400,000 paid to McNeese for the beat down.

[Dhambuc]

We paid McNeese St 400,000 to come to Ray to be the sacrificial lamb last night. ( the game could have bigger ramifications than just the lost) when it comes to realignment and expansion, our stock is dropping by the second.   At least ESpin is talking about us today( they said we paid to be embarrassed) ( true).    I supposed getting mentioned on the Evil Network is worth 400,000 to Doug?

 

We also paid USF to come to the SunDome to open the new dome last season only to have them spank us as well in front of thousands of their own fans.   

 

 

Scheduling is something that AD's do as part of their job description and this is what Doug does.  

 

 

We pay 400.000 for an embarrassment and we have to close the library due to money?     Judy WAKE UP.

Edited September 1, 2013 by Dhambuc

[NCBull]

We also paid USF to come to the SunDome to open the new dome last season only to have them spank us as well in front of thousands of their own fans.

We paid USF, huh? You are just soooo credible. Ignore.

[dausfbulls11]

no its a bit high, some games as low as 250k

[FrmrPokeCenter]

no its a bit high, some games as low as 250k

 

 

We've gotten 400k for all of our plane ride games....we got nearly 400k for LSU, but that's an hour and 45 minute bus ride for us....we had nearly 30k of our fans at LSU making it, at the time, the largest crowd to ever see an LSU game.    Only SEC member Ole Miss brings as many visiting fans. Bama brings a bunch of fans, but the LSU faithful come out of of the woodwork...

Using LSU's base ticket price, we more than paid our way to their place, which is why they've rescheduled us....they finally realized what we've been telling them for years.   Paying 400k to App State or The Citadel makes no sense.  If they pay us 400 k to drive down the road, they basically get the game for free....

We took the USL (Louisiana-Lafayette) game for less than that.....BUT....they'd been ducking us for 21 years (we own them in the series ) and to shut us up, they offered us a game, but only wanted to pay $125,000 for us to drive over.   We could schedule a Division II, pay them a guarantee and still make two to three times what USL offered us...so, we had to turn them down...at which point they made all sorts of noise about us "declinging" to play them....so...they made another offer in the $230k range, and gave us 10,000 tickets that we could sell and keep the profit on....so, that was too good of a deal to turn down......We beat them 38-17...but we took a knee on their 12 yard line with less than two minutes to place...the final margin was 21 points...one for each year they ducked us    

 

[Dhambuc]

Meant to type UCF not USF.  Anyone who was there or has season tickets would know the intent. 

 

The point of the 400,000 is We paid too much,  (yes some pay more, but others pay less, UConn paid Towson 250,000).  Most schools win these Pay games as well.   Also in this economy and with the lack of fan base and donors( we have a small athletic budget compared to Power 5 Schools)  Its pretty sick that we cant keep the Library open for students to Use to Study due to money , yet we can piss away 400,000 for a beat down. Silly me for thinking that College was for learning first, Not FB.

 

Its mismanagement at its finest. 

 

A lot on here are defensive and ok with the status Quo, Some like my self would love nothing better than to see this program explode and get better. Why wouldn't we want to see them improve if they can?  

 

The email distribution list and system is horrible.  The communication between the Athletic Dept and the Donors, Fans, season ticket Holders(customers) is lacking.    Not sustainable in the long run unless they make changes. Someone needs to start listening to the customers or there wont be customers in the future.

 

We get it , You love Doug and are completely satisfied with the Athletic office. 

Edited September 1, 2013 by Dhambuc

[FrmrPokeCenter]

Meant to type UCF not USF.  Anyone who was there or has season tickets would know the intent. 

 

The point of the 400,000 is We paid too much,  (yes some pay more, but others pay less, UConn paid Towson 250,000).  Most schools win these Pay games as well.   Also in this economy and with the lack of fan base and donors( we have a small athletic budget compared to Power 5 Schools)  Its pretty sick that we cant keep the Library open for students to Use to Study due to money , yet we can piss away 400,000 for a beat down. Silly me for thinking that College was for learning first, Not FB.

 

Its mismanagement at its finest. 

 

A lot on here are defensive and ok with the status Quo, Some like my self would love nothing better than to see this program explode and get better. Why wouldn't we want to see them improve if they can?  

 

The email distribution list and system is horrible.  The communication between the Athletic Dept and the Donors, Fans, season ticket Holders(customers) is lacking.    Not sustainable in the long run unless they make changes. Someone needs to start listening to the customers or there wont be customers in the future.

 

We get it , You love Doug and are completely satisfied with the Athletic office. 

 

 

Towson is less than 300 miles from UConn....basically, it's a four and half hour bus ride....Georgia Southern is probably the closest FCS team to Tampa and that's roughly 400 miles....unless you get Georgia Southern, you're gonna get a team who's gonna need to fly....I doubt you'll get anybody to fly to Tampa for less than 400k.....the financial numbers just aren't there...

[Dhambuc]

FAMU, FIU, and others have played here and would prob increase attendance, They are short bus drives as well.  Why not keep the money within the state and help out a one of our little brothers.

[FrmrPokeCenter]

I forgot about FAMU...FIU is an FBS independent, right?  

[Dhambuc]

FIU is Conf USA . 

[slick1ru2]

Not sure what the point of the OP is. Every team in college football that has a home game pays for the other team to be there, win or lose, its just the way it is. SO WHAT? Wait, I guess some just have to continue to find whatever they can to try and make people feel worse, mad, upset, etc.. For true fans though, no effect. .