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Rico444 said:
Not a huge fan of shaming BB only fans into becoming football fans, but I am definitely going to continue to watch every game, and plan on going to at least one game this year, more if at all possible (I work some Saturdays).

My proposal is that we change our call and response Huskies chant this year: When someone yells out "UCONN," we should respond "BIG 12!" instead of "HUSKIES!"
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Maybe we should shame BB fans into going to BB games first.
 
Dooley said:
You are certainly not alone in wondering why our fanbase insists on being fractured. I don't get it either - never have. No other college fanbase in the country goes through constant bickering between football vs hoops fans; mens hoops vs womens hoops fans; etc. Being split absolutely hurts our P5 profile. If everyone who supported hoops also supported football, then there would be absolutely zero questioning of UConn's fanbase. There is no question that we are a basketball school and that is okay. There are other basketball schools who have made a niche inside the P5 - UNC, Duke, Kentucky, Syracuse, Louisville, Kansas - and NONE of those school's fanbases have a football vs basketball split. That's probably the reason why they are in the P5 and we are stuck bickering amongst ourselves in the AAC. So very frustrating.
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Bah. I went to Kansas and it's not that different really. Basketball is embraced by everyone. Football by some (more than UConn perhaps but not by much). I will need to check with my friends, but I suspect that the loss of Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri weighs heavily on KU football. Look at who those three states border (west, north, east). While the B12 is way more interesting than the slate we get in the American, other than OU and KState those aren't the teams that filled seats at Memorial Stadium.

Here is the difference in Connecticut in my opinion. We embrace winners. In the NFL we have two storied franchises that have won several superbowls in recent years. In baseball, we have the Red Sox and Yankees (and a few straggler Mets fans). NBA? Celtics and Knicks. So then we turn to UConn basketball, which has more NCs, both men and women, than anyone else in this century. Had UConn built on the Edsall years with a great coaching hire, we'd be selling out most every game, and we'd probably be in the ACC. One more point, we have Saturday HS football in New England, not Friday night. It robs a huge population of potential fans. HS football players and their families should be a core group of potential fans, instead they can almost never go to a game. It needs to change.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bah. I went to Kansas and it's not that different really. Basketball is embraced by everyone. Football by some (more than UConn perhaps but not by much). I will need to check with my friends, but I suspect that the loss of Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri weighs heavily on KU football. Look at who those three states border (west, north, east). While the B12 is way more interesting than the slate we get in the American, other than OU and KState those aren't the teams that filled seats at Memorial Stadium.

Here is the difference in Connecticut in my opinion. We embrace winners. In the NFL we have two storied franchises that have won several superbowls in recent years. In baseball, we have the Red Sox and Yankees (and a few straggler Mets fans). NBA? Celtics and Knicks. So then we turn to UConn basketball, which has more NCs, both men and women, than anyone else in this century. Had UConn built on the Edsall years with a great coaching hire, we'd be selling out most every game, and we'd probably be in the ACC. One more point, we have Saturday HS football in New England, not Friday night. It robs a huge population of potential fans. HS football players and their families should be a core group of potential fans, instead they can almost never go to a game. It needs to change.
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Pro football couldn't succeed until the Patriots merged with the NFL. Before, the NFL has been trying to establish themselves in Boston since 1929. The Celtics were lucky to be such a success before the Patriots.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Bah. I went to Kansas and it's not that different really. Basketball is embraced by everyone. Football by some (more than UConn perhaps but not by much). I will need to check with my friends, but I suspect that the loss of Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri weighs heavily on KU football. Look at who those three states border (west, north, east). While the B12 is way more interesting than the slate we get in the American, other than OU and KState those aren't the teams that filled seats at Memorial Stadium.

Here is the difference in Connecticut in my opinion. We embrace winners. In the NFL we have two storied franchises that have won several superbowls in recent years. In baseball, we have the Red Sox and Yankees (and a few straggler Mets fans). NBA? Celtics and Knicks. So then we turn to UConn basketball, which has more NCs, both men and women, than anyone else in this century. Had UConn built on the Edsall years with a great coaching hire, we'd be selling out most every game, and we'd probably be in the ACC. One more point, we have Saturday HS football in New England, not Friday night. It robs a huge population of potential fans. HS football players and their families should be a core group of potential fans, instead they can almost never go to a game. It needs to change.
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The large majority of high school football games played in Connecticut are now played on Friday nights.
 
LIUCHusky said:
The large majority of high school football games played in Connecticut are now played on Friday nights.
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Good. That's a positive step that will help build a college football culture.
 
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LIUCHusky said:
The large majority of high school football games played in Connecticut are now played on Friday nights.
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Pop Warner kills the ability of most of the UCONN fans in my neighborhood from bringing their kids.
 
Add four more season tickets to the attendance numbers. Three buddies and I bought em this morning. First time I've had season tix since about 2011, although I've averaged about three games a year. Looking forward to getting seven good games.

#BleedBlue #UConnNation
 
MattMang23 said:
Add four more season tickets to the attendance numbers. Three buddies and I bought em this morning. First time I've had season tix since about 2011, although I've averaged about three games a year. Looking forward to getting seven good games.

#BleedBlue #UConnNation
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If I saw your avatar at the Rent I'd punch him in the face, no offense. I know you probably don't look like him, but still.
 
