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Opening night downtown at the Capital Center:
Aug 25 (Fri) 7:00 PMAlbany, NY Capital Center -
An updated weather forecast for today:
Saturday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then isolated showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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Aug 24 (Thu) 7:00 PMBoston, Mass.
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This NWS forecast is for the University at Albany uptown campus for tomorrow as of 10:40 AM (Friday):
Saturday: A slight chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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Just remember one thing, paraphrasing @godanesgo99, when commenting on the outcome of the game, no matter what the outcome, leave those negative comments in your back pocket. positive vibes only, just like if you were at the Phish concert at SPAC.Aug 26 (Sat) 7:00 PM
Please remember this evening is the start of cashless events so remember to have the following, if necessary for your enjoyment of the game and if you need expensive beer:
- a bank debit and/or credit card
- your smartphone if your tickets and parking are one your phone
- a government issued picture id (just in case someone proofs you for a beer purchase
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UNION FOOTBALL
Same ‘U,’ new enthusiasm
By Mark Singelais
Lori Van Buren/Times UnionNew Union head football coach Jon Poppe said the team will stay with its traditional U logo.
SCHENECTADY — The Union College football team will enter its Sept. 2 opener at Hilbert College with a first-year head coach, a new nickname and fresh enthusiasm, according to players.
However, the Garnet Chargers (formerly known as the Dutchmen) will keep the old logo on their helmets, head coach Jon Poppe said Tuesday during media day.
Poppe said Union will still wear the solid U, not the U with a lightning bolt unveiled during the nickname change this month that has received some criticism.
“We’re still with the block U,” Poppe said. “Still rocking the block U on the helmet and don’t know what the future holds, but we’re excited to play football and represent Union College.”
Poppe, a Harvard assistant the past five years, said he was not asked by the college to change the logo.
“We had already kind of had everything in place before the mascot change, the logo change, so that’s what we’re wearing,” Poppe said.
Athletic director Jim McLaughlin, a former Union football player, said choice of logo is at each head coach’s discretion.
“When we started this, it was never our intention to get rid of the block U or the circle logo that’s on the hockey uniforms or different things like that,” McLaughlin said of the lightning logo. “It’s an additional mark we’re able to utilize… Part of the challenge, too, has been the timing of our announcement and trying to get things turned around.”
Aside from what the team is wearing, Union fifth-year senior quarterback Donovan Pacatte of Cobleskill said he noticed a dramatic change in their first training camp under Poppe, who took over for Jeff Behrman, who departed to become head coach at John Carroll.
“It’s super exciting,” Pacatte said. “This two weeks of camp has been totally different from my last four years. High energy, a lot of competition, which is very different from what we’ve had in the past. Just excited to come out to practice every day and compete with the guys. (Poppe) brings a whole new energy that I haven’t really experienced in college, so it’s exciting.”
Poppe held a team-bonding movie night at the campus theater a week ago. The players watched “Old School,” the 2003 comedy starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn.
“I was crying laughing,” said Pacatte, who said Poppe also encourages playing music during practice.
Fifth-year senior linebacker Spencer Goldstien of Hudson shared Pacatte’s excitement about the beginning of the Poppe era.
“He’s just fired up all the time,” Goldstien said. “He’s like running around the field, getting on everyone to be happy and appreciative of their teammates and he’s just always flying up and down every drill, up and down, up and down, yelling, screaming, just trying to make us all get behind each other more than just him being behind us.”
Behrman had success in his six seasons at Union. He took over an 0-10 team and went 42-20 with an appearance in the 2019 NCAA Division III playoffs.
But the Garnet Chargers ended on sour notes the past two years. They lost their final two games in 2021 and last three games last year, capping both seasons with losses to archrival RPI in the Dutchman Shoes game.
“We try to forget about it,” Goldstien said. “Obviously, the 6-4 (record last year) is not the way we wanted to go. But live and learn, so we’re trying to leave that in the past and focus on this season as best we can.”
Union will start the season at Hilbert, a second-year Division III program that went 0-7 last year. It will be Union’s debut under its new nickname of Garnet Chargers.
“Can’t really control that,” Goldstien said. “It’s out of our hands. That was the school’s decision, so that’s all I’m going to say about that.”
“Still rocking the block U on the helmet and don’t know what the future holds, but we’re excited to play football and represent Union College.”
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I am surprised no one has commented on the announcement concerning Game Day Changes:
I am not surprised by the changes; however, taken aback as these changes should have been announced sooner.
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12 hours ago, B9j2j6s said:
If we can be around .500 I will be satisfied and feel like the program is heading in the correct direction.
I agree that we should have more wins, one question: Has Killings in game coaching skills improved? If Killings does not or cannot improve in this area, we are in trouble. For this program, the direction that it is heading will be a year to year thing, in particular with the transfer portal.
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Contact Nate and/or Erica in the ticket office, however when I hover on the seating charts, the pop up said availability NONE .... I had noticed earlier that availability in the section that I sat in was very low, which surprised me.
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1 hour ago, dslyank said:
Any news or hints on Fall Ball tournaments yet?
I have not seen anything about Fall Ball from Inside Lacrosse ...I imagine that an e-mail to Scott would get a reply. If playing teams @UAlbany, likely Fallon Field as Casey Stadium looks booked except October 28, 2023.
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Today was Day One of Fall Lacrosse and Practice with a practice at Tom and Mary Casey Stadium.
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Unfortunately, UAlbany WSOC suffered their first loss of the season 1-0 to La Salle.
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Aug 20 (Sun) 3:00 PM
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....a great game to watch from the stands ... the WSOC team showed a lot of moxie overcoming Hofstra very quick 1st half goal ....UAlbany's 1st goal came on a great move on the Hofstra defender and faking out the Hofstra goalie... second goal on a scramble in front of the Hofstra goal with a shot over the Hofstra defenders by Charlotte Takacsy. UAlbany's 1st goal of the season was from Emily Jozak. A great reversal from last year's match .... I will take the rainbow at the beginning of the game as a good omen.
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A reminder that UAlbany WSOC and the 2023-2024 sports season begins tonight.
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Just now, Dane96 said:
Yes. And he’s not starting. He’s a solid pickup to backup Beagle.
Time will tell ... unless Killings has shared his plans for his new signing with you.
Whatever happens, we have depth in a position that we have rarely had any.
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Just now, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:
Freshman?
Announcement does not say, roster not updated, from picture, likely however that is a guess.
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UAlbany MBB is very active in social media confirming Temples earler announcement:
Ready for the big city 😤
We will face Temple in this year's @nabc1927 Brooklyn Showcase at @barclayscenter 🏙
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UAlbany MBB has announced on Instagram, a replacement for the Delaware Grad Student that elected to play Pro Ball in Europe.
The replacement is Patricio Bautista Giralt, whose previous affiliations include:
- NBA Acadamy Latin America
- 19U Argentina National Team
.... by the way 7 Feet tall and plays center.... is someone moving to power forward?
He hails from Buenos Airis, Argentina. Am I correct in saying he is our first MBB player from Argentina?
Welcome to Great Dane Nation!!!
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From a UAlbany Football Instagram posting:
UAlbany Football Weekly is BACK! 👏
The weekly show that highlights all things UAlbany Football will air every Saturday at 11:30am (My4 Albany) and 12:00pm (UAlbanySports.com) ALL. SEASON. LONG.
It all starts on August 26 🤫
2023 UAlbany Field Hockey Scheduled Announced
in Fall Sports-Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Field Hockey
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#19 Field Hockey Falls in Double-Overtime Season Opener