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I find it hard to believe there's no incremental cost in terms of opex for playing games at an NFL stadium. Also, the 26k at Ralph Wilson was primarily driven by the success of the team that year, not the fact that it was in an NFL stadium. Both UB and BGSU were 8-3 at the start of that game and battling for a spot in the MAC title against a top-25 NIU team. The Bills were not a playoff team and we had a super star in Khalil Mack projecting to go early in the 1st round. We were the best ticket in town and it showed at home as well since we averaged 22k in attendance at UB Stadium too.

I'm not saying there couldn't be lift from playing in an NFL stadium but the Ralph Wilson game didn't really show us much promise given that it was only 3k more than our season average at home. Now, if we did 40k in that game then we may have a selling point.

1 hour ago, promotherobot said:

Ugh, mid-week games. Move that EMU game to Thanksgiving Friday and play it at Highmark Stadium.

C'mon, PTR. You will obviously die on this hill but our athletic department is unwilling to pay the money to play games there.

27 minutes ago, Blue03 said:

Unfortunately I don’t foresee a lot of students tonight. Our app where we get our free tickets isn’t working right now, they don’t even have the game on there.

Can we finally admit that our AD is doing a very poor job? Shitty apps for our students that don't work, wifi issues in Alumni, crappy DJs blasting out of date music, poor scheduling in the big sports, terrible Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Nights, as well as very questionable hiring/extensions for our coaches. AD Alnutt is the weak link here.

No idea how this team can crush lower level teams and then get equally crushed by top teams. NIU beat Kent but you wouldn’t know it tonight. 

Has this team improved? Arguably our best win of the season was the first game against Colgate. They definitely have talent but given JWs inability to build the last batch of players, I’m not expecting much progression with these guys. 

55 minutes ago, ChubbyHubby said:

Being "in the wrong place, at the wrong time" is one thing.  Taking a gun to the "wrong place" is another.  He's not being charged because "he didn't know the gun that was requested was going to be used in committing a crime."  I wonder what he thought it was requested for. 

He brought a gun to somebody who said they needed it because someone mouthed off at them at a bar. In a state like Alabama that could easily be seen as bringing somebody their gun for self protection. I don't agree with it but this is what super lax gun laws get you. The DA even said they couldn't charge him with anything given Alabama laws.

14 hours ago, DooleyBull06 said:

I can see us finishing 3-1 down the stretch.

I think 2-2. Dekalb has been a house of horrors for us.

11 hours ago, Big 4 Hoops Blogger said:

When opposing fanbases in your conference begin to look at your team with apathy, that's normally a sign that your program is regressing and should consider making a change.

BobcatAttack called this from day 1. There have been dozens of posts over the last 4 years wondering why the hell we would “blow it all up” after making it all the way to the top 25. 

18 posts during a road game at Ohio with important seeding implications. Doesn’t seem like anyone’s entertained anymore.

9 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

Foster still ran point most of the night I thought, with Zid and Curtis taking turns when Foster sat. The high weave we run with the three guards can leave any of those three with the ball up top at times. Maybe there was a shift in strategy in the second half, but I didn't notice.

Sure seemed like Zid was more involved than any game I’ve seen since Colgate. He is what he is too, a turnover or a highlight reel. Either way, another loss. Next up, at Ohio where they’re currently dismantling Akron. This season is over. 

6 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

To my eye they started doubling our high screens, which is the basis for almost all of our sets. We don't have a very advanced offensive playbook and it's easy for the better teams to figure out this year. 

Is this why our gameplan was to give the ball to Zid at the top of the key on 100% of the plays? We don't have anyone else who can break the pressure? This was a complete shift from what we normally see from this team and it was a disaster. We finally had a shot at winning our first game against a good opponent all season and we came out with a completely fresh strategy that produced nothing. Am I wrong?

WTF was the game plan tonight?! Zid Powell or nothing?? This is the worst coaching I’ve seen in a long time. 

Is Powell our PG?? Why is he at the top of the key every possession??

Honest question, is Curtis Jones still in our team? Haven’t seen him in weeks. 

Powell has been a nightmare. It looks like he’s never played or practiced with his team. Chucking passes to nobody, dribbling off his feet. Friggin mess. 

All I see are empty sidelines and full endzones. The city of Buffalo of utterly useless for UB sports. I'm so sick and tired of watching this. Buffalo Super Fan, where are all your friends? Are they at the St Bonnie game? They're certainly not at Canisius. Perhaps pursuing a fanbase outside of WNY wasn't a bad idea after all. Christ.

5 hours ago, UBinMD said:

Coach Burke’s post game tweets for patience and hang with us have dried up. I’ll still support, but have tempered expectations.

She's in her first year with a completely revamped roster. If Whitesell gets 4+ seasons of tolerance after inheriting a $hitload of talent, then Burke should get 5+ before we lose any patience.

Black out, ESPN2 game on a Friday night, jerseys with the friggin' city skyline on them... Let's hope folks actually show up and make some damn noise.

Just a track meet tonight with insane shooting all around. It seemed like everyone on the floor was hitting that wasn't named Curtis Jones. He's been struggling.

I don't think Alabama is a blue blood but I think Nate Oats is on a rocket ship to blue blood status as a coach. So far, everything he has touched has turned to gold. If he keeps Bama up near the top he'll be in discussions for a blue blood position like KU or UK should an opening ever come about.

40 minutes ago, SW95 said:

ULL had a non-con opening and already has an FCS team on the schedule, needed an FBS team to fill out their schedule for this season. ODU had 4 FBS teams for non-con this season, so they traded the H&H w/ UB to ULL.

 

But we already played AT Old Dominion so that means all we gained was an Away game at Louisiana... Is this correct?

7 hours ago, BrooklynBull said:

The only news in that release is that we are not playing Old Dominion.  We are playing at Louisiana the week we were scheduled to play Old Dominion. 

Any clue why we aren't playing ODU?

Good for Nate and thank you, once again, to Danny White for taking a chance on him. 

10 hours ago, squire17 said:

My criticism of the PA dude comes across as ‘ad hominem’. I wish I hadn’t put my beef as such. However, we are done with UB basketball because of noise unrelated to the game, the band, the cheering et al. 

You could always root for the Griffs. You won't have any noise to deal with in that gym.

22 minutes ago, Erie County said:

I think he gets another 135k in bonuses and/or tickets and certainly more in car/perks.

For instance 2021 was $318K + 135K

2023 is $~450K + ??

They all have those additional benefits.