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One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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Ha ha! Good one. They don't have food at the Ry...that people buy...do they ?R.Kelly150 wrote: ↑7 months ago Obviously besides being wider than the current stands they could also be higher which adds to the design in addition to increased capacity. Personally I like the two tier option, but maybe there are drawback?… cold in the shade of the upper tier? I agree 42 million in RI will not go as far as in other states, maybe it’s transport of materials that increases costs, but I would guess it’s the contractors more so? We also have no idea on the amenities included. Will there be a beer garden? Will locate restaurants be able to set up shop vs the crappy RC style food? Lots of unknowns. It might not be perfect but what we have now is completely embarrassing and watching the East stands being torn down will give me nothing but joy! Lastly I would not mind some sort of end zone seating. Maybe just room for 1k at each end zone.
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We don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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Just curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoWe don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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Getting ready for concerts? Maybe? Hopefully...?ramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about dnd zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoWe don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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It makes it feel/look like an actual college stadium instead of a high school field.ramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoWe don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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I think if you made that student seating it could create a tougher environment for opposing teams at that end zone and it helps it to make the stadium look better/more college worthyramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoWe don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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It's the perfect student section. Don't even need actual seats....build a hill like amphitheater style. Let it be a partyramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoWe don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plansBartoburger wrote: ↑7 months ago One tier for now with the luxury boxes and press box then add a secomd tier if ticket demand increases. Guessing the new east side stands will be in the 7500-8000 capacity. A shame there are did not include endzone seating.
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gimme a Shaidzon tent and some of those $3 pours!!bigappleram wrote: ↑7 months agoIt's the perfect student section. Don't even need actual seats....build a hill like amphitheater style. Let it be a partyramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months ago
We don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plans
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End zone seating is also a perfect location for the band. The band now takes away really good seats that could be purchased. Just saying.
Also I would really hope they keep the old score board and put it in the opposite end zone.
Such a competitive disadvantage having it on one side of the field.
Remember all the complaining about the score board at the Ryan Center, that’s why they add that smaller ones on the end zone concrete. With score and time.
Hopefully they learned from the past and don’t waste that scoreboard.
Also I would really hope they keep the old score board and put it in the opposite end zone.
Such a competitive disadvantage having it on one side of the field.
Remember all the complaining about the score board at the Ryan Center, that’s why they add that smaller ones on the end zone concrete. With score and time.
Hopefully they learned from the past and don’t waste that scoreboard.
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Twenty Year old photo of redesign looks more exciting.
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Sigh....that rendering is top notch. A shame that verison never came to fruition. URI built part of that plan- the west side stands. Then typical Rhody politics were involved that blocked the rest of the expansion from happening. URI football interest is increasing with each winning season. No reason Meade cant get average attendance close to 8k a game. Here is to hoping for a nice student endzone section. Make it similar to the endzone seating at Univ. of Oklahoma!- kidding, it is probably more in their endzone than all of Meade.
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Could shut down and reroute West Alumni Avenue and build an Amphitheatre Hill on the North end of the field.bigappleram wrote: ↑7 months agoIt's the perfect student section. Don't even need actual seats....build a hill like amphitheater style. Let it be a partyramster wrote: ↑7 months agoJust curious about end zone seating. I'd prefer to sit on sidelines always over end zone. Is this desire to add end zone seating just to add capacity? Or is this a more desired seat location to sidelines?RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months ago
We don't know if end zone seating is included or not, the drawings out are just for illustrative purposes and are not the official plans
Currently plenty of room to do the same Amphitheatre Hill seating on the South End of the Field.
The New Scoreboard is tall enough to allow for a Student Hill.
These enhancements could be done now well ahead of the $42 million expansion. Relatively low cost compared to physical stands. Just bring in the dirt and cover it with beautiful Kingston RI home grown sod.
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The problem is the road behind the North End Zone doesn't allow for any great idea anyone has had about expanding this stadium.
If this were Bryant, the Bryant President could wake up tomorrow and say, "I don't like that road being there, hindering my stadium design" and within 24 hours, bulldozers would be where that road used to be, demolishing away.
