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Date Posted: 07:28:50pm 11/10/05 Thu,
Author: FU73
Subject: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics
Is Fairfield University falling behind in athletics and should anything be done about it? Sacred Heart University has both Men's Ice Hockey and Women's Ice Hockey in addition to their Football team. This past season they had decent attendance at home football games against Marist(2508), Monmouth(1132), Stonybrook(2252), St. Francis(2007) and CCSU(1722). The Men's Basketball team will have a game broadcast on Cablevision-Norwalk in addition to games on Comcast and MSG.
Their website www.sacredheartpioneers.collegesports.com even has sites for their cheerleaders and you can download all their media guides. Fairfield prep, www.prep.fairfield.edu has an ongoing $21,000,000 capital campaign to fund improvements to the prep including expanding their campus. The Fairfield Prep football team plays 10 home games on the University's Alumni Field and three home scrimages. Their Ice Hockey team plays the home games at Wonderland of Ice in Bridgeport.
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- JoeStag, 10:48:56pm 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
No doubt about it that Sacred Heart is making very good progress Athletically. Buts thats no surpise..... aren't they the fastest growing Catholic University in New England????? We can think they are going to go away, but thats not going to happen.
Its a lot easier for a Low-Major that just turned Division-I to reach the status of solid or good Mid-major...... then it is a Mid-major to rise into the upper echolon of High major...... There are many success stories of schools that rise rapidly from Low to Mid major status, and we do not have to look any further than ourselves when we made the "metoric rise in Division I". We did it so dramatically that a book was written about our "metoric rise" in the late 60's and early 70's called "25 years Plus 1..... the meroric rise of fairfield basketball".
We did it. Other schools did it. And Sacred heart will do it too, and we should support that, and take advantage of that.
But I do not think we change are approach. SHU has 32 sports, we have 18 sports and I think we should focus more on quality rather than quantity. Yes, we should bring back football, but I also think we should eliminate sports that we are not fully funding with maximun scholarships...... thats the model of a Marquette and other cathaolic schools that take the motto of only field a Division I sport if you intend to be the best and fund it fully.
I do hope that our Womens's soccer team beats the hell out of Duke. But I wonder if we give out the same number of scholarships in Women's Soccer as Duke. If we don't, we should...... even if we have to eliminate some sports.
QUALITY will get us to the next level, not Quantity.
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- JCM, 11:57:38pm 11/10/05 Thu, [1]
I regularly attend sporting events at Sacred Heart with my cub scout pack. We brought 80 people to a football game last weekend. Last year we brought over 100 to a basketball game and 70 to a hockey game. The person who does their sports promotions is heads above anybody Fairfield has had the past 30 years. They put on a professional event, they offer very competitive group promotions. The are concerned about meeting the needs of our organization. In the past 20 years I have run 5 events at Sacred heart and 2 at Fairfield. Fairfield always charges more and does a poor job of supporting our needs.
The cub scouts wouldn't know a pro game from a high school game. The kids don't care where we take them. With the events at SHU being more professionally run and less expensive going to shu becomes a no brainer.
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- DitchMitch, 07:54:51pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
Let's not forget Quinnipiac...look at what they have done with men's ice hockey, slipping into the ECAC, one of the premiere hockey conferences. Quinnipiac is building a new, on-site facility, too.
Also interesting that they drew 5,000+ for their inaugural ECAC home game in Hartford against Harvard (a win). Granted they followed that with just over 1,000 against Dartmouth at Northford (in fairness, I'm not sure how many Northford holds).
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- Stagophile, 08:05:48pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
Yep, we discussed this one. No doubt with the Arena at Harbor Yards, Fairfield Hockey would have been playing in the ECAC Hockey League right now! Yet another huge miscalculation hopefully never to occur again under the new leadership!
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- Stagophile, 08:12:04pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
And if we kept football, I am fairly certain we would be playing in the Patriot League right now. Again, yet another huge miscalculation hopefully never to occur again under the new leadership!
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- Stagophile, 08:39:38pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
Looks like Duquesne is ready to follow former MAAC member Georgetown into the Patriot League. The Patriot League has been looking to add additional football schools and we would have been in line to take this spot! Academic profile is big factor in Patriot League decisionmaking and while Fairfield may not up to snuff with most of the league, I believe we would have been "satisfactory." :-) Plus with three other Jesuit school Presidents (i.e., Holy Cross, Fordham and Georgetown) weighing in on the decision, I am certain we would have been picked.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05315/604682.stm
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Re: Sacred Heart University & Fairfield Prep Athletics -- AlwaysAStagFan, 08:39:41pm 11/11/05 Fri, [1]
As a Stag Alumnus, it is very sad to read these threads...we're talking PREP and SHU....???? and whether the Stags can (hopefully) be middle-of-pack in the weak MAAC...already St Peter's is 0-2....SHU gets WICC coverage....SOMEONE is asleep at the wheel...does anyone dare challenge that assumption????...i am really sad and ANGRY by the lack of "vision" from a university that I pride myself as having VISION
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