Good Read on Florida State financial issues.

https://floridastate.rivals.com/new...crunch-but-coburn-sees-light-at-end-of-tunnel

FSU faces financial crunch, but Coburn sees light at end of tunnel

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"While soaring operating expenses are an issue for every college athletics program, Coburn said the Seminoles’ current predicament is compounded by a handful of big-ticket, one-time expenditures.

There was the buyout FSU had to pay to hire Willie Taggart away from Oregon, which according to published reports was about $4.5 million. Since then, FSU has picked up more expenses related to the hiring and firing of several assistant coaches. Coburn said all of those payments will be on the books for another two or three years.

The Seminoles also are paying off the new HD scoreboards and ribbon boards that were installed in Doak Campbell Stadium before the 2016 and ‘17 seasons. FSU also has had to invest about $4.5 million in infrastructure and technology to prepare for the new ACC linear television network, which is set to launch later this year.

And then there have been other unanticipated costs, including a newly enacted 21-percent excise tax on salaries in excess of $1 million.

When Coburn left his full-time position as chief of staff for FSU President John Thrasher and took over the athletics department, one of the first things he did was cut expenses by freezing vacant positions, eliminating non-essential travel and reducing administrative costs. That helped somewhat, slicing about $600,000 from a nearly $110 million budget.

But now that he has been in this position for nearly six months, Coburn said he knows there are too many fixed costs to balance the budget by trimming.

“Over the long term, because so many of our costs are fixed – coaching salaries, scholarships and recruiting -- [the solution] is going to lie in revenues,” he said. “I’m working at it every day. We’re going to drive some revenues to this place.”

That zone offense looked like something my fraternity intramural team would run. The players execution of it looked about as good as a high school team.

Sutton had no business at the high post. He couldn’t make a 10 ft jump shot and half the time he didn’t even look to shoot.

McMahon was jacking up bombs 6 feet outside the 3-pt line.

Perry reverted back to his careless ball handling.

Flying stuffed animal costs Georgia upset win over Mississippi State

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/flying-stuffed-animal-costs-georgia-upset-win-over-mississippi-state

Last night after the game against Louisville, Syracuse head coach struck and killed a man with his car.

Dont have the link. Just saw the story on Yahoo sports.

Just wanted to drop on by with some more good news on the visitor front. For this weekend Louisville is expecting two top local targets, Izayah Cummings and John Young.

While those are impressive, the staff are working on setting up some more visits for next weekend and are hopeful the following prospects will be here then.

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Obviously Carrington Valentine has been around the Louisville program quite a bit and it wouldn't surprise me if the Cardinals were the early frontrunner here. Also, this would be Darrion Henry and Paris Johnson's second visit to Louisville this month. Are the Cardinals a legitimate option for those two highly coveted prospects? I asked a source who stated they weren't entirely sure how legit their interest is but that the staff "isn't just going to back down from Ohio State". I was also told that being at least in the mix with this caliber of prospect "is going to be the norm around here".

I'll admit I haven't seen Cuse play once this season. What do the Cards need to look out for? Which players are dangerous? Etc.

I'm very curious to see how CCM tackles the Cuse zone. For some reason we had CC in the middle of the zone against Duke. I realize it is two different teams but it seems Nwora or someone else would be better situated there if Mack plays it that way.

I bought 2 tickets for the last regular season home game against ND in Section 105 Row A, my question is could I be shown on TV from behind? I've never had Lower Level Row A seats for a home game before, I'm pretty excited to say the least.

On Directv. I found five channels WF vs NCST on but no UofL.

We quit in the 2nd half after not really even getting started.

That Duke game could end up costing us the season. Virginia is make or break in my opinion..

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The (San Jose) Mercury News has been doing a continuing analysis of the PAC-12 media revenue "shortfall" situation (relative to the other four P5's) for some time. The recent "shockwave" announcement by the PAC-12 has rekindled their investigation and analysis. In the announcement the PAC-12 has proposed selling up to 10% of the Conference Network for cash, a lot of cash. This action would be taken because the PAC-12's own network it operates itself has failed to bring in anywhere near the amount of revenue it needs to continue.

The full article is in the link below.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02...-erase-the-revenue-gap-within-the-power-five/

What makes their "data" interesting is they show what all the conferences receive in media dollars per team today, and also what they expect all of them will receive in just a few more years.

And the ACC is in some trouble if these projections hold. Being behind the SEC and Big Ten is one thing. But trailing the pack is bad. Coaching and Recruiting implications.

Here is what they project the P5's to get in the near future per team:

SEC: $61.5 million per school
Big Ten: $51 million per school
Pac-12: $39.5 million per school
Big 12: $38 million per school
ACC: $34.5 million per school

Note the ACC amount is post-ACCN implementation. Here is their logic:

"Next, let’s consider the ACC’s linear network, which launches in the fall.

Revenue projections from the conference, as laid out by former Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox, show each school receiving a whopping $8 million-to-$10 million initially, with that figure rising to $10 million-to-$15 million once the network is mature.