Here at URI, everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE, knows what the problem is, but no one can do anything about it. Someone will come along with "well, we named that road after URI's top rower back in 1918, so we can't possibly move that road, it would be disrespectful"
PC can do whatever they want on their campus. Here at URI, it requires a super majority 2/3rds vote by Congress.
If this were Bryant, the Bryant President could wake up tomorrow and say, "I don't like that road being there, hindering my stadium design" and within 24 hours, bulldozers would be where that road used to be, demolishing away.
Here at URI, everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE, knows what the problem is, but no one can do anything about it. Someone will come along with "well, we named that road after URI's top rower back in 1918, so we can't possibly move that road, it would be disrespectful"
PC can do whatever they want on their campus. Here at URI, it requires a super majority 2/3rds vote by Congress.
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The final design will be unveiled in the future. What was shown is a basic 3d modeling concept. Most they can do is 6-7 row bleachers at the end zones. Better then nothing I suppose. Also room to beef up the east side.
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Honestly I don't have a problem with no seating in the north end zone, but ideally you would be putting up the new scoreboard there leaving the south end zone a mostly blank canvas to do whatever you wantedjcru wrote: ↑7 months ago The problem is the road behind the North End Zone doesn't allow for any great idea anyone has had about expanding this stadium.
If this were Bryant, the Bryant President could wake up tomorrow and say, "I don't like that road being there, hindering my stadium design" and within 24 hours, bulldozers would be where that road used to be, demolishing away.
Here at URI, everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE, knows what the problem is, but no one can do anything about it. Someone will come along with "well, we named that road after URI's top rower back in 1918, so we can't possibly move that road, it would be disrespectful"
PC can do whatever they want on their campus. Here at URI, it requires a super majority 2/3rds vote by Congress.
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Exactly. The 20 year old design is better developed because it was hoped to be just added into the Ryan Center project. What we have no is basically no more developed than a quick scetch and people shouldn't be basing opinions off of itRhodymob05 wrote: ↑7 months ago The final design will be unveiled in the future. What was shown is a basic 3d modeling concept. Most they can do is 6-7 row bleachers at the end zones. Better then nothing I suppose. Also room to beef up the east side.
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Jumping to conclusions based off of sketches is what we do best though.
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If the 20 year old model actually was built it would be hands down the best stadium in the CAA. It’s an artist rendering but boy what a beautiful layout. URI might not make that happen this time, but there is no reason why they can’t get close. We need, I totally get its a long long shot, some deep pocketed booster(s) to add another 10-15 million to the states 42 million. Wow what a facility, a true really tell tale sign to everyone that football at URI is here to say and we will be a force to be reckoned with be it FCS or dare say to FBS.
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Completely agreeR.Kelly150 wrote: ↑7 months ago If the 20 year old model actually was built it would be hands down the best stadium in the CAA. It’s an artist rendering but boy what a beautiful layout. URI might not make that happen this time, but there is no reason why they can’t get close. We need, I totally get its a long long shot, some deep pocketed booster(s) to add another 10-15 million to the states 42 million. Wow what a facility, a true really tell tale sign to everyone that football at URI is here to say and we will be a force to be reckoned with be it FCS or dare say to FBS.
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Wait, there's home grown sod around here? Actually, those sod farms do make good neighbors...nice and quiet, fake wolf cutouts to keep the real wolves away, you can always get your passenger to look when you drive by...ramster wrote: ↑7 months agoCould shut down and reroute West Alumni Avenue and build an Amphitheatre Hill on the North end of the field.bigappleram wrote: ↑7 months agoIt's the perfect student section. Don't even need actual seats....build a hill like amphitheater style. Let it be a party
Currently plenty of room to do the same Amphitheatre Hill seating on the South End of the Field.
The New Scoreboard is tall enough to allow for a Student Hill.
These enhancements could be done now well ahead of the $42 million expansion. Relatively low cost compared to physical stands. Just bring in the dirt and cover it with beautiful Kingston RI home grown sod.
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As I like to say, (and I don't know where I "stole" this quote from), "If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?" You can replace time with money here.RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoExactly. The 20 year old design is better developed because it was hoped to be just added into the Ryan Center project. What we have no is basically no more developed than a quick scetch and people shouldn't be basing opinions off of itRhodymob05 wrote: ↑7 months ago The final design will be unveiled in the future. What was shown is a basic 3d modeling concept. Most they can do is 6-7 row bleachers at the end zones. Better then nothing I suppose. Also room to beef up the east side.
