USF_Bullsharks

O/U 7.5 pages for this one.

FWIW - SDSU's athletics revenue jumped nearly 64% after opening their OCS. From ~$66MM in 21/22 to $104MM in 22/23. This also coincides with their NCAAB tourney run, so that helped tremendously. USF's athletics revenue for '23 was almost $71MM. With the return of the football/basketball programs to relevance, we can expect this revenue to increase a bit (hopefully more than a bit) over the next couple years (*crosses fingers*). Using a similar, but slightly lower multiple of 50% increase in revenue, on a guesstimate of $75MM in revenue for '25/26, is it out of the realm of possibility to say we can realize $110MM in athletics revenue come '27/28? That's with a standardized conference distribution of ~$8MM. This revenue would put us in the same ballpark as schools like Iowa St., Miss. St., Texas Tech, Rutgers, Maryland, GaTech, WVU, OkSt, UCLA, NCSt, Kansas St. and others. Add in a conference distribution of $40MM like those schools have and that would increase our revenue an additional ~$30MM to the $140MM range, in the same ballpark as schools like Mizzou, USCe, Minnesota, Ole Miss. https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/finances https://www.sportico.com/business/commerce/2023/college-sports-finances-database-intercollegiate-1234646029/ These next few years for USF athletics are so important.

Sell out for 3-5 years in a row = expansion. USF athletics should have a "wait list" for season tickets come time for new stadium to give them a good idea with overall demand.

In Pancho I trust.

This is still a risk/reward game - the economics must work for both sides. Orlando FC is averaging ~19k fans per game in a 25k seat stadium. They have the ability to offer rev share splits to c for whatever payout - to the collective, to the school, etc, to boost attendance. The Lightning do not have empty seats (although I would expect Vinik to 100% be on board with something like this). The Bucs haven't either, but that could be slowly changing as the Brady/Super Bowl fever wears off. The Rays could do this today, and I expect as USF continues to increase support/momentum/media coverage, the Rays could very well be interested. Stu poses other difficulties - his heart isn't in Tampa Bay at all.

SMU receives a full share if someone leaves the conference. The second FSU wiggles free - they become a full-share member. AG Moody sued the ACC for disclosure over their tv contract today (yesterday?). That situation is accelerating.

Top 5 advance. Swapping the 5/6 seeds in order of finish wouldn't make me upset.

I thought Best is the Standard?

I'm going to be concerned until how we look as a team. CY wasn't just a good scorer last year - he was the leader of the team and CAAR even mentioned CY would keep him in check during games as well. Who is going to step into that role this year? Either way, I hope to see a great product and competitive team again next year, will be inquiring about season tickets.

Yes I think you're right. There is also batter's interference but I do not believe that's considered an error.

Wild pitch = catcher "couldn't" catch/block it, and is a pitching statistic Passed ball = catcher "missed" it, and is a fielding/catcher statistic These are only recorded with at least one runner on base and at least one runner advances a base or scores.

Michigan St. fan on another board -

Cormani is a bit of a headcase. Haven't spoken to a single person who thinks he'd be a good fit at USF. Granted, maybe he has changed over the last year being a Colorado?

Want to hear a joke? Getting swept, at home, by the last place team in the conference who was 12-25 coming into the weekend.

Hell yea. Country club school.