jackass in a car can ruin the day for thousands here.

east of the river??? I commute from New Haven to Stamford very day!!!

 

[JohnFSilver]

east of the river??? I commute from New Haven to Stamford very day!!!

That is even worse. Take the train.

 

[UConn Dan]

I had a dream that the Big 12 finally invited us. Probably more key than a car wash or a booster leak.

So as it was envisioned, so let it be.

 

[MKH2317]

I had a dream that the Big 12 finally invited us. Probably more key than a car wash or a booster leak.

So as it was envisioned, so let it be.

You could say that was a message from the universe. Can’t get more key than that

 

[freescooter]

I keep hearing from my friends who are Kansas and Cincy grads thatUConn is going to be added. The question is one of timing for football and basketball. If you see a UConn- #8 Big 12 bowl match up it is a done deal.

 

[Drew]

Hmmmmm

 

[John]

Needs to be in a place where a concert can be held. Get some actual use out of it. The Rent could have had a lot of bands there. I'd put a roof on a new one.

saw the Police and Springsteen there, great shows. The neighbors put a stop to that.

 

[Ha Who]

Is there a clip of this somewhere? That is big if true

 

[UConn Dan]

Hmmmmm

Something. Is. Up.

We're not doing the monitoring. Someone Big is monitoring us. Pack the rent.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Something. Is. Up.

We're not doing the monitoring. Someone Big is monitoring us. Pack the rent.

The ACC has two teams in the top 25.

 

[jostar1]

Something. Is. Up.

We're not doing the monitoring. Someone Big is monitoring us. Pack the rent.

Put that together with the fact that we turned down the PAC 12 for a football invite when football really needs to be in a conference.

 

[Travelman6]

Big 12 would be great but extra travel would suck and I say that watching several of the pac 12 teams struggling in the big10 and acc, as well as b12.

 

[freescooter]

Big 12 would be great but extra travel would suck and I say that watching several of the pac 12 teams struggling in the big10 and acc, as well as b12.

I don’t know about the travel. Yeah not great we can’t go to road games easily, but I know that back in the 1960-70s there were some pretty good college baseball teams in the Northeast. UConn, Maine (had 3 pitchers who pitched in the majors on one team in the early 1970s including Bobby Witt, father of the current star) and BC all played in the college World Series at one time or another. St John’s and Seton Hall were very good and both produced top major leaguers. Over time as the academic year ended earlier and earlier, and the college season started earlier and earlier, northern clubs began to struggle. Then they figured out how to change the model and instead of 1 spring break Florida trip to start the season they began making multiple warm weather trips. They adapted and now the ones who did are competitive again. That, I think will happen to teams that need to travel long distances in basketball and football. They will figure out a strategy, be it leave Tuesday to acclimate or something else. Once they do the current disadvantages will shrink.

 

[gioff2323]

Big 12 would be great but extra travel would suck and I say that watching several of the pac 12 teams struggling in the big10 and acc, as well as b12.

Travel for what?

Football has 6 at most travel games. As an independent, we’ll go to whomever will take us.

Basketball travels to Midwest slot already. Is Kansas, Texas, az or Colorado that much worse than Wisconsin, Nebraska, Chicago?

Baseball spends first month playing in Florida and/or California.

The status quo is not sustainable. Some of Our marquee sports (wbb/baseball) actually suffer being in a conf with “less travel” but no sig competition ( and MBB may fall in same trap if someone in BE doesn’t get it together soon).

I understand Olympic sports suffering, but field hockey never left BE and hockey is covered. Really what we’re down to is the cross country team earning their name!

 

[John]

Big 12 would be great but extra travel would suck and I say that watching several of the pac 12 teams struggling in the big10 and acc, as well as b12.

Are we big-time or not? If we're big-time, then being big-time means there's travel.