ND vs BC at Fenway. BC tickets $5.4K

[Yawkey Way]

Just a guess, but you probably don't see much alienation because nobody in Boston gives a single about BC.

Not true. BC football has higher attendance at its games now than Uconn football does, so lets not go knocking BC football fan support, when Uconn football has even less at present. Besides, this thread topic is about the BC- ND game, and its arrangement, not about comparing Uconn and BC football fan support, attendance, etc.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Not true. BC football has higher attendance at its games now than Uconn football does, so lets not go knocking BC football fan support, when Uconn football has even less at present. Besides, this thread topic is about the BC- ND game, and its arrangement, not about comparing Uconn and BC football fan support, attendance, etc.

1. I didn't make a comparison. You did.
2. I stated what many people believe to be true. Very few Bostonians care about BC athletics.
3. This is our board, and I was one of the few UConn fans to state that BC handled this appropriately, so you can feel free to leave at any moment.

 

[Yawkey Way]

1. I didn't make a comparison. You did.
2. I stated what many people believe to be true. Very few Bostonians care about BC athletics.
.

Its not true. Plus, you apparently care about what is going on with BC football, as you are demonstrating that interest by your participation on a thread topic created on this Uconn board about BC football and its arrangements for a game this season in Boston with one of its football opponents on its schedule. So don't allow your very actions to belie your own words regarding a level of interest in BC football.

 

[John]

Its not true. Plus, you apparently care about what is going on with BC football, as you are demonstrating that interest by your participation on a thread created on this Uconn board about BC football and its arrangements for a game this season in Boston with one of its opponents on its schedule.

All this from the BC guy lurking on a UConn board.

 

[Yawkey Way]

All this from the BC guy lurking on a UConn board.

" Lurking ", generally means reading, but not posting. I am not a " lurker ". I choose to participate by posting, when I read a thread topic created on a Uconn board that deals with BC, or Boston, or Massachusetts, or Umass, etc and things of interest to me. I also generally leave to others to discuss, topics that are either of little or no interest to me, or of topics in which I have little to no knowledge on. I purposely avoid topics that I have little personal knowledge of, nor choose to rely on heresay to form my opinions, and then post here as if I had first hand experience on it. As such, my comments and observations are restricted to the things I know from experience and living in a Boston region for over half a century. That said, I have no problem in hearing from others outside the Boston region on their own personal experiences on topics that are of mutual interest to the both of us.. I also generally try not to be personally insulting to other posters here, nor engage in profanity, open hostility to them. I am a guest here. So I enter with no malice to noone, even to those whom we might disagree on. I am not interested in a foodfight, so that who are ,might save themselves some energy and time and simply put me on ignore if my comments here are in some manner offensive, vile, profane, insulting, or whatnot to them.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Wrong again. ' Lurking ", generally means reading, but not posting. I am not a " lurker ". I choose to participate by posting, when I read a thread topic created on a Uconn board that deals with BC, or Boston, or Massachusetts, or Umass, etc and things of interest to me. I also generally leave to others to discuss, topics that are either of little or no interest to me, or of topics in which I have little to no knowledge on. I purposely avoid topics that I have little personal knowledge of, nor choose to rely on heresay to form my opinions, and then post here as if I had first hand experience on it. As such, my comments and observations are restricted to the things I know from experience and living in a Boston region for over half a century. That said, I have no problem in hearing from others outside the Boston region on their own personal experiences on topics that are of mutual interest to the both of us.. I also generally try not to be personally insulting to other posters here, nor engage in profanity, open hostility to them. I am a guest here. So I enter with no malice to noone, even to those whom we might disagree on. I am not interested in a foodfight, so that who are ,might save themselves some energy and time and simply put me on ignore if my comments here are in some manner offensive, vile, profane, insulting, or whatnot to them.

You don't get to play the innocent nice guy after incendiary comments like this:

BC football has higher attendance at its games now than Uconn football does, so lets not go knocking BC football fan support, when Uconn football has even less at present. Besides, this thread topic is about the BC- ND game, and its arrangement, not about comparing Uconn and BC football fan support, attendance, etc.