CTMike said:
If I saw your avatar at the Rent I'd punch him in the face, no offense. I know you probably don't look like him, but still.
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Leave McLovin alone
 
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J187Money said:
Maybe we should shame BB fans into going to BB games first.
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CTMike said:
If I saw your avatar at the Rent I'd punch him in the face, no offense. I know you probably don't look like him, but still.
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He's much better looking than I really am.
 
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FDNY you're still railing on about the Hartford-UConn Hockey thing? Just come to terms with it already, the majority of the games will be played in Hartford NOT Storrs. 4,000 seat Frietas confirms that.

Yes, Freitas needs to be able to house games and have proper training facilities but your dream of a 6,000 seat arena on campus like Penn State will never happen because the students flat out stink when it comes to supporting anything other than basketball. And we're not even talking football here we're talking about the ultimate niche sport of hockey. I'll be surprised if the students even have good showings once they do start playing a couple games a season there.
 
TheDoggPound said:
FDNY you're still railing on about the Hartford-UConn Hockey thing? Just come to terms with it already, the majority of the games will be played in Hartford NOT Storrs. 4,000 seat Frietas confirms that.

Yes, Freitas needs to be able to house games and have proper training facilities but your dream of a 6,000 seat arena on campus like Penn State will never happen because the students flat out stink when it comes to supporting anything other than basketball. And we're not even talking football here we're talking about the ultimate niche sport of hockey. I'll be surprised if the students even have good showings once they do start playing a couple games a season there.
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Maybe you should read what I wrote before going off like a ! I SAID they need to play in a place ON CAMPUS that is 5K-5.5K Max and that ALL the big games vs HE opponents are played in Hartford! The plans for Freitas are 4500 last I saw by the way BUT nice try. Another NHL returning to Hartford drum beater heard from..thanks for the constructive reply.
 
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From all reports and indications, it looks like the Big 12 will decide on expansion in October. That means it's put up or shut up time for UConn Nation. Buy tickets. The President and AD have been begging those UConn fans on the sidelines for years to get back in the game. To buy tickets . For those who have the means and the desire to escape AAC purgatory, this is the time to circle the sleds and get behind State U again.

We also have an excellent home schedule - Syracuse, Virginia, Temple and Cincinnati are all games that we need to sell out and help our guys out.

The Big 12 is first and foremost, a football conference. The Big 12 will likely weigh several factors into deciding who they will invite into their conference. . If we as a fanbase come out with a few low 30K crowds for Maine, Syracuse and Virginia, then we might as well get used to the AAC.

If you used to be a football season ticket holder, you likely received an offer from the AD for free tickets to the Maine game. Use them. Or give them away to someone else who will go the game. UConn wants you
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A good assssment from August, imo.
 
Yawkey Way said:
From all reports and indications, it looks like the Big 12 will decide on expansion in October. That means it's put up or shut up time for UConn Nation. Buy tickets. The President and AD have been begging those UConn fans on the sidelines for years to get back in the game. To buy tickets . For those who have the means and the desire to escape AAC purgatory, this is the time to circle the sleds and get behind State U again.

We also have an excellent home schedule - Syracuse, Virginia, Temple and Cincinnati are all games that we need to sell out and help our guys out.

The Big 12 is first and foremost, a football conference. The Big 12 will likely weigh several factors into deciding who they will invite into their conference. . If we as a fanbase come out with a few low 30K crowds for Maine, Syracuse and Virginia, then we might as well get used to the AAC.

If you used to be a football season ticket holder, you likely received an offer from the AD for free tickets to the Maine game. Use them. Or give them away to someone else who will go the game. UConn wants you
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A good assssment from August, imo.
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Yes, no expansion at all means we didn't buy enough tickets. You really are a rube.
 
TRest said:
Yes, no expansion at all means we didn't buy enough tickets. You really are a rube.
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No need to shame the people who don't buy tickets. All of it belongs on the administration for getting us in this hell hole and the team itself for the pathetic performance over the last few years. The Rent will fill if the team is better and plays better teams. It's not rocket science.
 
djct1999 said:
No need to shame the people who don't buy tickets. All of it belongs on the administration for getting us in this hell hole and the team itself for the pathetic performance over the last few years. The Rent will fill if the team is better and plays better teams. It's not rocket science.
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So you mean it's on McHugh for not getting rid of Hathaway before he could hire Pasqualoni. Because he is the common thread through all of this. I know he tried like hell thats for sure.
 
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TRest said:
Yes, no expansion at all means we didn't buy enough tickets. You really are a rube.
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In his defense, that was a quote from earlier in the thread and the BCU fan couldn't figure out how to hit the reply button correctly. Why he dug the thread up, no idea...
 
The last person I would ever ask about anything college athletics related is a BCU fan. It's like asking a WVU fan about dental hygiene or a Texas fan about modesty.
 
BC does have an insane hockey program going, thanks to Jerry York. I hope BU remains superior.
 
TRest said:
I know. He dug it up to poke us about attendance. A BC fan.
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Always love it when BC fans are more concerned about UConn than their own school. I have never been to the BC fan board, if one even exists (?). Nor would I bother with reading posts that go back a few months. And BC fans claim that UConn is not a r1val. Pfft.
 
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