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</p> <h1 class="postTitle"><span id="ppt19131588">New Mexico State Introduces Snack Attack Offense</span></h1> <div class="byline">
Posted Aug 17, 2009 7:30PM By <font color="#0582EB">Clay Travis</font> (<font color="#0582EB">RSS feed</font>)</p>
Filed Under: <span><font color="#0582EB">New Mexico State</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">WAC</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">Fans</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">General CFB Insanity</font></span></p> </div> <div class="clearfloat"></div> <div class="addthis_toolbox top_box"> <div class="hover_effect"> <div> <a class="addthis_button_email at300b" title="Email"> Email</a> </div> <div> <a class="at300b"><font color="#000000"> Print</font></a> </div> <div> <font color="#000000"> Share</font> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: none"></div> </div> <div class="articleTxtSz"> <span>Text Size</span><span class="txtSm" id="spanSm">A</span><span class="txtMd" id="spanMd"><a class="fontswitch" id="textMedium" title="medium font" rel="mediumText nofollow"><font color="#0582EB" size="2">A</font></a></span><span class="txtLg" id="spanLg"><a class="fontswitch" id="textLarge" title="large font" rel="largeText nofollow"><font color="#0582EB" size="2">A</font></a></span> </div> <div class="atclear"></div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="smallText" id="articleStr"> <div class="post" id="19131588"> <font color="#0582EB" size="2">
</font>It's come to this.
Due to the recession and a subsequent budget crunch, New Mexico State's football team is requesting that fans donate snacks to the team. That's not a joke, not a point of satire meant to illustrate the difference between playing at a Big Six conference and being a member of the WAC. Nope, that's the unvarnished truth.
According to the AP, "New Mexico State's budget-conscious football staff distributed an e-mail this week asking <font color="#0582EB">fans to donate after-practice or late-night snacks for hungry players</font>." Why are they doing this? To help close a $1.5 million budget gap. That's an awful lot of snacks.<a name="cont"></a>
So far players have received peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelons, and, wait for it, trail mix from helpful fans. Hopefully, the donated snack fuel will help players finish games with more staying power. Last year's team was 3-9 overall, and a woeful 1-7 in the WAC. And that was back when the football team could afford snacks! Is this the sign of the <font color="#0582EB">college football</font> apocalypse? I think so. But it doesn't have to be a lasting sign. We at <font color="#0582EB">FanHouse</font> can also help the football team save money. Here's how.
As a preliminary point, more ridicule. I understand that tough times call for tough measures, but how much money can snacks really cost the football team? $30,000 a year, maybe? Maybe. So they only have to eliminate 50 other identical spending issues and the budget issue is fixed. This is the rough equivalent of a family deciding they're going to make the <font color="#0582EB">mortgage</font> payment from now on by cutting out toilet paper.
<br style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through"> And so, they've made the program look ridiculous. [follow link for the rest of the story]
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</p> <h1 class="postTitle"><span id="ppt19131588">New Mexico State Introduces Snack Attack Offense</span></h1> <div class="byline">
Posted Aug 17, 2009 7:30PM By <font color="#0582EB">Clay Travis</font> (<font color="#0582EB">RSS feed</font>)</p>
Filed Under: <span><font color="#0582EB">New Mexico State</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">WAC</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">Fans</font></span>, <span><font color="#0582EB">General CFB Insanity</font></span></p> </div> <div class="clearfloat"></div> <div class="addthis_toolbox top_box"> <div class="hover_effect"> <div> <a class="addthis_button_email at300b" title="Email"> Email</a> </div> <div> <a class="at300b"><font color="#000000"> Print</font></a> </div> <div> <font color="#000000"> Share</font> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: none"></div> </div> <div class="articleTxtSz"> <span>Text Size</span><span class="txtSm" id="spanSm">A</span><span class="txtMd" id="spanMd"><a class="fontswitch" id="textMedium" title="medium font" rel="mediumText nofollow"><font color="#0582EB" size="2">A</font></a></span><span class="txtLg" id="spanLg"><a class="fontswitch" id="textLarge" title="large font" rel="largeText nofollow"><font color="#0582EB" size="2">A</font></a></span> </div> <div class="atclear"></div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div class="smallText" id="articleStr"> <div class="post" id="19131588"> <font color="#0582EB" size="2">
Due to the recession and a subsequent budget crunch, New Mexico State's football team is requesting that fans donate snacks to the team. That's not a joke, not a point of satire meant to illustrate the difference between playing at a Big Six conference and being a member of the WAC. Nope, that's the unvarnished truth.
According to the AP, "New Mexico State's budget-conscious football staff distributed an e-mail this week asking <font color="#0582EB">fans to donate after-practice or late-night snacks for hungry players</font>." Why are they doing this? To help close a $1.5 million budget gap. That's an awful lot of snacks.<a name="cont"></a>
So far players have received peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelons, and, wait for it, trail mix from helpful fans. Hopefully, the donated snack fuel will help players finish games with more staying power. Last year's team was 3-9 overall, and a woeful 1-7 in the WAC. And that was back when the football team could afford snacks! Is this the sign of the <font color="#0582EB">college football</font> apocalypse? I think so. But it doesn't have to be a lasting sign. We at <font color="#0582EB">FanHouse</font> can also help the football team save money. Here's how.
As a preliminary point, more ridicule. I understand that tough times call for tough measures, but how much money can snacks really cost the football team? $30,000 a year, maybe? Maybe. So they only have to eliminate 50 other identical spending issues and the budget issue is fixed. This is the rough equivalent of a family deciding they're going to make the <font color="#0582EB">mortgage</font> payment from now on by cutting out toilet paper.
<br style="TEXT-DECORATION: line-through"> And so, they've made the program look ridiculous. [follow link for the rest of the story]
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