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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 18, 2021 20:50:30 GMT -5
Stony Brook keeping pace with #4 Oregon 17-7 at the half.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 18, 2021 21:29:55 GMT -5
HC 20 / Yale 17 - FINAL Princeton 32 / Lehigh 0 - FINAL Harvard 44 / Georgetown 9 - FINAL UNH 19 / Lafayette 13 - FINAL William&Mary 27 / Colgate 7 - FINAL Pennsylvania 30 / Bucknell 6 - FINAL FAU 45 / Fordham 14 - FINAL
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 18, 2021 21:53:51 GMT -5
Final FAU 42 Fordham 14
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 19, 2021 3:09:31 GMT -5
That Fordham score is deceptive. It was a much closer game than the 45-14 score would indicate.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Sept 19, 2021 5:24:25 GMT -5
Semi interesting score, Fresno State beat UCLA.
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Post by sader1970 on Sept 19, 2021 6:35:19 GMT -5
When I tuned in, the Rams had just scored their 2nd and last TD on a long Demorat pass to make it 28-14 but while they got their hopes up they were still down 2 TDs with under 10 minutes left.
The roof caved in and the Rams quickly lost any momentum as about 2 minutes later FAU scored another TD and the Demorat threw a pick 6 which sealed it and FAU finished it off with an unnecessary FG.
While this is true for any QB, Demorat isn't nearly as good when he's under pressure. Not sure how much we can put on him when we play them.
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Post by hc87 on Sept 20, 2021 11:44:02 GMT -5
Week 4 will be up tonight God willing
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 20, 2021 14:36:00 GMT -5
Week 4 will be up tonight God willing Perfect afternoon to walk the dog on the beach. We can wait until Tuesday if necessary.🙂
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Post by hc87 on Sept 20, 2021 16:45:58 GMT -5
Just did...and yes it was.....Week 4 up shortly.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 21, 2021 13:29:31 GMT -5
Some sobering attendance numbers from last weekend at Lafayette - 2623 at Georgetown - 2509 at Colgate - 1165 at Yale - 3987 (and some better ones) at Bucknell - 5856 (family weekend) at Lehigh - 7050
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 21, 2021 13:31:58 GMT -5
Some sobering attendance numbers from last weekend at Lafayette - 2623 at Georgetown - 2509 at Colgate - 1165 at Yale - 3987 (and some better ones) at Bucknell - 5856 (family weekend) at Lehigh - 7050 What the (heck) else is there to do in Hamilton, NY? They might have sent more people to BC. The Colgate President was at Alumni Stadium along with Joe Castiglione and probably Mike Millbury.
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Post by hc87 on Sept 21, 2021 13:43:19 GMT -5
It is disconcerting....possibly pushed down by covid issues/fears.
At what point though, do PL schools and other FCS schools start to question having a program at that level given the cost of competing at this level? Are having crowds of 1-3K at football games sustainable at the FCS-level? I realize there is a new dynamic today and actual crowd-size isn't the whole story when people can watch on TV/online now but these sparse crowds, particularly in a big venue like the Yale Bowl, give off bad optics as to the viabilty/health of FCS football.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 21, 2021 14:02:23 GMT -5
It is disconcerting....possibly pushed down by covid issues/fears. At what point though, do PL schools and other FCS schools start to question having a program at that level given the cost of competing at this level? Are having crowds of 1-3K at football games sustainable at the FCS-level? I realize there is a new dynamic today and actual crowd-size isn't the whole story when people can watch on TV/online now but these sparse crowds, particularly in a big venue like the Yale Bowl, give off bad optics as to the viabilty/health of FCS football. Possibly schools could look at the scholarship cost as a wash. 60 full tuition equivalents for 100 or so student athletes compared to the net degradation of the overall college character ( hard to measure obviously) if FB was dropped. Then there are the salaries, equipment, travel and facilities. You hope that is balanced somewhat by alumni donations, tickets, concessions and advertising. Thus making the nuclear option of dropping football unattractive and almost an admission the school is circling the drain. Although Mt. Ida and Becker had FB teams to the bitter end. I think FCS is an ideal level for HC and hope fans will return post pandemic and/or HC can monetize streaming to some extent.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 21, 2021 15:10:51 GMT -5
It is disconcerting....possibly pushed down by covid issues/fears. At what point though, do PL schools and other FCS schools start to question having a program at that level given the cost of competing at this level? Are having crowds of 1-3K at football games sustainable at the FCS-level? I realize there is a new dynamic today and actual crowd-size isn't the whole story when people can watch on TV/online now but these sparse crowds, particularly in a big venue like the Yale Bowl, give off bad optics as to the viabilty/health of FCS football. Possibly schools could look at the scholarship cost as a wash. 60 full tuition equivalents for 100 or so student athletes compared to the net degradation of the overall college character ( hard to measure obviously) if FB was dropped. Then there are the salaries, equipment, travel and facilities. You hope that is balanced somewhat by alumni donations, tickets, concessions and advertising. Thus making the nuclear option of dropping football unattractive and almost an admission the school is circling the drain. Although Mt. Ida and Becker had FB teams to the bitter end. I think FCS is an ideal level for HC and hope fans will return post pandemic and/or HC can monetize streaming to some extent. Just thinking about my response. B.U., Northeastern and Fairfield all appear to be doing better than ever after dropping FB. So my thoughts may not be the most reliable. I just don't think addition by substraction would work in HC's case. HC has positioned itself as a premium brand at a premium price, which makes cutting things problematic.
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Post by hc87 on Sept 21, 2021 15:28:53 GMT -5
I think HC is a bit of an outlier, attendance-wise, for a smaller school at the FCS-level. It has a century-plus tradition of playing football, an alumni-base that is still pretty committed to football (though, is that changing with many alums undah 40 or so?), it's in area that could draw a decent # of subway-alums and it seems to supported by the administration for a variety of reasons: alumni engagement/donations, balancing the gender-ratio of the enrollment etc.
Believe me, I'm the last guy that wants us to drop football at this level. I too think it's a tremendous level for us and for college football in general....actual student-athletes representative of their student bodies much moreso than you'll see at many FBS schools.
Just somewhat concerned of the viability in general of FCS football (particularly in the Northeast) with attendence at these levels, general interest of this level of football mostly ignored or covered sparingly by whatevah the media is today at this moment in time.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 21, 2021 17:01:18 GMT -5
UMass drew 12000 for their BC game and 7000 last Saturday for the Eastern Michigan contest
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Post by gks on Sept 21, 2021 18:06:22 GMT -5
It's almost like local rivalries and opponents make a difference......
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 21, 2021 19:19:17 GMT -5
^
UMass drew very well when they were in the CAA through a combination that they were usually very good, and played schools that people cared to see.
You could fit the amount of people in New England who care to watch EMU in a phone booth. "Name" opponents are required to draw well when you stink - at any school, in any sport.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 21, 2021 20:10:59 GMT -5
^ UMass drew very well when they were in the CAA through a combination that they were usually very good, and played schools that people cared to see. You could fit the amount of people in New England who care to watch EMU in a phone booth. "Name" opponents are required to draw well when you stink - at any school, in any sport. The UMASS-Holy Cross opener in 2007 drew 15K at McGuirk. This was a Minuteman team coming off a I-AA title game appearance. The UNH-UMass game (or games, might have been several) at Gillette Stadium drew tens of thousands more than any of the FBS teams that came to play them there.
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