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

[jostar1]

Yes, If we can build our attendance back up with the help of a competitive schedule or conference, things might change. Even still, in today’s dynamic a 40,000 seat stadium is a hindrance.

It can be expanded to 50,000 relatively easily.

Renderings Show Rentschler Field Expansion Possibilities - A Dime Back

On Thursday evening, UConn will kick off the 2016 football season — the most important in the program’s history. In addition to rising on-field expectations, the university is auditioning for entrance into the Big 12 and is eager to show evidence that the football program adds to its overall...

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[businesslawyer]

Ethics question? How can a reporter for the company responsible for much of this sheet show objectively report on this issue?

Huh? You think that people should be barred from reporting something because they or their employer has some interest in the matter being discussed?

Are you not allowed to say “Syracuse sucks” because UConn fans have an interest in Syracuse sucking?

 

[CL82]

It can be expanded to 50,000 relatively easily.

Renderings Show Rentschler Field Expansion Possibilities - A Dime Back

On Thursday evening, UConn will kick off the 2016 football season — the most important in the program’s history. In addition to rising on-field expectations, the university is auditioning for entrance into the Big 12 and is eager to show evidence that the football program adds to its overall...

adimeback.com

Yep and that’s without using any of the space at the concourse. You could easily get another 2500+ there as well as we did with the temporary bleachers for the Michigan game.

 

[Ha Who]

Huh? You think that people should be barred from reporting something because they or their employer has some interest in the matter being discussed?

Are you not allowed to say “Syracuse sucks” because UConn fans have an interest in Syracuse sucking?

In other words, if I am on the board of ESPN and let it slip at the car wash, that the carousel is in full swing and the attendant tells me that I have a good source, things are still heated, I can report that news. Not I am at the Ukrainian Lady and turn to the guy sitting next to me Cuse sucks. I’m surprised you didn’t come up with a better analogy

 

[Chin Diesel]

It can be expanded to 50,000 relatively easily.

Renderings Show Rentschler Field Expansion Possibilities - A Dime Back

On Thursday evening, UConn will kick off the 2016 football season — the most important in the program’s history. In addition to rising on-field expectations, the university is auditioning for entrance into the Big 12 and is eager to show evidence that the football program adds to its overall...

adimeback.com

Yep and that’s without using any of the space at the concourse. You could easily get another 2500+ there as well as we did with the temporary bleachers for the Michigan game.

Just keep wrapping it around the end zone and it becomes 15k-20k more. Evens up the sidelines on both ends and gives it a more classic horseshoe shape with beautiful downtown Hartford skyline through the other end zone.

 

[Kolumbo]

It can be expanded to 50,000 relatively easily.

Renderings Show Rentschler Field Expansion Possibilities - A Dime Back

On Thursday evening, UConn will kick off the 2016 football season — the most important in the program’s history. In addition to rising on-field expectations, the university is auditioning for entrance into the Big 12 and is eager to show evidence that the football program adds to its overall...

adimeback.com

Expanding is easy. Stadiums have been expanded for decades. Thing is, it makes more sense to let this one run it's course and build a beauty, you know, on campus.
oy boy....

 

[Billy Jack]

It can be expanded to 50,000 relatively easily.

Renderings Show Rentschler Field Expansion Possibilities - A Dime Back

On Thursday evening, UConn will kick off the 2016 football season — the most important in the program’s history. In addition to rising on-field expectations, the university is auditioning for entrance into the Big 12 and is eager to show evidence that the football program adds to its overall...

adimeback.com

Thanks. That would be great!

 

[Billy Jack]

Expanding is easy. Stadiums have been expanded for decades. Thing is, it makes more sense to let this one run it's course and build a beauty, you know, on campus.
oy boy....

Wasn’t it that the roads were inadequate to handle game day traffic and that there were problems getting town approvals which nixed that idea last time?

 

[Storrs South]

 

[shizzle787]

Didn't think they would. Too much deadweight in the Big 12.

 

[Billy Jack]

Didn't think they would. Too much deadweight in the Big 12.

Or is it that the B1G has designs on the PAC-12’s big 3?

 

[shizzle787]

Or is it that the B1G has designs on the PAC-12’s big 3?

Combo of both.

 

[CAtlantic]

I'd argue that the Big 12 is the one with more leverage, and especially when the 4 corners programs join them. But very revealing, nonetheless.

 

[dayooper]

I'd argue that the Big 12 is the one with more leverage, and especially when the 4 corners programs join them. But very revealing, nonetheless.

When are the 4 corners joining the Big12? Something tells me that if the Big10 or SEC don’t poach anybody else, they will stay.

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[CL82]

Wasn’t it that the roads were inadequate to handle game day traffic and that there were problems getting town approvals which nixed that idea last time?

Nope

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'd argue that the Big 12 is the one with more leverage, and especially when the 4 corners programs join them. But very revealing, nonetheless.