 

[Yawkey Way]

You don't get to play the innocent nice guy after incendiary comments like this:

BC football has higher attendance at its games now than Uconn football does, so lets not go knocking BC football fan support, when Uconn football has even less at present. Besides, this thread topic is about the BC- ND game, and its arrangement, not about comparing Uconn and BC football fan support, attendance, etc.

Context is everything, my friend. Here I was replying to a poster that said that "nobody give a F% U about BC football up in Boston ". So my reply was to point out the level of interest between the two. Had he not elected to bring up his profanity laced, initial" incendiary" remark to me, in all likihood, he would not have invited a reply that compared interests levels in these respective football programs. A direction in this thread my earlier comments on this thread never broached. So thats the context, and we certainly did not see you ( nor did I ask for ) your criticism on the poster that FIRST initiated the profanity laced and " incendiary " comments to me above that initially took the otherwise relatively civil dialogue were all were having here on this topic thread, downhill.

 

[John Greene]

Context is everything, my friend. Here I was replying to a poster that said that "nobody give a F% U about BC football up in Boston ". So my reply was to point out the level of interest between the two. Had he not elected to bring up his profanity laced, initial" incendiary" remark to me, in all likihood, he would not have invited a reply that compared interests levels in these respective football programs. A direction in this thread my earlier comments on this thread never broached. So thats the context, and we certainly did not see you ( nor did I ask for ) your criticism on the poster that FIRST initiated the profanity laced and " incendiary " comments to me above that initially took the otherwise relatively civil dialogue were all were having here on this topic thread, downhill.

I guess my longtime understanding of internet message boards must be incorrect. I always thought that "profanity laced incendiary remarks" were required when responding to unwelcome guests from other fan bases. I'm soooo glad you were able to set everyone straight on this delicate point of etiquette.

 

[RedSoloCup]

i feel like someone is trying to pull off a good will hunting... wahk into uh hahvahd bah and show the clientele how he's much smahtah... how do ya like them apples...

 

[huskysupporter]

I actually hope Yawkey Way continues to post. I like having discussions with other teams fans that aren't trolls.

 

[whaler11]

" Lurking ", generally means reading, but not posting. I am not a " lurker ". I choose to participate by posting, when I read a thread topic created on a Uconn board that deals with BC, or Boston, or Massachusetts, or Umass, etc and things of interest to me. I also generally leave to others to discuss, topics that are either of little or no interest to me, or of topics in which I have little to no knowledge on. I purposely avoid topics that I have little personal knowledge of, nor choose to rely on heresay to form my opinions, and then post here as if I had first hand experience on it. As such, my comments and observations are restricted to the things I know from experience and living in a Boston region for over half a century. That said, I have no problem in hearing from others outside the Boston region on their own personal experiences on topics that are of mutual interest to the both of us.. I also generally try not to be personally insulting to other posters here, nor engage in profanity, open hostility to them. I am a guest here. So I enter with no malice to noone, even to those whom we might disagree on. I am not interested in a foodfight, so that who are ,might save themselves some energy and time and simply put me on ignore if my comments here are in some manner offensive, vile, profane, insulting, or whatnot to them.

You left off your obsession with Florida.

And you are not shy about wading in where you have no knowledge.

 

[whaler11]

I would hope that Warde wouldn't be in that position. If UConn were to play the Leprechauns at a "local" venue (Fenway, Gillette, Yankee, Citi, Meadowlands), I would hope that Warde gets it in writing as a UConn home game as part of a multi-date home & home series & only allots 25% of the seats to N.D.

LOL. I'd hope if he has Jedi Mind Control he'd spend his time on more pressing issues.

 

[whaler11]

Yeah I also fail to see how this is a bad thing for BC. BC is going to make about $5-$10M for a "road" game. That's not bad scratch whatsoever, considering that most one and done type of payday games cash out at around $1M. It sucks for their fans who don't have $5K laying around to go to a football game a few blocks away, but the school/AD will benefit from the substantial payout. But I'm going to guess that quite a few more than 5K BC fans will find their way through the Fenway gates that afternoon and not of all them will be so heavily invested as others.

