I thought we are especially wired tight last night ( I turned it on about 8 minutes in). Don’t know if it was frustration from our defensive lapses or with so of the calls, but he was pacing like a tiger at the zoo. I hadn’t seen that in a long time.

I’ve felt that he has really toned that down the past 3-4 years.

they are giving away tickets to local youth teams and their families.

NDSU has a $2M revenue share for football. They, the school, are playing each player roughly $20k. We aren’t doing revenue sharing at all. That’s not NIL money, that’s from the school itself. The top 5-6 FCS schools have a lot more money coming in - hence, more going out. That’s our level. P4 schools will use their TV money to pay out something like $15M for their roster. Again, that’s before the NIL money hits.

Montana drew about 25k to 8 home games; we averaged 10k for 5. Add in their sky boxes, and generous donors and it’s not close. They have over 500 folks donating at least $1000; we recent broke the 100 level. Night and day.

the ticket office are working the phones. Folks who bought tickets last year are getting called. I got called yesterday about my Jr Aggie passes (not valid due to NCAA) to see if we need more tickets for them.

The late start should help with students and younger fans, but hurt with older fans (including, as you noted, long time donors).

what we are missing is a revenue stream to compete in this new world order of college football.

that’s a good point. I was thinking of the old days when they taught. I don’t think a pension is a priority in coaches’ decisions

that’s 15 characters!

CSUC pensions are basically the same as UC - driven by years of service. Probably needs 2 more years just to vest. 10 years would get get a (max) 25% pension if he takes it at max age (is that still 60?)

that’s the link to donate student tickets. There is another link for students to claim them

I don’t think recent hires were Orr’s decision.

I swear we haven’t had a decent shot in the past 5 minutes. Down 22-17 at the 8.

Les seems more agitated than I can remember on the sideline

I feel for the AD, Mark Orr. Seems like a good guy and competent AD. But he’s been put in an awful position by an egotist president who doesn’t seem to have realistic expectations.

I would be very surprised if it were Taylor or Richardson - that seems completely out of the current playbook of the President.

Marion, Bibby (currently 4-6, 1-6 vs D1 competition) seem to be the model - press worthy ‘names’

at the lunch today. They said there are still free tickets available for students.

this analysis seems spot on. Get them into obvious passing downs and get alot of hits on the QB. On offense, a rejuvenated Fisher might be the key - need done big chunk plays from the running game.

Plough was saying this is the highest rated class we’ve ever brought in - for what that’s worth. Seemed very high on the OL and the DL from Hawaii.

seems like a good hire, although I thought Wulff had them going in the right direction. Anyone who could get 3 wins out of the disaster UCLA seemed to be earns some respect.

Oddsmakers aren’t too optimistic for an Aggie upset - 10 1/2 point underdogs. Tough place for anyone to get a victory.

Some of the BWC games have interesting odds. Some are expected like irvine -11.5 over Riverside, and SB 11.5 over LB, both favorites at home. Home team CSUN -4.5 over Bako seems low, but home team Fullerton by 0.5 over Poly is a head scratcher.

also mentioned Vargas could be back IF we made a run. Wouldn’t seem the case if he was going in the portal.

call them. I’m not sure why the email with links are being delayed (at least for many of us) or why there no downloadable ticket in my ticket account, but phone calls seem to make it happen.

Well, my phone call didn’t work but AgAlum and BGA got theirs!