What's more critical to vitality of program?

[El_Toro_86]

Getting a new President that wants to compete at the highest level of CFB.  Everything else rolls down hill from there.

[Apis Bull]

13 hours ago, USFBulls727 said:

Too bad we can't consistently schedule 2 or 3 away games a year against the likes of Bama, Texas A&M, Ohio State, etc...where we can serve as canon fodder and collect the big pay check. It's really the quickest way to stop bleeding money from the football program.

I may be wrong, but I think we net more money on home games than we would for most payday games. 

[CousinRicky]

We aren't the only ones with issues building projects.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/budget-busting-megaprojects-coming-soon-–-or-are-they/ss-BBQ7nf5?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=1

[USFBulls727]

1 hour ago, CousinRicky said:

We aren't the only ones with issues building projects.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/budget-busting-megaprojects-coming-soon-–-or-are-they/ss-BBQ7nf5?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout#image=1

But we are certainly in the minority. Bottom line is, schools in worse conferences than the AAC, with far less attendance, are making it happen. Now whether it was financially wise of them to do so is another question...

[TRUTH D. Antagonist]

"Financially wise"

maybe take a risk on ourselves? bet on our program. 

it's only financially unwise if the program crashes & burns.

it pays off with even moderate success.

USF sold ~30k average per game in tickets this season with GTech as the only real "marquee" home matchup.

gotta invest in the program to get any returns.

2+ decades in this program has already cashed in on its natural growth potential & (IMO) has wasted much of the opportunities it gained from realizing that potential.

the school didn't capitalize when the football program was in a Power conference, ranked in the Top 10 & selling 40-50k tickets a game with big game sell outs (WVU).

chances are we're not getting back there without investing in the facilities-- IPF & OCS included-- necessary to put this team on even footing or better with other teams in the conference.

 

[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

"Financially wise"

maybe take a risk on ourselves? bet on our program. 

it's only financially unwise if the program crashes & burns.

it pays off with even moderate success.

USF sold ~30k average per game in tickets this season with GTech as the only real "marquee" home matchup.

gotta invest in the program to get any returns.

2+ decades in this program has already cashed in on its natural growth potential & (IMO) has wasted much of the opportunities it gained from realizing that potential.

the school didn't capitalize when the football program was in a Power conference, ranked in the Top 10 & selling 40-50k tickets a game with big game sell outs (WVU).

chances are we're not getting back there without investing in the facilities-- IPF & OCS included-- necessary to put this team on even footing or better with other teams in the conference.

 

So you're saying it Leavitt's fault?  Edit: I'm kidding. It is an attempt at humor.

Edited January 2, 2019 by CousinRicky

[Ned A Starr RIP]

1 hour ago, TRUTH D. Antagonist said:

USF sold ~30k average per game in tickets this season with GTech as the only real "marquee" home matchup.

 

Did you run that past Joey Knight?

[TRUTH D. Antagonist]

8 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

So you're saying it Leavitt's fault?  Edit: I'm kidding. It is an attempt at humor.

LOL. Leavitt did his job. He built the program to that point. He kept it competitive once he got there.

it wasn't his job to seize the opportunity & build an OCS. thats above the pay grade of an HC, although I'm sure CJL wasn't standing in the way of an OCS either.

i do remember him pushing for a cafeteria tho.

[NewEnglandBull]

6 hours ago, BDYZR said:

I think at this point we'll know a lot more about the direction of Athletics when they hire a new President. 

Has anybody heard any names?

Not a peep... nor will you. The hiring of a university president is always done with highest degree of confidentiality in order to protect the applicant. 

[WoolyBully]

  Game One in 1997, we had nearly 50K in the stands.What happened to them?

What was attendance for game #2 in our storied history? 

They wised up. It was the new shiny object. It was history in the making. Then, as is often the case, the luster wore off.

Critical to vitality? That's a tough one. Could we be satisfied with an IPF and another two decades at RayJ?