On Campus Stadium or Indoor Practice Facility

[Joe]

@McMurphyESPN3 minutes ago

Florida will build $15 million indoor practice facility; to be completed by September

Must be a Walmart type IPF. Harlan said one costs around $40 mil ...

I don't get Harlans number FSU and Florida only spent $15 mil.

In the "arms race" we may be forced to build one.

Edited January 22, 2015 by Joe

[Skingraft]

While I'd love an ocs, it is really more about having a home stadium. Having a stadium to enshrine our own traditions, history and players is more important than where it is located. RJS is a top notch facility, but it will never be Bulls Stadium.

Very well said

[Triple B]

 

 

@McMurphyESPN3 minutes ago

Florida will build $15 million indoor practice facility; to be completed by September

Must be a Walmart type IPF. Harlan said one costs around $40 mil ...

I don't get Harlans number FSU and Florida only spent $15 mil.

In the "arms race" we may be forced to build one.

 

 

I think it was not long after he got here and he probably wasn't that familiar with them considering, I assume, that UCLA had zero need or interest in one ...

[Danm1983]

 

 

 

@McMurphyESPN3 minutes ago

Florida will build $15 million indoor practice facility; to be completed by September

Must be a Walmart type IPF. Harlan said one costs around $40 mil ...

I don't get Harlans number FSU and Florida only spent $15 mil.

In the "arms race" we may be forced to build one.

 

 

I think it was not long after he got here and he probably wasn't that familiar with them considering, I assume, that UCLA had zero need or interest in one ...

 

 

And wasn't it 14-16 million just 2-3 years ago when they floated the idea that an IPF would be the next item on the docket to put on campus? Even with inflation or other economic factors, I can't see it being more than $18 million at the most. $40 million would imply it's either going to be something unprecedented, or it's going to some sort of actual indoor stadium for soccer/lacrosse/

[Skingraft]

@McMurphyESPN3 minutes ago

Florida will build $15 million indoor practice facility; to be completed by September

Must be a Walmart type IPF. Harlan said one costs around $40 mil ...

I don't get Harlans number FSU and Florida only spent $15 mil.

In the "arms race" we may be forced to build one.

I think it was not long after he got here and he probably wasn't that familiar with them considering, I assume, that UCLA had zero need or interest in one ...

And wasn't it 14-16 million just 2-3 years ago when they floated the idea that an IPF would be the next item on the docket to put on campus? Even with inflation or other economic factors, I can't see it being more than $18 million at the most. $40 million would imply it's either going to be something unprecedented, or it's going to some sort of actual indoor stadium for soccer/lacrosse/

Ding Ding Ding

[BDYZR]

Just a little light reading...

 

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2015/01/11/real-cost-colorado-state-university-athletics/21609313/

[CPR]

Just a little light reading...

 

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2015/01/11/real-cost-colorado-state-university-athletics/21609313/

 

Good thing we aren't Colo St.

[Sellular1]

Just a little light reading...

 

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2015/01/11/real-cost-colorado-state-university-athletics/21609313/

That crotchety old fart probably just hates football and fun.

[BayIslandBull]

Just a little light reading...

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2015/01/11/real-cost-colorado-state-university-athletics/21609313/

Baffling how university administrators don't get how national attention from major college athletics promotes their university. Traditional marketing would cost 10x for the same amount of exposure.

[charsibb]

No link, but I read where Judy had been quoted as giving credit to football for increasing our SAT scores and higher acceptance standards. Football helped make USF a better academic institution.