By now UConn fans have heard there’s a new football coach leading the Huskies. And Bob Diaco will make his debut at UConn Friday night when BYU visits Rentschler Field (7 p.m.., ESPN).
In addition, there are some new traditions starting up with the UConn program, starting with a pep rally Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on the Storrs campus. If you are going to the game, there is a new route for the Husky Walk that takes place when the team arrives at The Rent.
Here are all the details, straight from UConn athletics.
There will be a number of new fan experiences for UConn football games this season:
• There will be a pep rally on Thursday, August 28 for the game with the UConn football team, marching band and cheerleaders. The rally will take place starting at 6:30 p.m. on the Storrs campus at the top of Fairfield Way – across Hillside Road from the Husky Dog Statue. The team and head coach Bob Diaco walk from The Burton Family Football Complex to the pep rally location and arrive there at approximately 7:00 p.m. The team will then walk to the Nathan Hale Inn, where the team will now be staying on nights before home games.
• There is a new route for the Husky Walk as the team arrives for games at Rentschler Field this year and fans get a chance to greet the team as they get off their buses and make their way to the stadium. The Husky walk, which takes place approximately, two hours and 15 minutes before kickoff, will now start in the Gray Parking Lots and the team will makes its way to the large tunnel near Gate B.
Rentschler Field (Ken Davis photo)
• The UConn team will now do its pregame warmup in front of the UConn student section on the South End of the stadium – a change from previous seasons. The Huskies will enter the stadium for pregame warmups on the con- course of Rentschler Field and go through the student section.
• The break between the third and fourth quarter will feature “Coach D’s Playlist” as fans during the game will get to select a song to play based on a list they saw earlier in the game. • The team and staff will sing the “UConn Husky” fight song in front of the student section along with the UConn Marching Band following each game.
• Once again, FanFest takes place starting four hours before kickoff up until 30 minutes before the game between Gates A and B outside the stadium gates. The offerings change each game, but activities typically include inflat- able games for children, live bands, promotional vehicles and UConn student- athletes from various teams signing autographs.
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