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Hal Kopp

Twin willows,coast guard house and chop house !!

Hal Kopp

New carpet going in locker room. Donated by HOF'er from 84-85 teams.
Support is there. Agree on east stands.

Hal Kopp

I cannot pull up twitter link from Koch-what does it say about favreau?

Hal Kopp

Favreau from SK changed his mind about playing?

Hal Kopp

Twisted,probable. Right now there are 3 signed with Desilva pending?
Am not being facetious,but Rhodys qb play has been so bad for past few years,6 would be the right # to sign!! That position is killing them.

Hal Kopp

Chatter is as many as 4 QBs committed?
Sounds high. We'll see.

Hal Kopp

Scott Desilva was great DE from EP on 1984 championship team.
Passed away about 10 yrs. ago.

Hal Kopp

Anybody see DeSilva play?

Hal Kopp

http://www.woonsocketcall.com/node/12841

Late,great Rhody baller Scotty D's kid!!

Hal Kopp

Right,Smarty forgot about Favreau. RB from CE is prospect also.

Hal Kopp

Kanga from BH committed. Toppa BH offered,to UConn-Base ball. Cadigan Barrington offered (?).
Two kids from Bishop Stepinac (sp.?) in Yonkers offered.
That is all I know.

Hal Kopp

Harvard is either home and home or one game in Kingston and two up there.
Not that it makes a huge difference. I have seen both scenarios noted.

Hal Kopp

http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-footbl/ ... 0116z34lv3

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Narduzzi-good coach,believe his wife is from Cranston (beauty queen?). Hated RI kids while here. Probably wants it off his resume.
Sad to say. There is ex-Ram QB Ken Mastrole transferred from Md.,has successful QB camps. Believe he does not have URI FB on his resume (?).

Hal Kopp

SeanMc-Toppa III can play QB in CAA?? Or some other position?

Hal Kopp

John Toppas Dad was on team with friend of mine who was WR at BC. Highly touted out of Rogers,never played in college. Very few RI QBs have had success at any level of college FB. Particularly D1. Larry Caswell,Roger Pierson and Liam Coen are a few. I would love to see a RI kid do well at QB,but not...

Hal Kopp

Certainly,a misprint.

Hal Kopp

What has attendance been like for Wram BB home games? Pretty stout,I bet.

Hal Kopp

Taylor,not sure. But they need to bring in at least two QBs.

Hal Kopp

JMU drew 13K-real good.
Might point being is URI outdraws many (most) of the better programs. Not all.

Hal Kopp

Meade-certainly. Check out Novas attendance and EKU's (so not to pick on UNH as they are # 1 team in country) in playoff games with nice weather over the last few years. 2-3K? Pretty impressive.

Hal Kopp

NDSU................. 18,113
Jacksonville St.... 10,832
Chattanooga........ 8,419
EWU................... 7,919
Coastal Carolina....5,601
Illinois State.........5,575
New Hampshire....4,021
Villanova.............3,113

Rhody in a one win season does 5K a game easy.
Interesting-huh?

Hal Kopp

Board members, Here is what I saw,had an ex-college coach with me: 1. URI actually looks like a real BB team. Man,have they spent time in the weight room. No stick figures,midgets or fatties. 2. The only way they make NCAA's is to get better over course of season,similarly KU can be elite 8 team eas...

Hal Kopp

Wienclaw got shaft.
Mckeenan (TE) and Cooper are better players in conference,but young and not enough touches.

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http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnf ... ?id=781273

Anyone remember him? DC on (3) Rhody play off teams. Candidate for HC job a few times.

Hal Kopp

Must have limited turnovers and played 4 quarters.
If Rams had played 4 quarters each game this year,it was a four-five win season easy.

Hal Kopp

Wouldn't it be funny,if attendance was less at Nebraska game vs. a FB game!
Particularly given that no one goes to the FB games (allegedly).
I go to both BTW.

