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[QUOTE="Boston Tiger, post: 77852, member: 662"]
I agree with the posters who are saying that an investment in the facilities is a key. Unfortunately, college football is now an arms race, and you have to impress the recruits and their parents/guardians when they come in for a visit. I've followed the rebuilding process at LSU, a program that was in extremely poor shape 15-20 years ago, but is up at the elite level now. A lot of people dislike Nick Saban because he is such a douche bag, but he insisted that LSU had to upgrade their facilities when he took the job. The first thing that was built was an academic support center for the student athletes, and that was soon followed by a new and impressive football complex. The funny thing is that he took off for his short stint in the NFL right before the complex opened, and Les Miles got to reap the benefits of that investment.

The bottom line is that the booster club spent several million dollars improving the facilities for the football program, and that's paid off in the recruiting game. But they have also had to raise fees so substantially that many long-time fans had to give up their tickets, since the fees on top of fees became too burdensome.
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