ND gets what they want: a game to satisfy their eastern alumni/fanbase. BC gets what they want: a very easy payday. There are no travel costs associated with playing the game a few blocks away, other than renting a friggin' U-Haul at a hourly rate for equipment. Heck, the Eagle players can even ride their bicycles to the game so the school can save money on gas! They will literally be able to pocket about 90-100% of the revenue generated from this single game. Plus, both schools will enjoy all of the hoopla that comes associated with playing a game in a very popular venue.

What's the cost of being embarrased playing in your 'home' city in front 90% Notre Dame fans?

 

[Yawkey Way]

I guess my longtime understanding of internet message boards must be incorrect. I always thought that "profanity laced incendiary remarks" were required when responding to unwelcome guests from other fan bases. I'm soooo glad you were able to set everyone straight on this delicate point of etiquette.

.[/QUOTE]

I do understand that being vulgar and profane to other fans that visit another teams sports message board does seem to be normal these days, and almost expected these days. So Uconn fans that immediately go into a vulgar, profanity laced, uncivilized are only following what now seems to be the norm. For what its worth, it the early days of sports message boards, I recall conversing with other fans from other schools, and it could be civil, toward one anorther, and one could have interesting dialogues, sometimes heated, sometimes fun, but generally not personally insulting. Fans who crossed over into the personal attacks were warned.. repeated attacks got them banned, so usually the school's fans that were not into foodfighting could coexist wityh other fans for good conversation, good debates.. and civil ones. But it does seem to have all changed. The yahoos just interested in throwing personal insults out there have seemingly taken over most boards these days... and a lot of posters have left these boards, leaving the others now to accept the vulgar, the profane, the childish, the banal, to become the norm... and where immediately going into the vulgar mode with other school's fans is " normal ". And I do get that. But I'm hoping for something different. But perhaps, I should know better.

 

[TerryD]

If ND wants to play UConn 5 times, with 2 at the Rent and 2 at South Bend, and an ND home game at one of the pro stadiums in NY or MA then Warde should sign that deal immediately.

Giving up one road game to be played at a venue where our fans can buy tix on the secondary market and drive or take the train to the game is an acceptable price to get not one, but TWO home games against a high profile team. We'd be guaranteed 3 nationally televised games, and possibly all 5.

I think that ship has sailed when UConn rejected the previous scheduling deal with ND.

 

[Dooley]

What's the cost of being embarrased playing in your 'home' city in front 90% Notre Dame fans?

Good point,there is always this possibility. And when college football fans from other parts of the country watch on TV and see Fenway Park look and sound like NotreDame Stadium East, then make the connection that Fenway Park is located in Boston...the same city that Boston College is located, there might be more than a few head scratches. Even more head scratches when the pro-Notre Dame NBC announcers begin their ND pump pieces about their connection with Boston. By the end of the game, there may even be a few folks who think that Notre Dame is "Boston's college team".

My earlier point spoke more to BC's money grab. The school is clearly concerned with its own financial viability since they were the only P5 school to vote against full cost of scholarships, so an easy opportunity to make an additional $5-$10M in addition to their ACC revenue is a no-brainer for them. In that regard, it's a win. They aren't going to get that kind of money if they play the game on campus.

 

[Yawkey Way]

I actually hope Yawkey Way continues to post. I like having discussions with other teams fans that aren't trolls.

Thanks for the compliment... and let me know your take on topics of mutual interest too. I'm interested in intelligent discourse, insights, observations from time to time and when time permits for the both of us.... even on those occasions where we might disagree for one reason or another.

 

[Yawkey Way]

Good point,there is always this possibility. And when college football fans from other parts of the country watch on TV and see Fenway Park look and sound like NotreDame Stadium East, then make the connection that Fenway Park is located in Boston...the same city that Boston College is located, there might be more than a few head scratches. Even more head scratches when the pro-Notre Dame NBC announcers begin their ND pump pieces about their connection with Boston. By the end of the game, there may even be a few folks who think that Notre Dame is "Boston's college team".