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Agree. Do it right even if you can't go all of it at the beginning. Have the master plan and build towards it.steviep123 wrote: ↑7 months agoAs I like to say, (and I don't know where I "stole" this quote from), "If you don't have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?" You can replace time with money here.RhowdyRam02 wrote: ↑7 months agoExactly. The 20 year old design is better developed because it was hoped to be just added into the Ryan Center project. What we have no is basically no more developed than a quick scetch and people shouldn't be basing opinions off of itRhodymob05 wrote: ↑7 months ago The final design will be unveiled in the future. What was shown is a basic 3d modeling concept. Most they can do is 6-7 row bleachers at the end zones. Better then nothing I suppose. Also room to beef up the east side.
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While many athletics facilities at URI need improvement, at least it is not as bad as it was at FDU.
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I tried to get a potential timeline of when we might see what the replacement for the East stands would look like at the last game, but no such luck. My guess will be this summer or early fall. I have to assume we'll see a design before the wrecking ball hits Meade after the 2024 season
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Further proof that what we've seen so far isn't what the finished product will look like, we're only now selecting the architecture and engineering firm
https://www.independentri.com/news/arti ... 9cc5d.html
https://www.independentri.com/news/arti ... 9cc5d.html
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I wouldn't say no to HoK. They are the ones who designed the Ryan Center. People seemed to like their design for Meade Stadium the best. Would probably be the best bet to get congruent structures that look like they belong with one another.
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HOK Sports architecture company is now Populous...
https://populous.com/our-global-studio/our-history
https://populous.com/our-global-studio/our-history
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Populous did the New Practice Facility and as you said the Ryan Centerjcru wrote: ↑6 months ago HOK Sports architecture company is now Populous...
https://populous.com/our-global-studio/our-history
Big outfit
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Look at all of the stadiums alone. Gillette, Manchester United, London Olympic stadium, Arrowhead, Wembley, the Soldier Field rebuild...
https://populous.com/portfolio#stadiums
They even did the stadiums for the two football teams from where my wife comes from. Southend United Stadium and London Stadium...
https://populous.com/project/southend-united-stadium
https://populous.com/project/london-201 ... ic-stadium
The relationship between those two teams would be like the Patriots and the Giants here, prior to 1985. West Ham United, the Hammers, is a well established club that was featured in the movie Hooligans (or Green Street Hooligans) and the traditional team of the majority of fans from Essex. Southend United is the team that is literally just down the street from my in laws. Kind of like when the Patriots used to practice at Bryant for their summer training camp. They only made it into the league that the bigger teams are in just a few years ago, they've been steadily building a following.
https://populous.com/portfolio#stadiums
They even did the stadiums for the two football teams from where my wife comes from. Southend United Stadium and London Stadium...
https://populous.com/project/southend-united-stadium
https://populous.com/project/london-201 ... ic-stadium
The relationship between those two teams would be like the Patriots and the Giants here, prior to 1985. West Ham United, the Hammers, is a well established club that was featured in the movie Hooligans (or Green Street Hooligans) and the traditional team of the majority of fans from Essex. Southend United is the team that is literally just down the street from my in laws. Kind of like when the Patriots used to practice at Bryant for their summer training camp. They only made it into the league that the bigger teams are in just a few years ago, they've been steadily building a following.
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ummmm.... Source?Bartoburger wrote: ↑11 months ago Hopefully Meades new capacity will be closer to 15-18k. Thee reason is to get to stronger football conference. Please note- UNH unofficial long term-10- 20 years is to get rid of the track. Then bump the football field closer to the "new"grand stands while demolishing the current basketball gym which would be replaced by another grand stand/luxury seating area. This is survival mode right now for the CAA teams! I think sooner than later you will see this conference go FBS, that 12 team playoff is no joke and if a CAA or any other non power 5 conference is licking their chops at chance to run the table and possibly host a playoff game.
