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businesslawyer said:
Jerry Palm has updated his bowl projections. He has us going to Miami to play Middle Tenn. He also shows the Pinstripe coming to the American to take Cncy to fill the Big Ten's slot agaist NC State.

If we have an extra bowl eligible team, I still expect the American to let go of UConn so it can be invited to the Pinstripe.
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Would love to see my Huskies play in the Pinstripe Bowl, Yankee Stadium, home of my favorite baseball team. 27 WS rings, Thaaaaa Yankees....
 
Woof 101 said:
Will try to attend any bowl offered on the east coast other than The Pinstripe. No interest in trying to see a football game on a baseball field. Two in my regular party of four have been and both said once was one time too many.
No bashing of those hoping for a NYC game, I wish you all the best of luck and a good time. :D Simply not my cup of tea. / (Mug of beer.)
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Not sure what your friends are talking about... Even though it was a stomach-punch of a game, UConn-Army at Yankee Stadium was great last year. The view was better than I expected, and it was so damn convenient. Win-win!
 
Unfortunately, bowl eligibility is bittersweet this year. No matter where or when UConn plays, I likely cannot go, lest be served with divorce papers upon my return. My wife is due with our second smack dab in the middle of Bowl season, so there is a fair chance I will be watching UConn from the 6th floor of Hartford Hospital.

That said, I don't care where they go or who they play. Just that they are selected to go somewhere. The extra practice is immeasurably important. Temple was 6-6 last year and didn't get a bid. There were also a couple 7-5 Sun Belt and MAC teams who stayed home. Given 80 slots this year, it is absolutely possible for a 5-7 team to be selected for a bowl, so that puts my mind a bit more at ease, but the false narrative still circulates that UConn football fans don't travel well.
 
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Husky25 said:
Unfortunately, bowl eligibility is bittersweet this year. No matter where or when UConn plays, I likely cannot go, lest be served with divorce papers upon my return. My wife is due with our second smack dab in the middle of Bowl season, so there is a fair chance I will be watching UConn from the 6th floor of Hartford Hospital.

That said, I don't care where they go or who they play. Just that they are selected to go somewhere. The extra practice is immeasurably important. Temple was 6-6 last year and didn't get a bid. There were also a couple 7-5 Sun Belt and MAC teams who stayed home. Given 80 slots this year, it is absolutely possible for a 5-7 team to be selected for a bowl, so that puts my mind a bit more at ease, but the false narrative still circulates that UConn football fans don't travel well.
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Understandable. Just name the baby Diaco. I think he's earned that.
 
Husky25 said:
Unfortunately, bowl eligibility is bittersweet this year. No matter where or when UConn plays, I likely cannot go, lest be served with divorce papers upon my return. My wife is due with our second smack dab in the middle of Bowl season, so there is a fair chance I will be watching UConn from the 6th floor of Hartford Hospital.
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My wife still gives me crap about going to the Fiesta bowl when she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with our daughter. I was also overruled on having her middle name be "Teggart"
 
While I'm just excited to be going back to a bowl game, if we could get into either the Military or Pinstripe Bowl, that would be awesome.
 
methodology said:
Updated projections on espn

McMurphy: uconn vs duke (military bowl)

Schlabach: uconn vs Georgia Southern (citrus bowl Orlando)
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UConn/Duke would be a good match up anywhere. Sure, everyone will play it off as basketball powers meet in football but at least it gets some buzz or headlines and lost in the sauce of all the run of the mill bowl games.
 
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Wouldn't Temple trump UCONN in selection of the Military Bowl if Navy gets a NY6 game?
 
mikedog10 said:
Not sure what your friends are talking about... Even though it was a stomach-punch of a game, UConn-Army at Yankee Stadium was great last year. The view was better than I expected, and it was so damn convenient. Win-win!
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I was at the game in Yankee Stadium and I agree with his friends. I thought we had great seats on the fifty yard line when I got them. Unfortunately, while they were on the fifty, they were about 100 yards away from the field. and the siteline was terrible. We ended up watching it on the scoreboard. Thats the problem with football on a baseball field.
Having said that, I'd still prefer a UCONN bowl game there rather than something like Hawaii or Miami. I think our turnout would be great.
 
uconndennis said:
My sons middle name is Calhoun.... I won that battle in the hospital, but 2 years later, I still get the random pissy moments from the wife about it
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My buddy almost named his kid Pedro but the no-no got broke up right before the birth...
 
