LA Tech moved to 2017...

[paindonthurt_]

I'm not saying we can't cover the costs of paying for a home game. What i'm saying is we don't know. None of us do unless youve been involved with the accounting of MSU sports.

electric bills
paying OT to workers
police for labor
There are tons of cost and variables that WE don't know.

 

[patdog]

I don't have to know the exact cost of every aspect of hosting a football game to know that we can afford to buy a home game to fill out our 2016 schedule.

 

[patdog]

This was the last one.

 

[patdog]

I'm just wondering what the Shmuley's of the world think b/f it plays out.

Oh come on. You already know exactly what Shmuley thinks. If we wind up going on the road, Stricklin doesn't know what he's doing and is in way over his head. If we wind up getting a home game, it's because Keenum stepped in and set it up.

 

[paindonthurt_]

For sure. I honestly wanted to see what others thought "ahead of time" also.

I just don't understand the people who can't see that there are so many things we don't see from our computers. Having an opinion is great, but its just an opinion/speculation.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Yeah but at the last minute? How do you KNOW we can afford it? Yeah maybe we have some money, but maybe that $1 mil is tied up elsewhere b/c we thought we didn't need it.

We might have some money, but its not like we are just swimming in enough that we can afford not to be smart or sensitive with it.

Hell I don't know. Maybe we have tons of supplemental cash laying around.

 

[patdog]

Agree that it's all speculation on our part. But I'm pretty confident in our athletic director. I think we'll take a bit of a one-time financial hit if that's what it takes to get 7 home games.

 

[fishwater99]

I agree birthday boy.
The extra home game is huge for the fans.

 

[topbulldawg]

Do we have the money? Sure we do. Should we buy an extra home game at all costs? That's a different question. I want a BMW, and I can afford it, but there are other things more important. Maybe we want to fund renovations at The baseball stadium, save for cohens exit fee, upgrade other facilities. Every time you spend money, you have to cut something else.

You are severely over estimating our options. Let's say 20 non-sec teams have an opening (this may be high). We have limited options on the dates we can play and so do other teams because most of their schedules are finalized. You have to guess less then 15% of those teams can even play on that date. That leaves 3. Some of those may already have too many road games,etc. that's pretty limited options without grossly overpaying.

 

[paindonthurt_]

This is what i'm talking about. Yes I agree Stricklin will do what it takes IF POSSIBLE.

Fish, you just admitted to that. So, if it doesn't happen, are you and others gonna show some restraint and sense, or will people say he is an idiot who "needs to be fired today".

If he does something stupid or makes a bad financial/business decision to PLEASE the fans, that is when his job should be questioned. His job is to make the hard decisions that are good for the program, but often times DISPLEASE the fans.

 

[johnson86-1]

I give Stricklin big props for using this opportunity to drop the LaTech trip. That needed to happen. Stricklin really can't be blamed at all here since LT created the mess.

Looks like Marshall is a possibility since they still need an out-of-Conf opponent for 2016, and could go on the road if needed. They also might be interested since they got hammered on SOS last year.

Ultimately who knows, but this is where AD's make their money.

Fixed that for you. Tulane was just doing the obvious thing by paying $350k to get out of an away game when they can likely turn around and get paid $1M by somebody else (or go get an easier game, which seems to be what they are looking for more than a big payout).

 

[fishwater99]

This is what i'm talking about. Yes I agree Stricklin will do what it takes IF POSSIBLE.

Fish, you just admitted to that. So, if it doesn't happen, are you and others gonna show some restraint and sense, or will people say he is an idiot who "needs to be fired today".

If he does something stupid or makes a bad financial/business decision to PLEASE the fans, that is when his job should be questioned. His job is to make the hard decisions that are good for the program, but often times DISPLEASE the fans.

Why would I say fire SS.
He just made the best basketball hire of the off-season in CBB.
My point is that we need to try to get a home game, even if it costs us a $1 million.
I just don't understand why everyone says that we can't do that that we will be going on the road...

 

[patdog]

I just don't understand why everyone says that we can't do that that we will be going on the road...

Because there are a lot of Chicken Littles on this board. I'm just glad we no longer have a Chicken Little in the athletic director position.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Fixed that for you. Tulane was just doing the obvious thing by paying $350k to get out of an away game when they can likely turn around and get paid $1M by somebody else (or go get an easier game, which seems to be what they are looking for more than a big payout).

I can't upload a GIF from my iPhone, but the "I'll allow it" one with Chan seems appropriate here. +1

 

[paindonthurt_]

Why would I say fire SS.

I didn't say you did. I said people. But its not like you haven't been negative to the best or second best football coach in school history recently.

He just made the best basketball hire of the off-season in CBB.

Agreed.

My point is that we need to try to get a home game, even if it costs us a $1 million.

You act like $1 million is nothing. Its something even to our athletic department. In big business, when budgets are made, people try to adhere to them.

I just don't understand why everyone says that we can't do that that we will be going on the road...

I have never said WE CAN'T. I've said repeatedly you nor I know if WE CAN.

My point is, if we don't get a home game and have to go on the road, people are going to come out of the wood work bashing Stricklin. I'll bet another $500 on it. Its like people don't think. Do they really believe he just sat on his *** and didn't try to fix an issue someone else caused?

I mean, if there is someone willing to come to Starkville, they want $X million, and we can afford X, don't we all think Stricklin will do that? If the answer is yes, then people shouldn't be clowns if/when it doesn't happen.

 

[GloryDawg]

That's only 9 games, right? Never mind, I see it on the bottom there. I didn't see that before, so my numbers are probably off, to the detriment of having fewer teams.

Is that the same list of schools that Tulane is going after to replace us?

 

[PubDawg]

If you factor in the $$ from all the hotels, restaurants, apparel and all the rest it's easily worth it - unless you see 0-7 going in to that weekend.

The more money the local economy is getting - the more they have to fund the university. Loafers knows this.