LabattBlue Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I would swap that embarrassment of a football program, for D1 Hockey & D1 Lacrosse any day of the week. Lacrosse is especially a no brainer in terms of facilities needed to get up and running. The student base which is huge has no interest in attending the home football games, and the WNY community is all about the Bills, and for the most part don't give a hoot about UB football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 I would swap that embarrassment of a football program, for D1 Hockey & D1 Lacrosse any day of the week. Lacrosse is especially a no brainer in terms of facilities needed to get up and running. The student base which is huge has no interest in attending the home football games, and the WNY community is all about the Bills, and for the most part don't give a hoot about UB football. The basketball team was an embarrassment too until it won back-to-back conference titles. You can give up or you can keep striving. UB is the largest school in a large state. It ranks up there with the Penn States and UConns. It should have big time athletics including football. WNY already has a Canisius. We don't need another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 The more I think about UB football I've reached the conclusion that I don't think this is solely a UB problem either. If any one doubts that I encourage you to google MAC football attendance. It's not pretty for any of the teams in the conference. People love big events such as the NFL and major conference college ball. Mid major football will probably never excite the masses. This is exactly the way I see it. I'm down here in Virginia and the local university ODU went from FCS to FBS. I thought it was a big mistake. As an FCS school they made the playoffs in their first year of eligibility and probably would have been a perennial contender for national championships. As an FBS school it's hard to get hyped to watch them play teams like UTEP and get blown out by teams like NC State. Just not very conducive to fan support when the best you can hope for is a 4 or 5 loss season and a berth in the Boca Raton Bowl or something stupid like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 True but how bad do you have to be to lose to Albany? I already bought tickets to UB @ Boston College Oct 1. Hope it's not a total schittshow. They beat stony brook in 5 ot in 2013, then put up a 6-2 conference record and made a bowl game. Its certainly not a good thing, but it isnt a season killer unless they are northern illinois going for a major berth or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I don't know a lot about college football but is this really that bad? Aren't the southern schools, even the small ones like Albany, usually better than northern schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Woo go Danes! Promo, some friends and I are making a weekend out of Oct. 15th-16th. Ball State at UB on Saturday then SF at the Bills on Sunday. My friend (9ers fan) has a couple of kids he coached playing for UB so he's excited. I don't know a lot about college football but is this really that bad? Aren't the southern schools, even the small ones like Albany, usually better than northern schools? Underrated post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricojes Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) The UB football student section is very small, there's just seems to be no interest in football from the student body. They rock the building for basketball, it's a great atmosphere, but they can't draw students for football. As for the QB, they have to go with Jackson. He is an athletic QB with a big arm, he just needs to play and get better. If he carries the ball like a RB and not one handed and unprotected, they score and take the lead very late in the 4th quarter. He'll learn from this and will continue to get better. I don't know a lot about college football but is this really that bad? Aren't the southern schools, even the small ones like Albany, usually better than northern schools? Doesn't sound like you know where Albany is located either... Edited September 6, 2016 by ricojes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Starting with a Friday game on opening night of high school football season never helps boost attendance for a program that should aim to cater to WNY football fans beyond the Amherst campus. But Saturday games don't do great, either. 42 percent from Metro NY and a mere 17 percent of undergrad students are from WNY. It's a good point. There's a lot to be said for a student body that grew up cheering for the program. There's almost none of that at UB. Definitely part of the issue. Anyway, Go Bulls! - class of '03. Very good point. MY neighbors daughter is a senior this year & wants to get into a pre med program. Very good student, had solid sat scores. Her first choice is UB. Her guidance counselor told her don't even bother applying, being a local student you wont get in. To many people at UB from downstate(NYC) where they could careless about sports that represents WNY & I hate to sound racist but too many foreign students at UB where they could careless about football or basketball. All they seem to care about is getting an education. UB's poor attendance I think could be directly attributed to the dynamics that make up the student body. With the amount of students they have that place should be packed every week. Although I do agree with Rich, the stadium does suck. And of course losing to Albany isn't going to help things. There are some real bad teams in the MAC this year. Y'all just don't get the CAA is the best FCS conference in the country...even our dregs can beat FBS teams!!!! Much appreciated on the Richmond bet this weekend. Had $50 on them. Thanks for the insight. Edited September 6, 2016 by Gordio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) I don't know a lot about college football but is this really that bad? Aren't the southern schools, even the small ones like Albany, usually better than northern schools? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York Yeah it's kind of bad. Certainly embarrassing. Edited September 6, 2016 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Day 10 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 That stadium is a huge barrier to entry. I actually am interested in the MAC, and I try from time to time... but I cant stomach games there. It feels like Im watching the game from the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Woo go Danes! Promo, some friends and I are making a weekend out of Oct. 15th-16th. Ball State at UB on Saturday then SF at the Bills on Sunday. My friend (9ers fan) has a couple of kids he coached playing for UB so he's excited. Underrated post. I'm doing the Army game. Same weekend as the Cards game. Also going to see UB @ Boston College Oct 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York Yeah it's kind of bad. Certainly embarrassing. I assumed Albany Georgia. I didn't even know that Albany NY had a football team. I guess that is bad. They have a basketball team that sucks but made the tournament a couple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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