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Perhaps a hope and a prayer, but the MAC is at 13 teams and will need a 14th team. Western Kentucky is preferred, but they have all the CUSA teams exit money to consume. Albany would be a tighter footprint wise, but would be nicer to have you guys over Albany.UNHwildcat18 wrote: ↑5 months agoummmm.... Source?Bartoburger wrote: ↑11 months ago Hopefully Meades new capacity will be closer to 15-18k. Thee reason is to get to stronger football conference. Please note- UNH unofficial long term-10- 20 years is to get rid of the track. Then bump the football field closer to the "new"grand stands while demolishing the current basketball gym which would be replaced by another grand stand/luxury seating area. This is survival mode right now for the CAA teams! I think sooner than later you will see this conference go FBS, that 12 team playoff is no joke and if a CAA or any other non power 5 conference is licking their chops at chance to run the table and possibly host a playoff game.
Noting the MAC media contract is currently double that of the A10 and is close to renewal. Each G5 team earns around 1.7M from the College Football Playoffs. The CFP is through 2032 and not sure about what the P4 will be doing by then.
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Steve81,Steve81 wrote: ↑1 month agoPerhaps a hope and a prayer, but the MAC is at 13 teams and will need a 14th team. Western Kentucky is preferred, but they have all the CUSA teams exit money to consume. Albany would be a tighter footprint wise, but would be nicer to have you guys over Albany.UNHwildcat18 wrote: ↑5 months agoummmm.... Source?Bartoburger wrote: ↑11 months ago Hopefully Meades new capacity will be closer to 15-18k. Thee reason is to get to stronger football conference. Please note- UNH unofficial long term-10- 20 years is to get rid of the track. Then bump the football field closer to the "new"grand stands while demolishing the current basketball gym which would be replaced by another grand stand/luxury seating area. This is survival mode right now for the CAA teams! I think sooner than later you will see this conference go FBS, that 12 team playoff is no joke and if a CAA or any other non power 5 conference is licking their chops at chance to run the table and possibly host a playoff game.
Noting the MAC media contract is currently double that of the A10 and is close to renewal. Each G5 team earns around 1.7M from the College Football Playoffs. The CFP is through 2032 and not sure about what the P4 will be doing by then.
1. How much did UMass receive from the A10 for all sports and how much did UMass receive from the CAA for Football?
2. How much will UMass receive for all sports from the MAC? Does UMass receive the same amount as all MAC schools? Or is there a gradual increase due to being new?
3. This upcoming season will have 12 teams in the FBS Playoffs. Are they going to 14 teams the following year?
4. What do you think UConn ends up doing for Football and all sports? Is UConn the only Independent FBS team remaining now?
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Think UConn will eventually get into the ACC and will stay indy for now.ramster wrote: ↑1 month agoSteve81,Steve81 wrote: ↑1 month agoPerhaps a hope and a prayer, but the MAC is at 13 teams and will need a 14th team. Western Kentucky is preferred, but they have all the CUSA teams exit money to consume. Albany would be a tighter footprint wise, but would be nicer to have you guys over Albany.
Noting the MAC media contract is currently double that of the A10 and is close to renewal. Each G5 team earns around 1.7M from the College Football Playoffs. The CFP is through 2032 and not sure about what the P4 will be doing by then.
1. How much did UMass receive from the A10 for all sports and how much did UMass receive from the CAA for Football?
2. How much will UMass receive for all sports from the MAC? Does UMass receive the same amount as all MAC schools? Or is there a gradual increase due to being new?
3. This upcoming season will have 12 teams in the FBS Playoffs. Are they going to 14 teams the following year?
4. What do you think UConn ends up doing for Football and all sports? Is UConn the only Independent FBS team remaining now?
The 12 team is set. 14 teams is a possibility for 2025 and beyond but is unclear. Just know 12 is certain.
The A10 averaged 2 NCAA credits and nothing for COVID so 8M plus this year 2M is the A10 NCAA men's basketball pot of 10M. Teams earning a credit get 75% and unclear how many of those teams out of the 15. So going to over simplify saying 5 teams split 75% and 10 teams split 25% or 250k. Womens did go to the NCAA in 2023 and don't know that stuff, but women's and other sports will be a push in $ in the MAC.
