Football Alumni

[alum73]

I realize most of you are golfing today, but what's the latest on football? News on upcoming season, league affiliations, stadium, etc.? I couldn't make it to the get together this year.

[danefan]

Here's what I got out of this weekend:

1. Stadium is in progress, but the proposed site may have water-table problems. So they need to do an environmental study and when they get the results from that they are going to the state to ask for $30mm to build the stadium.

 

2. There was a sign up in the lockerroom with the proposed America East football conference indicating the following teams:

UA

Stony Brook

Hofstra

New Hampshire

Maine

UMass

Rhode Island

 

Don Ostrom (Ass't AD) said that they wanted AE football to be a reality in 2007, but it looks like the CAA is putting up some road blocks and that 2008 is more realistic. It is not all talk though, as the AD's and Presidents of those schools met last week in Saratoga to discuss the football conference.

[UAalum72]

  It is not all talk though, as the AD's and Presidents of those schools met last week in Saratoga to discuss the football conference.

15369[/snapback]

I knew the AEast meeting was last week - are you saying those A-10/CAA ADs and Presidents were there too?

 

Hard to see how there would be water table problems when the proposed stadium site is higher than the soccer field, unless it's digging the footings for the grandstand.

[alum73]

I'd also heard that water table item, but it seems bogus to me. All of the houses and Western Ave. are all way below the level of that area.

[danefan]

  It is not all talk though, as the AD's and Presidents of those schools met last week in Saratoga to discuss the football conference.

15369[/snapback]

I knew the AEast meeting was last week - are you saying those A-10/CAA ADs and Presidents were there too?

 

Hard to see how there would be water table problems when the proposed stadium site is higher than the soccer field, unless it's digging the footings for the grandstand.

15370[/snapback]

 

The way it was phrased was that the AD's and Presidents from the potential schools were there. But it was not clarified to that extent.