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....Got the day off today to get ready for the football game vs. LSU

is that the mark of big time college football?
 
MSU students got the day off, as in all classes were cancelled, or the players didn't ahve to go to class today?
Players I kinda get.
Student body, I don't get it all. But hey, they will be well oiled by kickoff.

More cowbell!!
 
nope.......the ENTIRE student body was given the day off from classes so they could prepare
 
that's called a school that doesn't care about academics. that would never fly up here, and would be a terrible idea for UConn.
 
It means that they have a fairly large stadium on their campus and a fair number of students outside of dorms. In order to get the crowd in for a weeknight game you have to keep the students and faculty out of the parking lots.
 
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I have the whole day off tomorrow in perpetration for the game... And I didn't even need UConn's permission!
 
I can understand the need for space on campus, but you can easily cancel all classes after 4pm or something like that and have no problem. Thursday late afternoon and night classes, from what I remember, are generally few and far between. This is a clear indication of a school that places little emphasis on academics.
 
I hit the return key too soon. I was going to say that this is a reason that many schools with a large on campus stadium and a majority of students living in apartments do not like week night games. I am associated with University of Alabama(was Bamahusky10) and if we ever had a school day game at Bryant-Denny we would be forced to do the same thing
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
I can understand the need for space on campus, but you can easily cancel all classes after 4pm or something like that and have no problem. Thursday late afternoon and night classes, from what I remember, are generally few and far between. This is a clear indication of a school that places little emphasis on academics.
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I keep hitting the darn return! Calling off afternoon classes is not an option when you have to get about 120,000 in and out and some like to tailgate. Bryant-Denney holds 105,000 but about 10-15,000 people show up on campus for an important game without a ticket. The university puts up tents and large screens on the Quad sells refreshments, hosts reunions, etc. I know that MissState does not have as large a stadium but their campus is much smaller than UA so 50-55,000 is just a big of a head ache for them.
 
Most places the game time or game site would get moved rather than calling off classes. It's academics first, sports is an accessory. In the SEC it's sports first academics is there because the NCAA requires it. Although some of them have found a way around the academics part. Until they got caught.
 
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Devland said:
Most places the game time or game site would get moved rather than calling off classes. It's academics first, sports is an accessory. In the SEC it's sports first academics is there because the NCAA requires it. Although some of them have found a way around the academics part. Until they got caught.
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If that is what you think you really don't get it do you? If there were even a 40,000 seat stadium in Storrs and the BE had scheduled a Thursday night game against, what turned out to be the number 2 school in the polls, Uconn would have to call off classes for two days.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
This is a clear indication of a school that places little emphasis on academics.
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It's Mississippi; this surprises you?
And we're not even talking about the "good" university (Ole Miss), it's Miss State.

There's a reason that MS is an economic and educational backwater; the state doesnt give a hoot about education.
 
Grantland sucks pretty bad, but the football column has a pretty humorous subsection every week:

Simple Math (or if you went to LSU, Advanced Math — or if you went to Mississippi State, Figurin' You'd Just Assume Not Fool With)
 
Another MSU line I enjoyed:

Then here came Dan Mullen on a wave of energy and sporting a new-fangled offense and getting all up in Houston Nutt's recruiting grill and generally putting Starkville back on the map. (Not maps of the United States, but at least maps of Mississippi.)
 
You guys crack me up. But be careful, we went to a school whose closest neighbors are Coventry and Mansfield. At least Starkville has a 4 lane highway into it. I have been gone for some years but I bet route 195 is still two lanes.
 
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I've been on business in both Baton Rouge and Knoxville on football weekend Fridays. Work is an afterthought and the towns both basically shut down as folks get ready for the Saturday games. It's understood. Everyone is wearing color, hanging in bars and restaurants most of the day. Lines of cars come down I-10 in convoys from Lafayette with purple and gold flags flying -- a massive flotilla of boats hang out in the Tennessee River all decked in orange---Saturday tailgates are all day with the stadiums full and rocking well before kickoff. There's a frenzy when the bands play the pregame fight songs. It is so freaking different from how we live, that wide gap will never be filled. It's shameful how empty our stadium is for the band pregame, let alone for kickoff and while I'll never stop pushing for perfection, right now I'd be thrilled to have the Rent 2/3 filled by kickoff with fans dressed in any dark color!!
 
John Greene said:
You guys crack me up. But be careful, we went to a school whose closest neighbors are Coventry and Mansfield. At least Starkville has a 4 lane highway into it. I have been gone for some years but I bet route 195 is still two lanes.
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Starkville is 50 miles from the closest Metropolitan Area -- Tuscaloosa AL, a metropolis with 220,000 people.
Storrs borders the Hartford Metropolitan Area, with more than 1 million people.
 
