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I mean no disrespect but I can't find any other way to put it.

Speaking of suspect announcing, I have to pass the following video along. (I know it is fake, but it has the makings of an instant classic.)

http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

To be quite frank...there's a reason college kids don't usually do play-by-play unless a program doesn't mind being a DIII type.

BOOM Goes the DYNAMITE!

Game Notes are up. This year with color! Pretty much replaces the Media Guide.

I am sure there are more errors in the media guide (and that is not the point of this post), but: "The Danes will need to fill the shoes of All-NEC kicker Herb Glass, who made 37-of-42 field goals in his career."???

Heck, he had nine misses last year alone.

This one is phase one, what I'm calling two tiers on a lower level. The upper part looks to have about 15 rows.

This one would be phase two - the upper deck looks like it has at least 25 rows. I had thought it was going to be above the lower level, adding another floor to the structure behind it, but you're right it looks here more like a rebuild of the upper part.

In those pictures I think you are comparing the conceptual design to the actual design. If there are only 4,000 permanent seats in Phase 1, I still do not understand where the potential 20,000 would fit.

Maybe I am still missing something. Let's continue this on Saturday!

For further reference:

Upper Bowl = 2,056 patrons

Lower Bowl = 2,192 patrons

Berm Seating = 1,692 patrons

East Side Temp Bleachers = Estimated at 2,000 patrons

Remember the 4,000 is only the lower deck of the home side, in two levels. Duplicate that on the visitors' side.

 

Expansion (in no special order):

2,000 in the lower deck of each end zone.

4,000 in the upper deck of each sideline.

2,000 in the upper deck of each end zone.

Still confused. How can the 4,000 be "the lower deck of the home side, in two levels?"

Once the first phase is done is there room to build up? (To add the "4,000 in the upper deck of each sideline."?)

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Assuming this was in response to my post, I understand the financial part.

I am having trouble understanding the spacing part.

If 4000 seats takes up the entire length of one side of the field, then if the mirror that on the other side, you are only at 8000 seats. Logistically I do not see how you hit an extra 12000 seats in the end zones, or elsewhere around the field...maybe there will be more seating on the east side than there is in the first phase? I do not know, but I am certainly curious as to what ideas are being thrown around.

(I know it's crazy to talk expansion when the dirt is still being moved for the first phase, but where will 16000 to 20000 additional seats go?)

For further reference:

Upper Bowl = 2,056 patrons

Lower Bowl = 2,192 patrons

I still do not understand how you start with this for permanent seating and then potentially expand to 20K+. Mathematically, it seems like the initial number for permanent seating should have been much higher.

There will also be kegs and eggs hosted in that section before every 1PM game. True story.

 

Sponsored by Bogies....at WT's Stadium at Bob Ford Field.

 

I like where we're going with this.

And the TU might even send a reporter...

With them building it as a bowl with what looks like hillside on the unconstructed portions of the bowl, will people be able to sit there when there's an overflow crowd? a la Little League World Series?

 

JMJ4L

 

Yes...

There will also be kegs and eggs hosted in that section before every 1PM game. True story.

I've attended some matches in the bubble, so if they're not using the bubble, it must be a newer (in the last year or so) development.

Yikes! Really? I might have to attend a match this year, because that I did not think that the setup would reach D1 standards. It looks like I have another team to follow.

It looks like some Giants players are also blaming back problems on the beds at Albany (with mattresses provided by the Giants.)

 

Albany Beds

 

Yeah...I don't think they're coming back.

 

Giving players something to complain about builds unity.....seriously. Anything in common is good.

 

I highly doubt the Giants are going to make any decisions based on bed size.

 

Btw, the comments to that story are funny. NSFW.

Sorry, my post had a cryptic reference to one of my all-time favorite GIFs. It was tongue-in-cheek:

It looks like some Giants players are also blaming back problems on the beds at Albany (with mattresses provided by the Giants.)

Albany Beds

Yeah...I don't think they're coming back.

BTW...where would our Indoor Tennis team practice and play; rentals?!

I am almost certain that the team does not practice in The Bubble now. I have seen many of the players at Tri-City in Latham, which is a genuine tennis facility and not the Frankenstein type of tennis facility that The Bubble is.

