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rich1122 said:
Then UCONN football will never get to the next level. You want to know why we don't get invited to the B1G. Look in the mirror.

Fans keep doing this.. Ohio State ain't coming any time soon.
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Nostical said:
First, I'm very calm. Secondly, it's more than a football game. It's more than even a football program at the school I love. What happens in those seats affects a lot more than the morale of the team that day. It tells a story about our commitment at a time when an all-in attitude is a must. There are lots of dollars on the line. I had Susan Herbst at our tailgate yesterday. She's super committed to raising the profile of this school to levels not even considered before she arrived. Part of that is where we compete. Fans (and donors) are critical to those efforts. This entitlement attitude toward leaving early must be reversed. I say buying a ticket grants no one the early exit option. We have an obligation to be there when it counts the most. That time is now.
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People that expect a great dedicated fan base for a losing team confuse me. You're putting the cart before the horse. I think it's a good thing that people are still showing up at all after all these losing seasons
 
Nostical said:
First, I'm very calm. Secondly, it's more than a football game. It's more than even a football program at the school I love. What happens in those seats affects a lot more than the morale of the team that day. It tells a story about our commitment at a time when an all-in attitude is a must. There are lots of dollars on the line. I had Susan Herbst at our tailgate yesterday. She's super committed to raising the profile of this school to levels not even considered before she arrived. Part of that is where we compete. Fans (and donors) are critical to those efforts. This entitlement attitude toward leaving early must be reversed. I say buying a ticket grants no one the early exit option. We have an obligation to be there when it counts the most. That time is now.
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I love President Herbst.

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Marty Jackson said:
it was a mass exodus with uconn down 1 score. all they needed was a stop and uconn was right in back in it. granted, USF scored in 3 plays but was really disappointed to see people leave while uconn was still in the game.
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I hoping you were in your seat at kickoff, Marty.
 
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rich1122 said:
Then UCONN football will never get to the next level. You want to know why we don't get invited to the B1G. Look in the mirror.

Fans keep doing this.. Ohio State ain't coming any time soon.
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Next level? B1G? Ohio State? We are around the 10th best team in the AAC right now. Perhaps we should try to get to the next level in this conference that our fans keep dissing as not good enough for us. We are about to have our 5th losing season. I could care less about the Big 10 right now and am concerned about more pressing matters like our on field execution, game management, football IQ and one day getting this program into the upper half of a rapidly improving AAC and to a bowl game.

I would bet most of the fans on here hyper focused on attendance are the ones who live on the conference realignment board and think there's some invitation from the Big 10 just waiting for us around the corner. And all we need to do is buy tickets and we are in! Sure. Everything is brought back to the B1G around here and the fans are always the scapegoat for why we are not in that league or why we won't ever get into it. As if the product UConn has put on the field the last 5 years is not the chief reason. The simple fact is the fans that did show up yesterday were treated to the team squandering about 20 first half points mostly due to our own mistakes. Forgive me if I don't condemn them too much for not having the faith or dedication to stick it out to the end.

And for the record, the year Pitt and Syracuse were invited to the ACC, I would turn on one of their home games and their stadiums were a half empty morgue. Having a fickle fan base is not a deal breaker. And if you think it is, than the only solution is to improve the product (we are in the process of doing that) and winning games. Despite the non stop dreams of some people here for the B1G in the next couple years, it will not be easy getting to 6 wins in the current state of the AAC. I'll worry about the fan base and the B1G when we get to that point.
 
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Duncan Idaho said:
I hoping you were in your seat at kickoff, Marty.
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Technically no. We sat in the row in front of our seats because someone was in ours. With about 8 minutes left in the half, some people showed up and said we were in their seats. Funny because there was open seating all around us.

I think those people left at half and never came back.
 
rich1122 said:
As fans we have to start acting like a real college football program. Not that hard.
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businesslawyer said:
You can make an argument for booing. Not sure what that has to do with leaving though.
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i think they both have a negative impact on the players.
Team needs a big defensive stand, the d-lineman is waving his arms to excite the crowd, only to look up and see a mass exodus.
 
Marty Jackson said:
i think they both have a negative impact on the players.
Team needs a big defensive stand, the d-lineman is waving his arms to excite the crowd, only to look up and see a mass exodus.
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That's just silly. Booing the players is a verbal assault. Electing not to stay in the stadium is not.
 
Dooley said:
I know, I just don't believe it. That was the lightest 31K crowd I've ever seen.
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That's because 5k or so were milling around underneath consistently. A nice to have at The Rent(sight lines from everywhere) but also can make it look worse than it really is.
 
