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Building the Ryan Center destroyed the West Stands. They only reason they were rebuild was from Football Alumni and Friends support. Admin had no intention of rebuilding those stands. What happened to the Meade Stadium rebuild. I saw plans for this 13 years ago. Do you think Stony Brook built their ...

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I used to think it was the coaching. I thought Stower was the answer, he won at Georgia Southern. Coaching is important, but you need administrative support , which you really never had at URI. Ask Stower how hard it is to recruit, he could not show recruits the football offices. They maybe better n...

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Elon has a nice stadium http://elonphoenix.com/sports/2010/8/17 ... aspx?id=49

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Looks like a solid team, nothing is easy in CAA Football.

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Trainer was heading in the right direction, I think we won 5 games in 2010, the year Probst was QA, then they announced we were dropping down to the NEC, lost scholarships, and we are still recovering from that. I am not sure we are sill using all the scholarships we can.

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When Fleming cam if , we did not even have good Div II talent, the cupboard was bare. Team is playing a lot better. We were in the UNH game, something that has not happened for 6 years. I don't see lights, I don't see Field Turf (actually needed on practice field). Play calling is one of the biggest...

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I found this. https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/benabercrombie Positive Momentum Journal entry by Marty Abercrombie — 14 hours ago Ben's lungs have continued to improve even though he is still battling some congestion. The PT staff here had him sitting in a specialized chair today for over an hour!...

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As you can see, not many people on the visitors side.
At most 2,500 in Home side Stands, so where 5,000 people standing?

I would also like to see where the 11,000 standing room people stood at the UNH game.

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Two games with CAA, 1 with Ivy, 1 with Patriot

Sep 09 At Maine
Sep 16 at Brown
Sep 23 vs Fordham
Sep 30 at New Hampshire

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Unless they have added seats, but last time I was there a few years ago I think for Homecoming, their stands could only hold about 2,000-3,000. and I doubt that 4,500 people could be in standing room around end zones. However, the tailgate area was packed with lots of drinking and even police arrest...

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Was anyone there, did they have 7,000?

: 9/23/2017 Site: Smithfield, R.I. Stadium: Beirne Stadium Attendance: 7532 Kickoff Time: 1:00 pm End of Game: 4:09 pm Duration: 1:09 Temperature: 72 Wind: N 9 mph Weather: Overcast

Do they count tailgaters, that never go into the stadium?

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over 22,000 for homecoming. Where did they all sit? UNH stadium, even with improvements , only holds 11,000?

NH spends less on UNH than RI at URI, and UNH never complained about the cost, or that it would drop down a level to reduce cost.

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State of CT and UConn had been living in a Fantasy world, spend Billions extra at UConn in last 27 years.

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Does NEIT teach how to become a plumber or electrician? You can't fine these tradesmen any more.

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Should have been something on front page, even small. I will continue to buy ProJo Newspaper, if only, because RI needs a newspaper to do the political and corruptions stories in Rhode Island. I think ProJo has done a better job of RI politics now than years ago. I like Szostak criticize Meade Stadi...

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Just call it Dunkin Donuts Stadium, and the public ( my neighbors think so), will think Dunkin Donuts built it instead of their tax dollars. I want to see the new stadium, but if the state can spend money for McCoy and Dunkin Donuts Center, URI should be able to have much better facilities, and in t...

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The Senate Finance Committee began its series of public hearings Thursday in an hours-long session that made clear this is only the first inning as the state considers whether to invest $23 million in an $83-million plan to build the Pawtucket Red Sox a new stadium in downtown Pawtucket. PROVIDENCE,...

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https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/ ... b8761.html
Here is the stadium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Stadium

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Maybe things have changed, when I went to URI, it was harder to get into URI than Northeastern.

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CAA teams we compete with seem to be getting better each year, so even if we improve, we are still not catching up. Top CAA teams can compete with all but the top 20 FBS teams in the country in a one game showdown. URI has improved, it showed against CMU game. I think the team we have today, would e...

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OK, you are correct, I assume google maps is current enough. We do have a 100YD and 70YD practice field

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Stony Brook just added 2,000 additional new stadium seats.
What does a recruit say when he sees this, SB is committed, URI is not.
https://youtu.be/zsvXJlJ5U0g

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Another point , New Hampshire does not support UNH, maybe even less than RI supports URI. Maine has its own financial problems.
Also, I think players want to play on fieldTurf, that's what I gathered talking to parents of players.

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Yes, URI should be able to compete with UNH, Maine, and being closer to NY,PA,NJ, should be able to get those recruits. Look at UNH new stadium on visitors side, Maine had a stadium for the last 15 years, Stony Brook, Albany, and Towson. URI does not even have a 100 yard long practice field or an ou...

