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Kolumbo said:
You realize when recruits visit campus they actually get to see their home arena, Gampel Pavilion, right? I hope they aren't driving down Route 44 just to show football recruits where they could potentially play.

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One of their home arenas which is also a dump with some charm and a whole lot of history. Win some games and you'll get better recruits and people will actually care.

UConn basketball recruits don't come to play at UConn because of the facilities.
 
superjohn said:
One of their home arenas which is also a dump with some charm and a whole lot of history. Win some games and you'll get better recruits and people will actually care.

UConn basketball recruits don't come to play at UConn because of the facilities.
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Point being, they don't even see the football stadium when they visit campus, and it's not worth driving to East Hartford.

Wait a minute. The football recruiting trip may not be so bad after all. They can visit Cabella's and the new Lowe's and Wayfair warehouses next door.

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Kolumbo said:
Point being, they don't even see the football stadium when they visit campus, and it's not worth driving to East Hartford.

Wait a minute. The football recruiting trip may not be so bad after all. They can visit Cabella's and the new Lowe's and Wayfair warehouses next door.

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I would think they visit the Rent in many cases.
 
Kolumbo said:
I must have missed all the stadium concerts. Bottom line, the facility would be used year round, not just a few weekends.


Yeah, we did it wrong but it can always be corrected. All the football offices and support could have been built into the stadium rather than a separate training facility. I think the practice facility has great locker rooms but they have to duplicate them in East Hartford to be used 6 times a year. They could always give or share Shenkman with the soccer and baseball teams. And UConn Lax.
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I don't know, we've got first class football facilities already on campus. I don't see the point in duplicating them in the stadium. Obviously, we will still need something, like locker rooms, trainers room etc.
 
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Kolumbo said:
You realize when recruits visit campus they actually get to see their home arena, Gampel Pavilion, right? I hope they aren't driving down Route 44 just to show football recruits where they could potentially play.
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Kolumbo said:
Point being, they don't even see the football stadium when they visit campus, and it's not worth driving to East Hartford
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Hoophound said:
I would think they visit the Rent in many cases.
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They visit the Rent in the vast overwhelming majority of the visits and there are plenty of pics on recruiting visits out there.
 
Kolumbo said:
I'm curious though, why are they underrated, or by whom? I'd think they would all be great places to visit.
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Everyone I have brought to the Rent have been impressed by the experience, especially tailgating. There are not many college stadiums that are as easy to get to with almost unlimited parking for tailgating for the home fans as well as the visitors. The seating is terrific with no bad seats and plenty of leg room, especially when compared to older stadiums. Compared to other stadiums, there are enough restrooms at The Rent as well.
 
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GoConn said:
Mora is telling people what they NEED to hear. We need a real on campus stadium, a conference and more financial support to be taken seriously as a football program.
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Yeah. It’s refreshing to hear someone speak their mind.

He needs to walk a fine line between honesty and built in excuses though.
 
UConnJim said:
Everyone I have brought to the Rent have been impressed by the experience, especially tailgating. There are not many college stadiums that are as easy to get to with almost unlimited parking for tailgating for the home fans as well as the visitors. The seating is terrific with no bad seats and plenty of leg room, especially when compared to older stadiums. Compared to other stadiums, there are enough restrooms at The Rent as well.
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Sure, I enjoy going to the Rent too. It's very easy to get to, awesome for tailgating, and caters to everyone off campus who finds it too difficult to get to Storrs. It will never be power material though, and it sucks for students. But until we get that invite, use the cheapest band-aids.
 
Kolumbo said:
Sure, I enjoy going to the Rent too. It's very easy to get to, awesome for tailgating, and caters to everyone off campus who finds it too difficult to get to Storrs. It will never be power material though, and it sucks for students. But until we get that invite, use the cheapest band-aids.
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Since UConn has been bad, it sucks for students (and for many fans), but when UConn was good, people showed up including students. Sure, an on campus stadium would be great, but let's start winning first.
 
UConnJim said:
Since UConn has been bad, it sucks for students (and for many fans), but when UConn was good, people showed up including students. Sure, an on campus stadium would be great, but let's start winning first.
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How quickly we forget the packed Rent for BE FB games in the mid 2000's! It was working! We packed the Rent and it had a great atmosphere, including tailgating!

The Pasqualoni hire and the first screw job on conference realignment in 2011 is what started FB down the toilet. There is simply no denying that hurt us the most. Before that time, we were dominating Syracuse (won 6 in a row from 2005-2011) and on a par with Pitt. (I have written ad nauseam about the reasons we were screwed, so I won't rehash the same here.) Then, once the first conference screw job occurred, we started to repeatedly shoot ourselves in the foot FB-wise.