Hal Kopp

Peavey need to start against Towson !!
Bring in two QB's next year!
Same script,every week. Play tough for 2 Qtrs.,then fold.

Hal Kopp

Attendance,interest,support is strong,program cannot keep going on like this -one way or another. Ever the optimist,I hate to say that. But,am hearing that. Lowrie -IMO is not answer. Two top RI HS coaches who played at Rhody in 84-85 say he has strong arm (?). Time to give Peavey a chance. Capparel...

Hal Kopp

The attendance and atmosphere is nothing short of amazing. Particularly that according to many on this board,nobody goes to the games. "No students,no locals,no old people,no alums,fans from other teams care enough to go to URI FB games. " These are real, unsolicited comments! I would not ...

Hal Kopp

Attendance and fan support are fine. Losing is the problem.

Hal Kopp

Rudder-my understanding is the Rams football offices have been upgraded.
With that and the new SADC,appearances are less of an issue.

Hal Kopp

RF1-thank you!!
It is not the attendance or grass roots support re. football !!
It is an overall malaise.

Hal Kopp

I get it,thanks!

Hal Kopp

IMO-marketing dept. has gotten much better.
Particularly under the W-L records cloud.

Hal Kopp

Does anyone know how much it costs for one ticket for each of the first two games and a simple,direct link?

Thanks,

HK

Hal Kopp

Rambling,do,you agree on the ball exchange observations?

Hal Kopp

One of the issues allegedly is staring center is out. However,I have never seen a FB team have so much trouble handling the ball. See pro Jo's write up on cooper today,he is best frosh RB in CAA. Out of Hillhouse in new haven. Not going to win games by himself,but he definitely is explosive and can ...

Hal Kopp

No and yes, Cooper # 22 RB from Rhody is great. Best player on field today as a frosh. Yes,running game #s are terrible because Rams cannot get center /QB exchange or Qb/RB hand offs down. I have never seen anything like it. 2-3 turnovers right there. Game,set and match. The o line is average. But C...

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Smarty,thanks for the G2. I will,be there for Brown game.
Uri has not had good RB since Ferrer 4-5 yrs. ago.

Hal Kopp

I heard Cooper is being red-shirted?
McCombs is decent runner,not a blocker (being kind),particularly in the pistol.

Hal Kopp

RF1-spot on!! Anyone that thinks that adding hockey (not a bad idea) and dropping FB will change anything does not know state of RI or URI. The only sport deserving of any investment is track and field. Dropping FB makes sense if they cut the other struggling sports (which is most of them). The argu...

Hal Kopp

Great crowd and day yesterday.
That game was winnable.

Hal Kopp

That is a lot (3500) in pre sold? The university is doing a good job marketing. Again,it is not the lack of support hurting football. Think about some of the excuses given on this board,students,alums,locals don't go to FB games!! Only people over the age of 70 are interested is the latest manifesta...

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Rhody72,finally some logic! Womens sports need to go in line with Football. Just keep the legal requirements. Track and field can stay. Mens Basketball is doing nothing (seems like forever) along with all the other sports. Go with Track and field and skeleton groups to stay legal. Think of the $$ sa...

Hal Kopp

FB has been a disappointment. Aren't all the programs except track and filed doing poorly? For a while now? There needs to be a complete review of the future of all struggling programs. Dump them and Put the $$ into a university run head shop.

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Rhowdy,agreed,maybe RMA's beat Towson,still think they will be improved.

Hal Kopp

OK,board members-I predict 4-8 or 5-6.
What say you?

Hal Kopp

http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/3395089-129/opinion-split-on-18m-artificial-turf-at-high-school.html http://patch.com/rhode-island/north-kingstown/town-council-hears-pitch-artificial-turf-high-school#.VABinJd0xdg http://www.independentri.com/sports/article_d3c4628b-a265-5b3d-add9-54af83a...

Hal Kopp

Heard the o line is huge.
That group has been solid in some recent bad years though.

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