2021 Recruiting: Rocket Watts rumor

[Greedo]

Starkville is tiny and remote, but Storrs make it look like Starkvegas (unironically).

Storrs is fine. It’s a really unique and fun environment to go to college in (at least it was for me). But, it’s not for everyone and maybe it wasn’t for Watts. Who knows?

but, per usual, lots of ignorance about the country outside of the northeast bubble on here.

Meh I’ve lived in Atlanta and traveled all over rural southeast for work, including Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, etc. I’ll take rural CT over the rural south all day. Everyone is different and others may have different opinions. That’s totally fine. Just how I feel. I don’t know if it makes me snooty or whatever. I just think it’s nicer.

 

[Waquoit]

Rural to me is at least 50 miles to the Interstate without a whole helluva lot in between. That looks to be the aptly-named Starkville

 

[UCSouth]

Meh I’ve lived in Atlanta and traveled all over rural southeast for work, including Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, etc. I’ll take rural CT over the rural south all day. Everyone is different and others may have different opinions. That’s totally fine. Just how I feel. I don’t know if it makes me snooty or whatever. I just think it’s nicer.

You are probably the snootiest person that I have never met.

 

[Guapo]

Here’s a picture of downtown Starkville on a football Saturday night.

There’s just nothing that is a comparable, consistent, experience like that in Storrs. I’m sorry.

 

[uchusky32]

Here’s a picture of downtown Starkville on a football Saturday night.

There’s just nothing that is a comparable, consistent, experience like that in Storrs. I’m sorry.

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As apposed to a picture of downtown Storrs on a Football Saturday morning at 11:11?

 

[Guapo]

As apposed to a picture of downtown Storrs on a Football Saturday morning at 11:11?

Lol well my point is not to poop on UConn/Storrs, but it should never come as a surprise when a kid wants to go somewhere else - and calling other places “the middle of nowhere” etc is just the epitome of ignorance and lack of self awareness.

 

[uconnbill]

That is football night in Starksville otherwise it is dead, sorry but I've been there too and it isn't like that 350 days a year other than football days.

 

[Guapo]

That is football night in Starksville otherwise it is dead, sorry but I've been there too and it isn't like that 350 days a year other than football days.

There’s an entire downtown with restaurants and bars. Storrs Center is the equivalent of about a block of downtown Starkville.

 

[UCSouth]

There’s an entire downtown with restaurants and bars. Storrs Center is the equivalent of about a block of downtown Starkville.

You're wasting your time. Remember the snooty post.... he's not the only one.

 

[Mr. French]

It's got cows, barns, fields - it's rural.

Starkville is tiny and remote, but Storrs makes it look like Starkvegas (unironically).

Storrs is fine. It’s a really unique and fun environment to go to college in (at least it was for me). But, it’s not for everyone and maybe it wasn’t for Watts. Who knows?

but, per usual, lots of ignorance about the country outside of the northeast bubble on here.

THANK YOU.

I'm not ripping Storrs, just weird how people are talking about towns and campuses with no self-awareness.

I wasn't going to bother continuing the discussion but I'm glad a few others saw the ridiculousness.

 

[storrsroars]

There’s an entire downtown with restaurants and bars.

How's the pizza?

 

[SimpleDawg]

Howland and Vic were both able to recruit PLAYERS to Starkville.

 

[Guapo]

How's the pizza?

im smart enough not to have tried the pizza lol

but I’m sure there’s something on par with Blaze

 

[HuskyHawk]

Here’s a picture of downtown Starkville on a football Saturday night.

There’s just nothing that is a comparable, consistent, experience like that in Storrs. I’m sorry.

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While I loved my time at UConn, it has possibly the lamest campus of any major public university other than some of others in New England. I heard Durham, NH was a nice college town, but it's worse than Storrs except maybe for the lakes. Burlington crushes Storrs, but I've not been to Orono or Kingston. Sadly, Amherst beats Storrs, even if I think the UMass campus is gross.

 

[Guapo]

While I loved my time at UConn, it has possibly the lamest campus of any major public university other than some of others in New England. I heard Durham, NH was a nice college town, but it's worse than Storrs except maybe for the lakes. Burlington crushes Storrs, but I've not been to Orono or Kingston. Sadly, Amherst beats Storrs, even if I think the UMass campus is gross.

The UMass campus is gross. I’m not sure the last time you’ve been up to Storrs, but the campus itself is pretty nice now and Storrs Center is a cute little development, but there needs to be more.

That being said, there is something cool and unique about going to college in the woods with 18k of your peers. But, people just have to understand that it’s not for everyone and they have to be aware of the uniqueness.

Not understanding how kids can choose a school “in the middle of nowhere” over Storrs is the height of un-self aware stupidity.

 

[Waquoit]

People trying to make the case that rural Mississippi doesn't suck and suck hard? No sale.

 

[Guapo]

People trying to make the case that rural Mississippi doesn't suck and suck hard? No sale.

The question is whether or not Starkville, MS are sucks more or less than Storrs, CT.