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Bottom line people across the nation and N.E. will be watching the football game, and really don't care if its played in Wembley Stadium, Dublin, Frankfurt, or Foxboro, South Bend or Chestnut Hill. Besides, the fact that ND football has a lot of supporters in Boston ( or Hartford, or Philly, or Savannah, or NYC, etc ) is no surprise Plus, nationwide, they'll be FAR more national college football fans pulling for BC to pull the upset in this game than pulling for ND. Few would disagree with that it would seem to me. And if BC beats ND at their chosen " home game , home field ", why that would be even better for BC, the Nation, and for N.E. BC will also have more fans at this ND " home game " they have requested for themselves than for ND " home game " on the ND campus in South Bend Indiana.

 

[uconndogs]

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I do understand that being vulgar and profane to other fans that visit another teams sports message board does seem to be normal these days, and almost expected these days. So Uconn fans that immediately go into a vulgar, profanity laced, uncivilized are only following what now seems to be the norm. For what its worth, it the early days of sports message boards, I recall conversing with other fans from other schools, and it could be civil, toward one anorther, and one could have interesting dialogues, sometimes heated, sometimes fun, but generally not personally insulting. Fans who crossed over into the personal attacks were warned.. repeated attacks got them banned, so usually the school's fans that were not into foodfighting could coexist wityh other fans for good conversation, good debates.. and civil ones. But it does seem to have all changed. The yahoos just interested in throwing personal insults out there have seemingly taken over most boards these days... and a lot of posters have left these boards, leaving the others now to accept the vulgar, the profane, the childish, the banal, to become the norm... and where immediately going into the vulgar mode with other school's fans is " normal ". And I do get that. But I'm hoping for something different. But perhaps, I should know better.

[/QUOTE]


If you fail to see why your posts bring on that type of response on a UCONN board I don't know what to tell you. Why you deem it so important to continually post here is beyond my understanding. You clearly have a lot of time on your hands or an agenda that warrants spending that time - or maybe both.

To make this crystal clear. UCONN's conference affiliation absolutely and totally sucks. I suspect I feel like a lot of others when I say I really don't want to see threads laced with a BC fan post about what a great situation BC is in. Believe me, I get it. BC playing ND at Fenway is great for BC and UCONN presently isn't afforded such an opportunity. You may think you are being clever and subtle, but believe me, you are not!

And please, please don't tell me you are not a BC supporter........

 

[Yawkey Way]

Why you have a concern on the number of my posts on here is unclear to me, when you have 4 times the numbers of posts I do. I have already explained on numerous occasions that I have family( and friends ) in Connecticut, and that explains my general interest here. Finally, I have never attempted to convey that I am not a BC fan ( growing up and living 12 miles from their campus) and it appears you might be the only one here that apparently was under the assumption that I was somehow attempting to hide from others here that I am originally from Boston ( and now from Florida ) and am a BC football fan. Finally, I have not brought up the conference affilation on this thread( and never have ) and your mentioning this here on this thread thus seems a bit odd to me, as it does not relate to this thread topic, and there is an entire segment created on this website for you to discuss this if you want to. This thread is about BC- ND and the upcoming game in Boston, so I have confined my remarks to that topic on this thread ( unless the topic thread here takes a different turn into unrelated terrain)

 

[uconndogs]

Why you have a concern on the number of my posts on here is unclear to me, when you have 4 times the numbers of posts I do.

The word you are looking for is "irritant" not concern.

I have more posts on here because I am a long-time poster and UCONN fan and post on topics that extend well beyond just BC (as you do). Now, you know that of course, which speaks volumes about your need to drive an agenda.

Carry on.....

 

[Rocktheworld]

Considering BC is in a city with well over 5 times the population of Hartford (not even counting Cambridge, Somerville, Newton or Brookline), with public transportation taking you there straight from the city with incredibly easy access, I'd sure as hell hope they could get a few thousand more people to show up than UConn can.

