slimey slimey
The finance situation in College Spark is horrendous for both the academic and athletic sides of the house. The Ath Dep't problems began with Debbie Yow's total mismanagement of the stadium expansion (her hand-picked advisory committee told her not to expand, but she did anyway) and have continued. Not getting a full share of B1G money for 6 years didn't help matters any.
Supposedly Under Armour isn't in the greatest financial shape, either.
Clearly has Skinn in the game
Wonder if there was serious mutual consideration for Hop for this job. Villanova’s fired coach, Neptune, was Fordham’s head coach for a year before heading to Nova and replacing Wright. Guess Fordham didn’t want Neptune who was available either or maybe visa versa.
Pipeline from Alabama to Arkansas St.
I read something yesterday that ole Buzz Williams maybe interested in the Maryland job if that happened.
Don’t rule out the guy from Oklahoma for the Maryland job. Forgot his name. He was originally from Loyolla, Chicago.
Porter Moser
He's been pretty underwhelming at Oklahoma imho. Surprised he is still considered a hot name.
I was reading about good old Buzz. Guess he’s spoken how he doesn’t like coaching at one place for long and wants to change jobs often. It’s certainly something programs hiring him should keep in mind. So far it seems 5 to 6 years is his limit as a head coach. He’s won at every program he’s coached. He’s just 52 years old.
| 2008–2014 | Marquette |
|---|---|
| 2014–2019 | Virginia Tech |
| 2019–present | Texas A&M |
| 1994–1998 | Texas–Arlington (assistant) |
|---|---|
| 1998–1999 | Texas A&M–Kingsville(assistant) |
| 1999–2000 | Northwestern State (assistant) |
| 2000–2004 | Colorado State (assistant) |
| 2004–2006 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | New Orleans |
| 2007–2008 | Marquette (assistant) |
UConn made the decision to leave the AAC and stop chasing membership in a Major football conference. That means that UConn chose to keep basketball as its top sport. And that may mean that in a few years UConn football will be back to 1AA (FCS), where it always belonged. That's where UMass belongs.This is a pretty fascinating article about how the Big East could be in the pole position in the basketball portal going forward because they don’t have to fund football with the House settlement money. P4 athletic directors are concerned that Nova, St John’s and others will be able to fund their basketball programs with $5 million or more ($10 million?) directly from the university while the P4 basketball programs will only get $3-4. I know people have talked about this before on the board but this is the first time I’ve seen it all laid out.
Could impending rev-share changes help Cinderellas in the future? 'Everybody will be in the game'
As the college sports industry sits on the brink of historic change, an unexpected spending disparity looms — and some mid-majors will be able to take advantage of it in basketball.sports.yahoo.com
Not accurate. They left the AAC but stayed at the FBS level as an independent. They continue to try and get membership in the B12 or ACC and apparently came quite close to an invitation to the B12 not long ago. I think the demise of the P12 prevented an invitation from the B12 at the last second.
Bloomberg had a very similar article.This is a pretty fascinating article about how the Big East could be in the pole position in the basketball portal going forward because they don’t have to fund football with the House settlement money. P4 athletic directors are concerned that Nova, St John’s and others will be able to fund their basketball programs with $5 million or more ($10 million?) directly from the university while the P4 basketball programs will only get $3-4. I know people have talked about this before on the board but this is the first time I’ve seen it all laid out.
Could impending rev-share changes help Cinderellas in the future? 'Everybody will be in the game'
As the college sports industry sits on the brink of historic change, an unexpected spending disparity looms — and some mid-majors will be able to take advantage of it in basketball.
