CuyahogaCuse
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UMass says hello.
POLL: Schedule Yukon Again?
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CuseGrad94
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No thanks, I voted no. I remember that beat down I sat thru in the pouring rain at the Rent and I dont ever want to help them at anything...ever
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I get your point and my respect for UCan't warrants such. I am thinking more of an easy trip for the NYC alumni and fans. UCan't's "home" game in NYC proper would work.
We should schedule 1-0-1 series with them, where the schools play in Syracuse and then the schools play a neutral game (like in Yankee Stadium or Fenway). It would work really well for both schools.
The neutral game would give a connection to both school’s Boston/NYC alums/donors.
It would give UConn football nostalgia/a meaningful game in the northeast.
It would give Syracuse the equivalent of a 3-1 (counting homes games as 1 and neutral games as 0.5, it would be 1.5-0.5, which is the same as 3-1) - all without costing SU *any* home FB games (we might even get cut of the neutral site TV rights above and beyond ACC payouts). UConn would also be a very easily winnable game against a school that will always have an interesting storyline (we have an institutional hatred of UConn, and they’re jealous of us).
*It might also be worth throwing the women’s BB team a bone and getting a 1-1 series against UConn out of it.
The neutral game would give a connection to both school’s Boston/NYC alums/donors.
It would give UConn football nostalgia/a meaningful game in the northeast.
It would give Syracuse the equivalent of a 3-1 (counting homes games as 1 and neutral games as 0.5, it would be 1.5-0.5, which is the same as 3-1) - all without costing SU *any* home FB games (we might even get cut of the neutral site TV rights above and beyond ACC payouts). UConn would also be a very easily winnable game against a school that will always have an interesting storyline (we have an institutional hatred of UConn, and they’re jealous of us).
*It might also be worth throwing the women’s BB team a bone and getting a 1-1 series against UConn out of it.
The two things UConn football is best at doing are stinking and sinking. Fear not. No amount of our help will save them.
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only if all games are at the Dome, absolutely no road games. Fu** Randy
So no ... if a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
Under absolutely no CIRCUMSTANCES should UConn ever get a 1-1 in football again.
JW has to know that the fanbase position on this. Now instead of playing Western Michigan 1-1 if UConn will do a 2 for 1 we should do it.
That or nothing.
JW has to know that the fanbase position on this. Now instead of playing Western Michigan 1-1 if UConn will do a 2 for 1 we should do it.
That or nothing.
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Back around when Flutie was still playing and BC suddenly had a decent fan base, Syracuse played BC in Foxborough at least once. I know i saw SU play BC there and am almost 100% sure Doug was their QB for that game.
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Nov 17, 1984. Game was at Foxboro.
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Yup. I was there.
I remember it being cold, wet, and miserable.
I think we also lost.
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It was in Foxborough, but it wasn't played at Gillette. The game was played at Sullivan Stadium (formerly Schaefer Stadium), which was razed in 2002 after Gillette Stadium was built.
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Why would we agree to EVER play at the Rent again?
I see zero value in that.
If we ever play them, it should be 2 games at the Dome, and 1 game at Giants Stadium.
The largest single bet I have ever made was on that game and I won it by half a pt.
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I hear you...but MetLife is too big.
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no games at U Conn, don't even want to do a neutral game. Dome only. The way I figure it, they are a slam dunk win, giving them a check will only prolong their agony as a football program, instead of having mercy and letting them die quickly. Also, if he is even around for much longer, it is priceless to see Edsall and his smug/arrogant/chip on the shoulder attitude get smacked around.
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