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Posts posted by gatormarc
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32 minutes ago, bullet said:
Maybe those fans were generating revenue ordering beer?!
Maybe some but not nearly enough. Miami had to take money from their med school recently to cover an athletic deficit.
QuoteThey drew 55,000 last year, 44,000 the year before that, 53,000 in 2019, and 61,000 in 2018. They were as bad as 28k in 1997, but as good as just under 70k in 2002.
So it looks like you went back 20 years to find one example of a year that they had decent draw.
I'm not sure that's proving the point you think it is.
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48 minutes ago, bullet said:
People follow Miami when they win. They draw close to 70k in their good seasons.
Now in their bad seasons, they may be in the 20s. They are like UofH, stuck in a pro sports market without a large diehard fan base.
Let's not confuse Miami today with 40 years ago.
Miami doesn't draw even 70k during good seasons.
Their last good season they did pull in a couple of games where they claimed mid-60s but you could see 10k empty seats in the stands. And that's when they had somehow managed to get into the top 5.
Maybe when Notre Dame or FSU comes to town, they will have legit 65k because the other school takes 25k tickets.
The other half of the winning season schedule, they are claiming 45-50k attendance but it's a half empty stadium.
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I see you both have completely opposite opinions of the softball pitcher look.
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1 hour ago, Texas Wahoo said:
I’m pretty sure they did it to sell commercials in New York, LA, and Chicago.
Feels like the bubble is really close to popping when they are still pushing the idea of selling ads based on the size of the market rather than if anyone is actually watching them.
It's like how they keep bringing up Miami as an expansion option.
Sure they have no fanbase.
Sure no one in Miami watches them.
But Miami is a big market and we can sell ads like the first 2 sentences weren't true.
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2 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:
if you get a porch pineapple, how do you know where it came from?
and if you do know where it came from, if you return the pineapple, does that mean "yes" or "no"?
what other fruits are involved in this radical new form of communication?
guessing bananas are involved somehow
or cucumbers
When life gives you pineapples, make tepache.
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19 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:
bwahahahahahaha!!!!
So now your new neighbor is wondering ... "Sooooooo, are gatormarc and gatormarcette swingers? And if so, are they interested?"
Oh my!
I guess however, if they ARE wondering this doesn't than necessarily imply that they too are swingers?!
Oh, the SEC is gonna be so much fun!
I wonder if I should warn gatormarcette.
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17 minutes ago, Lidig8r said:
Uh.... soooooooooo ... how did YOU know about this?
Well, shit. I gave our new neighbor some fresh pineapple from the yard the other day as a welcome gift.
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19 minutes ago, LTbear said:
I like how they tweeted this out before they could even think up a name for that god awful final pod.
It's funny and sad after this many years, you still have casual fans who are like "this is ridiculous, I could realign better than this" and then they get about 60% done with their own "perfect" realignment concept and then just start throwing shit against the wall. But rather than just going "oh" they fucking post it to the Internet.
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I can appreciate Clemson wanting to get out what with all of the discussion of adding west coast teams to the ACC.
Better to go to the B1G where they won't have to travel as far.
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11 minutes ago, Zhorn96 said:
a lot of folks think Stanford is fine because they have $$$ everywhere. They have $36B in endowments...but all of that is tied up in specific things, they cant just move the money around. There was a reason they tried cutting 13 sports during Covid (or whatever it was). Furd athletics are broke too... that said, both Furd and Cal have the alums to fix all of this if they get their heads out of their asses. Thats the challenging part
Makes sense. I was really surprised how quickly they started cutting.
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10 minutes ago, bullet said:
Stadium is too. Hard to believe it was worth saving.
More likely, they just didn't want to relocate any other departments to find a new site.
It's on the list of National Historic Places.
I wonder if it would have been near impossible to tear down. Also, is there a legit place it could have moved to?
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Just now, Sandman said:5 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:
hop in the car and spend 8-9 hours driving to Norman
Drive to norman, AND spend 8-9 hours to do so? I think I'd rather blow some guy in an alley.
I bet you can do that in Norman.
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27 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:
The pandemic crushed all budgets, even those who figured out how to play. The B1G had to sell a majority stake in their rights to Fox to make up some quick cash and then Fox went goblin mode.
One year of COVID really showed how much of a no-win situation we were in.
Our former AD, Jeremy Foley, was extremely tight when it came to finances. He seemed to think (or at least I got the impression) that a bubble was happening and that all these schools taking $100+M loans were going to get it bad once it popped. Our facilities across the board were improved but at a more modest pace.
But eventually he retired. We're at the end of a $300M facilities upgrade and now with another $400M for the football stadium announced.You basically have to spend big now if you want to win. But that means those at the bottom are uber fucked when shit hits the fan.
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2 hours ago, 52-80 said:
Hi, realignment tourist here.
Stanford and California joining the "Atlantic Coast" Conference sounds like it makes a lot of sense.
Well, you would obviously go in the Coastal division.
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One small piece of white tape and it kinda says ACAB
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Nice of Northwestern to confirm to everyone that it's an institution wide cultural issue.
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1 hour ago, Jasper_Jester said:
Cal and Stanford being football only members in the ACC could help them. They should have the luxury of being able to build a structure that allows them to join a more local conference for the Olympic sports.
Stanford already competes in a lot of sports outside of the Pac12. I guess those would stay Independent or in the MPSF or other oddball conference.
Taking a quick glance at sports that would need to change.
Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing, Women's Field Hockey - those were not PAC sports but are ACC sports so Stanford would move those sports to their new conference
Men's Rowing, Women's Beach Volleyball - those were PAC sports but not ACC; Probably EARC for Rowing, CCSA for Beach Volleyball
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I have an irrational hate for Equestrian because several SEC schools changed course and added that rather than Women's Lacrosse, sticking us in the AAC.
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Edit: too slow.
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Finally. I was wondering when they'd start talking about gambling on ESPN.
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44 minutes ago, Hurtlocker said:
SDSU's effort to rally a group of major programs into a new league fell short before it gained any momentum
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Access Hollywood?
lol
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18 minutes ago, closetohumping said:
They don’t gaf. That’s the part we need to understand. Footballs just not a big deal out here. I’d say sports isn’t really except for certain mlb and nba teams.
I think my point is that it doesn't have to be a big deal for the University to try to sell it as a reason to mingle with other smart young people with money.
Realignment talk not going away
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Well, I'm convinced. The B1G should definitely take them.