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Significantly more people watched the segment on ABC News a couple of weeks ago. It would be great if 60 Minutes or Real Sports on HBO would pick up on this story, then you're talking about 10-15 minutes of coverage rather than 2-3...now THAT would be awesome (seems like a perfect story for these types of programs too, hopefully it gets some traction)

I'm sure most of you have seen this already, but Miles Thompson made #9 on SportCenter's Top 10 plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_-Aok1CD2tk

On now. Pretty awesome! For anyone that missed, I will try to upload to youtube later (unless it's on the Abc news site)

Did they replace the wooden bleachers at the PE Building?

Had no idea it was finished. Pics please!

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Superior football exposure, for one. Even with weekday MAC games and all the 'toilet bowls' the AGS crowd loves to disparage, the MAC packages blow away FCS: http://www.sportsbus...FB-Ratings.aspx *NBCSN, which now has a package of CAA and Ivy League games, averaged 62,000 viewers this season, down 39% from last year, when the net still had Mountain West Conference games. NBCSN’s average has dropped sharply in recent years as it has now renewed rights to the Pac-12 and Big 12 as well. *Mid-American Conference telecasts on ESPN2 this season, which typically air late in the season, averaged 927,000 viewers, marking the best “MACtion” figure since ’09. The 927,000 viewers mark also is up 22% from last year. Northern Illinois fueled many of the telecasts as the school attempted another run at an undefeated season. The Bowling Green-NIU MAC Championship on Dec. 6 drew 1.9 million viewers, marking the best figure for that game on record. For the season, UB's 5 nationally televeised games averaged nearly as many viewers as Rutgers: http://www.goodbullh...eason-final-sec Then, comparing UB's bowl game rating and viewership estimate vs FCS semi's/final, D-2 Final, D-3 Final Sat Dec 21 Potato Bowl UB/SDSU 1.4HH 2062K Sat Jan 4 NDSU/Tow .8HH 1243k Sat Dec 21 D-2 Final .6HH 870k Fri Dec 20 NDSU/UNH .5HH 813K Sat Dec 21 Tow/EWU .3HH 409K Fri Dec 20 D-3 Final .3HH 473k And viewership superlatives from UB's 2008 MAC title season: (Jan 2009) The Ball State football team’s game vs. Buffalo in the Marathon Mid-American Conference Championship Game received a 1.7 rating on ESPN2, which set a league record for the most viewers to ever watch a game involving two MAC teams on the ESPN family of networks [Now 2nd to the 2013 MAC title game] The Bulls appearance in the International Bowl against Connecticut saw a huge ratings swing from 2008 to 2009. This year's game got a national rating of 2.12 (or just over two million homes) up 33% from last year's number of 1.59 between Rutgers and Ball State. Locally [buffalo market], the game got a high 18.2 rating (70,400) [16.4 average] in cable households according to Time-Warner statistics. It was the most watched cable show in four years, higher even than the Buffalo Bills Monday Night broadcasts on ESPN in 2007 and 2008. Buffalo's 10,500 tickets sold for the International Bowl ranked it second among all non-BCS programs in terms of tickets sold for bowl games. Only Navy, which sold 16,200 tickets to its game in Washington, DC (the Eagle Bank Bowl), sold more than Buffalo among non-BCS schools. Among schools that Buffalo outdrew at the ticket window were Arizona, North Carolina State, Kansas and Wake Forest. As great as the Ford story was for Albany, the national media just won't pick up on an FCS story like an FBS bowl team's story: And Buffalo will receive a head start on great MAC ratings when we host Baylor on ESPN on Sept 12. Home loss, highly likely. But a top 10 team at home can't be beat. It all comes down to ROI. I am not arguing that FBS means the potential for greater exposure (note, I didn't say "guarantees"), however what did Buffalo spend to get those TV ratings, and ultimately, is it worth it? That is really what I was getting at in my post. UB's athletics budget is $12.5+ million dollars more than UA's athletics budget (almost double, based on 2012 numbers). Did they earn $12MM worth of additional exposure vs UA? I don't know the answer to that question, but my guess is a resounding "no". Danefan mentioned advantages of being FBS in NY, but I just don't see it. Northeast Football is dominated by Syracuse and Rutgers, and maybe Boston College and UCONN. I don't think there is a market for Albany, at least not to the extent at which we'll have to increase our budget to get it. Buffalo certainly hasn't cracked it, and they spend twice as much as us and still don't have a BBall NCAA Tournament appearance under their belt.

Why do we want to rush to be the next Buffalo? Honestly, I don't see the value in FBS if it's in a lower tier conference. What could we get out of it? Fools gold IMO. Our budgets may be small but look what we've done with it...not only on the fields but with class-act coaches and good kids. The emphasis should be on preserving that culture.

Mercer...wow

It's been discussed before, but coming off the biggest exposure our program has ever received I think it's time the Athletics department refreshed our logos. Personally, I think this design looks dated and amateurish. They should also drop the 'U', and just go by 'Albany'. It's simple, clean and not so awkward like I think it is now. I understand the original reasoning was to distinguish ourselves from Albany State University in GA, however I think we've outgrown that branding challenge and need to evolve to the next level. I also think a new logo should incorporate the Great Dane. We get a ton of love for our mascot, so why not put it out there more? That being said, I absolutely hate the "head only" version. It looks lopsided and goofy. When the entire body is shown, it looks symmetrical and distinguished. If they updated this logo, I think we've got a winner. Thoughts?

Clearly this is how it is done. Simply, Wilikin, Iorizzo and Singleis couldn't do this on their best day. It is so odd to see hometown guys root against the hometown team. They just have nothing good to say about UA athletics. Frankly, that is a sad! Thank God they all turn their attention to horse racing so they leave the spring sports teams alone. I'm sure they'll find a way to work in a few digs at the team in their post analysis.

If you don't use Twitter this may mean nothing to you but... "DJ Evans" and "Albany" were top 10 trends in America during the game. Pretty cool to see them pop up as the top trends. When will the French major ever make that happen? NEVER! there I said it. LOL! Hell, Nano couldn't do that either

PROUD!!!

We need a good run. This game is winable if we can make the shots!

Need to make shots!

Yep, a drone. Here is the link to the reddit post

See! I'm not crazy!

cool pic of the stadium Larger: http://i.imgur.com/7GXumbX.jpg

Ouch. So what is going to be our consolation prize?

Where'd you watch the game? I was at Taco Mac in the Highlands since I'm here on business. What's the best place to find a rebroadcast? I want to rewatch the game without bar distractions. Taco Mac actually! In Alpharetta. Did they show the game in the Highlands?

He's a disrespectful a-hole

link?

Yes, Damien the Great Dane

I was at a sports bar in Atlanta for most of the first half and it was playing on almost every TV screen.

Doesn't matter- it should be the top story today too. I don't think it's nitpicking at all either. The day after the biggest win in school history...disrespectful IMO.