Why the Conference winning matters

[BlueMAB]

Well the first week of December games will go away unless it's a conference championship game.

It's clear to everyone but a few posters they draw better on Thursday of Labor Day weekend than Saturday.

TV picks a lot of start times so not a whole hell of a lot they can do on that one.

This is not the correct forum to share facts.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Don't agree:
1) Even though we scheduled BYU this coming year, it's better to start with teams who need a revenue day while we get "game bugs" out....
2)playing opener on Thurs nite is better to get a) more TV sets watching UCONN football. & b) gives us 9-10 days until next game & c) Labor day crowd not compromised with Thurs nite game
3)Want more games at 7:00PM not later and open the gates at 9AM - not 3:30 for a night game so we can start with bloody Mary's and go all day.
4)I'll take any December game at the Rent against the likes of Memphis, SMU, Houston, USF & UCF and anybody else from a hot as* *s client.

We can't afford early season guarantee games. MAC and Sun Belt teams go for over $1MM a game. We can afford Rhode Island level competition.

I hope and expect that our cream puff games will be in conference. We have to play a minimum of two quality opponents OOC to have any national credibility and to sell season tickets.

If they opened the gates at 9 am for a 7 pm kickoff, that would give me time for two naps.

 

[Colt house75]

We can't afford early season guarantee games. MAC and Sun Belt teams go for over $1MM a game. We can afford Rhode Island level competition.

I hope and expect that our cream puff games will be in conference. We have to play a minimum of two quality opponents OOC to have any national credibility and to sell season tickets.

If they opened the gates at 9 am for a 7 pm kickoff, that would give me time for two naps.

I would like to open up with cream puff OOC followed by at least 2 quality OOC games at a minimum.
At a minimum, we need to open the gates earlier to accommodate people traveling, alleviate the 5:OO pm traffic in and around Hartford for those of us traveling, and, most of all...
my pet peeve: if people started tailgating by noon instead of 3:30 ( three hours earlier for a night game), we might be able to get more people in their seats by kickoff.......whatever it takes.

 

[SAMCRO]

I like playing a better team opening week. Looking back, we've had better total season success when opening up with a BCS or better MAC team (we may have had better teams those years too, I dunno). It creates a greater sense of urgency coming into camp and during camp (and I'm assuming off-season training). We may win, we may lose, but historically speaking the team has been better for the totality of the season. I love us opening with BYU.