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Did anyone check out the Program from Stony Brook game.
Stony Brook has a Roster with 120 people on it, URI had 82.
I noticed how many more Stony Brook players were on the sideline vs. URI.
Lots of NY recruits for SB.

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52% of new students from out of state incl foreign countries

How does this compare with years past? Is URI getting a higher Percentage of Out-of_State students then in years past?

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Big improvement from Kansas, Bowling Green games form last two years.

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9/2/2017 Texas Tech 1 p.m.

9/9/2017 North Dakota State 1:05 p.m.

9/16/2017 Fordham 10 a.m.

9/23/2017 Montana 5:05 p.m.

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https://youtu.be/a24Vg-0QSzU
One week to go for our game

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So the best way to support the team is to not go to games? Sound logic, the Admin would definitely want to spend $ more if there were no fans at the games. I doubt this will ever happen but you would organize a specific game to skip. I'm pretty sure if only 500 people or less showed up to a home ga...

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Maine is playing two FBS teams, UCF and UMASS.
4 home games in Orono and 1 home game vs. UDel in Portland Maine.

Nov 4 (Sat) / 2:00 PM

CAA vs University of Delaware

Portland, ME (Fitzpatrick Stadium)

Radio: 103.9 FM, 101.3 FM, 1450 AM, 1310 AM

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I think free parking is crucial is a new Pawt stadium is built to get the attendance up there.
There is lots of free parking near the URI Athletic complexes.

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excuse or not, two games last year it poured, the Brown game and Homecoming. That cut down on attendance.

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RhowdyRam02 wrote:
OBRAM wrote: .
Honest question. Why should the URI administration look to spend more money when there's a core group of people who are fine with an inferior product and there would be no return on their investment?
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Who is this core group that is fine with an inferior product?

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Just goes to show you how the Administration at URI does not want to invest in Football, outside track. The Admin does not want to be seen spending money on these programs, it would politically be incorrect. They have some nice jobs at URI and they want to keep them, which means, stay out of the pub...

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Need to move Maintenance support area, it is an eye sore, and put a new stadium across from the Ryan Center. Well, I can't dream can't I?

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Maybe PC is trying to get 900 orders for plates? I don't see where you can just order a PC plate. This is the link I find.
http://www.dmv.ri.gov/plates/special/

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Well, Clemson has the Tiger Orange Paws. Maybe most people would not recognize that the Orange Tiger Paws equates with Clemson, but I still like it. Our Ram Horn design is still great, lets use it more. Thanks for whoever designed it 20 + years ago.

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http://gmuhoops.co/2016/02/07/george-ma ... AhQgT.dpbs

Here is a link.
I say, URI build a new Pool complex, uses the Tootell Area for Practice facility.

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I would say the Ryan Center has been a huge success. I would think a 12,000 seat new football stadium would also be a huge success, and I am not talking about a revamped Meade. Ryan Center at 15, but is has been almost 20 years since the Ryan Center plan came into being, and no such plans for URI fo...

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Men's basketball wags the dog at URI. Everything else comes in 3rd or 4thll

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Has anyone scene the new Green Hall Mall. They had to cut down all the old trees that were I believe rotten. They planted new trees and grass and it looks fantastic.

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Davidson lost again, they had a 6-2 lead going into the 8th. I couple of breaks in their games with TX AM and they would be going to Omaha.

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Amazing, and URI baseball beat Davidson in 3 games at Davidson in March.
Davidson almost got out of the 15th. Texas AM got the bases loaded with no outs, but got a hit with two outs.

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http://www.castletonsports.com/informat ... dium/index

Seems high school caliber to me. But Soccer Football should be combined, and that means the Site where Meade Field is , is too small.

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A new stadium should be built in that area, after facilities Services ( looks like a dump now) moves. You have the room, and parking lots are close by. But they will not listen to me. Seems like now Master Plan, or they don't follow one, just piece meal building. There used to be a pond near the par...

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Rams scored 2 in the 9th to tie the game, win it in 12 innings 6-5.http://www.gorhody.com/sports/m-basebl/ ... 0519tqh3fm

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https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2017/05/16/governor-of-rhode-island-says-pawsox-stadium-plan-headed-in-right-direction I got an email from a friend who said he heard that the people putting up the stadium think URI is going to play football games there. I am surprised to comment on thi...

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Record was better before the Ryan Center was built. Just look at mid 1990's. What I am saying is, donors have invested money into football, it is not just donor helping baseball. Also saying, it is unfortunate that you remove facilities from football (field house, and Practice field area) and don't ...

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Well, football lost the West Stands, part of practice field, football field house when Ryan Center was built. I think donations paid for 1/2 or more of new West Stands. I am not sure 100%, but I think the old Football Field house had ,within 10 years of being torn down, was fix over with a big fund ...

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