UConn may compete in Spring

[Ajs120102]

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Exit 4]

Oh Jeff, Jeff, Jeff...Ole Randy isn't letting you in on the good stuff anymore. And apparently you have never befriended Walt Bell. Try getting in on the latter since you might be in the dog house with Randy.

PS - Hi Jeff!

 

[Irishfan]

UConn UMass in the spring? as an exhibition game? Would that count as a 2020 game, or would it impact the schedule for 2021?

 

[Skiblets]

Umass. Play some MAC teams and some other indys. 8 games. Better than spring practice

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Umass. Play some MAC teams and some other indys. 8 games. Better than spring practice

I’d rather scrimmages than 8 full games. Asking 20 games in 8-9 months is way too much.

 

[Nextmanup]

I would be very surprised to see us play in the spring. Maybe a scrimmage or two but I’m pretty confident there will not be a spring season at UConn ..

 

[Palatine]

Why? One game in the spring? Makes no sense. The football season will be complete over for the rest of the college football.

 

[BlueDogs]

Not very smart or helpful. You don’t need kids getting nicked up in the spring over nothing and losing part or all of a fall season... play now or wait it out.

 

[Exit 4]

A single spring game against UMass a possibility...per Randy

 

[Exit 4]

I'm hearing 1 to 3 games a possibility this spring. Might be more like scrimmages than traditional games and might not be open to the public. Hopefully at least one is a traditional game played at the Rent.

 

[uchusky32]

Playing in the spring for what? A bowl birth?

 

[Exit 4]

Playing in the spring for what? A bowl birth?

Practice

 

[UCONNJACK]

Playing in the spring for what? A bowl birth?

I didn’t know that bowls involved babies.

 

[hardcorehusky]

If I am a player on the team, I want to suit up and play someone else if I can. It is the sport I am dedicated to and competing is part of the fun.

 

[Exit 4]

UMass player pushing

 

[Ajs120102]

UMass player pushing

UMass literally can’t play anyone. The coach retweeting all his players on the same day 60 people got laid off is just not where I would go. There are literally no opponents unless you go week by week to play teams that had matchups fall apart.

 

[Bongo Fury]

UMass player pushing

As a UMass employee I empathize for them. Although much of the cancellation is financial I feel UMass has taken a too conservative approach to the virus. They backed down and last minute decided not to let students back. They have furloughed all but the professors, administrators and athletics. We get tested at least once per week and the positivity rate is .01% They are hell bent on laying people off but have to wait until January.

 

[Exit 4]

As a UMass employee I empathize for them. Although much of the cancellation is financial I feel UMass has taken a too conservative approach to the virus. They backed down and last minute decided not to let students back. They have furloughed all but the professors, administrators and athletics. We get tested at least once per week and the positivity rate is .01% They are hell bent on laying people off but have to wait until January.

Sorry to hear that - below just out / athletic program to layoff 57 and work to reduce travel with more localized scheduling going forward.

Massachusetts Athletics Announces Cost Containment Measures Due To COVID-19 - University of Massachusetts Athletics

The University of Massachusetts athletics department announced Thursday that it will institute significant cost containment measures by instituting a reducti...

umassathletics.com

 

[Bongo Fury]

Sorry to hear that - below just out / athletic program to layoff 57 and work to reduce travel with more localized scheduling going forward.

Massachusetts Athletics Announces Cost Containment Measures Due To COVID-19 - University of Massachusetts Athletics

The University of Massachusetts athletics department announced Thursday that it will institute significant cost containment measures by instituting a reducti...

umassathletics.com

Thanks! Being a Gen Xer I am used to adapting.

 

[thatguyed]

I didn’t know that bowls involved babies.

Only in the deep south when somebody goes with their cousin and there's a shed under the bleachers.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Why? One game in the spring? Makes no sense. The football season will be complete over for the rest of the college football.

So we can go undefeated and win the Spring 2021 national title. Of course

 

[huskymedic]

 

[huskyblooz]

Why not? Instead of playing the Blue-White scrimmage. Line up against UMass.

 

[uconnbill]

I am sorry but UConn should be playing now just as many others are in the country. I have to put up with BC playing, Syracuse, Pitt, Western Kentucky and Liberty all playing. UConn should be playing, period.