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Basketball schedule next year
goodnews:
YSU Basketball needs better scheduling, better/updated facilities, more money and better recruits. The logical solution is playing power 5 conference opponents that pay and Coach Calhoun is clearly doing that. The entire University needs $$$$ regardless of academics or athletics.
FYI NDSU Football is playing Colorado, Oregon and Arizona in future schedules. They actually post their extended schedule years out. I for one think it creates excitement and a clear vision of their future. The athletic department at YSU makes it a big secret and I personally think that is a mistake. If you want the community and Alumni to rally around and support the programs get them involved. Its called COMMUNICATION and PR....
go guins:
--- Quote from: Penguin Nick on March 05, 2018, 11:33:14 AM ---go guins, personally you're statement is false.
go guins, you are correct in that my earlier statement should have read: "I look at this differently"or "I disagree with you" as you have a right to an opinion (no matter how wrong it is ;D)
As per NDS, no one in the Power 5 wants to play them anymore as they aren't worth the aggravation.
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Excuses excuses, excuses. Always with the excuses.
NDSU is in FARGO ND, we have a bigger population base and no reason we need to make excuses.
You are so busy trying to point out the "error of my ways" and making excuses for YSU you fail to look at the facts.
They are trading an away game for an extra home game. (2018 7 home vs 4 away)
They get 307 for season tickets, (YSU 110)
18000 tickets at 307 = 5,526.000
12000 tickets at 110 = 1,650,000 + 500,000 for WVU = 2,150,000 or 3,376,000 less than NDSU in revenue. THAT is why they don't need to play $$$ games. I do believe they are playing somebody in 2019 but in their case, probably for the sake of football not $$$ like the money grubbing administration of YSU sports.
IAA Fan:
More money is always the solution; but if money was that easy to come by we would have better facilities, better coaches and better athletes? WRONG. If there was money to be had then other schools would have it as well and 13 of those (other DI schools in the state of Ohio) would have it before YSU. All that would happen is that the price of a ticket would go up. There is not enough money for schools to have more than one truly & consistently good major men's DI athletic sport. If program's still cannot get the funds to compete, then they need to consider lower level athletics (as YSU does in football). If Butler had as good of a football team as they do Men's basketball, then we would see their football team competing for a P5 conference crown (and corresponding FBS play-off berth) every year, instead of being "walked on" by teams with much less talent than YSU. Now you can be UConn, with stellar men's & women's basketball programs, but I would suspect that YSU would probably have at least a .500 overall record against them on the gridiron. If I recall we have recently beaten UConn in Women's tennis and baseball (at least).
This is why I have always said that we need to focus on Lady Pens basketball, where are dollars can go further. Our facilities are good, our scholarship availability is, at least, competitive. It may even bee too late. Right now there are monies available simply because of gender (Title IX). ESPN is dumping lots of $$$ into the women's Tourney and drawing attention already. Please do not respond with UNI or NDSU. UNI is the tops in combined MM football and men's basketball ...but they are far from the top DI football and men's basketball program. NDSU is the largest school in N. Dakota and the 2nd-largest school in a 4-state region. They are standing at the head of the line for government monies and local business support. Meanwhile (when I lived in Youngstown) my doctors and dentist proudly placed their OSU diplomas, attire and I guarantee you donation dollars ...for the Buckeyes ...our state's biggest and best team. It should also be noted that many federal educational dollars are given equally to each state. If it was not for women's athletics and targeted minority enrollment, YSU would be at the bottom of all schools in our 4-state region ... and if you take away new DI institutions receiving their initial monies and/or private schools, we probably are at the bottom. However, walking around YSU's campus, you would never know this. So be happy that you have Tressel and Strollo helping us with our impression, as this is what will help us in the recruiting and donation battles.
ucfpengbuck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VprQ4oOnu14
These arguments perhaps valid or not are secondary to Coach Calhoun getting a few recruiting classes in place. Winning cures all.
go guins:
--- Quote from: ucfpengbuck on March 05, 2018, 01:02:28 PM ---https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VprQ4oOnu14
These arguments perhaps valid or not are secondary to Coach Calhoun getting a few recruiting classes in place. Winning cures all.
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Winning will help, but it definitely doesn't "cures all." Honestly looking back is a good precursor to future actions. Anybody see success prior breeding reinvestment? So if we fill the bleachers,are they going to use the revenue to buy seats and dump the damn bleachers, or are the more likely to say "we are filling the place with the bleachers, must be good enough!" IMO, success may be more likely to breed complacency than spur reinvestment with our athletic department.
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