URI-no plans to drop football

[Little Stevie]

http://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20161224/ad-thorr-bjorn-no-plans-to-drop-woeful-uri-football-program

[DFW HOYA]

The article makes no reference to it, but where would URI be today if it had gone through with its intended move to the NEC?

[Gangtackle11]

The article makes no reference to it, but where would URI be today if it had gone through with its intended move to the NEC?

3-8

[Sader87]

URI could actually be a pretty good program....not a lot of local talent, but it's a flag-ship university, in a very good football conference, nice campus/pretty good school academically.....if one can recruit/win at a Maine (or for that mattah South Dakota St et al), I don't see why URI should not have at least a halfway decent program.

Lot of politics though....

[JMUNJ08]

Only running on 58 schollies and not the full 63? So damn close why not get there?

[Libertine]

Is it just me or is the article's headline more telling than the article itself?

[reeder]

Maybe they play a second FBS game every couple of years to boost the budget - that seems to be what Maine has done lately. Use that money to boost recruiting and start facilities renovations.

[Little Stevie]

Reeder-good idea

[Mattymc727]

URI dropping football would be such a travesty. Its one thing for Northeastern and BU, having to compete with BC. But URI? There is zero reason URI cant do what UNH and Maine do, quitting would look horrible. Not to mention, dropping football would mean URI has no football or hockey, which leaves zero connection between the other New England schools.

[Gangtackle11]

These types of articles get floated every so often in this part of the FCS country. Plenty of football detractors now a days especially at a public FCS school. They only see the expense of the program & try to create a death spiral scenario.

It gets their soccer fan base all excited.

[Little Stevie]

Gang-high 5 !!
Its critical that nobody drops anything as mindset will creep in elsewhere.

[bostonspider]

The original stadium plan was very cool, but much more extensive than I think they would ever go.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7529/15651685546_281c039d9b_o.jpg

compared to existing.
http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Atlantic10/RhodeIsland/aerial.jpg

[clenz]

Only running on 58 schollies and not the full 63? So damn close why not get there?

Very few fcs programs give the full 63 every year.

NDSU, SDSU, Montana, UNI, Montana State, etc... all give between 58-60 per year.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Fleming feels he and his staff have adequate resources to win now and are aggressively pursuing more through fundraising. "The character of the football team is focused on winning in spite of not having the best - to embrace that," Fleming said. "So we can get James Madison up here and remember 84-7 and beat their ass on our field next year, which is the opportunity ahead of us."


Fleming's alright by me. xthumbsupx

[Mocs123]

Very few fcs programs give the full 63 every year.

NDSU, SDSU, Montana, UNI, Montana State, etc... all give between 58-60 per year.

Really? That surprises me. I guess I learned something new today.

[Ivytalk]

URI better not drop football. Harvard is running out of OOC cupcakes for Murph to beat up on.

[NY Crusader 2010]

URI better not drop football. Harvard is running out of OOC cupcakes for Murph to beat up on.

I'm sure a 12 game series with Georgetown is in the works.

Campbell might be a nice change of pace as well.

[Lehigh'98]

I'm sure a 12 game series with Georgetown is in the works.

Campbell might be a nice change of pace as well.

Campbell got taken off the list as they will be full scholarship Big South soon.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Campbell got taken off the list as they might beat Harvard.

FIFY

[UNHWildcat18]

URI with the money FBS game needs to schedule a ****ty pioneer and MEAC team, need WINS to build confidence. Get a d2 game if you need to.

[DFW HOYA]

I'm sure a 12 game series with Georgetown is in the works.


Sounds good to me. Georgetown's series with Harvard and Princeton both end in 2017. This probably didn't help:

http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/images/stadia-msf.jpg

[citdog]

Sounds good to me. Georgetown's series with Harvard and Princeton both end in 2017. This probably didn't help:

http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/images/stadia-msf.jpg


Damn that is embarrassing.

[Laker]

Damn that is embarrassing.

Doesn't the G at midfield stand for the "Guards" in the Longest Yard?

[Go...gate]

URI better not drop football. Harvard is running out of OOC cupcakes for Murph to beat up on.

Can't help wondering if one of these days the Cantabs are going to play OOC against the NESCAC.

[PAllen]

Damn that is embarrassing.

It's worse in person.

[dgtw]

Sounds good to me. Georgetown's series with Harvard and Princeton both end in 2017. This probably didn't help:

http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/images/stadia-msf.jpg

That looks like a game board I saw when I was a kid that you could play three of four different games on.


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[ccd494]

Can't help wondering if one of these days the Cantabs are going to play OOC against the NESCAC.

The NESCAC doesn't play a single OOC game. It's kind of awesome.

[Go...gate]

The NESCAC doesn't play a single OOC game. It's kind of awesome.

I forgot about that. OK, maybe the University Athletic Association or the Midwest Conference.

[downbythebeach]

It's worse in person.
I brought some people to a game there more than 10 years ago and everyone thought it was the practice field. They couldn't find the "real stadium." At halftime they made an announcement about the new stadium they were breaking ground on.xrotatehx

[Go...gate]

Is anyone raising money for the Multi-Sport Field?

[UNHWildcat18]

Is anyone raising money for the Multi-Sport Field?

They could give URI's east stands that are almost condemned every year to the Hoyas, and it would still be an improvement.