madDOG

I'll give it to SEFCU...looks good on tv, but that scoreboard...ugh

There needs to be a cultural shift, where students are indoctrinated to the sports programs even before they attend UA. Orientation should devote an entire day to athletics and really impress upon new students how important (and fun) attending games can be. Marketing needs to be all over Indian and State quads....flyers, email blasts, social media, etc. Have a party bus parked outside each quad before games and shuttle students to the BoFo/SEFCU/JFF in style. Set up a ticket center kiosk at Crossgates Mall as a way to recruit locals...somewhere centrally located, that also sells UA gear, hats, t-shirts, posters, etc. More (and better) in-game promotions and gimmicks. Make it feel like a true EVENT, not just a football or basketball game.

I'm skeptical of tunnels to the PE building. It's relatively far from the podium and would have to be buried pretty deep to clear the track and field "bowl". The podium is just one massive structure and the tunnels aren't really tunnels at all- just the basement really. In terms of practicality it doesn't make any sense. Probably just mis-remembering things, D96..."Brian Williams style" LOL

Dirty Albs U

I like the Rutgers approach...

Albany, The State University of New York

but yeah, we're all just spit-balling here. nothing is going to change with the name but there's no question that the school needs to do a better job of marketing itself (especially outside of NYS)

Cuomo University? lol no

At the risk of being different I would suggest something entirely new. I still think the most interesting part of the campus is that it looks like a starship. I know we have had a mutt as our mascot for a long time but I still like the idea of The Albany Starship. Tell me a bunch of students wouldn't love to come to games dressed as Kirk, Spock, Vulcans and Klingons. Maybe The Albany Klingons!

What are the reasons why the school couldn't be renamed 'University of New York' or 'New York State University'?

This is very positive, and something many of us have been talking about for years.

http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2015/02/10/ualbany-to-create-new-vice-president-position.html

 

Robert Jones, president of University at Albany, will hire a vice president to oversee the college's branding efforts.

The vice president would oversee media and communications, web presence, marketing and branding, among other responsibilities. Jones outlined the new position at a university senate meeting Monday.

Jones, who has led the 17,000-student university for two years, has listed improving the academic reputation of the college as one of his top priorities.

He says the university is known by several names. UAlbany needs a clearer message about the growth of the college over the past decade, as well as where the university is headed in the future, he says.

UAlbany is developing two new colleges, a college of engineering and a college of emergency preparedness, homeland security and cybersecurity.

RIP

Purplefam

I JUST FOUND THE SHOTS WE TOOK WERE VERY, VERY POOR. I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS WATCHING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON BUT IT IS NOT GOOD.

$5.25MM gift made to University today

http://www.albany.edu/news/56591.php

UConn is damn good. Impressive that we held them to only one goal

Oh boy. My friend wants to know where the college kids go. This should be interesting. 4 old dudes hanging with the college kids. Anyone know?

Is Peabody's still around?

How did Bing get the primetime game on Fox Sports vs Providence and not us?

You have to understand their readership, which is mostly old adults. The newspaper industry is in a death spiral. UA represents the new order in the Capital District, and young people and young families don't read newspapers. Siena fans are old farts and/or alums. Let them have the TU

Why do you think this is a bad deal for Albany Law?

Why does Albany Law School need UAlbany to become a public law school? It could easily become a public school without any affiliation with UAlbany. Albany Law will easily survive the current economic "crisis". Albany law could easily associate with Stony Brook, Binghamton or RPI.

Explain how Albany Law could easily become public? Also why would they affiliate with SB or Bing rather than UA? That makes no sense.

So, um...we made the front page of reddit today...

nice comment from 'jmuroadwarrior' who was apparently at the game...

Albany the University, the football team and their stadium are a lot more impressive than many on this board realize. Who knows? with their history of 31 ( yes 31) NCAA tournament appearances in multiple sports since 2003, they may get to FBS sooner than us.

can't watch...how are we looking?

2nd. Hook a brotha up! Will add a cash bonus for an order of wings from T's fedexed to ATL

Dukes vs Danes!

I like to think of JMU as our southern rivals.

This is a significant game for both teams.

The battle for Purple & Gold...let's make it 5-0!!

Nope. Salukis are an Egyptian dog breed, the Bryant Bulldogs, and the Wofford Terriers are all ahead of us.

Creepy

In the latest sports network poll looks like we're receiving 89 votes, which puts us at 31st in the rankings. Not bad for a team that was 1-11 last year!

 

http://www.sportsnet...oot225poll.aspx

 

We may not have the prestige, but the team names for the FCS Top 25 are way cooler than the FBS teams: Chanticleers, Jackrabbits, Salukis, Lumberjacks, Mocs, Paladins, Penguins, Tribe, Spiders...and, of course, Great Danes...

quite a few cats, including at least three 'Wildcats'. Are we the #1 dog?