Our once and perhaps soon to be again rivals if we don’t step up donations ???

The nightmare of close combat in the jungle never ended. Kill or be killed. The sounds , sights and smell of death and the dying. It was only spoken of when he mentioned it. And that was extremely rare. We knew not to ask. But yes , GO ARMY !

My point is , we are going to have to foot the bill . The cost is rising. Or go back to some semblance of where we were . Frankly I’m ready to dig deeper if that’s what it takes.

biggie wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:28 pm

ESPN reporting the same.

At what cost do we commit to whatever the new “D1” ends up being.And I mean personally. Where will the money come from ? $6,000,000 to pay the athletes? Or whatever the number is annually. If , and I am saying if , these new proposals get approved….it looks like either we raise a lot more money or w...

We have some tough games coming up.

ULM Coach interview impressed me. Up hill both ways though ….

The rules will be changing soon. Like everything else.

One of the few in state schools to return our calls.

He’s on Duke’s short list reportedly. Might make the bowl game really interesting. Monroe apparently ready to announce. Poor bloke.

asumba95 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:11 am

Stonewall wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:09 am

We talk to every D1 in the Carolinas offering home and home.

so no teams want to come to Boone?

Not “no teams” , but very few.

We talk to every D1 in the Carolinas offering home and home.

$30,000,000 What’s the scope of work for $30,000,000? Can build a new arena at that cost. You can build a 600,000 SF Industrial building at that cost. Hold off on East Side Expansion. Keeping shell and bones , gutting, redsign and upgrade. Assuming no surprizes. I’m a contractor add a minimum 10% t...

Clear the bench please.

I think the new indoor facility is in the $25m range.

311neers wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:19 pm

Stonewall wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:52 pm

$30,000,000

What’s the scope of work for $30,000,000?
Can build a new arena at that cost.
You can build a 600,000 SF Industrial building at that cost.

Hold off on East Side Expansion.

Keeping shell and bones , gutting, redsign and upgrade. Assuming no surprizes.

$30,000,000

Was it RPO ? If so , good call , bad read.

Title IX will make this interesting. “ A level playing field”. Yeh it will. But seriously women athletes are big winners in this if it goes through...already get tuition paid for by playing a sport that loses money every year for athletics....now get 120K in a trust on top of that. I don't see wher...