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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by KahunaK » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:02 am

Good things UMASS didn't change to the Grey Wolves or it would have been an ugly color showdown.

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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Old Cage » Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:27 pm

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:50 amNews to me... not the Arkansas school I wanted to see on the schedule....
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:35 pm

Old Cage wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:27 pm
InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:50 amNews to me... not the Arkansas school I wanted to see on the schedule....
UA-Pine Bluff was not available.

Darn it!


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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Sheck » Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:18 pm

We'll take em! This is probably a series UConn would have snatched up if we didn't. Always good to get the November dates taken care of.
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Steve81 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:25 am

Like the idea tossed about on other boards regarding UConn's 2020 independent schedule.
Moving the away 9/3 game to 12/5, which will open up the date for a season opening home game.
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Post by Sheck » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:19 pm

Steve81 wrote: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:25 am Like the idea tossed about on other boards regarding UConn's 2020 independent schedule.
Moving the away 9/3 game to 12/5, which will open up the date for a season opening home game.
Against who though? I guess it would make sense if the Albany game could be moved from week 3 to week 1, but it's going to be tough to find a team with a week 1 opening that is willing to come to McGuirk.
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Steve81 » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:30 pm

Yes, said that wrong. It's mostly about UConn having an opening. We're at 12 games so it would be Troy. Michael Traini had an idea involving switching the FIU game to 9/3 and UConn filling the FUI date on 10/24. Then FIU would be our home opener. Not the best team, as don't think we beat them and starting the season with a lose is never good for attendance. Think we should not worry about doing UConn favors. They don't want to play us BB after their loss in was it 2001-02 season.
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by tdmass » Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:40 am

^ It was 2004-05 Laps last year!

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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by MJatUM » Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:16 pm

If you're looking to start the season with a win midas whale schedule an FCS opponent. Because that big home win in week 1 worked out so well for us last year...

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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Steve81 » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:05 pm

MJatUM wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:16 pm If you're looking to start the season with a win midas whale schedule an FCS opponent. Because that big home win in week 1 worked out so well for us last year...
You should not be throwing stones at Football when you look at the basketball schedule.
Opening with Western New England College.

Football had 62,312 attendance for 6 games and basketball had 47,737 for around 20 games.

Current attendance in both sports Football and Basketball shown the UMasss die-hart and casual fan cares more about football. We were in the NCAA in 2014 so basketball has been bad for 4 years or less and attendance was 47,737 and average 2652 or 27.9% capacity. Football has been bad for 10 years and we had 62,312 attendance and average 10,385 or 61.1 percent of capacity.
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Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:17 pm

Steve81 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:05 pm
You should not be throwing stones at Football when you look at the basketball schedule.
Opening with Western New England College.

That was an exhibition. They opened the season at home vs Lowell.
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by Steve81 » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:20 pm

InnervisionsUMASS wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:17 pm
Steve81 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:05 pm
You should not be throwing stones at Football when you look at the basketball schedule.
Opening with Western New England College.

That was an exhibition. They opened the season at home vs Lowell.
Do the pro basketball first fans want to go out on a limb and predict with 18 games, they will have higher total attendance than 6 football games?
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by TruBluMaroon » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:24 pm

^^ NICE....WSU and Springfield College in previous two (2) years......so do they go to Amherst College or The Elms for four (4) straight Pioneer Valley D3 hoop teams for the schedule. I know the cynics will have an easy answer to one (1) of the choices for next year!!
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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by InnervisionsUMASS » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:28 pm

Steve81 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:20 pm Do the pro basketball first fans want to go out on a limb and predict with 18 games, they will have higher total attendance than 6 football games?

What does that have to do with being wrong about who the basketball team opened the season with?



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Re: future scheduling talk

Post by MJatUM » Mon Jul 29, 2019 2:48 pm

How did my comment possibly sidetrack to the freaking hoops team opening (incorrectly) against WNEC.

My point is a win in week one is far from a guarantee against ANY FBS school. If anything I would think we'd have a better shot in week one than later in the year. Also my point was: a guaranteed win in week one makes little if any impact on future attendance figures as we saw last year. And if you want to do the attendance bet, find me somewhere that records the actual football attendance and I will take your bet.

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