What a childish point to try to make. Think before you post, son.

 

[Yawkey Way]

The word you are looking for is "irritant" not concern.

I have more posts on here because I am a long-time poster and UCONN fan and post on topics that extend well beyond just BC (as you do). Now, you know that of course, which speaks volumes about your need to drive an agenda.

Carry on.....

I am not " driving an agenda ". That said, when I find a poster on here an " irritant", I simply put them on my ignore, and as such they no longer exist to me. I have done that to only 2 posters on here, but it does work. They no longer are an " irritant " to me, as they no longer exist. So my suggestion is for you to put me ( and any others ) on your " ignore " if you find my postings an " irritant ". That saves us both time, energy, and tends to keep the dialogue on the topic a bit more civil... and on topic.

 

[uconndogs]

Ain't going to happen Yawkey

 

[Yawkey Way]

Ain't going to happen Yawkey

You could be right. I think its a sensible solution for him however. But its up to him in the end as to what he ultimately decides to do, of course... and as it should be, imo

 

[Stray_Dog]

Yawkey Way, I usually find your posts on here to be quite arrogant. However, I must say that as hard as I have looked in this thread, I really do not see it. Many of your posts support the idea that ND and BC will both come out as winners. I agree with much of what you say. I however, disagree not with your thoughts about the number of people watching the game - I suspect you are likely right, but that I really do NOT care. I wont be watching this game until the miraculous happens to the Judas University and the backstabbing BC, which is they both LOSE in the same game. Therefore knowing this wont happen - the best I can do is not contribute to the one way that they are likely to both win and that is in the ratings. So to my fellow Huskies, my suggestion is: don't watch or listen to the game. Don't wager on the game. Don't hate the game, just ignore it!

Personally, I really do not respect either of these schools. Neither school has benefited UConn and in fact has done the complete opposite. I do not see that changing but should either of these schools do something that helps UConn in a positive way, I and many others (I suspect) would be glad to change their opinions. I do respect most other universities. I do find Syracuse to be hypocritical. ...and there are a few schools outside of UConn that I even admire though none as much as UConn.

 

[uconndogs]

You could be right. I think its a sensible solution for him however. But its up to him in the end as to what he ultimately decides to do, of course... and as it should be, imo

Why are you referring to me in the third person when responding directly to me? lol...........starting the weekend a little early Yawkey?

 

[Yawkey Way]

Yawkey Way, I usually find your posts on here to be quite arrogant. However, I must say that as hard as I have looked in this thread, I really do not see it. Many of your posts support the idea that ND and BC will both come out as winners. I agree with much of what you say. I however, disagree not with your thoughts about the number of people watching the game - I suspect you are likely right, but that I really do NOT care. I wont be watching this game .

Thats fine. If you are not interested in this thread topic... or in this game.. " don't care ", and won't be watching this game, ( for whatever reasons, actually ) I can respect that. There are thread topics on here that don't interest me, or I could care less, etc. So I either don't read them ( most of 'em ) or don't post on them. I allow however those that do care about that topic, find it to their interest, and choose to post on it, to do so as they please. So I can understand and appreciate that you have no interest in the BC- ND game in Boston, and won't be watching it, and as I said, thats fine too, Stray_ Dog.

 

[Stray_Dog]

....and see, we can come to an amicable solution! Now if only BC, ND, and UConn could find a way to improve on this first step! LOL - sarcasm is heavy.

 

[Yawkey Way]

Why are you referring to me in the third person when responding directly to me? lol......starting the weekend a little early Yawkey?

haha!... could be.. ' Missed that " you " were in fact " he ".

Anyway, my suggestion still stands, ie if you find my observations, assessments, comments, etc an " irritant " to you ( not my intent ), then simply put me on ignore. That is what that feature is for, and it does work effectively ( as it has for 2 posters on here for me ). Just a suggestion from me to you with a sensible and relatively easy solution for this for you.