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31GuardTrap said:
That's because 5k or so were milling around underneath consistently. A nice to have at The Rent(sight lines from everywhere) but also can make it look worse than it really is.
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Always tough too look full with the open concourse. The XL Center has the similar issue now with the bar.
 
The sunny side of as muchbmore filled than the shady side. Remember it was 31000. That's only 75% of capacity. 25% was empty. A lot of fans were under the scoreboard.
 
There's a constant wind that blows west-to-east on the press box side. That plus the shade makes it uncomfortable on cold days. If people aren't dressed warmly (especially casual fans) they won't hang around there, so maybe it looked emptier.

To the OP, my guess is people left during a 1-score game out of frustration. UConn had so many opportunities in USF territory to cash in and squandered them. And when you see the opponent zip down the field and score on 2-3 plays, it's downright maddening.

At least 31K showed up - that's about all you can ask for now.
 
I'm guessing they leave when they no longer want to watch.
 
They leave to go continue to drink out in the lots. People were leaving before half time for pete's sake. Too many were not even paying any attention in side the stadium. It's become too much of a social gathering to drink.

Don't get me wrong.....I drink my share of beers...before the game and during the game in my seat as I am watching the game.

To each his/her own I suppose.
 
I beg to differ UConn will never be a football school. Way too much here (including history; yes, Yale, too) compared to, say, Nebraska.
 
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Butch said:
I beg to differ UConn will never be a football school. Way too much here (including history; yes, Yale, too) compared to, say, Nebraska.
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Just to clarify, are you differing that UConn will or will not be a football school?
 
As for me, why pay for tickets and deprive yourself of the full game. First, you never know what might happen and sometimes out of the blue a little magic happens. Second, the kids are still on the field and I think they deserve the support. The are still out there getting banged and nicked up for no other reason than for pride.
 
31GuardTrap said:
That's because 5k or so were milling around underneath consistently. A nice to have at The Rent(sight lines from everywhere) but also can make it look worse than it really is.
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One of the biggest design flaws of The Rent. Folks need to be in their seats. In a redesign I would add seats and close off the concourse nooks and crannies.
 
Nostical said:
One of the biggest design flaws of The Rent. Folks need to be in their seats. In a redesign I would add seats and close off the concourse nooks and crannies.
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It is honestly beyond my comprehension that some people, for whatever reason, prefer standing in the concourse to being in their seats and you and some others actually want them to be prevented from doing so. I understand that everyone is entitled to their opinions, but if people buy tickets and want to stand and you don't have anything better to do than complain about how and where they watch, I don't get it.
 
Tdaley said:
The realty is that we only have about 5,000 to 10,000 hard core fans at our games. Those are the ones that stay until there is no humanly possible way we could win the game. Most of them are probably on the boneyard too. The rest are causal fans or people who could care less about the game but are there to enjoy the festivities.
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we will see how many hard core fans are left standing halftime vs Houston..
 
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uconnbill said:
No the fans are not the enemy, but when you bring a fan that goes to OSU games and they see people come in mid way though the first quarter and then leave in the early fourth quarter it shows how far UConn fans need to go. It doesn't happen at football schools, but happens all to often here. Just looks bad to to others who consider UConn small time.
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Not to get on the wrong side of you, but until UConn improves and we can rank higher than three digits...we are small time? ECU which sells out most of their games is small time? Until we win and can dominate a lousy conference, we are small time, whether the fans show up, stay late, or neither really doesn't matter. I think most people complaining about our fans is because they view this is as the one thing we can control...Well guess what, no "we" can't, when the price of admission is considered a bargain, we have turned a corner, right now, admission to the game is not worth the football. I go to games not to brag about me being there or because I think my one extra body is all the difference, I go because I expect to see improvement in the years to come. Until I see that, well - I'll just keep hoping and reminiscing about when we were BIG Time!
 
I say TARP the upper sections next year like Oakland Raiders do...

make the tickets scarce

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They poured out of Lucas Oil Stadium last night also, even though the Colts were driving and got it to one score. At the time of the failed onside kick there might have been 20K left.

It isn't just a UCONN problem.
 
We look like losers. Bad image for the program that's trying to change it.

I urge many of you to go to another big-time venue. I have been to a dozen or so. including MI. You will see how real fans act. The thread is correct. Pathetic display.

We keep doing the same old, then we will stay small time in the eyes of most.
 
I was one of those people. But to be fair, I had a wedding to attend at 4:00p in Hartford and was proud I'd even made it to 3/4 of the game, giving myself comically little time to quickly change in a hotel room and show up as the most disheveled/buzzed wedding attendee ever.

To be fair, I felt like a pretty big schmuck walking out of the stadium and secretly loathed everyone else who (I assume) had worse excuses.
 
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