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I actually giggled a little. M had a great sports year, but football was a HUGE let down, UK being second, you just have to laugh!

Hello AAC

https://www.instagram.com/stories/mckenziemil10/ He is doing quite well, was riding a jet ski yesterday.

I'd be honored to pitch in.

Get well Mike. Any new news?.

I'm done. Be well.

Wonderful, go do GREAT things young man.

Got or get?

I listen to Mike each morning from the 239, I don't believe Mike each morning from the 239. Mike has been tough on UCF when UCF is terrible, and equally supportive when UCF is not terrible. Both are good for Mike. Mike is not dumb. I get the humor, but at 60, I am a bit more discerning. Mike is a radio host columnist. Ratings/hits are his life. I take him with a huge pile of salt, but I do appreciate his making UCF more main stream.

I don't think he said never, but he said he has stopped calling blue bloods who demand more tickets than he can provide. He also mentioned, that they have begun stadium growth studies.

Danny White said in that interview ( missed by most folks due to the 2-1 comments) that because of the limited away fans ticket availability, he has given up on attracting what he called blue blood programs. He no longer even tries. I think he said 27K season tickets sold, 10K students, only leaves about 4-6K away fan seats. The stadium is no longer 45K total a he has converted many low revenue seats, to club seats, so there is a lower overall total. He admitted, many teams wont come to UCF with only 4-6K available. I am pretty sure, that is close to what he depicted.

Danny Whites job is to graduate student athletes, increase donations, hire great coaches, sell season tickets, finance increased facilities. He's done pretty well, now, to build that lazy river. Each AAC school has different agenda's. To compare their methods for success is a little silly. USF is different than Houston which is different than SMU which is different than UCF. No AAC team is on the same agenda, raises $$ the same way, has the same challenges etc. I don't demonize differences. USF has done a great job leveraging what they have to offer (seats) to compare what they do to what anyone else does is not valid to my small pea brain.

I don't think UCF makes 3-4M per game, more likely 1.5-2.5M depending on the opponent. That is just a guess mixed with a little reality from people who know the real numbers, who have shared tid bits from time to time.

From last year pre bowl game, for FY 2017 Total football revenue LSU reported $86.2 million in football-related revenue, which is nearly $20 million more than UCF brings in for its total athletic department revenue. UCF reported $21.9 million in revenue directly attributed to football. This is the article by University Revenue guru Kristi Dosh. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2018/12/31/lsu-vs-ucf-comparing-finances/#3d13ab0e7b0a Another article claiming 62M in revenue last year, up 10%. The Knights sold $5.6 million in tickets during the financial year that started in June 2017 and ended in June 2018, a jump from $4.4 million the year before. Football drove most of those sales, bringing in $4.6 million. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/ucf-athletics-revenue-soars-after-perfect-football-season/ar-BBTV9QN

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Get well Mike. Get well.

My guess is Stanford, before USF.

GREAT series to sign up, congratulations.

Yep, time will tell, and in my book, the bet is, can Danny White find 2 P5 games per year, or thereabouts. This year is done, 2020 ( and as a side note, many P5 AD's are bolstering 2020 and beyond schedules to prep for a new TV contract, and a better strength of schedule) is done with NC and G Tech, 2021, he needs 1 with The Ville signed, 2022, has G Tech and The Ville, 2023, none, 2024 NC , so he has a lot done already. He has a bond issue to deal with, so he can't give away many homes games, he has sold out his season tickets, turns away several K students each game, and sells 3-5K away team seats. If UCF wins, he is locked and loaded, if they trip, things go south fast IMO.

Yes, but to be fair, you have to deduct off the 250K that USF is paying UF to show up off of the 750K USF is getting paid to play. Giving 12K away to uf fans is makig it oretty tough on the USF players. uf will buy all 12K, plus some USF sesaon ticket holders will demand a ransom for the best seats, and get it, assuring a ton of uf fans. It's not a deal I would make, but so be it. But, the 2.5M buy out was VERY wise, well done IMO. Per the TBT The contract, released Tuesday morning by USF, calls for the Bulls to receive a total of $750,000 for its two trips to Gainesville. Accompanying that sum will be the virtual assurance of no fewer than 60,000 fans (and a nice profit) for its '23 home game against the Gators. UF will receive $250,000 for its visit to Tampa. The per-game buyout is $2.5 million, according to the contract. Additionally, USF will receive 6,000 tickets to sell its fans for each of its trips to Gainesville; Florida gets 12,000 for the game in Tampa.

What are we bickering about? Got my old best friend out of storage today, found a nail in a tire, plugged it, collected my very tolerant wife..... And drove here, to my wifes happy place. I am a great husband, at the moment.Back to conference bickering, AAC champ throwing, 2-1 assaults.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2836255-how-ucf-qb-mckenzie-milton-is-shaking-off-a-gruesome-career-threatening-injury?share=other

He is back at Mayo, and he walked with no assisted device today. 5 months in the making.