The A10 media was 5M plus secondary streaming. The new contract does not mention the primary so will assume not a big over all raise as will keep it simple.
The MAC is 10M for the primary and 12 teams. Poster is saying the new contract will be 1.5-2M per team. Football, the CAA is unknown as we've been out since 2012 but guessing peanuts. The CFP did give all FCS conferences 1% to split with around 164 teams. We'll get .9M from the CFP but the new CFP reduces independents to 1/5 of a G5 member. We will be G5 and get the 1.7M It also cuts out any money to FCS conferences.
Summary:
A10 around 600k with media and men's NCAA Credits. We got a split of 0.5% of CFP money or around 630k and will be around 900k with Army joining the AAC. (Note: New CFP contract reduces independents to around 350k.)
The MAC will be around 4M.
The plan is 1 buy game. FBS teams get 1.5 to 1.9M and with FCS teams about a third. So a million difference.
These are best guesses, but we'll earn 5M in the MAC with the buy game minus a FCS team on the schedule.
Hope that helps and the money and exposure are the reasons many good and not so great FCS teams try to move up to FBS. There are other reasons as being with peer institutions.
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It's no secret that would love for you guys to join us in the MAC. With Western Kentucky happy with the addition of Missouri State joining CUSA, this is a post from the MAC board.
Garden_KC wrote:Rhode Island is the one call up that intrigues me.Steve1981 wrote:I've been on the Stony Brook board some time ago. Things have changed in the administration and do not feel they will move up. Understand Illinois State. Like Albany but would like to throw in Rhody, which like Illinois State has had some good basketball history.FMRocket wrote:
At this point I would venture to say that WKU is off the table !!
Seems that a good majority of their fan base want to stay put … That’s OK, time for the MAC to focus on an Albany, Stony Brook, or Illinois State add as the next 14th member further in the future !!
1) Travel partner for UMass.
2) "Name" athletic school.
3) Takes another bite out of the A10.
4) Close enough to NYC for BB recruiting.
I don't see the other call-ups offering that much in basketball. Rhode Island would be another school like UMass that would regularly finish in the Top 8 and qualify for the tournament in Cleveland.
There is no stadium capacity requirement for FBS anymore either.
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I'd love to move up to FBS and I'd be happy with the MAC, but I know I'm in the minority and I don't see it ever happening unfortunately
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I am right there with you RR2. And I agree it's likely a small minority.
I'd go FBS tomorrow and the MAC would be just fine. Pair up with long. long term rival UMASS and other more regional team might follow.
I'd love a conference that included all sports.
I'd go FBS tomorrow and the MAC would be just fine. Pair up with long. long term rival UMASS and other more regional team might follow.
I'd love a conference that included all sports.
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I always thought the MAC was out of reach because their stadiums were so big, but I crunched some numbers, and a 17000 seat stadium like UMass has is perfectly fine for the MAC.
The average stadium is 26,205, but the average attendance last year was only 13,503. There's no need to build a massive stadium to keep up with the Jones' if it's going to be half empty. Only three teams of the 12 MAC teams and UMass averaged more than 17,000 last year.
Toledo - 19,677
Western Michigan - 17,619
Ohio - 17,441
We used to get 10,000 plus to games fairly regularly, last year three teams averaged less than 10,000
Akron - 7237
Northern Illinois - 9456
Kent State - 9511
Anyway, it was a fun time wasting exercise when Steve81 started talking about Rhode Island to the MAC. I know it's a pipedream and we won't do it, but something to think about when I get a copy of College Football 25 in July.
Then again, maybe our hand will get forced if we want to keep our basketball program at the top level of the sport
The average stadium is 26,205, but the average attendance last year was only 13,503. There's no need to build a massive stadium to keep up with the Jones' if it's going to be half empty. Only three teams of the 12 MAC teams and UMass averaged more than 17,000 last year.
Toledo - 19,677
Western Michigan - 17,619
Ohio - 17,441
We used to get 10,000 plus to games fairly regularly, last year three teams averaged less than 10,000
Akron - 7237
Northern Illinois - 9456
Kent State - 9511
Anyway, it was a fun time wasting exercise when Steve81 started talking about Rhode Island to the MAC. I know it's a pipedream and we won't do it, but something to think about when I get a copy of College Football 25 in July.
