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UConn is going Bowling > Wasabi Fenway Bowl v. Army (Saturday 12/27/25 @2:15 on ESPN)

ATLDYKA said:
Some of you so called fans are over the top ridiculous. So you are no longer a fan going forward because a few of the current players opt-out. Hmm, doesn't make much sense. The more I read some of these posts, the more I truly believe that we feel like we are an entitled fan base.
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I was referring to the speculation that there might be a broad boycott by a lot of the players.
 
We have no state media religiously following football, so we're left hanging for social media scraps. And AD Dave could have gotten out front on this with a comment. He's great at cobbling together schedules, but communicating with Husky Nation, not so much.
 
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businesslawyer said:
There is no law against fraud? Knowingly or recklessly misstating a material fact or failing to disclose a fact necessary to not make disclosed information materially misleading? And the point isn't even whether it's legal. It's about trying to pull $200 bucks one time from people like me at the risk of losing the $1k or so it's cost me annually for 25 years. Doing one's job is not pulling pennies out of supporters at the risk of blowing dollars.
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So businesslawyer, you think DB is committing fraud? If I buy a ticket to a Lightning - Hurricane game, and Andrei Vasileskiy is injured, you mean I could sue?

Is that you are saying? Or am I reading your reply wrong?
 
ArtTheFan said:
So businesslawyer, you think DB is committing fraud? If I buy a ticket to a Lightning - Hurricane game, and Andrei Vasileskiy is injured, you mean I could sue?

Is that you are saying? Or am I reading your reply wrong?
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Did I mention Benedict in the comment you quoted?
 
ATLDYKA said:
The more I read some of these posts, the more I truly believe that we feel like we are an entitled fan base.
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We are and should be entitled as season ticket holders and donors. This to expect the players we supported all season to finish the season on the field with the team that got them status. Then to sit out. Actually not an entitled fan base but rather one that feels a kick in the footballs and wallet.
Was all in on Fenway tickets until the exodus of key players. I hope many attend the game to make up for my groups absence.
Forever bleeding UConn Blue but have to keep things real and financially... GO DOGS !!!!
 
Woof 101 said:
We are and should be entitled as season ticket holders and donors. This to expect the players we supported all season to finish the season on the field with the team that got them status. Then to sit out. Actually not an entitled fan base but rather one that feels a kick in the footballs and wallet.
Was all in on Fenway tickets until the exodus of key players. I hope many attend the game to make up for my groups absence.
Forever bleeding UConn Blue but have to keep things real and financially... GO DOGS !!!!
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So Skyler Bell not good enough for you?
 
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Hoophound said:
For guys like Evers that have a lot of physical talent and were highly rated in the past, it might be better for NIL negotiations to stay off the field and sell suitors the potential and development over the last few years at UConn. If he gets on the field and looks awful, bye bye paycheck.
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He has had 3 years to show what he can do and unfortunately he has done poorly and also gotten injured. I think he needs to play and show if he has any real potential
 
Joe should play. He’s far more likely to put up numbers in the bowl game than he is playing a few minutes in a “senior bowl”.

Perception is improved by doing things on a big stage. An actual bowl game after Christmas is a far more visible venue than a useless exhibition game. I’m kind of amazed they even air those games these days.
 
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Hoophound said:
Joe should play. He’s far more likely to put up numbers in the bowl game than he is playing a few minutes in a “senior bowl”.

Perception is improved by doing things on a big stage. An actual bowl game after Christmas is a far more visible venue than a useless exhibition game. I’m kind of amazed they even air those games these days.
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Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of repetitions, evaluation and interviews in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
 
huskymedic said:
Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of eval and prep in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
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That certainly makes sense. The question then becomes why any potential NFL talent bothers playing in bowl games or even late in a season?

I fully expect that future player contracts are going to address this issue.btw.
 
Alum86 said:
We have no state media religiously following football, so we're left hanging for social media scraps. And AD Dave could have gotten out front on this with a comment. He's great at cobbling together schedules, but communicating with Husky Nation, not so much.
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He may not know as much as we would like so not easy to comment.
 
Slick said:
He has had 3 years to show what he can do and unfortunately he has done poorly and also gotten injured. I think he needs to play and show if he has any real potential
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im hopeful that after all that bouncing around he did before he got here a true redshirt year as joes understudy will be exactly what he needed. you cant be a complete stiff and put up those kind of nos in texas hs football
 
I know that Fagnano can and should make the decision that's right for him. And I know that my opinion is in no way, shape, or form, "impartial". With that being said; if I had a chance to make school history in a final game for the school that quite literally created my chance to play on Sundays, it would be extremely hard to talk me out of playing in that game...
 
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uconndogs said:
I do wonder if JF has made the right decision and got good guidance.
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So do I. If there is any doubt that the decision makers in the NFL are not completely sold on you (and in his case there is), you go out on national TV and convince them. Simple as that.
 
He is counting on all star games. Personally it seems a riskier route than playing for your team in the system that you know. If Joe were to play, bet the OL guys could be persuaded to play also.
 
huskymedic said:
Fagnano has plenty of film against varying levels of competition for evaluation. The numbers put up in a Bowl Game are less impactful than the week of repetitions, evaluation and interviews in front of NFL personnel/scouts @ events like the East/Shrine Bowl. The actual game attached to these showcases are an after thought.
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Understood, but becoming our all time leading passer and winning a bowl game that will actually have people in the seats and the eyeballs that come with a military academy in the game makes sense too. It also honors his commitment to the team, which is good interview ammo. Either way, Joe will be fine but no one over 30 years old comes from a generation where this was the way things were done.
 
Hoophound said:
Understood, but becoming our all time leading passer and winning a bowl game that will actually have people in the seats and the eyeballs that come with a military academy in the game makes sense too. It also honors his commitment to the team, which is good interview ammo. Either way, Joe will be fine but no one over 30 years old comes from a generation where this was the way things were done.
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I don’t disagree… college football has morphed from the game I fell in love with as a kid bouncing around the stands of the Yale Bowl in the 70’s to a much different animal that is becoming more and more difficult to love each passing year.

C'est la vie
 
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