UMass series 2018-2021

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah but this is gonna be sooooooo hard for fans in Fairfield County!

Not really. Straight up I-95. It's not close, but isn't terrible. Easier than asking an Eastern CT person to get to MetLife stadium.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

I live in Franklin, and work in Hopkinton. It's a good spot. We have the train to Boston, Downtown Providence is 20 minutes away and the town itself has enough happening, some good restaurants etc. You can still get to Boston in 35-40 minutes at off hours. Patriot Place is 15-20 minutes. I can get across the Bourne Bridge into Falmouth in less than an hour.

I live Franklin a lot myself along with Medway, Wrentham and Easton. Basically can get more for the money SW of Boston that North for the most part and it has better train service (Providence or Franklin lines) and is close to Gillette and Providence (and TF Green airport) as noted. For better or worse, if I ever did go back to Boston, I would be looking to the North as my spouse has an in with a company in Lowell and she is not going to drive 40 miles each way at rush hour on I-495.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I live Franklin a lot myself along with Medway, Wrentham and Easton. Basically can get more for the money SW of Boston that North for the most part and it has better train service (Providence or Franklin lines) and is close to Gillette and Providence (and TF Green airport) as noted. For better or worse, if I ever did go back to Boston, I would be looking to the North as my spouse has an in with a company in Lowell and she is not going to drive 40 miles each way at rush hour on I-495.

495 rush hour has gotten a LOT worse. I was working in Hopkinton, then Franklin, now Hopkinton again, and the commute difference from 5 years ago is significant. More people and more employers setting up on 495. Boston and 128 are saturated and costly, even for office space. North isn't bad, you could live in Nashua...unless you had to get to Boston.

 

[J187Money]

Yeah but this is gonna be sooooooo hard for fans in Fairfield County!

It's a haul. But worth doing.

 

[noeynox]

Rather than starting a new thread I'll throw this in here. UMass future still looking not so hot.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2..._campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=

 

[huskymedic]

Rather than starting a new thread I'll throw this in here. UMass future still looking not so hot.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2..._campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=

?Kumble Subbaswamy?

 

[noeynox]

?Kumble Subbaswamy?

LOL, I was so mesmerized by the last name I didn't even notice the first name. Must have been tough to grow up as Kumble.

 

[BlueandOG]

Will parking still be outrageous at $45 dollars at Gillette for this game? Because I'd love to go to this game, but I'm also broke (hence me never seeing the Patriots play there).

Parking is FREE at Gillette for UMAss games. THey practically beg people to go.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

LOL, I was so mesmerized by the last name I didn't even notice the first name. Must have been tough to grow up as Kumble.

For an Indian, not so unusual. umess is still a mess.

 

[J187Money]

Parking is FREE at Gillette for UMAss games. THey practically beg people to go.

Whew.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Whew.

That must be a relief Haha. I'll have a beer for you at my tailgate.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

495 rush hour has gotten a LOT worse. I was working in Hopkinton, then Franklin, now Hopkinton again, and the commute difference from 5 years ago is significant. More people and more employers setting up on 495. Boston and 128 are saturated and costly, even for office space. North isn't bad, you could live in Nashua...unless you had to get to Boston.

I lived in Salem NH for 5 years and commuted to Boston. It was miserable. Drove straight down I-93 to Wellington Station (Orange Subway Line). The drive was 35 miles and could take anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours. Fridays in the summer, I would leave work at 5:30 and catch a movie at the Boston Common Theater leave there at 7:30 and get home at 8:30 because if I tried going straight home, I would get home between 7:30 and 8:00.

 

[APA]

Nm

 

[APA]

I have no issue with UMass outside of the old Calapari days. The problem with UMass is that it most resident view it as a safety school behind Harvard, MIT. BU, BC (gag me), Northeastern, Amherst, Tufts, Williams, etc. and its on the wrong end of the state with respect to support from Beacon Hill as those guys (and gals) barely acknowledge that the Bay State extends beyond I-495. Thus, it will also have a problem with funding and the faculty union there would like to abolish most of the athletic department, especially the football team. It's a tough spot.

As for football, if UConn is going to schedule OCC games outside of the P5, UMass will at least generate interest and hopefully decent attendance versus games against Western Michigan (no disrespect to the Broncos, just there is not 'connection' between Storrs and Kalamazoo) and to be honest, most of the AAC.

Uconn is also a safety school behind those schools. Be serious.