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freescooter said:
Not sure of the number but the AD said on Dibble the other night it will be the largest crowd the Fenway Bowl has seen to date and UConn has sold out its allocation plus the second allocation it requested.
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So are we now on our 3rd allocation? Because there are still tickets available through UConnbowl.com
 
HuskyAlum012 said:
So are we now on our 3rd allocation? Because there are still tickets available through UConnbowl.com
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I haven't bought my tickets yet because I still have some things to work out before committing. I have been checking the Uconnbowl.com and every day there are different tickets available. A bunch of tickets in a certain section one day are completely gone the next day then a new set in a different section are there.

For example, two days ago there was two whole sections of $30 tickets. Then yesterday, they were all gone and only $80 seats were available. Today there are $55 tickets available. But now checking a complete section of those are gone. I find it very hard to believe every ticket in that section was purchased.

I am sure sales are going well, but there is definitely some level of manipulation going on here. I won't know until Monday if I can go, so it should be interesting to see what happens next week.
 
UConnDan97 said:
It's like I continue to say: the idea that BC owns Boston has always been an illusion. Nobody in Boston cares about Boston College.

If a major conference wants to get a large portion of BOTH Boston and NYC, then look no further than the juggernaut from Storrs, CT...
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More Notre Dame fans in Boston than BC. Not even an exaggeration.
 
UConnDan97 said:
It's like I continue to say: the idea that BC owns Boston has always been an illusion. Nobody in Boston cares about Boston College.

If a major conference wants to get a large portion of BOTH Boston and NYC, then look no further than the juggernaut from Storrs, CT...
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Boston College used to be full of Massachusetts kids and now only 25% of the students come from Massachusetts. It is hard for a local kid to get into BC and even the kids of alums can't get in. So, BC has lost the local fans. It was a conscious choice to make BC a national university, but local support for athletics was one of the casualties of the decision.
 
UConnJim said:
Boston College used to be full of Massachusetts kids and now only 25% of the students come from Massachusetts. It is hard for a local kid to get into BC and even the kids of alums can't get in. So, BC has lost the local fans. It was a conscious choice to make BC a national university, but local support for athletics was one of the casualties of the decision.
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I don't know.

Notre Dame is a national university, and I'm guessing that most don't come from the South Bend area, and yet they seem to have no problem filling their stadium.

If my school is in a Metropolitan area of about 3 million people and I can't sell more than maybe 10k tickets in my own city for a bowl game, then it means that my city doesn't care about my school. It's a simple as that...
 
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UConnDan97 said:
I don't know.

Notre Dame is a national university, and I'm guessing that most don't come from the South Bend area, and yet they seem to have no problem filling their stadium.

If my school is in a Metropolitan area of about 3 million people and I can't sell more than maybe 10k tickets in my own city for a bowl game, then it means that my city doesn't care about my school. It's a simple as that...
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My guess is there is a substantial portion of Boston's population who dislike BC and its alums - always looked down on Northeastern and BU, always trying too hard for Harvard/MIT - almost as much as we do.
 
UConnJim said:
Boston College used to be full of Massachusetts kids and now only 25% of the students come from Massachusetts. It is hard for a local kid to get into BC and even the kids of alums can't get in. So, BC has lost the local fans. It was a conscious choice to make BC a national university, but local support for athletics was one of the casualties of the decision.
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UConn isn't that easy to get into anymore either. I don't know the percentage of kids from CT are enrolled and I'm sure it's higher than 25%. However, the difference between UConn and BC is that people in CT have been raised with UConn as their main sports team. It's the professional team in this state. It's a unique situation. In Boston you have 4 pro sports teams. There's no appetite for a college team.
 
UConnDan97 said:
It's like I continue to say: the idea that BC owns Boston has always been an illusion. Nobody in Boston cares about Boston College.

If a major conference wants to get a large portion of BOTH Boston and NYC, then look no further than the juggernaut from Storrs, CT...
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LMFAO. I can't even keep a straight face reading that bolded part especially when I read/hear BC admins say they give the Boston market to the ACC. I am here in Boston, believe me, nobody gives a s. h... i.. t. about Boston College sports-it's not even on the radar here. Even the BeanPot for hockey gets a little more than a smidge of news coverage for the few days only to dissipate like a fart in the wind.

Even UConn basketball was on the front page of the Boston Globe last year and got more coverage than Boston College and people here don't really care about UConn with the exception of a decent alumni population here.

Boston is always about the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots at it's core.
 