NavinRJohnson said:
Wouldn't Temple trump UCONN in selection of the Military Bowl if Navy gets a NY6 game?
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I don't think Temple has any history of fans travelling. Plus, from Philly the game in Annapolis is a day trip, doing zilch for the local economy beyond selling tickets. UConn fans at least spend one night in the area.

But we'll see (obviously) if Navy goes to NY6.
 
businesslawyer said:
I'm just trying to understand this. As a fan of a team, you really wouldn't go to a bowl game that you could get to and afford because of the sight lines in the Stadium?

Everyone is allowed to do what they want, but that just strikes me as incredibly strange.
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This is the guy who was OUTRAGED when DJ Hernandez was on the Michigan ticket.

You are only NOW coming to the realization that this guy is a little strange?
 
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Jimmy Serrano said:
This is the guy who was OUTRAGED when DJ Hernandez was on the Michigan ticket.

You are only NOW coming to the realization that this guy is a little strange?
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Don't remember the poster.

Just to be clear, I did not call the poster strange. I am trying to cut back on name calling on the Boneyard. I did call the statement strange (mostly because I think it is).
 
I was at the Army game at Yankee Stadium last year and my seats were at the 50"yard line. Yes, we were further from the field (and likely at a higher elevation) than similar seats at a football only stadium would have been and yes, the seats were angled to put your view from where the pitcher's mound would have been to where the outfield would be, not directly towards a temporary football field. That said, I guess different people take different things from what they experience as what I took from that game was how great it wad to see our marching band on that field at halftime, how amazing the feeling was to hear U C O N N - UConn, UConn, UConn echo through the stands and how fantastic it would be to one day bring a quality team to Yankee Stadium to face a name opponent. I don't care about the sightlines or potential weather. If we cam possibly play a bowl game at Yankee Stadium, that trumps all but a select (Rose, Orange, Sugar) New Years bowl or CFP game.

I'm in Rome, typing on a cellphone (first time for me on the boneyard) on a rainy evening, during a vacation that I have put off far to long but honestly wish I had put off a bit longer. We are getting where we want our program to be. At the moment I am happiest for all of the outgoing seniors as they will get a bowl game experience. Something nobody can ever take away from them.
 
McMurphy has navy playing fsu in the chick-fil-a bowl and temple going to the Hawaii bowl to face byu

Schlabach thinks Houston will get the ny6 game instead. Has navy in the military bowl vs nc st and has temple going to the Miami Beach bowl vs western Kentucky

Pinstripe bowl projection:

Schlabach: Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota
McMurphy: Louisville vs. Indiana
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I was at the Army game at Yankee Stadium last year and my seats were at the 50"yard line. Yes, we were further from the field (and likely at a higher elevation) than similar seats at a football only stadium would have been and yes, the seats were angled to put your view from where the pitcher's mound would have been to where the outfield would be, not directly towards a temporary football field. That said, I guess different people take different things from what they experience as what I took from that game was how great it wad to see our marching band on that field at halftime, how amazing the feeling was to hear U C O N N - UConn, UConn, UConn echo through the stands and how fantastic it would be to one day bring a quality team to Yankee Stadium to face a name opponent. I don't care about the sightlines or potential weather. If we cam possibly play a bowl game at Yankee Stadium, that trumps all but a select (Rose, Orange, Sugar) New Years bowl or CFP game.

