Stop. Leaving. Early.

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Discounting the Covid year with no fans, Hurley has lost 8 games in Hartford and 7 in Storrs if my math is correct. And if you believe the XL-only season ticket holders, the SOS is much easier in Hartford. Creighton is usually in Storrs. Butler is always in Hartford. DePaul is almost always in Hartford.

The google/ai machine shows it as .714 at Gampel and .824 in Hartford. I don't think the SOS is a factor.

 

[Lafayette]

This seems to be a problem for a lot of colleges.

It is, pretty universally you tend to look at a population of fans who are going and say 1/2 are pretty prompt and the other 1/2 is blissfully unaware of traffic or whatnot and make it when they can. Of that 1/2 of the population maybe 1/3 make it there on time.

Dunno why, but some just never check the weather or traffic or news...I don't think they mix well with those who do.

 

[uh-no]

It is, pretty universally you tend to look at a population of fans who are going and say 1/2 are pretty prompt and the other 1/2 is blissfully unaware of traffic or whatnot and make it when they can. Of that 1/2 of the population maybe 1/3 make it there on time.

Dunno why, but some just never check the weather or traffic or news...I don't think they mix well with those who do.

hey, IMO we're lucky that has a fanbase that cares and shows up at all. most schools don't have that.

Sure i wish everyone were there on time and stayed until double 0, but i'd rather people show up late than not at all.

 

[Stew Crew]

The google/ai machine shows it as .714 at Gampel and .824 in Hartford. I don't think the SOS is a factor.

Well we all know Google can't be wrong. I took my data straight from the UConn Athletics website. During Hurley era, 86% win % at Gampel including games with no fans (89% without). 82% win % in Hartford. 71.4% is Hurley's overall record (home and away) at UConn (175 - 70) according to sports-reference.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Well we all know Google can't be wrong. I took my data straight from the UConn Athletics website. During Hurley era, 86% win % at Gampel including games with no fans (89% without). 82% win % in Hartford. 71.4% is Hurley's overall record (home and away) at UConn (175 - 70) according to sports-reference.

Lol - not sure where the Google got the .714...

On the relatively small sample size, it's not much of a difference. The biggest difference historically between Gampel and Hartford was the early Big East days when we weren't good/Gampel didn't exist yet.

 

[John]

This is kind of where I am. The thing that cracks me up is that the leaving early crowd actually gets stuck in traffic from the leaving early crowd. If you stayed at the end of the game and then hang around a little bit, getting out is actually easier. I'd rather stay in the arena bullshit a little bit than sit in traffic.

That’s what we do, but I hate the fan police we seem to have. Football can be much worse when we’re doing well, we had people near our season ticket area during the RE1 era who’d yell at people leaving early.

 

[Deepster]

It is the same problem the Hartford Yardgoats have really. Minor league team that people come to enjoy a night out. But watching a bunch of pros who haven’t totally developed yet isn’t the same as watching an NBA team or watching a bunch of college kids who are playing for something other than a paycheck. Somebody wants to leave early, they leave early. You have the wrong perspective. Very 20th Century with the root for our boys shtick. I bet almost every guy on that team would switch uniforms at halftime if it was allowed by the rules and the opponent offered them an extra thousand bucks.

Exactly. I’ve been saying for 7-8 years the lack of development around the Yard Goats is ridiculous. It was always “the lawsuits” and still there is NOTHING around that park to do and now City Steam is closed.

Drive in, watch most of the game, drive out.