ualbany sports CAA Football is now CAA Football (Coastal Athletic Association Football)

[cwdickens]

Name Change Alert

Source: Instagram posting from UAlbany Sports at 10:08 AM

Perhaps the reference to Colonial is now out of step.

Edited July 21, 2023 by cwdickens
correction

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

I assume it refers to the coast of the Hudson River?

 

[reeder]

 

[UAalum72]

7 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

I assume it refers to the coast of the Hudson River?

 

Yes, remember the Hudson is a tidal estuary up to the Troy Dam, downtown Albany is at sea level

[alum73]

11 minutes ago, UAalum72 said:

Yes, remember the Hudson is a tidal estuary up to the Troy Dam, downtown Albany is at sea level

Almost 

[UAalum72]

3 hours ago, UAalum72 said:

Yes, remember the Hudson is a tidal estuary up to the Troy Dam, downtown Albany is at sea level

 

3 hours ago, alum73 said:

Almost 

Maybe not Broadway, but Patroon Island and the USS Slater at the Port of Albany are.

[jimbo]

On 7/20/2023 at 10:59 AM, cwdickens said:

Name Change Alert

Source: Instagram posting from UAlbany Sports at 10:08 AM

Perhaps the reference to Colonial is now out of step.

Or perhaps it’s for the reason they state. 

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

6 hours ago, jimbo said:

Or perhaps it’s for the reason they state. 

What was the reason they state? 

[jimbo]

4 hours ago, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

What was the reason they state? 

Basically to better represent the locations of the newly expanded league. Supposedly it’s been in the works for 3 years. Riffing on the other line of inquiry, Albany has a lot better claim as a “coast” than Elon, Campbell, Towson and NC A&T. 

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

I mean if you think about it, it makes sense. Colonial refers to our pre-independence existence so it’s a reference to being a feeder to a larger monarchy or exterior government of labor and resources. 
 

or maybe it’s apt based on the current transfer portal. 

[cwdickens]

On 7/22/2023 at 2:12 PM, BestDaneSinceHamlet said:

I mean if you think about it, it makes sense. Colonial refers to our pre-independence existence so it’s a reference to being a feeder to a larger monarchy or exterior government of labor and resources. 
 

or maybe it’s apt based on the current transfer portal. 

In the end, CAA Football rarely, if ever referenced the word Colonial as part of its conference name. I suspect the "new" CAA will likely rarely reference the Coastal Athletic Association opting to use "The CAA"... time will tell.