I can assure you, it does not suck more.

 

[Excalibur]

The question is whether or not Starkville, MS are sucks more or less than Storrs, CT.

I can assure you, it does not suck more.

That's the point. The fact that Starkville is in the middle of nowhere in rural Mississippi doesn't matter. You objectively have more at your fingertips in Starkville than you do in Storrs. As college towns go, it's superior. This is how it is with many/most state universities in the south and Midwest. The towns grew around the universities, even if there isn't much outside the towns for 50-100 miles.

Being "suburban" actually hurt UConn in this respect. Resistance to development has kept the town from growing around the university. Storrs center should be 2-3 times the size that it is.

 

[Mr. French]

The question is whether or not Starkville, MS are sucks more or less than Storrs, CT.

I can assure you, it does not suck more.

Honestly, the question to me is more “should anyone who loves Storrs and defends Storrs be ripping apart a college campus in the middle of nowhere?”

To me it wasn’t even to compare where sucks or doesn’t, I’m positive you can have a great time at UConn, Bona, Starkville or NYU... but as you mentioned picking apart another campus for the exact things UConn has is beyond lack of self-awareness.

 

[CL82]

While I loved my time at UConn, it has possibly the lamest campus of any major public university other than some of others in New England. I heard Durham, NH was a nice college town, but it's worse than Storrs except maybe for the lakes. Burlington crushes Storrs, but I've not been to Orono or Kingston. Sadly, Amherst beats Storrs, even if I think the UMass campus is gross.

Yeah, I think this argument is just so odd. Not you particularly HH but the whole “Storrs is in the middle of nowhere” as if kids are spending their time in a hermetically sealed bubble that stops at the town limits.

For those of us who have lived our lives in the Northeast, we have no concept of how far people travel for entertainment elsewhere. As I said previously in this thread there are three pretty significant cities within 90 minutes of campus and one the worlds greatest cities with 2.5 hours. That is definitely not in the middle of nowhere.

if you want to be in an urban campus where you’ve got a lot of club opportunities walking out your doors, the University of Connecticut is not your top choice. On the other hand if you want to live on campus with a lot of activities, including top-flight D1 sports, and relatively easy access to concert venues that are drivable, it is an outstanding choice.

It is silly to say that “it is in the middle of nowhere“ with so many diverse opportunities so easily accessible.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Honestly, the question to me is more “should anyone who loves Storrs and defends Storrs be ripping apart a college campus in the middle of nowhere?”

To me it wasn’t even to compare where sucks or doesn’t, I’m positive you can have a great time at UConn, Bona, Starkville or NYU... but as you mentioned picking apart another campus for the exact things UConn has is beyond lack of self-awareness.

hehe. 'self-awareness,' here? in coastal northeast? surely you jest.


smug alert!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah, I think this argument is just so odd. Not you particularly HH but the whole “Storrs” is in the middle of nowhere“ as if kids are spending their time In a hermetically sealed bubble that stops at the town limits. For those of us who have lived our lives in the Northeast, we have no concept of how far people travel for entertainment elsewhere. As I said previously in this thread there are three pretty significant cities within 90 minutes of campus and one the worlds greatest cities with 2.5 hours. That is definitely not in the middle of nowhere.

if you want to be in an urban campus where you’ve got a lot of club opportunities walking out your doors, the University of Connecticut it’s not your choice. On the other hand if you want to campus with a lot of activities, including top-flight division one sports, and relatively easy access two concert venues use that are drivable, it is an outstanding choice.

it is silly to say that “it is in the middle of nowhere“ with so many diverse opportunities so easily accessible.

I never said it was the middle of nowhere. But the reality is that freshmen and sophomores can't have cars (or couldn't in my day) and that Hartford isn't remotely interesting. Yes, you can get to Boston or New York with a car. So? If you want the feel of a college town, where lots of college students walk from campus to a busy downtown area...you don't get it at UConn. You can get it at places that are much more the middle of nowhere like Manhattan, KS. I blame Mansfield mostly, but much of the east side of 195 should have been developed. There is a bunch of open land off Gurleyville behind Whitney.

I liked how close-knit the UConn student body was, I think in part due to our relative isolation. But it sure isn't for everybody. The only point here is that UConn alumni throwing stones at other campus locations, even Starkville, is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Waquoit]

Storrs has 3 4 small cities and 2 of the biggest casinos in the world closer to town than the interstate is to Starkville. I'm sure the college town itself is bigger but this isn't Bio-Dome.

 

[Mr. French]

I liked how close-knit the UConn student body was, I think in part due to our relative isolation. But it sure isn't for everybody. The only point here is that UConn alumni throwing stones at other campus locations, even Starkville, is pretty ridiculous.

Bingo. This is the only thing anyone was talking about.

Now CL82 is making it a discussion point on comparing UConn to other schools' fun and traveling 2.5 hours to hang out in a big city.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

and iffn we want to be a 'national brand,' then we should start acting like one, cuz we ain't the only place with fun times at the lake. or blue skies.
all 50, all good.