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Date Posted: 11/15/15 5:09:18pm Sun
Author: Gate Raider
Subject: FCS quality football teams - gate80?
In reply to: B.C. Milligan 's message, "One of most exciting games I have seen in a long time" on 11/14/15 4:04:43pm Sat

If Colgate does not have a slate of home football games every year, it will be the end of Colgate football. No one will care. The way you get quality home games is to consistently have winning teams. New Hampshire, Yale, Fordham and Lehigh came to Kerr this year and they are pretty good teams. In 2017 Richmond and Furman play at Colgate. Furman came a few years ago, too. All those are quality FCS teams. I believe scholarships will make home games with quality teams more likely. Look, the landscape in college football has changed since 1980. Don't look down your nose at teams like Albany and Stony Brook they could very well have excellent teams in the nest few years. No FBS team will be at Kerr and Colgate will, of course, have to travel for one or two games a year to play them as well as top FCS teams. Colgate's academic index does have an impact, you know. Without home games there will be no interest in Colgate football.

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[> [> Re: FCS quality football teams - gate80? -- 'gate80, 11/15/15 10:20:55pm Sun

Colgate is undefeated in the PL, and was playing for a league title and automatic bid to the playoffs, against our biggest rival over the last couple of decades. There will never be a bigger home game outside of a playoff game. I wish there was a way I could post a screenshot of the TV image of the Dunlap stands. You would think there was a field hockey game being played at Kerr!

Of course there will always be home games at Kerr. I'm just saying we should be pleased with 3 or 4 and not insist on 5 or 6, if we could have a couple more high quality OOC opponents. Do you really think there would be more people in the stands Saturday for a PL championship if we had played another home game or two against CCSU or Sacred Heart in September? We used to routinely have 3 home games a year and there was tremendous interest in the fb team.


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[> [> [> Re: FCS quality football teams - gate80? -- Maven, 11/15/15 10:48:56pm Sun

>Colgate is undefeated in the PL, and was playing for a
>league title and automatic bid to the playoffs,
>against our biggest rival over the last couple of
>decades. There will never be a bigger home game
>outside of a playoff game. I wish there was a way I
>could post a screenshot of the TV image of the Dunlap
>stands. You would think there was a field hockey game
>being played at Kerr!
>
>Of course there will always be home games at Kerr. I'm
>just saying we should be pleased with 3 or 4 and not
>insist on 5 or 6, if we could have a couple more high
>quality OOC opponents. Do you really think there would
>be more people in the stands Saturday for a PL
>championship if we had played another home game or two
>against CCSU or Sacred Heart in September? We used to
>routinely have 3 home games a year and there was
>tremendous interest in the fb team.

Gate'80 is 100% right and Gate Raider is wrong and doesn't know Colgate's history as primarily as a road team. Just ask Coach Dunlap. 3-4 home games is Ok. Play closer to the metro centers where alumni live. In today's world students hang in the dorms or fraternities so let's get on the bus and play where the alumni live.


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[> [> [> [> Totally agree with gate'80 & Maven; Gate Raider is dead wrong! -- Andy Kerr, 11/16/15 9:16:12am Mon

In fact, moving to a schedule of 7-8 road games could give Gate a scheduling niche in recruits eyes. When you don't have to schedule "home and home." you can access better quality opponents. Playing in the Northeastern metro areas adds exposure, i.e. schedule a Penn, w.o. having to get a home game. Alums like Gate Raider willing to schlepp to Hammytown every weekend are a veerey small minority of the potential alumni crowd that will attend games in the metro areas. I'm calling Vicki today!






>>Colgate is undefeated in the PL, and was playing for a
>>league title and automatic bid to the playoffs,
>>against our biggest rival over the last couple of
>>decades. There will never be a bigger home game
>>outside of a playoff game. I wish there was a way I
>>could post a screenshot of the TV image of the Dunlap
>>stands. You would think there was a field hockey game
>>being played at Kerr!
>>
>>Of course there will always be home games at Kerr. I'm
>>just saying we should be pleased with 3 or 4 and not
>>insist on 5 or 6, if we could have a couple more high
>>quality OOC opponents. Do you really think there would
>>be more people in the stands Saturday for a PL
>>championship if we had played another home game or two
>>against CCSU or Sacred Heart in September? We used to
>>routinely have 3 home games a year and there was
>>tremendous interest in the fb team.
>
>Gate'80 is 100% right and Gate Raider is wrong and
>doesn't know Colgate's history as primarily as a road
>team. Just ask Coach Dunlap. 3-4 home games is Ok.
>Play closer to the metro centers where alumni live.
>In today's world students hang in the dorms or
>fraternities so let's get on the bus and play where
>the alumni live.


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[> [> [> [> [> Re: Totally agree with gate'80 & Maven; Gate Raider is dead wrong! -- Cr, 11/16/15 11:03:57am Mon

>In fact, moving to a schedule of 7-8 road games could
>give Gate a scheduling niche in recruits eyes. When
>you don't have to schedule "home and home." you can
>access better quality opponents. Playing in the
>Northeastern metro areas adds exposure, i.e. schedule
>a Penn, w.o. having to get a home game. Alums like
>Gate Raider willing to schlepp to Hammytown every
>weekend are a veerey small minority of the potential
>alumni crowd that will attend games in the metro
>areas. I'm calling Vicki today!
>
>we should all Vicky!
>
>
>
>
>>>Colgate is undefeated in the PL, and was playing for
>a
>>>league title and automatic bid to the playoffs,
>>>against our biggest rival over the last couple of
>>>decades. There will never be a bigger home game
>>>outside of a playoff game. I wish there was a way I
>>>could post a screenshot of the TV image of the Dunlap
>>>stands. You would think there was a field hockey game
>>>being played at Kerr!
>>>
>>>Of course there will always be home games at Kerr.
>I'm
>>>just saying we should be pleased with 3 or 4 and not
>>>insist on 5 or 6, if we could have a couple more high
>>>quality OOC opponents. Do you really think there
>would
>>>be more people in the stands Saturday for a PL
>>>championship if we had played another home game or
>two
>>>against CCSU or Sacred Heart in September? We used to
>>>routinely have 3 home games a year and there was
>>>tremendous interest in the fb team.
>>
>>Gate'80 is 100% right and Gate Raider is wrong and
>>doesn't know Colgate's history as primarily as a road
>>team. Just ask Coach Dunlap. 3-4 home games is Ok.
>>Play closer to the metro centers where alumni live.
>>In today's world students hang in the dorms or
>>fraternities so let's get on the bus and play where
>>the alumni live.


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