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RE: UMass Football - Eldonabe - 08-25-2017 02:43 PM (08-25-2017 01:26 PM)johnbragg Wrote:(08-25-2017 07:56 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:(08-23-2017 06:47 PM)johnbragg Wrote: [quote='Eldonabe' pid='14521554' dateline='1503502962'] Well then don't be a jerk :-) !! My rambling is about a few things that are and are not directly related - Umass winning games and getting our pathetic student body there to see them play. We need more attendance - period. I didn't say anything about Umass winning those games. The students don't care if we play Akron or Miami (Oh) or Ball state - those schools mean absolutely nothing to them whether we win or not - because there is absolutely no cache` to those "names" even if we are in the same conference. A team like BYU and even Hawaii sounds "more impressive" and people up here have heard of them at least so that brings a little more interest. Of course more wins will bring more people in, but just a better opponent will help too. Using basketball - a crappy Umass basketball team playing Kennesaw State will draw 2,500 (maybe). But the same crappy Umass Basketball team playing St John's or Depaul will probably draw 1,000 or more additional fans - not because the odd sof us winning changed (we suck either way), but just because those teams have more name recognition. Football or basketball - if Umass was 0 and 30 and Uconn came to town the building would be full - if we were 0 and 30 and Akron came to town, they would be hard pressed to get 2,000 if the tickets were free. RE: UMass Football - panama - 08-25-2017 04:03 PM (08-25-2017 01:26 PM)johnbragg Wrote:Oh Gawd...Sagarin Card Deployed....(08-25-2017 07:56 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:(08-23-2017 06:47 PM)johnbragg Wrote: [quote='Eldonabe' pid='14521554' dateline='1503502962'] Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk RE: UMass Football - johnbragg - 08-25-2017 04:45 PM (08-25-2017 02:43 PM)Eldonabe Wrote: I didn't say anything about Umass winning those games. The students don't care if we play Akron or Miami (Oh) or Ball state - those schools mean absolutely nothing to them whether we win or not - because there is absolutely no cache` to those "names" even if we are in the same conference. A team like BYU and even Hawaii sounds "more impressive" and people up here have heard of them at least so that brings a little more interest. Of course more wins will bring more people in, but just a better opponent will help too. Ok, that makes sense. And there's always the chance you win--upthread apparently Vegas has you at only -2 for the Hawaii game. RE: UMass Football - Steve1981 - 08-25-2017 04:49 PM (08-25-2017 04:45 PM)johnbragg Wrote:(08-25-2017 02:43 PM)Eldonabe Wrote: I didn't say anything about Umass winning those games. The students don't care if we play Akron or Miami (Oh) or Ball state - those schools mean absolutely nothing to them whether we win or not - because there is absolutely no cache` to those "names" even if we are in the same conference. A team like BYU and even Hawaii sounds "more impressive" and people up here have heard of them at least so that brings a little more interest. Of course more wins will bring more people in, but just a better opponent will help too. Underdogdynasty has us by 6. This can't be right, we're the #130 FBS rated pre-season team. Quote:Prediction https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2017/8/25/16203090/umass-v-hawaii-preview-how-to-watch-game-time-and-betting-odds-miuntemen-andrew-ford Ticket sales look pretty good, 8 sections with low availability and one one section with medium availability. The rest seemed reserved for group sales. Schools not in season so no students and the band will be around 20% of strength. http://ev3.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:MASS:F17:F01:&linkID=umass&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=FBA&cgc=&RSRC=UMWebsite&RDAT=SplashPage&utm_source=UMWebsite&utm_medium=SplashPage&utm_content=SplashPage Adding some color from Parker comic con RE: UMass Football - Steve1981 - 08-26-2017 09:13 AM GAME DAY IS HERE!!! Man o man it's game day. Really excited and peeked at the ticket chart and very encouraging. 