Then again, maybe our hand will get forced if we want to keep our basketball program at the top level of the sport
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i'd support that move.
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I think it’s a great idea.
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I am on board.
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This is a link to the MAC board on the subject of MAC Expansion and a discussion on Rhody,
https://csnbbs.com/thread-970449-page-46.html
https://csnbbs.com/thread-970449-page-46.html
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I also think this gives URI a good sports home for the foreseeable future. It’s clearly a step down for Basketball, but I worry Dayton and VCU will leave the A10 and where does that leave the conference? I don’t think URI would ever have the popularity to lead a conference, URI is a follower and that’s totally fine and getting into a FBS football conference would be huge in securing the long term success of the entire athletics program. I would love to see another program like Delaware, UNH or Maine take the step to join the MAC so we is another natural rival for URI and UMass.
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Delaware is joining CUSA in 2025.
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I would only support the move if there was a clear long term plan to go to FBS with the ultimate goal of being a player in both mens/womens basketball AND FBS. Otherwise it's not worth it and it would be a detriment to hoops. Ultimately I do want URI mens/womens hoops to be a player in whatever world that is, and that means getting on par with VCU and Dayton.
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I think that’s what all who are liking this are sayingsteviep123 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago I would only support the move if there was a clear long term plan to go to FBS with the ultimate goal of being a player in both mens/womens basketball AND FBS. Otherwise it's not worth it and it would be a detriment to hoops. Ultimately I do want URI mens/womens hoops to be a player in whatever world that is, and that means getting on par with VCU and Dayton.
Just as UMass has done, at least that’s the way I view it.
MAC all sports along with UMass and hopefully other regional schools to be added.
UMass, Boston College and UConn are all FBS and UConn will join a FBS Conference in at the very least Football. No reason why URI can’t be FBS in all sports along with those 3 New England schools
New recent Upgrades to Meade Field with lights, turf and scoreboard will fit nicely with the $42 million stadium seating improvement.
Football continues to improve at URI and is a good sport to have that separated URI from most of the NBE schools and quite a few of the A10 schools.
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Amensteviep123 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago I would only support the move if there was a clear long term plan to go to FBS with the ultimate goal of being a player in both mens/womens basketball AND FBS. Otherwise it's not worth it and it would be a detriment to hoops. Ultimately I do want URI mens/womens hoops to be a player in whatever world that is, and that means getting on par with VCU and Dayton.
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Hear you. My opinion is that window to go to the MAC is not huge. Regarding rivals, that is individual and even by sports. For us with pro Patriots and Buffalo and being the closest, Buffalo will be a rival. Myself consider Ohio a potential rival being generally good in basketball and football. Basketball wise Toledo, Kent State, Akron and Ohio are generally good. There are a few programs that are capable of stepping up in any given year. But after that it dramatically drops off and will never be as deep as the A10. However Dayton seems to be a good with 2 negatives. Being that it is difficult competing with their 1.5M NIL program and are a flight risk.R.Kelly150 wrote: ↑3 weeks ago I also think this gives URI a good sports home for the foreseeable future. It’s clearly a step down for Basketball, but I worry Dayton and VCU will leave the A10 and where does that leave the conference? I don’t think URI would ever have the popularity to lead a conference, URI is a follower and that’s totally fine and getting into a FBS football conference would be huge in securing the long term success of the entire athletics program. I would love to see another program like Delaware, UNH or Maine take the step to join the MAC so we is another natural rival for URI and UMass.
Rivals are by sports, but Toledo and Ohio are generally good in bb and fb.
Congrats on the east stand replacement and look forward to seeing pictures.
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Regarding CAA Football, there is talk Richmond is considering leaving. Would assume the Patriot League. Here is a thread.
https://csnbbs.com/thread-990742.html
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One unique thing about Rhody is your men's soccer program. No other FCS possibility has it and the MAC needs 1 team. The men's soccer program has W. Mich with a RPI #6 plus 2 other teams in the MVC plus Akron was a past National Champ 10 years ago and now in the Big East.
The MAC has 6,669 points compared to 3,504 A10 director cup points.