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

[CTFAN4LIFE]

So forget Boston. Massachusetts is the 16th largest state with over 7 million people. Western Mass with Springfield, Amherst, even Worcester is more than large enough to support an FBS program. Delaware has 1 million people. West Virginia 1.8 million. Nebraska 2 million. The other MAC programs are dwarfed by other P4 and pro programs. Heck UMass is in a better situation than many G6 programs. Mass has no excuse.

Though central/western Mass has some population, there just aren't enough college football fans to create enough momentum/attention from eastern Mass where the vast majority of the population and affluence is.

 

[Kolumbo]

Though central/western Mass has some population, there just aren't enough college football fans to create enough momentum/attention from eastern Mass where the vast majority of the population and affluence is.

Nah. What was UConn's average attendance before it went 1-A. Mass has no excuse.

I just looked it up. More than half UMass alumni live in Mass with quite a few in CT, NY, and the rest of New England. Success always brings the fans, even if they live in and around Boston.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Nah. What was UConn's average attendance before it went 1-A. Mass has no excuse.

I just looked it up. More than half UMass alumni live in Mass with quite a few in CT, NY, and the rest of New England. Success always brings the fans, even if they live in and around Boston.

OK, how about they win some games and then we can check back in lol

 

[billybud]

I had to look it up...but Amherst is 92 miles from Boston and 56 miles to Hartford...I had no geographic sense of distance in Massachusetts.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I had to look it up...but Amherst is 92 miles from Boston and 56 miles to Hartford.

Distance to Boston:
Storrs 84 miles (fewer if one knows the back roads to I-84)
Amherst 92 miles

 

[UConnJim]

When was the last time a CT governor showed up at a UConn football game? Genuinely interested in the answer, not trying to make a point.

Governor Lamont was the honorary coach of the 2022 Blue/White game. And he dressed as a UConn football player for Halloween that year as well. And, he has promoted UConn football on twitter.

Gov. Malloy attended the UConn/BYU game in 2014.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Ha Who]

Look at the Kanas fan crying

 

[RSTuthill]

Damn straight, Put those facts in your accretion calculations.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Governor Lamont was the honorary coach of the 2022 Blue/White game. And he dressed as a UConn football player for Halloween that year as well. And, he has promoted UConn football on twitter.

Gov. Malloy attended the UConn/BYU game in 2014.

They are there all the time. Governor is Titular head of Board of Trustees. He goes to games.

 

[JeannoCT]

Back in the day, Gov. Malloy used to attend UConn hockey games. They put him up on the jumbotron and was booed. Never saw him again.

 

[RSTuthill]

Back in the day, Gov. Malloy used to attend UConn hockey games. They put him up on the jumbotron and was booed. Never saw him again.

Yeah, and that is so crazy. Those fans who have no idea of the history. Never sat under the Eero Saarinen roof on a -10 F night with 30 mph wind. Malloy and his unique position and connections are what got UConn into HE. He wasn't solely responsible. But if you count in BC and BC's coach at the time, Jerry York, it was like 95%.

A few years ago I recall people on this board calling for Cav's head. And earlier badmouthing Bruce Marshall with no knowledge at all where UConn had come from and how far each coach had brought the UConn program. Just friggin' nuts.

 

[billybud]

ABC/ESPN killing Fox/NBC in viewership....thanks to their SEC product...

 

[ScottVib]

The noon window is the only window Fox has won with ABC/ESPN winning every one of the previously "premier" windows. I wonder if Fox starts trying to pivot bigger matchups to that noon window to dominate it.

 

[UConnJim]

The noon window is the only window Fox has won with ABC/ESPN winning every one of the previously "premier" windows. I wonder if Fox starts trying to pivot bigger matchups to that noon window to dominate it.

FOX hasn't been broadcasting much college football except in the noon time slot on Saturdays. And, by far the most watched college football game this year was on FOX, Texas at Ohio St.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Not even sure where this belongs but can’t stop laughing

 

[Purple Stein]

Make the Holiday Bowl a 2 game series with an aggregate score. Play game 1 at the Rent, then bus the kids to NY so they can fly to Riyadh.

 

[Waquoit]

Back in the day, Gov. Malloy used to attend UConn hockey games. They put him up on the jumbotron and was booed. Never saw him again.

That must have stung. He willed UConn D-1 hockey into the big-time.

 

[Waquoit]

A few years ago I recall people on this board calling for Cav's head.

Whatever happened to those guys?

 

[JeannoCT]

Whatever happened to those guys?

They’re still here.

 

[billybud]

They have holidays in Alabama too...you don't have to go to Saudi Arabia for a Holiday Bowl...heck, the annual Hajj this year is November 29...as the Bama faithful flock en masse to Auburn.

Seriously...American sports must be developing some legs...annual football game in Dublin, Duke playing Baylor in Paris, the Big 12 talking about baseball in Mexico City

What else could be on the way outside the U.S.? “We’re having conversations with other countries throughout the world that are very interested in bringing the Big 12 to their marketplace,” Yormark said.

International expansion appears to be an area of growth that many college sports are interested in exploring further, as professional leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL have found great success in recent years, taking their products abroad.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

They have holidays in Alabama too...you don't have to go to Saudi Arabia for a Holiday Bowl...heck, the annual Hajj this year is November 29...as the Bama faithful flock en masse to Auburn.

Seriously...American sports must be developing some legs...annual football game in Dublin, Duke playing Baylor in Paris, the Big 12 talking about baseball in Mexico City

What else could be on the way outside the U.S.? “We’re having conversations with other countries throughout the world that are very interested in bringing the Big 12 to their marketplace,” Yormark said.

International expansion appears to be an area of growth that many college sports are interested in exploring further, as professional leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL have found great success in recent years, taking their products abroad.

Al-Abama vs Ar-Qansas rivalry game in Riyadh

 

[jostar1]

 

[billybud]

Poor BC...they have only beat Fordham...

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Seriously...American sports must be developing some legs...

What else could be on the way outside the U.S.?

International expansion appears to be an area of growth that many college sports are interested in exploring further …

#12 nationally-ranked UConn hockey returning to Belfast next season for the 2026 Friendship Four (team tournament).