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UConnJim said:
Boston College used to be full of Massachusetts kids and now only 25% of the students come from Massachusetts. It is hard for a local kid to get into BC and even the kids of alums can't get in. So, BC has lost the local fans. It was a conscious choice to make BC a national university, but local support for athletics was one of the casualties of the decision.
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I can't speak to the facts you present, but what I do know is that I have been here since 1997 and I can tell you even when BC basketball was good, it really was barely a blip on the conscious of the people here and the same could be said for BC hockey or BC football.

When the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Patriots, you don't even have to try to find coverage about it-it's ubiquitous not just in the media, but in everyday walk of life (i.e. Prudential windows lighting up saying "Go Pats" or "Go Sox" etc.).
 
UCFBfan said:
UConn isn't that easy to get into anymore either. I don't know the percentage of kids from CT are enrolled and I'm sure it's higher than 25%. However, the difference between UConn and BC is that people in CT have been raised with UConn as their main sports team. It's the professional team in this state. It's a unique situation. In Boston you have 4 pro sports teams. There's no appetite for a college team.
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67% of Undergrads in Storrs are from in state. Likely higher in the branch campuses.

 
How Sway?! said:
67% of Undergrads in Storrs are from in state. Likely higher in the branch campuses.

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I was speaking mainly about Storrs. I can't imagine the branch campuses have high percentage of out of state kids.

Thanks for the stat. I just know it's a heck of a lot more competitive than when I went and I was an out of stater. Many of my CT friends at UConn had UConn as their safety school still. Don't think UConn can be considered a safety school for anyone anymore, at least the main campus.
 
UConnDan97 said:
It's like I continue to say: the idea that BC owns Boston has always been an illusion. Nobody in Boston cares about Boston College.

If a major conference wants to get a large portion of BOTH Boston and NYC, then look no further than the juggernaut from Storrs, CT...
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Finally. Some good sense advice here but will the powers at be take it?
Win this game and do well next year and just maybe the B1G or another league will see the real value that could be created with a strong team in New England.
 
Scrutineer said:
Finally. Some good sense advice here but will the powers at be take it?
Win this game and do well next year and just maybe the B1G or another league will see the real value that could be created with a strong team in New England.
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The only people that care about BC are BU alumni when they play each other in hockey :D
 
UCFBfan said:
UConn isn't that easy to get into anymore either. I don't know the percentage of kids from CT are enrolled and I'm sure it's higher than 25%. However, the difference between UConn and BC is that people in CT have been raised with UConn as their main sports team. It's the professional team in this state. It's a unique situation. In Boston you have 4 pro sports teams. There's no appetite for a college team.
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When I was accepted into UConn in the early 1980’s, my SAT scores were below the top 33% and above the bottom 67% of my class. Now, those same scores would put me above 33% and below 67% of the current freshman class. Based on that, UConn is clearly more difficult to get into now. But I often wonder if the difficulty of the SAT has changed in the last 40+ years.
 
UConnDan97 said:
I don't know.

Notre Dame is a national university, and I'm guessing that most don't come from the South Bend area, and yet they seem to have no problem filling their stadium.

If my school is in a Metropolitan area of about 3 million people and I can't sell more than maybe 10k tickets in my own city for a bowl game, then it means that my city doesn't care about my school. It's a simple as that...
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BC is a religious school so being in a Metropolitan area full of other religions I can see it not being the #1 team to get behind.
 
Redding Husky said:
When I was accepted into UConn in the early 1980’s, my SAT scores were below the top 33% and above the bottom 67% of my class. Now, those same scores would put me above 33% and below 67% of the current freshman class. Based on that, UConn is clearly more difficult to get into now. But I often wonder if the difficulty of the SAT has changed in the last 40+ years.
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Also 8 billion kids apply to UConn each year making it harder to get in strictly from a numbers game
 
Windham4th said:
BC is a religious school so being in a Metropolitan area full of other religions I can see it not being the #1 team to get behind.
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Boston similar to NYC has no interest in college sports. Both cities are heavy into Pro sports. I lived in NYC for 10 years and only teams mentioned were Giants, Yankees, Knicks, Rangers, Mets and Jets.
 
Windham4th said:
BC is a religious school so being in a Metropolitan area full of other religions I can see it not being the #1 team to get behind.
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Almost all small private schools struggle for attention compared to their local state schools that are often 10x larger (but not better) BC, Wake, Duke, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Tulane, SMU, TCU, Rice …
 
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