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That's very positive. If UA and Albany Law ever move closer it'll require student buy in. Now we know 39 Albany Law students would be in favor. Better yet their fellow classmates that are not UA would be less likely to protest their friend and fellow classmate.

I think it comes down to 2 possible FBS games...

 

Tennessee vs. Texas A&M and Florida State vs. Miami. The SEC game has the possibility of being a game between 2 ranked teams. FSU vs. Miami is a big time rivalry game and both are ranked in Top 25.

Florida State lost but the other three won. Tennessee was losing with 10 seconds but a miracle got them a win. Slim odds for us

Now I know who to root against. A few losses on their part and we're looking good.

When is it announced?

I'd have to seriously consider making last minute flight plans

College Game Day would be awesome!!!

I bet winning that Buffalo game helped land this deal

I finally have an Albany game near me ?

 

http://www.fbschedules.com/2016/09/central-michigan-open-2018-season-kentucky/

 

 

"Central Michigan has also added a home game against the Albany Great Danes. The game is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant."

Bring the Nano College home to UA!

 

All self interest aside it's the right thing to do. University controls can prevent big mistakes like was done here

Update:

 

"The University at Albany is expanding academic programs and rebranding its oft-forgotten East Greenbush campus in hopes of raising its national profile as a hub for the health sciences and biotechnology research.

 

University officials will unveil the newly renamed Health Sciences Campus and detail their plans at a 10 a.m. news conference scheduled for Monday on the campus.

 

While the university foundation has operated the 95-acre site since 1996, many in the region and within the university itself are unaware of the so-called East Campus on the other side of the Hudson River. Located off the Columbia Turnpike in the Rensselaer County town of East Greenbush, the campus shares an entrance and driveway with major pharmaceutical and biotech players like Regeneron and AMRI.

 

"Being able to say to say that we are on a health sciences campus, even if it's just a simple change of the name, can go a long way not just in our work but for the region's recognition as a whole," said Phillip Albrecht, whose biotech research company Integrated Tissue Dynamics rents space on the site.

 

Biopharmaceutical and technology companies in the region have long noted that their peers in Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., among other places, have a major leg up on them in securing grants, venture funding and work solely because of their location."

10 am Monday.

Considering the guests this announcement must be beneficial to UAlbany, Albany Law, Albany Med and Albany Pharmacy.

 

The announcement has to be important enough for 4 presidents to take the time.

 

A new affiliation or college? Can't be just another joint program, right?

Presidents of UAlbany, Albany Law, Albany Med and Albany Pharmacy announcing "big news" Monday. What could it be?

 

http://m.timesunion.com/local/article/UAlbany-has-big-plans-for-Rensselaer-biotech-9209980.php

Huge win. So proud

Where is this photo taken?

 

 

I for one didn't expect UA to still be in the basement so many years after elevating to the CAA.

 

For 15 years I've enjoyed watching UA dominate... even beating CAA teams while still in the NEC. Now for the past 5 years we've struggled.

 

It seems we didn't get much of a bounce from the upgrade. We seemed to win more with less

I certainly hope we reach the point where we're in the mix for a playoff spot year in and year out..and hope it's sooner rather than later..but I'm not sure I understand the feeling that we've been in the basement for years now..especially the "past 5 years"???

 

2011: 8-4 (1-0 vs. CAA), FCS playoffs

2012: 9-2 (0-1 vs. CAA)

2013: 1-11, 0-8 CAA, Ford's last season

2014: 7-5, 3-5 CAA, ranked in top 25 multiple weeks, Gattuso's first season

2015: 3-8, 2-6 CAA

Ok, 3 years. Feels like forever though.

I for one didn't expect UA to still be in the basement so many years after elevating to the CAA.

 

For 15 years I've enjoyed watching UA dominate... even beating CAA teams while still in the NEC. Now for the past 5 years we've struggled.

 

It seems we didn't get much of a bounce from the upgrade. We seemed to win more with less

I don't disagree that President Jones handled the false racism charged poorly.

 

That said I was excited to see some much necessary expansion of the university in law and engineering.

 

My concern is having this position open for 12 to 18 months. Filling it with temps. We need an advocate for UA growth. I feel the churn in this position is why we lag SBU and UB.

 

Further every time this position opens there is risk of filling the position with an anti football zealot. May low chance but still scary.

Jones was an excellent president especially in regards to the law school,engineering school and other additions.

 

My main concern is athletics. He was pro athletics and pro football. I hope our luck doesn't run out and we get a nut job like Hofstra or BU got that was hostile to athletics.

 

I wish we could find stability.

All that money couldn't buy them half the success that we've had. Sounds like 10 million in wasted money to me. Good for them!

No disrespect but your missing the point. Success on the field or not how can two SUNY Centers in the same conference have such a disparity? ("income inequality" to quote my lazy communist friends)

 

$29M Stony Brook

$18M Albany

Stony Brook's budget is higher than half the MAC (FBS). How can there be such a disparity in school support between Albany and Stony Brook? $10M difference

I was reading an article on Idaho dropping down to FCS. Idaho's budget is $19M.

 

How is it Stony Brook has a budget of $29M? That's +$10M over Albany. Most of that $10M advantage is school support. Ticket sales, student fees are basically the same. The school is kicking in millions more

This could just be a wish list item from the blogger or something starting slowly. Does anyone have facts?

 

Knowing New York I'm concerned this will move at glacier speed if ever happening. Optimistic but pragmatic

I remain excited about the law school eventually moving into UA

 

Now talk about medical school

 

http://blog.timesunion.com/business/the-case-for-albany-med-and-ualbany-to-merge/74208/

In a little over 3 years we'll have played a MAC, C-USA and ACC team in football.

 

Awesome to think I enrolled in a D3 college and here we are