No UMass Invite In the Near Future

[Yawkey Way]

But I thought UMASS was a big rivalry and the streets of Boston were full of UMASS and BC fans who were excited for this big time matchup of New England powerhouses? .

No... I know from reading a few of your posts that you're bright enough to know that I didn't state anything even remotely close to this. We know you just chose to engage in a little hyperbole and exaggeration for effect, and thats cool and all too.

 

[SAMCRO]

But I know that living in Boston, they'll be a bigger crowd for a BC- Umass football game in this area than a Uconn- BC Football games as there are far more graduates of the state college system of Mass. living in the greater Boston region than from Uconn.... 'Makes sense too, as there are far more Umass grads living in Greater Boston ( Umass- Boston, Umass- Amherest ) than BC grads living in Greater Boston. I expect a good crowd for the BC- Umass game.. it usually draws pretty well when these 2 Mass. college teams have played in the past.

Home attendance is much more a function of the home team, and how they are doing that year.

So which is it?

 

[Yawkey Way]

So which is it?

Both... as I don't see them as contradictory in any fashion. For example, the overall attendance of a game is primarily a function of how the home team is doing , and the attendance figure naturally is heavily weighted toward the home team ( for obvious reasons ). If an opponent team comes to a home game with their fans, they could easily bring less fans than before, but the overall attendance figure for that game probably will be higher if the home team has been playing well prior to that opponent coming to the winning teams home game. As a result, comparing a home attendance with an opponent from different seasons, really does not tell us much. I do agree that there really is no way of knowing for certain if all things being equal a BC- Uconn or a BC- Umass football game in Boston would have either fan base opponent bring more to the game, but the mere fact that there are far, far more Umass- Boston & Umass-Amherst grads living in Greater Boston than Uconn grads living near the stadium does give me some degree of confidence that the BC- Umass Game at Alumni Stadium would have a larger attendence by Umass fans than a BC- Uconn football game at Alumni Stadium and the numbers of Uconn fans that are at the game. That said, if others think this assessment is an incorrect assessment, then thats their perogative too, of course.

 

[Gampeltiles]

Why can they just take our place in the AAC when we get the hell outta there?