2016 Football vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansas
2016 Football vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansas
The schools mutually agreed to cancel the game, and URI will replace the game with Kansas " for a much larger payday
http://umass.247sports.com/Article/UMas ... e-36290890
http://umass.247sports.com/Article/UMas ... e-36290890
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Re: Football game vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansa
Per a UMass football site, URI was slated to receive 175k to play UMass at Gillette Stadium on 09-24-16. This amount is far low end of what FBS schools typically pay FCS teams for games. My guess is that Kansas will pay more than double.
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Cha-ching!
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Disappointing not to have the team at Gillette but we need all the money we can get.
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Playing UMass in front of 86 people at Gillette and squandering our one chance during the season to make some money never made sense to me. Happy with this move.
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Love this new Coach.
Love this move to go to Kansas to play in 2016 season.
If the money was the same I would still love this move but throw the money on top and it is tremendous
Games like this can fetch between $500k and $900k, my guess would be $700k for this one
But more than the money is the game itself, the trip out to Kansas
This is a far better recruiting carrot than playing UMASS anywhere
This Coaching staff is making good moves, solid recruiting, hitting the transfer wires, you name it these guys get it
Love this move to go to Kansas to play in 2016 season.
If the money was the same I would still love this move but throw the money on top and it is tremendous
Games like this can fetch between $500k and $900k, my guess would be $700k for this one
But more than the money is the game itself, the trip out to Kansas
This is a far better recruiting carrot than playing UMASS anywhere
This Coaching staff is making good moves, solid recruiting, hitting the transfer wires, you name it these guys get it
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Re: 2016 Football vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansa
Yup, exactly right. Every high school player just dreams of the day they can run out of that tunnel and walk on to that fabled Memorial Stadium field. Anytime you can play in Lawrence instead of the stadium of the four time Super Bowl champions where perhaps the greatest coach/quarterback combination did their work, you have to do it. Great job by coach Fleming, I bet we flipped two or three SEC recruits with this coup...
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Re: 2016 Football vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansa
If we have a decent team by then we could upset the Kansas football team.
Fleming would be considered a wizard
Fleming would be considered a wizard
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Even a decent team will lose that game by 21.
The difference in size and athleticism at that level is huge. Best case scenario is no major injuries
The difference in size and athleticism at that level is huge. Best case scenario is no major injuries
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We had a decent team vs Cuse and could have won at the Dome.
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That team also got lit up physically and lost several key players for the season
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Somebody forgot to tell Appalachian state that it couldn't be doneseanmc94 wrote:Even a decent team will lose that game by 21.
The difference in size and athleticism at that level is huge. Best case scenario is no major injuries
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If you're a fan of college football and not aware of the train wreck that is Kansas Football then you have issues.
I think Kansas is probably the worst team among the P5. Wake Forest won a couple ACC titles a few years ago.
Actually, KANSAS is hands down the worst football team at that level. They don't remotely resemble a legit football team.
URI's team? IDK anything about, I don't live there.
I think Kansas is probably the worst team among the P5. Wake Forest won a couple ACC titles a few years ago.
Actually, KANSAS is hands down the worst football team at that level. They don't remotely resemble a legit football team.
URI's team? IDK anything about, I don't live there.
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Kansas's weakness is also inexcusable when you look at the success K-State has been able to sustain. Snyder is a special coach but he can't go forever, so we'll see what happens after his time at K-State is over. But from a recruiting standpoint, there isn't one advantage K-State should have over Kansas.
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Absolutely, and its not as if Kansas isn't trying with their hires. They have hired big names or hot candidates.
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Re: 2016 Football vs UMass at Gillette off-Will play @ Kansa
I also think it's a good move. Maine has done quite well moneywise in the past - playing at Nebraska and Iowa among others. They actually beat Mississippi State in Starkville. The past couple of years they've played BC and Umass.
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