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Post by trimster on Mar 6, 2021 12:30:03 GMT -5
I see where the Eagles are playing the Minutemen next September in Amherst. Interesting.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 6, 2021 22:54:12 GMT -5
I see where the Eagles are playing the Minutemen next September in Amherst. Interesting. They will go to Umass but not Fitton. A joke. More seats at Fitton. I don’t want to hear anymore about wasting away games for BC. They are going to play Umass. (18-81) since they joined FBS. Enough. We know BC is in FBS but they have no shot at making the postseason. It’s time for college football teams to start playing regional rivals. Get fans excited about going to games again! |
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2021 23:31:10 GMT -5
If the post season means any Bowl game, BC does make them.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 6, 2021 23:53:24 GMT -5
Umass is FBS so bc expects a win there and then can play a qualifying FCS team (Colgate this coming season) in expectation of a second win. Then all they have to do is go 4-6 the rest of the way and they are bowling.
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 6, 2021 23:54:30 GMT -5
I see where the Eagles are playing the Minutemen next September in Amherst. Interesting. They will go to Umass but not Fitton. A joke. More seats at Fitton. I don’t want to hear anymore about wasting away games for BC. They are going to play Umass. (18-81) since they joined FBS. Enough. We know BC is in FBS but they have no shot at making the postseason. It’s time for college football teams to start playing regional rivals. Get fans excited about going to games again! Well, FBS teams VERY rarely go to a FCS school ever. Is Army going to Yale a few years ago the biggest example? |
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Post by trimster on Mar 7, 2021 7:49:13 GMT -5
If the post season means any Bowl game, BC does make them. I believe 2/3 or 3/4 of the 1A football schools make a bowl game. It’s become a bit of a joke. We had a 6-7 year and played in the Poulan Weedeater Bluebonnet Bowl in front of 3,000 fans. |
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Post by hchoops on Mar 7, 2021 8:14:58 GMT -5
Who are “we” in “we had a 6-7year” ?
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Post by trimster on Mar 7, 2021 8:20:37 GMT -5
Who are “we” in “we had a 6-7year” ? Not HC but any of the many 1A football programs who can say that by January of any given year. |
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 9:38:54 GMT -5
Who cares about playing a bowl game nobody is going to watch? 6 wins is only 500.
Why does that deserve postseason?
Problem FBS teams is they think all Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State but as we have seen those teams have dominated their conferences.
Winning games by margins of 35 or more points.
What does that say about the lower conferences in FBS.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 7, 2021 10:17:59 GMT -5
Most likely the choice was between McGuirk and Gillette and with so-so attendance the most likely scenario for 2021 coupled with UMass' weak team, it's a smart move to go to the smaller venue.
BC played exactly one game in the renovated Fitton and I'd bet that number never increases.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 7, 2021 10:31:35 GMT -5
The BC-UMess game was originally sked for Foxboro, and then in Jan it was announced in would be moved to Amh. If full capacity is allowed it will be the biggest crowd at McGuirk in UMess's dismal 1A history, though that isn't saying much...
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Post by trimster on Mar 7, 2021 11:03:33 GMT -5
Most likely the choice was between McGuirk and Gillette and with so-so attendance the most likely scenario for 2021 coupled with UMass' weak team, it's a smart move to go to the smaller venue. BC played exactly one game in the renovated Fitton and I'd bet that number never increases. Let's just say BC does play at Fitton again and in the near future to boot. Would the game be a sellout? |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 7, 2021 11:20:44 GMT -5
^ No.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 11:56:51 GMT -5
Most likely the choice was between McGuirk and Gillette and with so-so attendance the most likely scenario for 2021 coupled with UMass' weak team, it's a smart move to go to the smaller venue. BC played exactly one game in the renovated Fitton and I'd bet that number never increases. Let's just say BC does play at Fitton again and in the near future to boot. Would the game be a sellout? Not even a question it would be! Night Game, no question. What is the marquee game college football fans in this area have to go to? I really want this to happen someday. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 7, 2021 12:02:58 GMT -5
^ This isn't 1986.
You're nuts if you think anyone short of Alabama is going to draw 23,500 to Fitton ever again.