The Bubble surface is too hard, is bad on your knees, and has poor grip.

The nets are mobile and are not securely locked in place, and getting them to stay at regulation height is difficult (and forget about tension).

There are no nets between the courts to stop ball or player interference.

There are no nets behind the courts to stop ricochets.

The lighting is poor.

Maybe something has changed recently, but I/we only use The Bubble for tennis as a last minute emergency. If I were a D1 player with a scholarship, NO WAY am I practicing in there.

It's happening...trust. I have confirmation from high sources at three different CAA schools. The vote apparently occurred last week. Done deal.

So, we will still have a men's track team next year, right?

You are allowed to give out 63 rides to 85 players from my understanding of the rules. I think a certain proportion must be full scholly.

Not unless it's a CAA rule. But if you give out all 63 rides, you can give 63 full, or 41 full plus 22 split among 44 partials, or something in between.

I tend to not trust these reports until they are officially announced, but it seems like this transition to the CAA is going to happen. With that said, if somebody had told me that by 2013 the UAlbany football team would have only two scholarships less than the Penn State football team, I would have asked them to pass around whatever they were smoking.

Why can't we all just admit that having consistency/cohesion problems sucks?

It's great that many of these kids will be getting their degrees, but I would prefer if UA would get more wins.

Webcam!: Bob Ford Field

Included in this years budget..."$250 million for an expansion at the University at Albany's NanoCollege"

 

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Budget-1-2B-for-building-projects-3439444.php#ixzz1qQSNGOsu

Gadzooks! That is some serious coin; I would love to see how it gets expended.

I am pro-UA, but that is almost three times what they are spending on parks improvements for the entire state...with that type of money I would like to know much more about the long-term projections on the business model.

Just saw this one on the Twitter feed from Colgate Football: "From the Albany game program - Kevin Morgan - Biggest pet peeve: 'The lack of people willing to give high fives during pre practice warm up'"

Maybe they should spend more time watching Holy Cross film, and less time scrutinizing UA's game program.

Wow, some of these people love to twitter... next thing you know, we'll be hearing

about what side of the bed they sleep on. A bit overboard in my opinion.

Agreed. We better make sure Clickclack doesn't get an account...Zing!

"The NanoCollege, which did not return a call seeking comment on Tuesday as the building continues to grow in size..."

-It is almost like a self-fulfulling prophesy: Call them once, on a Tuesday after a holiday weekend, and if they don't respond quickly, run with an article noting their lack of cooperation...Or has this board's anti-TU sentiment just made me a little more jaded than usual?

Those quotes are retweets from Coach Brown.

I suppose that is a foot in the mouth moment then, right? Oh well, not my cup of tea.

I'll likely add some coaches but it doesn't seem right to me to add the players. The coaches and the official conference and school feeds are part of their jobs but the player's stuff is personal. Otherwise I'm glad you like it.

Just because I love being contrarian: I like the application, but do we really need inspirational quotes? I need a UA fix, not a pick-me-up.

Also, doesn't the whole thing kind of make us board members obsolete? All we have left to contribute is speculation and opinions.

(Sorry, DP, I just couldn't resist...)

 

Jeff Hafley who was on the dismantled Pitt staff and brought in Dion Lewis was just hired by Rutgers

http://scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=9875

 

Article on Hafley and his new success getting some Donnie Bosco recruits: Hafley

"Hafley has taken that tactic, and made it work, since his days as an assistant at the University of Albany, where he was the program’s recruiting coordinator his final two seasons there."

From the article above...Xavier Humphrey committed to Memphis but might follow Calipari to Kentucky. I believe that's the name I saw in the ESPN vid at work. So that just shows you what kind of team/what kind of players the team Black was on is producing.

 

Not the same Xavier...that Xavier is Xavier Henry!

Interesting side note here.

Xavier's brother, C.J., was set to go to Kansas out of high school on a basketball scholarship in 2005. The Yankees drafted him, offered him seven figures, and he played minor league ball for the Yankees and Phillies. This past August he decided to try basketball again and walked-on to Memphis.

Like sands through the hour-glass...