UConn and Syracuse add 2024 Game (*and 2028*)

[Drew]

H/t to @The Viking for finding this in the other thread

 

[Exit 4]

Really good news in my book. Now have four P5 games in 2024. Wonder if this gets scheduled for thanksgiving weekend and placed in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees seem determined to make college football work.

 

[Samoo]

It's got to be neutral or the Rent. We wouldn't play 3 away games in a row in Canada...

 

[Blades]

Now have four P5 games in 2024. Wonder if this gets scheduled for thanksgiving weekend and placed in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees seem determined to make college football work.

Could be as Pitt vs. Cuse just announced a game in the Bronx for 2023

Syracuse, Pitt to meet at Yankee Stadium in 2023

The Syracuse Orange and the Pitt Panthers will meet at Yankee Stadium in 2023, both schools announced on Monday.

fbschedules.com

Also this gives Uconn 11 FBS games for 2024 ( 5 @ home with no FCS game announced yet). The Huskies current open dates are Oct 19 -26 and Nov 16 -23.

Future UConn Football Schedules | FBSchedules.com

View future UConn football schedules and opponents at FBSchedules.com.

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[DoctorWho85]

I hope we keep Cuse on the schedule annually. We have history, they're close enough for both fans to travel to the away game and it just makes sense to have a northeast team on the schedule for travel costs.

 

[mikedog10]

Really good news in my book. Now have four P5 games in 2024. Wonder if this gets scheduled for thanksgiving weekend and placed in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees seem determined to make college football work.

Yankee Stadium is not my favorite place for a football game… but I would love to go into Syracuse’s home state of New York and see the number of fans wearing blue outnumber orange in the stands!

 

[NEforceUConn]

Dear Dave:

Keep scheduling future P5 games now while P5 thinks they will be anticipated Ws, because within a couple years under Mora those future games will be Ls.

 

[Waquoit]

Yankee Stadium is not my favorite place for a football game…

Mine either, don't get seats on the 50. Not worth it.

 

[mikedog10]

Mine either, don't get seats on the 50. Not worth it.

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I was somewhere between home plate and 3rd base for that game, probably the worst football viewing experience I’ve ever had!

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Mine either, don't get seats on the 50. Not worth it.

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Fair. Or foul. Depends on how you look at it.

 

[UConnRock]

So 11 games scheduled for 2024 with 6 home games set assuming Syracuse is a home game. The only thing left is the "money game". What P5 team wants to pay UConn for a friendly visit?

2024 ends up being 5 P5 games (Maryland Duke, Wake, Syracuse and Money game) plus locals of Army, Buffalo, Temple and UMass. UAB, FAU, and GA St. are the other 3 games which work for home & home deals in fertile recruiting areas. Probably the best schedule of UConn's independence.

 

[shizzle787]

So 11 games scheduled for 2024 with 6 home games set assuming Syracuse is a home game. The only thing left is the "money game". What P5 team wants to pay UConn for a friendly visit?

2024 ends up being 5 P5 games (Maryland Duke, Wake, Syracuse and Money game) plus locals of Army, Buffalo, Temple and UMass. UAB, FAU, and GA St. are the other 3 games which work for home & home deals in fertile recruiting areas. Probably the best schedule of UConn's independence.

I think it’s a neutral game and we will schedule an FCS home game.

 

[BlueandOG]

Love this. The more often we play BC, Cuse, Pitt, Maryland, UMass the better. Build interest in northeast football!

 

[UConnRock]

I think it’s a neutral game and we will schedule an FCS home game.

Would be weird not to have a money game. The $1.5M+ cash is a part of being an independent

 

[Ldandy]

Good job by the AD of putting together a schedule with a lot of regional interest for 2024. Army, UMD, Umass, Cuse, Temple, and Buffalo all provide opportunities to travel, and all of these schools likely do a fair bit of recruiting against Uconn and vice versa.

 

[RC111]

I hope we keep Cuse on the schedule annually. We have history, they're close enough for both fans to travel to the away game and it just makes sense to have a northeast team on the schedule for travel costs.

Agreed. I didn't like losing to them, but it was neat seeing how well Syracuse represented at the Rent this year. My grandfather was a Syracuse alum, and I would imagine there are lots of in-state fans because I saw plenty of individuals and groups sporting gear for both

 

[RC111]

So 11 games scheduled for 2024 with 6 home games set assuming Syracuse is a home game. The only thing left is the "money game". What P5 team wants to pay UConn for a friendly visit?

2024 ends up being 5 P5 games (Maryland Duke, Wake, Syracuse and Money game) plus locals of Army, Buffalo, Temple and UMass. UAB, FAU, and GA St. are the other 3 games which work for home & home deals in fertile recruiting areas. Probably the best schedule of UConn's independence.

Almost looks like an ACC audition/ trial run. One can hope.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Agreed. I didn't like losing to them, but it was neat seeing how well Syracuse represented at the Rent this year. My grandfather was a Syracuse alum, and I would imagine there are lots of in-state fans because I saw plenty of individuals and groups sporting gear for both

Syracuse has a lot of alumni in CT. I don't see how they can't package men's and women's basketball with football. That's a win all around for both AD.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Yankee Stadium is not my favorite place for a football game… but I would love to go into Syracuse’s home state of New York and see the number of fans wearing blue outnumber orange in the stands!

Let's get one at Citi. Why does Yankee Stadium get all the fun?

 

[HuskyAlum012]

Let's get one at Citi. Why does Yankee Stadium get all the fun?

Yankee stadium much easier to get to from CT using metro north.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Would be weird not to have a money game. The $1.5M+ cash is a part of being an independent

Alternatively, perhaps net revenue for a Yankee Stadium game is fairly attractive for UConn, e.g., Yankees' payment, and low bus transportation for neutral nearby game versus a 6th more distant away game.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Let's get one at Citi. Why does Yankee Stadium get all the fun?

Has Citi Field shown any interest?

 

[dvegas]

Yankee stadium much easier to get to from CT using metro north.

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Has Citi Field shown any interest?

I expect Citifield will be booked with baseball late into October/early November for the next decade or so

 

[FfldCntyFan]

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I expect Citifield will be booked with baseball late into October/early November for the next decade or so

So the Mets are going to field exhibition games to compete with the playoffs/world series?

I know Cohen is loaded but that would just be throwing money away.

 

[Platt81]

So the Mets are going to field exhibition games to compete with the playoffs/world series?

I know Cohen is loaded but that would just be throwing money away.

Swing and a miss!