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Post by hcmawfawo on Dec 12, 2023 21:37:38 GMT -5
2024 will be here in the blink of an eye. The below countdown clock is tied to the 8/31 kickoff vs URI. Obviously lots of work for HC given recent developments. Look forward to ALL involved making the very best use of the time to show the best truly is yet to come for HC. GoCrossGo www.countdownclock.net/countdown?t=1725123600000&n=2024%20Holy%20Cross%20Crusader%20Kickoff%20vs%20URI@university of Rhode Island Aug 31 (Sat) University of New Hampshire Sep 7 (Sat) @bryant Sep 14 (Sat) Yale Sep 21 (Sat) @syracuse Sep 28 (Sat) @colgate Oct 5 (Sat) Fordham Oct 12 (Sat) @harvard Oct 19 (Sat) @lafayette Oct 26 (Sat) Lehigh Nov 9 (Sat) Bucknell Nov 16 (Sat) @georgetown Nov 23 (Sat)
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Post by Crucis#1 on Dec 12, 2023 22:04:58 GMT -5
The Fordham game will be the homecoming game. Unfortunately it will occur during the fall break for students.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 12, 2023 22:25:40 GMT -5
Holy Cross should schedule fall vacation (not to confused with Thanksgiving break) during the football bye week.
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Post by hc87 on Dec 12, 2023 23:08:01 GMT -5
Hopefully no Polar Park game next year.....
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Post by purplehaze on Dec 13, 2023 7:36:03 GMT -5
I heard from someone that Yale on Sep 21 is tentatively the Homecoming weekend
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 8:03:56 GMT -5
Criscis is correct. October 12, formerly known as Columbus Day and a close Classmate’s buddy birthday but now Indigenous People Day.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 8:07:11 GMT -5
Now, when will the Polar Park EBW game be? Much as I would hope we’d take a pass, not at all likely. Just a matter of which game. Would not think Homecoming.
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Post by alum on Dec 13, 2023 8:15:28 GMT -5
Some colleges schedule Homecoming and Family Weekend together. That eliminates the possiblity that Homecoming will occur on a weekend when the students are not around.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 13, 2023 8:19:46 GMT -5
If Yale is Homecoming, the PP game will be Fordham on 10/12.
FW versus Lehigh 11/9 with Senior Day week following.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 8:25:07 GMT -5
Both Crucis and I got direct info Homecoming is 10/12 directly from HC. So, unless they change their minds, that’s a fact.
EBW I’m guessing is Lehigh game. Yale too early. Not many “home” games to choose from that syncs with the WooSox availability of the field.
Unless, of course, Harvard had so much fun from the last game that they are willing to move from Harvard Stadium to Polar.😉😂
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 8:29:05 GMT -5
Oh, I do pray that HC won’t have the Homecoming game at Polar Park, you know, just to prove Worcester is “home” to the Crusaders! 😳
Bad enough Family Day was there one year.
Any chance it gets skipped in 2024?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 13, 2023 9:08:35 GMT -5
Both Crucis and I got direct info Homecoming is 10/12 directly from HC. So, unless they change their minds, that’s a fact. EBW I’m guessing is Lehigh game. Yale too early. Not many “home” games to choose from that syncs with the WooSox availability of the field. Unless, of course, Harvard had so much fun from the last game that they are willing to move from Harvard Stadium to Polar.😉😂 Or maybe no PP. I'm with 87 in maybe lets take a year off. I don't hate the idea but does it have to be every year?
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 13, 2023 9:09:28 GMT -5
Oh, I do pray that HC won’t have the Homecoming game at Polar Park, you know, just to prove Worcester is “home” to the Crusaders! 😳 Bad enough Family Day was there one year. Any chance it gets skipped in 2024? If Larry Lucchino sells the team before then.
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Post by hcmawfawo on Dec 13, 2023 10:03:17 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 13, 2023 13:47:42 GMT -5
How damning is that article of the Worcester City Council? It's why I never supported P.I.L.O.T. because imo dollars left at a Holy Cross are used more efficiently for the public good than if they were handed over to the city.
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Post by hc69 on Dec 13, 2023 14:32:24 GMT -5
Holy Cross should schedule fall vacation (not to confused with Thanksgiving break) during the football bye week. Fall break is scheduled to give students a long weekend in the middle of the semester. Having fall break during the bye week works as along as the bye week comes in the middle of the semester. Makes no sense if the bye week is week 3 or week 10. It would be silly to have fall break be the weekend of September 14. It's not even fall yet!
