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The View From Section 241

RSTuthill said:
How many more times are we gonna plow this ground???
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As many times as it takes! We get there when we get there!

(Yeah, I actually have no idea. It's not like this will change anything. It is a sore point when people pretend that sticking a college football stadium 30 minutes off campus was somehow a good idea. It was a thoroughly Connecticut move.)
 
ConnHuskBask said:
I've been to Rutgers twice for football and while I parked is Piscataway, google can tell you it's a 30 min walk from College Ave to the stadium. All the kids walk there? Sure.

So call it for what it is: BC, Maryland, and Cuse play on campus. Rutgers is a hybrid. Pitt and Temple play in NFL stadiums. I think that's a more apt comparison for our Northeast peers than some podunk town in Kansas or Texas.

If the stadium was on campus today, how many students you saying are at the game?
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IIRC Governor Roland or Ella G wanted the on campus stadium and Robert Kraft wanted one built in East Hartford. Kraft was a crook.
 
The bottom line is that the student section was full, loud and affected games years ago. Now it is an embarrassment and the players are calling it out. No more excuses- it has to be fixed, regardless of where the stadium was or is.
 
hardcorehusky said:
The bottom line is that the student section was full, loud and affected games years ago. Now it is an embarrassment and the players are calling it out. No more excuses- it has to be fixed, regardless of where the stadium was or is.
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Yup, and back in my day we paid $7 a game for the right to step foot in The Rent!
 
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There were plenty of students at the Rent for the game, but many of them left after the tailgate. I couldn’t believe the traffic jam leaving the Red lots around 3 PM.

At the start of the game, the student section looked fine, but almost all of the students were gone at the start of the 2nd half. I guess the recent poor performance of the football team has trained the students to not stay for the second half.

With winning, more people will come to games and stay.
 
CL82 said:
Nope. The plan got killed because UConn asked the state to pay for the equivalent of the Rent, Burton and Shenkman and the state said no. The locals have screwed up many things for UConn but this isn't one of them.
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The state said no because they thought Kraft was moving the Patriots to Hartford. If it had not been for Kraft taking the state for a ride, Burton and Shenkman would have kicked in some money, and IIRC Roland wanted the stadium in Storrs before Kraft started jacking everyone off.
 
CL82 said:
Nope. The plan got killed because UConn asked the state to pay for the equivalent of the Rent, Burton and Shenkman and the state said no. The locals have screwed up many things for UConn but this isn't one of them.
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huskyrob1 said:
The state said no because they thought Kraft was moving the Patriots to Hartford. If it had not been for Kraft taking the state for a ride, Burton and Shenkman would have kicked in some money, and IIRC Roland wanted the stadium in Storrs before Kraft started jacking everyone off.
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United Technologies donated the land. Probably needed to be cleaned up and got a tax break
 
huskyrob1 said:
The state said no because they thought Kraft was moving the Patriots to Hartford. If it had not been for Kraft taking the state for a ride, Burton and Shenkman would have kicked in some money, and IIRC Roland wanted the stadium in Storrs before Kraft started jacking everyone off.
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Mmm not sure of this timing Rob.
 
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Man some of you guys get so off topic its like 1st grade 123 eyes on me. This is BL's summary of the GAME. Take your meds.

I just saw the game on youtube (thanks) was at Smith Mountain Lake, VA with no reception. Team played great. Again team played great. Only suggestions I can make is better punting, and get a back in there that can wack it for 5 yards a carry, when we appear to be in a passing down.

Definite progress!!

PS I thought/think Skanes was a player, line him up in the slot and give him some end arounds, or (Larry Taylor) inside moves.

A good showing at Indiani and it will be criminal if we don't get 25k in the Rent for next home game.

Oh by the way tell wives that its Lilly Pullizer online sales day, and that I quit smoking and am just vaping. Sh%t I need my Adderall, sorry.
 