I'm in Rome, typing on a cellphone (first time for me on the boneyard) on a rainy evening, during a vacation that I have put off far to long but honestly wish I had put off a bit longer. We are getting where we want our program to be. At the moment I am happiest for all of the outgoing seniors as they will get a bowl game experience. Something nobody can ever take away from them.
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Just hope that you're at the Rome in Italy and not the one an hour from Syracuse.
 
businesslawyer said:
Just hope that you're at the Rome in Italy and not the one an hour from Syracuse.
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BL, I believe you know me well enough to know I would have found a way from Rome NY to East Hartford on Saturday. The thing of it is I kind of painted myself in a corner when I mentioned the possibility of spending Thanksgiving at the Battle for Atlantis. Lost all leverage then. I was representing with a blue UConn polo shirt today and tomorrow I plan on having my picture taken in front of the Coliseum while wearing a UConn football jersey.
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
BL, I believe you know me well enough to know I would have found a way from Rome NY to East Hartford on Saturday. The thing of it is I kind of painted myself in a corner when I mentioned the possibility of spending Thanksgiving at the Battle for Atlantis. Lost all leverage then. I was representing with a blue UConn polo shirt today and tomorrow I plan on having my picture taken in front of the Coliseum while wearing a UConn football jersey.
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Well, that explains why I didn't see you in 241 Saturday.

Just enjoy the trip. Time with family is always irreplaceable ((even when it conflicts with a game).
 
Husky25 said:
Unfortunately, bowl eligibility is bittersweet this year. No matter where or when UConn plays, I likely cannot go, lest be served with divorce papers upon my return. My wife is due with our second smack dab in the middle of Bowl season, so there is a fair chance I will be watching UConn from the 6th floor of Hartford Hospital.

That said, I don't care where they go or who they play. Just that they are selected to go somewhere. The extra practice is immeasurably important. Temple was 6-6 last year and didn't get a bid. There were also a couple 7-5 Sun Belt and MAC teams who stayed home. Given 80 slots this year, it is absolutely possible for a 5-7 team to be selected for a bowl, so that puts my mind a bit more at ease, but the false narrative still circulates that UConn football fans don't travel well.
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Congrats! There is a chance you'll run into daughter. She is a med student doing her ob gyn rotation then at Hartford.
 
methodology said:
McMurphy has navy playing fsu in the chick-fil-a bowl and temple going to the Hawaii bowl to face byu

Schlabach thinks Houston will get the ny6 game instead. Has navy in the military bowl vs nc st and has temple going to the Miami Beach bowl vs western Kentucky

Pinstripe bowl projection:

Schlabach: Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota
McMurphy: Louisville vs. Indiana
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These guys do zero homework. Minnesota, after losing this week to Wisconsin, will be 5-7. The Pinstripers are not going to take a 5-7 team that might send 5-8k fans...at best.
The Pinstripe Bowl will be Miami(FL) vs The University of Connecticut.
7-5 vs 7-5
Now THAT is going to be fun.
 
freescooter said:
Congrats! There is a chance you'll run into daughter. She is a med student doing her ob gyn rotation then at Hartford.
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Thank you, Scoot.

We disagree a lot, but no malice is ever intended. This in mighty nice of you.
 
31GuardTrap said:
These guys do zero homework. Minnesota, after losing this week to Wisconsin, will be 5-7. The Pinstripers are not going to take a 5-7 team that might send 5-8k fans...at best.
The Pinstripe Bowl will be Miami(FL) vs The University of Connecticut.
7-5 vs 7-5
Now THAT is going to be fun.
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And I hope it's a blizzard at uncle Babe's house,now that would be fun!
 
31GuardTrap said:
These guys do zero homework. Minnesota, after losing this week to Wisconsin, will be 5-7. The Pinstripers are not going to take a 5-7 team that might send 5-8k fans...at best.
The Pinstripe Bowl will be Miami(FL) vs The University of Connecticut.
7-5 vs 7-5
Now THAT is going to be fun.
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I just went through every single conference and I think I only counted 72 teams who are at .500 or better. That means that there are going to be 5-7 teams getting bowl bids.

I can almost guarantee Miami will decline that bowl bid because they wont want to play in cold weather and any of hte southern bowls would probably extend an invite.
 
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