This is an issue that I am sure going to gain more steam. A top 25 team is coming to The Rent and the Huskies are struggling to sell tickets? I can't really put my finger on what's going on here. The game is at noon, and it's not cold out. It isn't hard to get to the stadium and it's not like UConn hasn't marketed the program. If you don't know that tickets are available then you are living under a rock.
I am out of the loop now on "fanbasedom. I have asked around the office and I don't think anyone can really put a finger on it. Is the economy playing a part? Sure, but I don't think the tickets are extremely expensive.
We heard complaints for years about game times. Saturday afternoon is college football. Is that much soccer, swimming lessons etc. going on Saturday mornings? That would seem to me the biggest difference between UConn and other schools. Other places the kids come to the game, it is the highlight of the week, not an activity. I just don't get this. UConn has worked hard to sell these tickets, it's a top 25 team coming in, and the team is actually interesting.
Is it that much of a hassel to go to the games?
Does anyone have any ideas?
Anyhow on to other topics
Player A: 10-of-24 for 127 yards, two touchdowns, three interceptions.
Player B: 9-of-20 114 yards, two touchdowns, 1 interception.
Player A's team went on the road and beat a team that made a bowl game two years ago 23-16 in a hostile environment. Player B's teams beat up on a military FCS school 40-6 at home.
Player A is Zach Frazer from UConn, Player B is TJ Yates from North Carolina.
I am mentioning this because I haven't heard the sky is falling references concerning Yates play, though it would seem to be every but as mediocre against a lesser team at home.
Randy Edsall mentioned on Tuesday that Ohio gave Ohio St. trouble last season and is picked by many to win the MAC east and make a bowl game. So, here is a question.Did we all overreact (including Edsall last Saturday night) to Zach Frazer's first game?
I think time will tell, but I got the feeling I may have jumped the gun. It's a new season. You shouldn't let your frustrations of past years cloud your judgment of a totally different player.
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I think the school needs to get more students involved in going to the games. I believe there's 4,600 student tickets available. I'm a freshmen this year and ordered my tickets early in the summer so there was no problem for me. However, after only a few weeks students received an e-mail about being sold out of tickets and young alumni plans were being offered. I know quite a few people that wanted tickets but didn't order them in time. Yesterday on UConn's website there was a poll about going to tomorrow's game and 17% of the 500 students who had voted wanted to go but had no tickets. I think that says a lot and of course the more students at the games the louder the stadium is. I think the school needs to do more to get more students to the game and that will help solve the problem of not selling these games out.
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