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CL82 said:
Mmm not sure of this timing Rob.
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How so? Kraft bought the Patriots in 94, the same year Roland got elected. Rumors started in 97 in that Kraft wanted to build a stadium in East Hartford to share with the UConn Huskies, with the stadium being financed by the State of Connecticut. This killed any movement to build it in Storrs, then after that when Kraft said "see ya", the State and the school went ahead with it anyway. The land was free. If Kraft had never been in the equation I'm convinced that the stadium would have been built on campus.
 
huskyrob1 said:
How so? Kraft bought the Patriots in 94, the same year Roland got elected. Rumors started in 97 in that Kraft wanted to build a stadium in East Hartford to share with the UConn Huskies, with the stadium being financed by the State of Connecticut. This killed any movement to build it in Storrs, then after that when Kraft said "see ya", the State and the school went ahead with it anyway. The land was free. If Kraft had never been in the equation I'm convinced that the stadium would have been built on campus.
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Let me help w/ some chronology:
www.si.com

How the Patriots Almost Became Connecticut’s Team

Robert Kraft was on the verge of moving his team out of Massachusetts in the late 1990s. At the last minute, an NFL executive on the rise—Roger Goodell—stepped in and helped get a new stadium built in Foxborough
www.si.com www.si.com
 
huskymedic said:
Let me help...
www.si.com

How the Patriots Almost Became Connecticut’s Team

Robert Kraft was on the verge of moving his team out of Massachusetts in the late 1990s. At the last minute, an NFL executive on the rise—Roger Goodell—stepped in and helped get a new stadium built in Foxborough
www.si.com www.si.com
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I don't think I need your help by posting one reporters version of events, but if you a have point to make please enlighten me. You should not believe everything you read. I thought you knew everything? Rowland didn't go after Kraft as the article "reportedly" states, Kraft came to Hartford first.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
I don't think I need your help by posting one reporters version of events, but if you a have point to make please enlighten me.
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You are truly helpless.
 
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We had a really good tailgate, housed about 200 beers, and then screamed at Lovie Smith for 3 hours.

What the hell else are you gonna do in CT on a fall Saturday? Talk about the Fasttrak? USF will be a fun one especially if we can steal a game at Indiana.
 
huskymedic said:
Yup... just a dumb ambulance driver. Why would I know what happened in the hallways of the LOB and Capital in the mid to late 90’s.

Sleep tight Rob.
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How should I know, I only worked there. Be good
 
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huskyrob1 said:
How so? Kraft bought the Patriots in 94, the same year Roland got elected. Rumors started in 97 in that Kraft wanted to build a stadium in East Hartford to share with the UConn Huskies, with the stadium being financed by the State of Connecticut. This killed any movement to build it in Storrs, then after that when Kraft said "see ya", the State and the school went ahead with it anyway. The land was free. If Kraft had never been in the equation I'm convinced that the stadium would have been built on campus.
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I’m inclined to agree with your conclusion, but the timing seems just a little off to me. I’d have to go look it up. It was a while ago.
 
CL82 said:
I’m inclined to agree with your conclusion, but the timing seems just a little off to me. I’d have to go look it up. It was a while ago.
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You two agreeing why am I not shocked.
 
CL82 said:
I’m inclined to agree with your conclusion, but the timing seems just a little off to me. I’d have to go look it up. It was a while ago.
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Letting Kraft get involved was the biggest mistake in UConn athletics history, and actually Kraft never intended to bring the Patriots to East Hartford anyway. Imagine if the Packers moved to Camp Randall or the Colts moved to South Bend. Crazy right?
 
Kraft used Hartford and Connecticut, that's a fact. He would have only moved if Foxboro and Massachusetts didn't cave, which of course they were with a little more money and improved infrastructure around the current stadium
 
1 the patriots WERE NEVER coming to Hartford, Kraft played Connecticut like a fine fiddle. Kraft signed an agreement with Rowland that as long as he negotiated with Connecticut he would NOT negotiate anywhere else. The Hartford politicians demanded the site be on the I 95 IN Hartford. We spent close to $1,000,000 and it was time for Kraft to put up $250,000. He asked for an extension of 30 days and Rowland said no show us the money. within 48 hours the NFL signed an agreement wit the state of Massachusetts and Kraft walked,

In the mean time with the help of Rowland staff Kraft sold over 25,000 season tix to unsuspecting Connecticut residents. When it fell apart they wanted their $$$ back. Kraft refused and said come to foxboro and enjoy the games. To this day I refuse to root for the Pats.
 
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