Better fix the football team

aTotal360

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Love or hate Deion, his impact is undeniable. This article covers some eye-popping numbers about athletic success and how it impacts your school.


Take the University of Alabama, for example. Not only did enrollment increase from 25,000 students when Nick Saban arrived to 60,000 students when he retired, but the Crimson Tide have also fundamentally changed the composition of their student body.

Before Saban, the University of Alabama had three times more in-state students than out-of-state students. But today, that ratio has flipped, and Alabama’s student body now consists primarily of out-of-state students. It is an important distinction because those out-of-state students pay three times more in tuition than in-state students — $34,000 vs. $12,000 annually — which has helped Alabama collect billions in additional tuition.
 

RockyDog

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I don't think you can equate the Bama and Colorado situations at all.

Winning inflates the bandwagon, I don't think anybody doubts that. That's what happens when you have 6 nattys. And Bama was already a big bandwagon school prior to Saban.

You are seeing those effects in Oxford. They have an established, winning coach in his 5th year and they are seeing record attendance at games and in enrollment. But that wasn't happening when Matt Luke and Coach O or even Houston Dale were leading the program. So yes, we do need to start winning.

But to bring Deion into the argument is odd. He's an anomaly. I'm sure he has done what they are saying he has done for the Boulder campus , but it's because he's a former NFL player AND widely known celebrity/TV personality. NONE of that stuff happens in Boulder if the HC is Kiffin, Matt Rhule, Dan Lanning, Lincoln Riley, etc. They bought into the Deion hype and they are reaping the financial benefits now, but what happens to them if he decides he's too good for college football once his boys Shadure and Travis get drafted? They immediately go back to being old Colorado.

MSU needs someone to help us win again, not a celebrity. Time will tell if that's Lebby or we have to start over AGAIN
 

greenbean.sixpack

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I don't think you can equate the Bama and Colorado situations at all.

Winning inflates the bandwagon, I don't think anybody doubts that. That's what happens when you have 6 nattys. And Bama was already a big bandwagon school prior to Saban.

You are seeing those effects in Oxford. They have an established, winning coach in his 5th year and they are seeing record attendance at games and in enrollment. But that wasn't happening when Matt Luke and Coach O or even Houston Dale were leading the program. So yes, we do need to start winning.

But to bring Deion into the argument is odd. He's an anomaly. I'm sure he has done what they are saying he has done for the Boulder campus , but it's because he's a former NFL player AND widely known celebrity/TV personality. NONE of that stuff happens in Boulder if the HC is Kiffin, Matt Rhule, Dan Lanning, Lincoln Riley, etc. They bought into the Deion hype and they are reaping the financial benefits now, but what happens to them if he decides he's too good for college football once his boys Shadure and Travis get drafted? They immediately go back to being old Colorado.

MSU needs someone to help us win again, not a celebrity. Time will tell if that's Lebby or we have to start over AGAIN
Dak to Starkvegas!
 
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