More Notre Dame fans in Boston than BC. Not even an exaggeration.
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.
I don't know.
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.
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.
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.
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.
67% of Undergrads in Storrs are from in state. Likely higher in the branch campuses.
I was speaking mainly about Storrs. I can't imagine the branch campuses have high percentage of out of state kids.
Finally. Some good sense advice here but will the powers at be take it?
The only people that care about BC are BU alumni when they play each other in hockey
There’s more notre dame fans then bc fans on bcs campus
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.
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.
Also 8 billion kids apply to UConn each year making it harder to get in strictly from a numbers game
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.
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 …
No it is not only Rutgers. No college team is followed like the Pros.
I know. I was joking because Big Ten wanted the NY market with them
Nah.
Notre Dame is different because of the NBC thing dating back forever. They built their fan base well before cable TV was a thing. So they had a head start. What is another religious school with such a devout (pun intended) following. Fandom is much more generational with those midwesterners.
Lindsay Nelson & the Sunday morning replay highlights show!
That's true. Only decent thing on Sunday TV back then besides Davy and Goliath.
The only other show I 'd see was on the Independent TV station in Worcester during my college days: Grambling football highlights in the 70s...
Gumby and Pokey take offense.
