Maybe he hasn't seen the campus. He could view Sac's parking lots, and then our Quad, CoffeeHouse, and downtown.

He is supposedly considered a top 50 scholar in education and an amateur boxer.

If Marion succeeds, he may be quickly gone.

Your Central Valley: New fee to designate $5M to Fresno State Athletics

"Beginning this fall, the instructionally related activities fee for Fresno State students will increase from $628 to $1,123."

"...The increase is projected to bring in more than $11.3 million to the university. What’s getting criticized is the $5 million that will be designated to the athletics department.

"That total outpaces second second-place holder by more than two and a half times and is 43% of the total increase."

- it looks like there was no student referendum, the Chancellor acted w focus groups
- the Chancellor took no direct questions
- looks like they're banking that 50-55% of students will have the new fees covered by financial aide
- the campus provided close to $20 million in direct aid to Athletics last year
- it's possible the $5 million will be used to reduce campus support
- I thought I read somewhere these monies could also be used for NIL deals
- I'm sure Dr. Wood is following this

https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/local-news/new-fee-to-designate-5m-to-fresno-state-athletics/

"Sac State has a strong pitch to join the FBS as an independent due to its location, facility upgrades, and reported community financial support."

So two of these three are unproven or speculative right now.

Cherry played JC ball two years, and last year averaged 9.9 points and 5.3 RPG.

How many degrees does grass reduce Temps? 10?

Why not play at Hughes Stadium? Notre Dame will fill it. s/

Maybe the rebuild makes most sense.

If you wanted to add 10,000 seats and 5 - 10 luxury suites at our stadium, where would you put them? Student-side second deck?

It seems an expansion on the home side gets complicated by the press box / Edward's Clubhouse, especially if we keep the popular grass end zones.

Northwestern is building the $850 million Ryan Field which seats just 35,000 - privately funded by the Ryan family.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42461968/northwestern-reveals-plans-new-850-million-ryan-field

ABE low for both.

I don't have time now, but he tanked his ugly first year and pushed out some serviceable role players.

2010 - 2011: 10 - 20, 4 - 12 - Gary Stewart
2011 - 2012: 5 - 26, 3 - 13 - Jim Les

FTR, in 2010 - 11 Coach Stewart 'subpar' team battled both Cal and UCLA (7-point loss). (23-11 UCLA made it to the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney.)

In Les' first year we were hammered by UCLA (by 43 points), UCSB (27 pts), LBSU (28 pts), UCSB (47 pts), and LBSU (34 pts).

So they:
- lose a chunk of TT top commits
- they lose some current players
- program in limbo while Luck finds a new HC, which has to hurt recruiting

Given this path, hiring a new HC for next year better sooner, than later. i.e. not the Terry Tumey approach. Don't lose 2 recruiting years.

Will Andrew Luck directly aid / work the recruiting trail this year?

Does the architect play the French horn and throw a 120-MPH fastball in hiking boots?

West Sac As opener: spectacular view of Tower Bridge and downtown. Easy in - out. Budget regular hot dog $7. Sweet grass berms.

Also $14 / $17 beers, restrictive no-beer-in parking lot (no tailgating?), no outside food allowed in, beyond peanuts. Opening singer not-prime-time?

Same. Sac loves it, but we don't need it. Add seats at UC Davis Health Stadium.

Edit: does the architect play the French horn and throw a 120-MPH fastball in hiking boots?

He seems to have a lot of player turnover, which doesn't happen w WBB and FB.

His success comes when he lands a breakout star - Hawkins and Moneke.

P.S. The ABE rate is very low, possibly 2% of overall admits.

How many of these guys only have one year left?

The campus term is admission by exception (ABE). My understanding is that it is rarely used, and sometimes it's for a technicality - one class shy, one class doesn't transfer.

I believe the ICA goal is to match the same ABE use of the general campus for undergraduates. We aren't admitting student athletes w 2.3 GPAs. These are excellent students.

Congratulations.