The question is - can we get it back? I say "yes", but only in a better conference setting. To do so, we need to monetize March Madness as I have suggested. If MM becomes controlled by an organization akin to CFP (and why not?), UConn will be an important player. It may actually have the gravitas as a BB program to drag FB along with it to a suitable conference. But change has to occur regarding MM. The NCAA makes over $1b each year from MM and the payouts to the schools suck in comparison.

Why does this matter? First of all, for all our greatness, our athletic dept needed a university subsidy of $38m+ to pay for operations.
The single biggest reason for this is being in an inferior conference. The BE paid UConn about $6.5m in 2023 (about same as Creighton - let that sink in!) For comparison, Big 10's Northwestern, hardly a big earner, received somewhere between $50-60m - more than all 11 Big East members received in distribution combined! This is not sustainable! The push to get into a better conference, with football, should be the A-number 1 goal.
 
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UConnJim said:
Everyone I have brought to the Rent have been impressed by the experience, especially tailgating. There are not many college stadiums that are as easy to get to with almost unlimited parking for tailgating for the home fans as well as the visitors. The seating is terrific with no bad seats and plenty of leg room, especially when compared to older stadiums. Compared to other stadiums, there are enough restrooms at The Rent as well.
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What other stadiums have these people experienced a college football game yet?
 
Kolumbo said:
Point being, they don't even see the football stadium when they visit campus, and it's not worth driving to East Hartford.

Wait a minute. The football recruiting trip may not be so bad after all. They can visit Cabella's and the new Lowe's and Wayfair warehouses next door.

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Cabelas and a Chinese Eretailer. Oh joy.
 
CJasmer said:
What other stadiums have these people experienced a college football game yet?
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Syracuse, BC, Notre Dame, Army, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Miami, UMass, Buffalo, WVU, Pitt, Penn State, ECU, NC State, UNC, Clemson ... The Rent is incredibly convenient to get to and the tailgating is among the best. That said, nobody is saying The Rent beats ND and Clemson, but it does beat a lot of stadiums.
 
UConnJim said:
Syracuse, BC, Notre Dame, Army, Rutgers, Wake Forest, Miami, UMass, Buffalo, WVU, Pitt, Penn State, ECU, NC State, UNC, Clemson ... The Rent is incredibly convenient to get to and the tailgating is among the best. That said, nobody is saying The Rent beats ND and Clemson, but it does beat a lot of stadiums.
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Thank you for the clarification.
 
UConnJim said:
Everyone I have brought to the Rent have been impressed by the experience, especially tailgating. There are not many college stadiums that are as easy to get to with almost unlimited parking for tailgating for the home fans as well as the visitors. The seating is terrific with no bad seats and plenty of leg room, especially when compared to older stadiums. Compared to other stadiums, there are enough restrooms at The Rent as well.
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This man speaks the truth
 
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Interesting details. Max is involved on the TNT part of the package. Peacock starts up with 25 games this year including tournament games and some quarterfinal matchups.
 
ScottVib said:
Interesting details. Max is involved on the TNT part of the package. Peacock starts up with 25 games this year including tournament games and some quarterfinal matchups.
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Not just Max, the TNT portion is TNT, TBS, TruTV and Max. Which is interesting.
 
I’m surprised Peacock (NBC) is able to start a year early. Glad I got the annual subscription for 20 bucks a few weeks ago. I have a feeling UConn will have a few games on Peacock as the biggest attraction.

“Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men’s and women’s regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games.”
 
UConnTrumbull said:
I’m surprised Peacock (NBC) is able to start a year early. Glad I got the annual subscription for 20 bucks a few weeks ago. I have a feeling UConn will have a few games on Peacock as the biggest attraction.

“Peacock will launch its coverage of BIG EAST men’s basketball in 2024-25 with a package of 25 regular season games and five early round and quarterfinal conference tournament games. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Peacock and NBC Sports will present more than 60 men’s and women’s regular season and BIG EAST Tournament games.”
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I don't see the $20 offer for one year of Peacock. I only see $59.99 for the year, or $5.99 per month, and that's with ads. Guess I'll be piecemealing yet another subscription service, this time from January through March.
 
ninety-nine said:
I don't see the $20 offer for one year of Peacock. I only see $59.99 for the year, or $5.99 per month, and that's with ads. Guess I'll be piecemealing yet another subscription service, this time from January through March.
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$20 was an introductory rate through Roku.
 
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