WoolyBully Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Bull Backers Topic Count: 194 Content Count: 6,786 Reputation: 864 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/01/2000 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Brad said: Right or wrong, logic beats emotion. Oh no it does not! We've built entire industries on emotion...everything from Talk Radio to I'net message boards. We like to pretend that we're rational animals and always slaved to the grey matter, but it's that thump-thump-thump organ in our collective chest that is the real shot caller. How hard do you think it is to extract folding green for [insert athletic department wish list here] using logic (how would we quantify that? what sort of ROI? I don’t know.) as opposed to tapping some sort of emotional connection. Marketing. Advertising budgets. Research. It's all about how to manipulate your emotional connection to variable X, 'cause we know that relying on our logic/reason does not move the needle. Logic will not fill a stadium with season ticket holders. Logic will not pry open wallets. Logic will not express dismay after a loss to a vastly superior team. Perhaps you remember the old Sam Kinison ‘In Love Nine Times’ routine? Yeah, that’s us. And it will be us for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 97,089 Reputation: 10,859 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Thanks Wooly, I'll be more specific emotional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sheriff Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 721 Content Count: 6,754 Reputation: 806 Days Won: 19 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted September 4, 2022 When we hired Strong... we could have had Lane and/or Leach (everyone's favorite Pirate) - if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontPushMe Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 40 Content Count: 1,241 Reputation: 187 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/05/2003 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Instead of dumping money into a stadium we should shut down the football program and focus on other things. It's a failure from top to bottom and the sunk costs that got us here aren't worth chasing anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj796 Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 19 Content Count: 487 Reputation: 237 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/17/2016 Share Posted September 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, DontPushMe said: Instead of dumping money into a stadium we should shut down the football program and focus on other things. It's a failure from top to bottom and the sunk costs that got us here aren't worth chasing anymore. Well this is enlightening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 604 Content Count: 16,504 Reputation: 2,952 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted September 4, 2022 26 minutes ago, The Sheriff said: When we hired Strong... we could have had Lane and/or Leach (everyone's favorite Pirate) - if I recall correctly. What a miss 19 minutes ago, DontPushMe said: Instead of dumping money into a stadium we should shut down the football program and focus on other things. It's a failure from top to bottom and the sunk costs that got us here aren't worth chasing anymore. How are your UL Cards doing this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 555 Content Count: 14,415 Reputation: 445 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 hours ago, Jim Johnson said: So you think a good head coach at Vanderbilt or Arizona State or Purdue will leave their conference to go to Coastal Carolina or Fresno State or USF? They go where the money is don’t they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Johnson Posted September 4, 2022 Group: TBP Subscriber III Topic Count: 1,834 Content Count: 5,491 Reputation: 1,808 Days Won: 13 Joined: 12/02/2018 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Just now, slick1ru2 said: They go where the money is don’t they? And we can pay more with out $8 million per year TV deal than the 30-40-60 million these other conferences pay? Are you daft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 555 Content Count: 14,415 Reputation: 445 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Just now, Jim Johnson said: And we can pay more with out $8 million per year TV deal than the 30-40-60 million these other conferences pay? Are you daft? Where’s the $100m plus for the stadium coming from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted September 4, 2022 Group: Member Topic Count: 604 Content Count: 16,504 Reputation: 2,952 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted September 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, slick1ru2 said: They go where the money is don’t they? Can’t blame them for that. But now that the 12 team playoff format is on the horizon things may change…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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