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Post by rf1 on Feb 24, 2024 9:56:11 GMT -5
Full membership in CUSA would be a deathknell for many of its sports. Such a move would make the school even more irrelevant in Massachusetts as few residents would be excited by this far flung lineup of teams:
Delaware Florida International Univ Jacksonville State Univ (AL) Liberty University (VA) Louisiana Tech Univ Middle Tenn State Univ New Mexico St Univ Sam Houston St Univ (TX) UTEP (TX) Western Kentucky Kennesaw St (GA)
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Post by rf1 on Feb 16, 2024 15:48:04 GMT -5
I will miss Chuck's Steak House/Margarita Grill. Fond memories of going there dating back to the mid 1980's. It was a popular spot with my WPI frat brothers and even hosted some frat events. I imagine many associated with Holy Cross also had been there over the years given its proximity and thought I would alert those that read these boards that it was soon closing. It had an incredible and successful 46 year old run, a rarity in the restaurant business.
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Post by rf1 on Feb 16, 2024 10:33:27 GMT -5
There will soon not be any more Holy Cross events or gatherings of Crusader fans before or after games at this nearby restaurant establishment. It recently announced on its web site that it will be closing February 24th after a forty-six year run. While it had been expected that the site of the restaurant would become the new Auburn Fire HQ, it had previously been thought the business was scouting out new locations. That no longer appears to be the case. www.chucks.com/
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Post by rf1 on Feb 8, 2024 10:00:19 GMT -5
Worth noting from this article:
The Bravehearts launched in October 2013 and are members of the Futures League. With the team’s 11th season set to begin in May, the Bravehearts will tie the former Worcester IceCats as the longest-running sports organization in the city’s history, according to the team.
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Post by rf1 on Feb 3, 2024 15:18:42 GMT -5
The court at GW has nearby famous DC landmarks - Capitol, White House, and Washington Monument
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Post by rf1 on Feb 3, 2024 15:16:57 GMT -5
Agreed, it needs to be changed. The state of MA was a very bad idea. It would make sense on the court at UMass, not HC.
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Post by rf1 on Feb 1, 2024 9:16:44 GMT -5
3 restaurants have closed in recent days in Worcester's Canal District Tatum Goetting - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - January 31, 2024
Two of the restaurants had replaced other failed restaurants only about a year earlier.
The District (replaced the Compass Tavern in 2022) Blackstone Herbs and Martini Bar (had replaced The Hangover in Sep-2022) Lock 50
While the failure rate of new restaurants is historically quite high, there seems to be a troubling pattern emerging in the Canal District. Restaurant after restaurant is now failing in the same space within the Canal District. It doesn't seem to matter what type of restaurant it is. Is a location in the Canal District bad for restaurants? Does the parking situation there turn off potential customers? Is there an over saturation of restaurants in the Canal District or downtown Worcester area?
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Post by rf1 on Jan 28, 2024 12:03:40 GMT -5
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Post by rf1 on Jan 28, 2024 9:56:19 GMT -5
Somewhat different as the City of Providence is not counting on them to generate tax revenue for payment of bonds for the construction of a stadium. Furthermore, the restaurants cited in the article are not located in the same area with most not even in the city. Ohana BBQ is in Coventry, Becky's BBQ in Middletown, and The Revival Craft Kitchen in East Greenwich. These are all some 20-30 miles from Providence.
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Post by rf1 on Jan 27, 2024 18:29:14 GMT -5
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Post by rf1 on Jan 25, 2024 10:40:34 GMT -5
Interesting to ponder that BOTH ownership groups of the two baseball teams in Worcester decided to sell within 60 days of each other.
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Post by rf1 on Jan 24, 2024 9:36:16 GMT -5
The Telegram recently reported that the Creedons are selling the Bravehearts.
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Post by rf1 on Dec 12, 2023 11:38:51 GMT -5
I at first thought this thread might be about a future opponent game agreement.
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Post by rf1 on Dec 11, 2023 9:57:39 GMT -5
Not surprising that Fauci is much like the rest of the great majority of Americans baptized into the Catholic Church.
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Post by rf1 on Dec 6, 2023 11:41:41 GMT -5
We get home and away games with H&Y in football and basketball even when HC is in an ice age competitively like the post-Willard years in MBB. UNH has been pretty good but I can't remember the last time URI played at Fitton or the Hart. The Rams came to Worcester in 2018 but that was in front of 2312 in the DCU. They are in the A-10 and CAA and will play home and home with a P.C. but not an H.C. at least recently. Maybe that is changing in FB and there are games at Fitton scheduled after the game at URI next season.
Per the URI Football record book, Holy Cross has only played URI a total of ten games with nine of them being at Fitton. The Crusaders are 9-1 in the series with the last meeting back in 1988.
