With respect to conference viability, it occurred to me that Delaware has the distinction of being the only state flagship university in the United States located within a top 50 metro media market (in the #4 media market, no less) that plays football at the FCS level. Respectfully, only a small po...

UCONN made their decision when they left the AAC to move back to the Big East. The Huskies will be happy to watch the football program die a slow death if that keeps their basketball programs where they believe they belong; the Big East. The TERRIBLE media rights deal the ACC is locked into (until 2...

CAA SCHEDULES OF TOP 8 (per CAA Media Day voting) TEAMS 1 - William & Mary Maine ... Towson ... Monmouth ... Richmond at Campbell ... at Elon ... at Albany ... at Hampton play 5 of bottom 7 and 2 of 3 games against top 8 teams at home 2 - New Hampshire Towson … Albany … Villanova … Maine at Del...

Not a sleeper, but my breakout player is Bradly Anyanwu.

UD '01 grad wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:30 pm Would humbly submit Hens' most difficult matchup is a September road tilt in Pennsylvania.

Really? Gee how did I miss that.

I too think 8-3 is a realistic prediction. ... the 3 most difficult opponent's are all home games; UNH, Elon & Nova. ... Stony and Towson are both struggling programs of late ... Hampton and NCA&T are getting their CAA legs, and probably need a couple of seasons to land CAA-type recruiting c...

This is the undisputed, weakest schedule the Hens have had in a decade. I expect UNH-Elon-Nova to be very competitive opponents. All 3 are in Delaware Stadium. Stony-St Francis-Duquesne-NCA&T-Hampton-Towson-Campbell. And we do not play W&M-Richmond-URI—Monmouth-Albany-Maine. My question woul...

Stadium size was dropped as a criteria to move to FBS a long time ago, and replaced with a minimum average attendance of 15,000 every other year. And if you will notice in the rule changes thread they are proposing the minimum average attendance rule be dropped and replaced with a minimum number of ...

I was also always told that the NEZ will not really increase stadium capacity but that is an outstanding plan to incorporate an "Ashburn Alley" type area. Depending on the extent of Phase III, personally, I wouldn't touch the East stands other than some chair backs in Section K and adding...

Annual Florida athletic department income is $190,000,000, verses $164,000,000 in budgeted expenses. $400,000,000 is a big number, but it looks to be more than manageable. The trend in all professional/college sports continues; smaller capacity with better seating and amenities. It’s how you get the...

72 Hen wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:16 pm

BlueHenBobby wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 1:24 pm Certainly does't look like a major increase in capacity that you might expect for a move to FBS.

Could there be seating options behind the glass windows atop the endzone seats?

Behind the glass are Coaches offices.

Any increase in stadium capacity is minimal.

In an age before MADD and litigation crazy attorney’s you could do s$&t that would be reckless to consider today. I’m glad in the current environment the university has found a way to accommodate students tailgating, including what appears to be a very popular Cockpit Barn. Let’s hope the studen...

I saw an interesting article in the paper this morning; could boost recruiting and/or keep players out of the portal. A “non-profit group” in Austin, TX have funded a new program (under the guise of paying players for using their image, etc.) that will pay every UT O-Lineman on scholarship $50K per...

#1 is my guess, with a caveat. I think the football side will look a little like CAA football does. UConn stays in the Big East and Army and Navy are football only as well. I’m not a fan of being conference mates with the military academies but it’s probably what it takes to make it work. Rhode Isla...