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 12:29:40 GMT -5
^ This isn't 1986. You're nuts if you think anyone short of Alabama is going to draw 23,500 to Fitton ever again. You can believe whatever you want. People on this board say they don't play opponents worthy enough of drawing big crowds? Now they get a really good opponent and people will not go. Are you trying to tell me the average Worcester Sports fan is going to go to more games against Lafayette or BC? I am pretty sure ACTP you would make it a point to go to a HC vs BC game and many of your friends and this entire board would be headed to Fitton. People are going to circle this game on the calendar. How do you know HC can't draw 23,500 if everybody had your attitude nobody would go ever. Do you think HC football drew 20,000 fans in 1894? How they sell out in years throughout the 20th century? What year do you think Fitton was the fullest? It takes a successful program and excitement around the team. You watch what a night game does. |
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Post by hchoops on Mar 7, 2021 13:21:24 GMT -5
About how many HC fans were at the BC game in Chestnut Hill ?
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Post by Tom on Mar 7, 2021 15:06:20 GMT -5
They will go to Umass but not Fitton. A joke. More seats at Fitton. I don’t want to hear anymore about wasting away games for BC. They are going to play Umass. (18-81) since they joined FBS. Enough. We know BC is in FBS but they have no shot at making the postseason. It’s time for college football teams to start playing regional rivals. Get fans excited about going to games again! Well, FBS teams VERY rarely go to a FCS school ever. Is Army going to Yale a few years ago the biggest example? Are there any examples of FBS playing at FCS in the last 6 years? That was an independent FBS travelling to an Ivy League FCS. When was the last time an FBS school with a conference affiliation travelled to and FCS school? How about a member of a P-5 conference? We can't get BC hoops hasn't been to the Centrum in almost a decade. The BC hoops team hasn't set foot on Mt St James this century. I don't think BC football from the mighty ACC will be travelling to HC or any FCS school in the near future |
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 15:28:24 GMT -5
Well, FBS teams VERY rarely go to a FCS school ever. Is Army going to Yale a few years ago the biggest example? Are there any examples of FBS playing at FCS in the last 6 years? That was an independent FBS travelling to an Ivy League FCS. When was the last time an FBS school with a conference affiliation travelled to and FCS school? How about a member of a P-5 conference? We can't get BC hoops hasn't been to the Centrum in almost a decade. The BC hoops team hasn't set foot on Mt St James this century. I don't think BC football from the mighty ACC will be travelling to HC or any FCS school in the near future Tom BC hoops won't play us because last time they got crushed. Also BC hoops is nothing special. HC has a President from BC and an AD from BC. That can't hurt. |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 7, 2021 15:45:59 GMT -5
^ This isn't 1986. You're nuts if you think anyone short of Alabama is going to draw 23,500 to Fitton ever again. You can believe whatever you want. People on this board say they don't play opponents worthy enough of drawing big crowds? Now they get a really good opponent and people will not go. Are you trying to tell me the average Worcester Sports fan is going to go to more games against Lafayette or BC? I am pretty sure ACTP you would make it a point to go to a HC vs BC game and many of your friends and this entire board would be headed to Fitton. People are going to circle this game on the calendar. How do you know HC can't draw 23,500 if everybody had your attitude nobody would go ever. Do you think HC football drew 20,000 fans in 1894? How they sell out in years throughout the 20th century? What year do you think Fitton was the fullest? It takes a successful program and excitement around the team. You watch what a night game does. I don't think you are old enough to remember when Fitton was nearly full, or even full. The aerial photo of a nearly full Fitton that is still used is of, I believe, Yale at HC one year in the 80s. The demographics of Worcester have changed greatly over the past 30-40 years. How many HC fans, who are not alums, from Worcester traveled to Chestnut Hill several years ago for BC-HC: a hundred? less than a hundred? |
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 16:14:50 GMT -5