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Post by gks on Dec 13, 2023 15:21:21 GMT -5
How damning is that article of the Worcester City Council? It's why I never supported P.I.L.O.T. because imo dollars left at a Holy Cross are used more efficiently for the public good than if they were handed over to the city. I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 15:39:58 GMT -5
In that vein, I kind of chuckled watching the local RI news the other night that the state is going to put a bond on the ballot to build a 52,000 square foot building to house the state archives at a cost of just over $100 million. RI is the only state not to have their own archives building. The HC PPAC cost, from memory, about $25 million more than that. Granted, more complicated than just storage space but still, a state vs. private entity. www.wpri.com/target-12/mckee-backs-bond-to-help-fund-new-101-7m-ri-state-archives-building/
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 13, 2023 16:02:34 GMT -5
How damning is that article of the Worcester City Council? It's why I never supported P.I.L.O.T. because imo dollars left at a Holy Cross are used more efficiently for the public good than if they were handed over to the city. I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there. I think Matheson is making the point the newness of the stadium is keeping the attendance high right now but will not continue in future years which I agree with.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 13, 2023 16:58:11 GMT -5
In that vein, I kind of chuckled watching the local RI news the other night that the state is going to put a bond on the ballot to build a 52,000 square foot building to house the state archives at a cost of just over $100 million. RI is the only state not to have their own archives building. The HC PPAC cost, from memory, about $25 million more than that. Granted, more complicated than just storage space but still, a state vs. private entity. www.wpri.com/target-12/mckee-backs-bond-to-help-fund-new-101-7m-ri-state-archives-building/It would be cheaper to rent space in the MA and CT Archive buildings and put one of Roger Williams' shoes along with half the records in each.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 13, 2023 17:06:57 GMT -5
How damning is that article of the Worcester City Council? It's why I never supported P.I.L.O.T. because imo dollars left at a Holy Cross are used more efficiently for the public good than if they were handed over to the city. I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there. Maybe the new owners will figure out how to get concert staging through the small outfield door and start hosting concerts that will generate ticket tax revenue for the city and more spin-off for tax paying area merchants, restaurants and parking lots. Worcester has been a magnet for visitors going to concerts at the DCU (I think that has fallen off for some reason) so the location is excellent for music fans from all over New England during the warm weather months. Actually a broader reach for music than baseball.
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Post by Wormtown Railers Fan on Dec 13, 2023 18:05:34 GMT -5
I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there. I think Matheson is making the point the newness of the stadium is keeping the attendance high right now but will not continue in future years which I agree with. Yeah, the same morons were saying there would be a huge drop off after year 1. I know a lot of people that won’t go to Fenway anymore when they can be at Polar Park in 10 minutes instead of an hour ride (without traffic).
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Post by spenser on Dec 13, 2023 18:37:30 GMT -5
How damning is that article of the Worcester City Council? It's why I never supported P.I.L.O.T. because imo dollars left at a Holy Cross are used more efficiently for the public good than if they were handed over to the city. I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there. Thanks. Matheson has been on this position since the place was in the planning stage. The alternative was looking like a slot parlor, that would have been #%]#]% swell. The truth is the spin off has been great, we have one of the best minor league bb teams in the country etc. all good. Having said that, I absolutely hate the Polar Park game. Holy Cross football home games should be played at Fitton. Baseball parks are lousy places to watch football. More importantly, at least to me, I have what can only be called philosophical objections to playing off campus. And don’t get me started about commencement at the DCU!
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Post by Ignutz on Dec 13, 2023 20:26:04 GMT -5
I'm sorry but Matheson and the writer Brad Kane don't know what the heck they are talking about. If Worcester is such a bad minor league market why do they beat those other cities which the professor says are better. Yes, Polar Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built because it was the last one built. Guess what....the next one that's built will be more expensive. Matheson can go crow about that one. WBJ and Matheson would rather have Wyman Gordon's glowing brownfields there. Thanks. Matheson has been on this position since the place was in the planning stage. The alternative was looking like a slot parlor, that would have been #%]#]% swell. The truth is the spin off has been great, we have one of the best minor league bb teams in the country etc. all good. Having said that, I absolutely hate the Polar Park game. Holy Cross football home games should be played at Fitton. Baseball parks are lousy places to watch football. More importantly, at least to me, I have what can only be called philosophical objections to playing off campus. And don’t get me started about commencement at the DCU! Agreed! Football and Commencement belong at Fitton. While we’re on the subject, why is the ceremony that marks the END of a class’s time at a school called a “commencement”?
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 13, 2023 20:49:02 GMT -5
It is the beginning of life after school (i.e. the students are beginning their lives in "the real world").
For a more formal explanation:
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