60% of the stadium is grayed out or no tickets available, the other 40% is low availability. Do I believe the ticket chart 100%, no, but hoping to be pleasantly surprised by the crowd and atmosphere. Too bad we don't start school for another week and will miss the flow and energy of the student marsh pits. Anyhow if you are outside of New England and know many of you are. You can watch the game for free at 6 PM EST. http://www.umassathletics.com/watch/?Live=146&type=Live Oh how good a win will feel. Come on, Go UMass!!! RE: UMass Football - JMU2004 - 08-26-2017 05:15 PM (08-26-2017 09:13 AM)Steve1981 Wrote: GAME DAY IS HERE!!! So far, the stadium seems about 50-60% full. RE: UMass Football - billybobby777 - 08-26-2017 09:26 PM Well, UMASS came close to winning. What was the final attendance numbers? RE: UMass Football - Steve1981 - 08-26-2017 09:40 PM Not sure, just feel pain. RE: UMass Football - HawaiiMongoose - 08-26-2017 11:58 PM (08-26-2017 09:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: Well, UMASS came close to winning. What was the final attendance numbers? Attendance was 12,145. RE: UMass Football - Sitting bull - 08-27-2017 08:32 AM That would be a decent crowd, not great, in CAA/FCS. RE: UMass Football - JMU2004 - 08-27-2017 09:32 AM (08-26-2017 11:58 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:(08-26-2017 09:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: Well, UMASS came close to winning. What was the final attendance numbers? Ooph. RE: UMass Football - NJ2MDTerp - 08-27-2017 09:49 AM (08-27-2017 08:32 AM)Sitting bull Wrote: That would be a decent crowd, not great, in CAA/FCS.Per Wikipedia, the capacity at McGuirk Stadium is 17,000. RE: UMass Football - BigHouston - 08-27-2017 10:41 AM Pretty certain UMass numbers would be better if they were in the AAC, with a new football stadium of course. RE: UMass Football - Steve1981 - 08-27-2017 10:55 AM (08-27-2017 09:32 AM)JMU2004 Wrote:(08-26-2017 11:58 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:(08-26-2017 09:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: Well, UMASS came close to winning. What was the final attendance numbers? No students on campus, 3k plus would have changed those number close to a sell-out. The last 4 year slide in FCS followed by 5 terrible years as FBS, certainly hurts. There was so much riding on this game it really hurts in the syhcey as nothing has changed. We played a 7 win G5 team close so there is progress, but we need wins at this point and it just hurts. The last 4 years of fcs were bad when Brown left and Morris took over and the cupboard was totally empty at the dawn of FBS era. It will take time but man it's so painfully. We are just getting up to FBS recruitment and playing freshmen. Like Jesse Britt, who dropped the fair catch and they recovered and then scored. He was one of the best players we have and listen. UMass drops the ball against Hawai'i 35-38 RE: UMass Football - NJ2MDTerp - 08-27-2017 11:08 AM You guys should hire either Al Golden or Greg Schiano to turn around the program. RE: UMass Football - BearcatJerry - 08-27-2017 12:45 PM (08-27-2017 10:41 AM)BigHouston Wrote: Pretty certain UMass numbers would be better if they were in the AAC, with a new football stadium of course. Wha??? What in the world would cause you to "think" that? (I'm dead serious here... What empirical evidence, your wishful thinking not withstanding, possibly supports such a thought?) RE: UMass Football - Eldonabe - 08-28-2017 07:45 AM (08-27-2017 11:08 AM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote: You guys should hire either Al Golden or Greg Schiano to turn around the program. When you pay an FBS Head Coach the equivalent of what you would flip to a panhandler at an intersection, you are going to get what you pay for............. RE: UMass Football - Steve1981 - 08-28-2017 01:23 PM Going to post the part of Mike Traini's recap. Quote:Instead of an important, momentum-gathering victory, the Minutemen began their season just like the past five years, with a loss. This loss in particular was difficult to take.[/quote] http://umass.247sports.com/Article/Hawaii-Rainbow-Warriors-v-Massachusetts-Minutemen-game-recap-106575499 RE: UMass Football - Eldonabe - 08-28-2017 01:53 PM (08-27-2017 10:55 AM)Steve1981 Wrote:(08-27-2017 09:32 AM)JMU2004 Wrote:(08-26-2017 11:58 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:(08-26-2017 09:26 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: Well, UMASS came close to winning. What was the final attendance numbers? I am not sure how to describe that presser? Frustration - Indignation - Bored - lackluster - embarrassed..... He looked like that was THE last place he wanted to be at that particular moment. I wish he owned that prevent offense scheme they decided to go with when they could have iced the game. That was just dumb on every level. You have about 4 net yards up the middle for the entire game so you decide to kill clock buy running your least effective play set at that moment..... The opposite of Brilliant! RE: UMass Football - NJ2MDTerp - 08-29-2017 02:50 PM (08-28-2017 07:45 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:Hey...I want to see UMass football succeed but I was surprised that the school would give Whipple a second go around, especially considering that he had no FBS level experience and was out of coaching at the time of his hiring. That said, if there's no substantive improvement by the end of year 3, I think the school should seriously consider either Golden or Schiano. Both have built FBS programs from ground up, are still young and can tap into the NJ/PA talent UMass needs.(08-27-2017 11:08 AM)NJ2MDTerp Wrote: You guys should hire either Al Golden or Greg Schiano to turn around the program. |