I remember two years ago for the Alabama/Texas National Championship game, Alabama gave the students the week off so people could travel and make it out to the game
 
Don't forget, in all of these discussions about people showing up days in advance...there's nothing else to do down there!
 
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uconnflyer88 said:
I remember two years ago for the Alabama/Texas National Championship game, Alabama gave the students the week off so people could travel and make it out to the game
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They weren't already out of school for winter break?
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/08/alabama-cancels-classes-duckn_384436.html
 
They have a makeup day later in the year I think.
 
vowelguy said:
Starkville is 50 miles from the closest Metropolitan Area -- Tuscaloosa AL, a metropolis with 220,000 people.
Storrs borders the Hartford Metropolitan Area, with more than 1 million people.
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Tuscaloosa has around 100k more people than Hartford. Hartford County only has 877,000+. And Storrs isn't even located in Hartford County, it's in Tolland county, which has a population under 150,000.

Starkville probably has more confederate flags flying, but not by a lot.
 
Nostical said:
I've been on business in both Baton Rouge and Knoxville on football weekend Fridays. Work is an afterthought and the towns both basically shut down as folks get ready for the Saturday games. It's understood. Everyone is wearing color, hanging in bars and restaurants most of the day. Lines of cars come down I-10 in convoys from Lafayette with purple and gold flags flying -- a massive flotilla of boats hang out in the Tennessee River all decked in orange---Saturday tailgates are all day with the stadiums full and rocking well before kickoff. There's a frenzy when the bands play the pregame fight songs. It is so freaking different from how we live, that wide gap will never be filled. It's shameful how empty our stadium is for the band pregame, let alone for kickoff and while I'll never stop pushing for perfection, right now I'd be thrilled to have the Rent 2/3 filled by kickoff with fans dressed in any dark color!!
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100% right on
 
WingU-Conn said:
Tuscaloosa has around 100k more people than Hartford. Hartford County only has 877,000+. And Storrs isn't even located in Hartford County, it's in Tolland county, which has a population under 150,000.
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Did I say County? No.
I said Metropolitan Area (as defined by the US Census). My figures are correct.
 
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vowelguy said:
Did I say County? No.
I said Metropolitan Area (as defined by the US Census). My figures are correct.
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Did I say your figures were incorrect? No.

I just did what you did. My figures are also correct....as defined by the US Census.
 
It's a necessity to shut down campus for an SEC game. LSU had to do it a couple years ago when the Katrina game was postponed from Saturday to Monday. There are more tailgaters on campus 48 hours before game day than the stadium capacity of most northern schools. Even for ordinary weekend games the schools close the libraries and ancillary academic areas.
 
You guys crack me up with your elitist attitudes. I've been lucky to get an education in Connecticut, but to see people ragging on a college/university giving a day off from class for a big sports event is laughable. MSU certainly isn't a great school, but giving kids a day off doesn't account for that. It gets hard to read around here sometimes when people take the BC road and say, "UConn (and the Big East) can't compete with the programs in the South because we care so deeply about academics".

Look at Nostical's pace, and you may get an idea of what this is about, to cancel classes. It has nothing to do with whether or not the school is a quality academic institution. Also, which schools Alumni are more likely to be completely committed to their school and booster club? The kid that got the day off to go to the big game.
 
The point is, at a more upstanding academic institution, the faculty would not stand for things like this, and would be more inclined to not come to the school or leave their position and go elsewhere.
 
I don't have a problem with them cancelling class. Mississippi State is a terrible school whether they cancel class or not today.
 
whaler11 said:
I don't have a problem with them cancelling class. Mississippi State is a terrible school whether they cancel class or not today.
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That is my point, partly. Also, UConn wouldn't be any less of a school for doing the same thing someday.
 
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whaler11 said:
Then here came Dan Mullen ...getting all up in Houston Nutt's ... grill .
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I suppose that's better than getting up in Houston Grill's nuts
 
No, it's not big time football, those games are played on Saturday's only. It's also NOT bad academics, plenty of good academic schools (take UVA) who play on Thursday's do the same for logistics. Tailgater's and fans arrive early and the parking spaces for football are commonly used for commuters too. Until you have an on campus stadium, you don't need to worry about it.
 
OK, maybe they shouldn't have cancelled classes....I think this girl could use some more learnin...

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Robertelamin said:
I could be wrong but I can't seeing it flying anywhere except the SEC honestly.
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I think you are. Money corrupts, for enough $$$ I bet I could get Rentschler changed to BCU Johnson Lover's Stadium.
 
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Did UConn have classes after the national championship? Just curious, I would think not.
 
Well... the NC game I attended finished around 1030 Monday night, so there were no classes offered that late However, I will always remember that classes were not cancelled the following day, because my failure to attend cost me Magna Cum Laude honors the following month.
 
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