You can believe whatever you want. People on this board say they don't play opponents worthy enough of drawing big crowds? Now they get a really good opponent and people will not go. Are you trying to tell me the average Worcester Sports fan is going to go to more games against Lafayette or BC? I am pretty sure ACTP you would make it a point to go to a HC vs BC game and many of your friends and this entire board would be headed to Fitton. People are going to circle this game on the calendar. How do you know HC can't draw 23,500 if everybody had your attitude nobody would go ever. Do you think HC football drew 20,000 fans in 1894? How they sell out in years throughout the 20th century? What year do you think Fitton was the fullest? It takes a successful program and excitement around the team. You watch what a night game does. I don't think you are old enough to remember when Fitton was nearly full, or even full. The aerial photo of a nearly full Fitton that is still used is of, I believe, Yale at HC one year in the 80s. The demographics of Worcester have changed greatly over the past 30-40 years. How many HC fans, who are not alums, from Worcester traveled to Chestnut Hill several years ago for BC-HC: a hundred? less than a hundred? Your right Phreek I was born in 1999 But I hope I will be an HC football fan for a long time and will see big crowds at Fitton. Things change over the years. HC fans not going to BC is still traveling to a road game that is further away then going to Fitton. |
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2021 16:28:55 GMT -5
Give Coach Chesney a chance to sink his teeth into Holy Cross football before placing any ceiling on the program. There's a promo video I saw during the HC Field Hockey Game while waiting for WBB to begin. It shows Coach Chesney getting to the Luth before dawn with a load of enthusiasm. I'm not putting any limits on what he can achieve.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 7, 2021 16:31:28 GMT -5
You can believe whatever you want. People on this board say they don't play opponents worthy enough of drawing big crowds? Now they get a really good opponent and people will not go. Are you trying to tell me the average Worcester Sports fan is going to go to more games against Lafayette or BC? I am pretty sure ACTP you would make it a point to go to a HC vs BC game and many of your friends and this entire board would be headed to Fitton. People are going to circle this game on the calendar. How do you know HC can't draw 23,500 if everybody had your attitude nobody would go ever. Do you think HC football drew 20,000 fans in 1894? How they sell out in years throughout the 20th century? What year do you think Fitton was the fullest? It takes a successful program and excitement around the team. You watch what a night game does. I don't think you are old enough to remember when Fitton was nearly full, or even full. The aerial photo of a nearly full Fitton that is still used is of, I believe, Yale at HC one year in the 80s. The demographics of Worcester have changed greatly over the past 30-40 years. How many HC fans, who are not alums, from Worcester traveled to Chestnut Hill several years ago for BC-HC: a hundred? less than a hundred? That was the epic match up between Rich Diana from Yale and Gil the Thrill, and it didn't disappoint, even though HC lost. |
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Post by Tom on Mar 7, 2021 19:02:06 GMT -5
Are there any examples of FBS playing at FCS in the last 6 years? That was an independent FBS travelling to an Ivy League FCS. When was the last time an FBS school with a conference affiliation travelled to and FCS school? How about a member of a P-5 conference? We can't get BC hoops hasn't been to the Centrum in almost a decade. The BC hoops team hasn't set foot on Mt St James this century. I don't think BC football from the mighty ACC will be travelling to HC or any FCS school in the near future Tom BC hoops won't play us because last time they got crushed. Also BC hoops is nothing special. HC has a President from BC and an AD from BC. That can't hurt. Yes, BC hasn't played HC since that HC blowout. However, for the 15 years prior to that, the best BC would do for their fellow Jesuit and in state institution was two games on BC's home court and one at a neutral court close to HC. That's the deal for two programs that the NCAA classify as the same. The NCAA does not classify the football programs the same. HC is in a lower subdivision than BC. BC at HC might be the most probable case of a team from a P-5 conference playing at an FCS school, but I really think that's just the difference between slim and none |
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Post by thecrossisback on Mar 7, 2021 20:25:47 GMT -5
Tom BC hoops won't play us because last time they got crushed. Also BC hoops is nothing special. HC has a President from BC and an AD from BC. That can't hurt. Yes, BC hasn't played HC since that HC blowout. However, for the 15 years prior to that, the best BC would do for their fellow Jesuit and in state institution was two games on BC's home court and one at a neutral court close to HC. That's the deal for two programs that the NCAA classify as the same. The NCAA does not classify the football programs the same. HC is in a lower subdivision than BC. BC at HC might be the most probable case of a team from a P-5 conference playing at an FCS school, but I really think that's just the difference between slim and none Yeah, Jackson State might be able to get somebody to come to them. Stadium is really big. I just hate the notion around the power 5. Over 50 teams are considered power 5 and yet only 15 could ever make that Final Four.. Let’s hope the Cross keeps winning and makes the FCS playoffs. Makes a run in a real tournament. Instead of the popularity contest of the Final 4 in FBS. FCS tournament does have flaws but I think it is much better. One is the travel. |
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