Explain this to me like I'm from another planet. Jordan Travis, 2023: 2,469 passing yards, 64.4%, 8.5 YPA, 19 TD, 2 INT Graham Mertz, 2023: 2,409 passing yards, 73.9%, 8.1 YPA, 17 TD, 2 INT
… Basketball earns just under $20M. Baseball earns about $1M. Football generally earns $100M alone. Investors will inflate those numbers in favor of football to maybe $150M, but UFAA allocates investments across all sports even if tagged for one sport. All revenue is pooled into the the athletic department with external donations. Those I listed are all profitable.
Jimbo had one foot out the door for his last two seasons when his wife was stepping out. If he would have stuck around I don't think they would have got back to the glory Winston days but solid. They saw the Taggart writing on the wall and ripped that band off quickly. Finally, Norvell's first two seasons weren't stellar. The last two years he has taken advantage of the Portal and having a Veteran QB that didn't leave for the draft. If he is able to get another haul in the portal for next year then that is a model we should be looking at. His highly ranked recruiting class will be very young and not producing similar to our youth. Most of his great portal talent and QB will be gone after this year. Verse, Wilson that other WR, a RB and Travis.
I understand that with UAA accounting it looks that way, but if each were a stand alone business Football would be extremely profitable, men’s basketball would be profitable, baseball basically breaks even. That means that football basically subsidizes 16 of the 19 sports. So we can’t really say they are profitable. They are only profitable with football and to some extent, basketball subsidies
We didn’t need a “complete rebuild” when Napier signed. We were one season removed from taking Alabama down to the wire in the SECCG. We had the eventual #4 draft pick at QB. Not to mention many other recruits from Mullen’s Top 10 classes.
Recent history (last 6 hired only 1 fit your IMO wanna guess who) suggests your IMO and reality arent aligned in the market place (coaching circles).
If fsu is your barometer, hard to see them maintain their momentum without J Travis to bail them out next year or the following year. He has been the premier reason for their success in 22 & 23
Your analysis is akin to driving down the road using the rearview mirror only. Until you and others acknowledge the actual level of critical issues uf football faced in 2020 and 21 there can be no rational discussion of our present state. Whether Billy N is guy or not to lead a resurgence of the program wrt W & L’s, he has and is addressing issues across the across the spectrum that never occur to the casual fan. The wounds that have been endured by program would horrify most on the board and some are in the know. Never underestimate the damage done by the 3Ms over the decade they reigned
Yep. It's not like we have to be worried he might get wooed away by another program, unless it's Texas A&M
Escapability and big play despite offensive inconsistency. A dancer who can throw up 50/50 balls to 2 portal WRs
My understanding is that the coaching staff pretty much checked out & lost the team. THEN THE COACHING STAFF WAS REPLACED.
fsu won 8 games in Norvell's first two seasons against much weaker opposition than what UF has faced in Napier's first two seasons. Norvell has also had more years to build relationships with recruits and yet, UF's class is higher ranked than fsu's.
