Nice video. Good to see Munchie out there, but he's still got that funky wind up throwing motion. Oh, well.

(08-25-2014 01:23 PM)Dannyboy Wrote:  Nice video. Good to see Munchie out there, but he's still got that funky wind up throwing motion. Oh, well.

Geez it's only like 3 weeks until the beginning of the season. Thank you American and Whit!

(08-25-2014 05:42 PM)Bearcatbdub Wrote:  

(08-25-2014 01:23 PM)Dannyboy Wrote:  Nice video. Good to see Munchie out there, but he's still got that funky wind up throwing motion. Oh, well.

Geez it's only like 3 weeks until the beginning of the season. Thank you American and Whit!

Whit did what he had to in order to get Miami on the schedule. Upset with the American.

We had a game scheduled on August 30.

Let's give up a home game and not start until September 12.

Sound thinking!

(08-25-2014 07:16 PM)Bearcat Otto Wrote:  We had a game scheduled on August 30.

Let's give up a home game and not start until September 12.

Sound thinking!

So you would rather be playing Stony Brook this weekend, and not playing the U at all?

I would rather have the money that would be generated by another home game. We probably had to buy out Stony Brook and lost home game revenue too. And we don't start until September 12. Put that all together and it doesn't add up to a good decision. Maybe Whit should have had his deal with the conference BEFORE he made the changes. That is what an experience AD might have done. Instead, he made a rookie mistake.

We got a home and home with a big name P5 school that agreed to play in Nippert. The Stony Brook buyout probably wasn't a whole lot. Doubt we lost much, if any, revenue since there is a good chance playing an FCS school at PBS would have actually cost us money once you figure in the smaller attendance and the guarantee money we would have paid them. Plus, ultimately you also have to consider the revenue that will be generated by the Miami game at Nippert next year. All in all, it was the right decision. Wish we could have worked something to fix the schedule, but the Miami home and home is more valuable than the late start this year and the loss of an FCS game at PBS.

(08-25-2014 09:37 PM)subflea Wrote:  We got a home and home with a big name P5 school that agreed to play in Nippert. The Stony Brook buyout probably wasn't a whole lot. Doubt we lost much, if any, revenue since there is a good chance playing an FCS school at PBS would have actually cost us money once you figure in the smaller attendance and the guarantee money we would have paid them. Plus, ultimately you also have to consider the revenue that will be generated by the Miami game at Nippert next year. All in all, it was the right decision. Wish we could have worked something to fix the schedule, but the Miami home and home is more valuable than the late start this year and the loss of an FCS game at PBS.

Great points. Much different scenario to buy out a game at a stadium you would be renting, than one you already own.