A 1030 ET / 9:30 CT game time on weeknights is not really an asset.

 

[Kolumbo]

Wasn’t it that the roads were inadequate to handle game day traffic and that there were problems getting town approvals which nixed that idea last time?

and it's too far. CT is too big a state to have people drive so far for a Saturday football game. That's the problem of being the 3rd smallest state in the country.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Almost everything about the Rent is ideal.

Great sightlines from nearly every seat in the house. Sufficient parking, even when we were filling the place. Reasonable access with highways in close proximity.

The drawbacks are a) it is not on campus (but I can argue that two decades ago we never could have drawn more than 20k-25k regularly in Storrs) and b) locals in East Hartford capped capacity (although this could be negotiated) at 55k.

The issues we have been facing for the past near decade are all the result of terrible leadership from the school as a whole and from the athletic department specifically. When Hathaway returned to take over for Lew, after seeing what we were drawing in the brand new Rent as a startup, his thoughts should have been "how soon can we plan Stadium expansion". Instead, he thought " we're at capacity already, I don't need to do anything here".

An achiever would have thought "if we can draw 40k today, we can build to 65k in 15 years, 75k in 25 years". Hathaway never thought that way.

 

[billybud]

Each of the 100 scholarship and walk on players at Texas Tech get $25,000 this year.

Texas Tech Red Raiders football players to receive 1-year, $25K NIL contracts from the Matador Club

Local collective the Matador Club will sign 100 Red Raiders football players to one-year, $25,000 NIL contracts, one of its board members told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

www.espn.com

 

[CL82]

Almost everything about the Rent is ideal.

Great sightlines from nearly every seat in the house. Sufficient parking, even when we were filling the place. Reasonable access with highways in close proximity.

The drawbacks are a) it is not on campus (but I can argue that two decades ago we never could have drawn more than 20k-25k regularly in Storrs) and b) locals in East Hartford capped capacity (although this could be negotiated) at 55k.

The issues we have been facing for the past near decade are all the result of terrible leadership from the school as a whole and from the athletic department specifically. When Hathaway returned to take over for Lew, after seeing what we were drawing in the brand new Rent as a startup, his thoughts should have been "how soon can we plan Stadium expansion". Instead, he thought " we're at capacity already, I don't need to do anything here".

An achiever would have thought "if we can draw 40k today, we can build to 65k in 15 years, 75k in 25 years". Hathaway never thought that way.

Given that we could have comfortably fit the people who actually showed up to games at the end of the last year in Memorial Stadium, I’m going to say that I really don’t see the urgency for expansion of the Rent.

 

[SubbaBub]

A 1030 ET / 9:30 CT game time on weeknights is not really an asset.

Yeah, the 7:30 ET is what he should have said.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Given that we could have comfortably fit the people who actually showed up to games at the end of the last year in Memorial Stadium, I’m going to say that I really don’t see the urgency for expansion of the Rent.

Yeah, but I imagine you weren't there for the first decade the Rent was open.

 

[CL82]

Yeah, but I imagine you weren't there for the first decade the Rent was open.

Everything looked great culminating with the Fiesta bowl. At that time the logical expectation would be to extend the upward trend. That would’ve been the wrong decision. We now have the benefit of hindsight.

 

[Billy Jack]

I'd argue that the Big 12 is the one with more leverage, and especially when the 4 corners programs join them. But very revealing, nonetAdd Stanford and make that the 3 most valuable brands in either league.

Add Stanford and make that the 3 most valuable brands in either league.

 

[CAtlantic]

 

[Stinger92860]

Almost everything about the Rent is ideal.

Great sightlines from nearly every seat in the house. Sufficient parking, even when we were filling the place. Reasonable access with highways in close proximity.

The drawbacks are a) it is not on campus (but I can argue that two decades ago we never could have drawn more than 20k-25k regularly in Storrs) and b) locals in East Hartford capped capacity (although this could be negotiated) at 55k.

The issues we have been facing for the past near decade are all the result of terrible leadership from the school as a whole and from the athletic department specifically. When Hathaway returned to take over for Lew, after seeing what we were drawing in the brand new Rent as a startup, his thoughts should have been "how soon can we plan Stadium expansion". Instead, he thought " we're at capacity already, I don't need to do anything here".

An achiever would have thought "if we can draw 40k today, we can build to 65k in 15 years, 75k in 25 years". Hathaway never thought that way.

We also have a great venue for tailgating with everyone surrounding the stadium. I do miss the runway though.

 

[TRest]

Here is an actual tweet to interrupt our daily dose of pure speculation.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Here is an actual tweet to interrupt our daily dose of pure speculation.

A nice way of stating what will happen in the near future.

 

[bobbyinaz]

Philips comments make you wonder if he's in over his head as we've seen with other Conference Commissioners. Some of the statements he made are really out of the 1980's.