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I think it would be accurate to say that URI baseball has done more , by itself, without University support , to be a success, than any other URI sport. That is not to diminish crew, tennis, or sailing. It is great that they have a field turf field that was donated, and I would think most other base...

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Yes, track at URI does not have an outdoor track (which is unbelievable for a State u.), but URI does have one of the best Indoor Tracks (Mackle Field house). No facilities for URI football are even remotely one of the best.

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Yes, it would be great. I wonder if the field can take that many games on it.

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http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-footbl/ ... 0417mtrxqt

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Also, spending funding/student in RI is higher than Funding/student at URI. CCRI and RIC get a higher % of their funds from the State.

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DePaul is splitting the cost. In RI PC gets it for free.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... ball-arena

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What always surprised me it Rhode Island support for K-12 (Primary and Secondary Ed) is among the highest. Most of the money for K-12 is raised at the city and town and property tax level. But not all, as cities like Providence receive a lot of state money. So, in an environment like we have in RI, ...

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URI football practice field should have been redone with FieldTurf. Yes, it would have cost maybe $900k more, but they you can uses it and abuse it. The new sod will get worn out. I don't mind Meade being Grass, like Brown Stadium is Grass (very muddy), Brown's two practice files are FieldTurf with ...

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http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... -tar-heels

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Ruggerio wants anything that will help Laborers Union. I don't think the Laborers know how to get to Kingston.

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Hopefully the roof height is high enough at Ryan Center for a mid-court video screen/scoreboard, if that's what you are talking about. The new Dunk put up that big scoreboard, video screen, but it is not high enough, because the Dunk roof it too low. I have been to two games at the new Dunk, at both...

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http://www.golden1center.com/multimedia/photos

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When we went down by 8 early in 1st half I was saying, maybe we are not on the level of a Pac10 team, but then the ticky tac fouls stopped, we went up , and I said, we belong. That is why it is a hard defeat, because we could have won the game by 5, instead of losing by 3. At this level, you just ne...

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Hopefully I am wrong, but it looks like another disappointing basketball season is coming to a typical end. Are the glory days of URI basketball over, just like people on this board say the glory days of URI football are over? I would never say so, but people on this board want to drop football beca...

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That's very good.

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http://ctmirror.org/2017/01/10/the-stat ... 16-charts/
UConn gets 28% of its funding from State of Connecticut.

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Great video!

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I think we have one of the best colors (KeaneyBlue) and Logos, the Rams Horns. But now, it is almost impossible to find anything with the Ram Horns logo. This is awful. The Horns are cool.

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Maybe it is off the subject other than, if you want hockey get it, donate, lots of money, and don't say dump football. If you want hockey you need women's and men's. However to the point. I think something has to be done in basketball, the last 1 minutes of UMass basketball game took 20 minutes to p...

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Looks like nothing will happened unless some big donor comes along like the FieldTurf for "Baseball. However , I did not read in detail, but it seems like the gist of this, is that we really don't have a Plan for facilities. I have a 13 year old architectural drawing of revamped Meade, but 13 y...

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Well, yes, facilities help, but a winning atmosphere helps. But for URI football, facility improvement would be an outward sign that the Admin was serious.

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http://www.jmusports.com/news/2016/12/9 ... semis.aspx
Pretty amazing.

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JMU is on ESPN Friday night
Friday, December 9

Sam Houston State at

James Madison 7:00 PM ESPN2
WatchESPN Bridgeforth Stadium, Harrisonburg, VA

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http://www.concordmonitor.com/James-Mad ... fs-6666348

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Bryant had high level of Admin support for football, how else can you go from no football, to D-3, to NEC in 25 years without Admin Support.
Facilities are going to be top, with indoor practice facility.

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We were in the games vs Stony Brook and Maine this year. So, I say, YES.

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We were in the games vs Stony Brook and Maine this year. So, I say, YES.

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Nova, Richmond, UNH all won.
UNH will play next at James Madison, and Richmond will play UND.
http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/fcs

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However, it was an exciting game to watch, and the crowd in the East Stands were really into it, standing on their seats during big plays at the end of the game. Give the Towson kicker credit, he really nailed that field goal, it was 55 yards and had room to spare.

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Playing not to lose.
That's what we did the last two possessions. Never even attempted a pass. We were on 1st down away from having the game.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... /93563368/

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If they present the Fine Arts Bond as a Green Fine Arts Bond with solar panels, it might pass.

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I went to a birthday party last Saturday, I did not want to bring up Clinton-Trump, but talked about the Bond issues. It was like looking at a bunch of blank faces. Nobody even new what the Questions were about, but they vote for all of them just the same. Not sure about the Port and the issue with ...

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http://www.oregonlive.com/collegefootba ... l_v_3.html

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http://www.espn.com/college-football/ga ... =400869476

I know 52 isn't 84, but maybe Louisville let up. Still it was at Chestnut Hill.

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Yes, I meant to say, 12,000 with a upgrade to facilities, and a good team.

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I think we can get 12,000 on a good weather homecoming or family day with good weather and good team. Brown U. got more than this during Night games vs. Harvard, but they did not do a night game this year. More for a playoff game in good weather meaning not rain or snow, which would imply we have a ...

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Well, we knew we would not be competitive against JMU. Even UNH really wasn't , and they played at home. The score looks close because after JMU went up by 3 or 4 TD's against UNH, they eased off, and UNH fought back. JMU most likely is better than Kansas. But take away the Ryan Center, and Mackel f...

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so after we drop football, and get hockey, and are not competitive in Hockey, do we drop hockey then?

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Also, I believe Maine went to JMU a few years ago in a playoff game and won the game. So, we maybe can't compete with JMU year in , year out, (to put it mildly) , however we should be able to field a team as good as Maine. Maine. 1. Did they ever complain about travel expense? 2. do they have a Stad...

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I think after the last second almost game tying TD failed against Maine last weekend, that that took a lot of wind out of out sails. I was expecting a loss to JMU in the 51-14 range.

Sat, Sep 3 Morehead State at JMU W 80-7

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Stowers told me about JMU facilities over 10 years ago. He said, even the new , in 2006 on the drawing board URI Strength and conditioning Center, was very small compared to other school and it took 8 more years to get that. I think JMU wants to follow in the path that Old Dominion, Charlotte, and A...

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Seems like something could be done with Emporium, get tax breaks for it to be privately rebuilt. Make something like a mini Storrs Village at UConn. Prov Place Mall got tax breaks I believe.
Smaller version of Storrs Center. http://www.storrscenter.com/

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That whole upper campus area is way under utilized. The Hellenic amphitheater was never completed, isn't that barricaded off? What's the story with the Hotel? And the Kingston Emporium, not owned by the University, is in need of a revamp, a Kingston Village type design with a commons, and maybe apar...

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http://www.providencejournal.com/opinio ... ne?start=2

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Where is the Innovation Campus supposed to be? I don't think it is stated anywhere, could it go on the I-195 reclaimed land? Quonset might be better, that is , if it is not in Kingston.

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I agree, we have to stick with our coach, and help him build the program. Many coaches at URI's level have been coaching at their same college for year and years. Look at Nova, UNH, and Delaware for a long time.

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If Rhody had a team as good as Villanova, we would get more than 4,000 people a game like Nova does. Rhody fan interest is very good considering the product has been put on the field the last 10 years.

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http://www.wsucougars.com/boxscore.aspx ... h=football

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