Per the URI Men's basketball record book, Holy Cross has played URI a total of 43 games with 18 having been played in Worcester, 21 games in RI, and 4 designated as neutral (not Worcester or Providence). The Crusaders lead the series 26-17 with the last meeting back in 2018.
For those complaining about HC not getting home games against URI, it should be noted that it has hosted more of the past meetings in Worcester for football and men's basketball (27) than those played in RI (22).
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Post by rf1 on Dec 5, 2023 12:31:46 GMT -5
Does this mean colleges can then have these athletic employees sign non compete clauses preventing them from playing elsewhere in the future?
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Post by rf1 on Dec 5, 2023 11:20:19 GMT -5
CCRI has multiple locations. URI is not in Providence per se, it’s in North Kingston but they did, probably still do, have some night classes in downtown Providence. The main 1,200 acre campus of URI is in the village of Kingston which is located within the Town of South Kingstown. Its 153 acre Oceanography School campus is on the water in Narragansett with dockage for its research vessels. The school also has a campus in Providence at two sites in the downtown (Feinstein and Nursing Center). While not an academic facility with courses, the school has the 2,300 acre Alton-Jones Retreat Center in West Greenwich, RI.
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Post by rf1 on Dec 4, 2023 10:57:53 GMT -5
The first NET rankings were released today. There are 362 teams. Seven of the ten Patriot League schools are in the bottom quarter with six having rankings in the 300's. Given roughly 2/3 of the remaining games will be against other league members, the rankings for the conference are not likely to get appreciably better. #136 Colgate #202 Boston U #266 Bucknell #295 Navy #311 Lehigh #321 Loyola-MD #327 American #331 Lafayette #347 Holy Cross #354 Army Link: www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-net-rankings
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Post by rf1 on Dec 1, 2023 10:08:07 GMT -5
Lucchino's stated public intention from three weeks ago to sell to a "local buyer" didn't have much merit. By selling to a NYC based company with California ownership, Larry once again shows himself to be a snake.
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Post by rf1 on Nov 30, 2023 20:03:37 GMT -5
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Post by rf1 on Nov 30, 2023 17:33:59 GMT -5
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Post by rf1 on Nov 30, 2023 12:50:02 GMT -5
Dayton population 137K, Worcester population 205K. If HC MBB had a four-peat NCAA run like football, would the city respond in any way close to how Dayton responds to the Flyers? I also wonder why Catholic Dayton is in the A-10 and not the Big East?
I highly doubt it. Just look at baseball in the two cities for an example. The Single A Dayton Dragons who play in a 20+ year old venue are outdrawing the Triple A Worcester Red Sox who play in a new downtown arena in a much larger city. One would think that a fairly new arena at a higher baseball level in a larger city would automatically translate to greater support. That however is not the case with these two cities.
As for Dayton not being in the BE, it is thought that Xavier is much against their membership. It supposedly has market concerns as the distance between the schools is only some 50 miles. Despite their long history of games going back a centrury, Xavier will not even schedule OOC games with Dayton since it left the A-10 for the BE.
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Post by rf1 on Nov 29, 2023 11:10:17 GMT -5
The University of Dayton is always among the top programs in the nation each year for average home attendance of some 13k. They basically sell out every home game at UD Arena. Flyer fans also travel well in large numbers, especially to MTE and A-10 Tournaments.
As an FYI, the Dayton area supports ALL its local sports teams. The Dayton Dragons, a Single A team, had the second highest average home attendance (7,885) in ALL of minor league baseball. Only the AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs of the International League outdrew them with 105 fans per game more.
The sports culture of the Dayton area is why the NCAA Tournament stages all its play in round games in the city year after year.
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Post by rf1 on Nov 27, 2023 11:56:04 GMT -5
This will be the new CUSA membership once the Blue Hens join:
Delaware Liberty Western Kentucky Middle Tenn St Kennesaw St Jacksonville State Florida International La Tech Sam Houston UTEP New Mexico St
This league will certainly require a lot of travel for all sports. I cannot imagine that UD football fans, who typically travel in large numbers to away games along the east coast, will make a lot of future games outside Newark. This carries over to men's basketball as well. Delaware fans only had to drive to nearby DC for the CAA Tournament in 2023. Had they been in CUSA, they would have had to go to Frisco, TX.
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Post by rf1 on Nov 17, 2023 11:09:52 GMT -5
Saw the headline for something in the Globe about the impending destruction of McCoy and the murals that hopefully they can somehow preserve; the one that shows the scoreboard with all 33 innings especially.
The Globe article was after the local Valley Breeze did a story about a new book on them:
'Murals of McCoy' honors McCoy stadium artwork
The City of Pawtucket is planning to auction off items from the 81 year old McCoy Stadium (opened 1942):
McCoy memorabilia auction planned within a month
Update on McCoy Stadium Auction
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