The Hotline is skeptical of those figures, based on conversations with media industry sources. We’ll calculate 50 cents actual for every dollar projected, then target that figure at the middle of the range laid out by Wilcox.

So half of $12.5 million — the middle of the range of payouts for a mature network — brings us to about $6.25 million per school."

You score more points, you win. A tough loss to a hot-shooting Miami WBB squad yesterday for Louisville. I'm done kicking things, pouting and watching replays. Plenty of season left. For the divine "Ms. B.", the not-so divine "other Ms. B", questions on a third "Ms. B." -- let's avoid Emese Hof in the paint and make our way to:

FIVE THINGS ABOUT THIS GAME

5) The divine "B". I love Robbie Bartlett. After a great chat with her in the media room pre-game, we saw "Robs" come out and deliver a fantastic, soulful rendition of the National Anthem in front of 12193 fans, mostly dressed in pink for the Play 4 Kay game. She revealed to me she still gets nervous before honoring our nation with song. Sure couldn't tell it. The Louisville legend still has it.

4) The less than divine "B". Beatrice Mompremier is an imposing 6'5" post for Miami. Louisville managed to frustrate, contain and render her ineffective for her 30 minutes of court-time yesterday. Just eight points and seven grabs for the Baylor transfer. The Canes have another talented paint dweller in Emese Hof, though, and she teamed up with fellow Netherlands resident, guard Laura Cornelius to take it to the Cards.

3) The absence of "B". Bionca Dunham never got on the court in the crucial fourth quarter, after registering 12 points and eight rebounds in the previous three quarters. No ailments or injury, just a coach's decision. Miami scored 32 points in the fourth and 12 were from the paint. Not questioning at all the decision by Walz, just wondering if she might have been able to halt Hof.

2) Thinking highly of Kylee. With 4-5 three-point shooting, 12 points and an incredible, SportsCenter quality block in the first half -- Kylee came to play. The junior continues to get better each game and her 26 minutes were quality. Sometimes, though, teams shoot the ball well against other teams and Miami's 55.1% floor performance was, eventually, the deciding factor.

1) Off afternoon for "Nite-nite". Although she led the Cards with 16 points, it was an afternoon to forget for the All-American senior from beyond the arc. 1-10. Ouch. The Cards were bombing from outside (34 attempts) but only 11 went in (32.4%). That late fourth quarter sequence where the Cards saw a 66-63 lead disappear featured three turnovers and only two shots in three minutes.

Tear off the rear view mirror, look out the front windshield and continue driving Cards. A three-way tie atop the ACC now and huge matchup tonight between two-losses NC State and Notre Dame in Raleigh. The Cards head to Charlottesville Thursday next -- for some Cavalier action.

-- sonja --

Our counter to the zone was awful. This is!’t the first time we had seen a zone this season. This isnt the first time these players have played against it at any level. What gives? At first I thought we might be rope-a-doping Syracuse. But we weren’t. This team seriously has a mental and emotional problem right now. Hopefully Mack has the right words to snap them the hell out of it.

WTH happened to CC? This guy has been poised and money all season, and ever since FSU has played like he’s got a massive debt to pay off.

How many times did our guys pass up the open pass to McMahon - whose ability was needed against the 2-3. I saw Malik do it twice. I saw Jordan do it. I saw CC do it. Their body language told a story that I started to notice when Agau was in the game early in the season. McMahon is open, player looks, then opts for option 2. What is going on there?

Speaking of Malik...I have been so proud of his progression and developmemt this season. But this game he did not show up. On one possesion in the first half, he gets the ball in the post, passes up the pass to McMahon, passes to someone else, it makes its way to McMahon who takes a deep three and Malik was in prime position for the offensive rebound but doesn’t so much as raise his arms. He literally just watched a guard snag the rebound right next to him. Actually, he was on the baseline, so the guard snagged the rebound behind him. He may have side-stepped it. I know he did nothing but watch the ball, and his body language said “f*ck it”

This team needs to get its head right. Something is going on. They are falling apart at the wrong time of the season.

No commentary yet, but more to come I’m sure

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In a game where you need to make outside shots the Cards are 1 for 15.

Committed today, good looking linebacker.

your highest paid college athlete is injured 30 seconds into a huge nationally televised game after your shoe blows apart lol

Our 3 best shooters in the starting lineup were 4/30 (field / 3pt). We won't win games with these stats. Malik didn't miss a shot all game. But, he only played 18min. 4/4 FTs

Late last week Louisville received their first commitment in the class of 2020 in Miami Northwestern DB Ronald Delancy. As most know Miami NW is loaded with talent and the Cardinals also recently offered one of Delancy's teammates, 3-star running back Nathaniel Noel. Noel told me that Louisville (specifically Norval McKenzie) has been recruiting him very hard and are trying to work on getting him up here for a visit this spring.

When asked if Delancy's commitment could influence him coming to Louisville:
"Yes, that is my main man. I would love to play with him again but I want to visit the school and see what it has to offer me before I go ahead and commit."

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Impressed with pitching against Eastern. Freshman Luke Smith gave up two hits in six innings and struck out 6 and walked two. Sophomore relievers also pitched well. Unfortunately Eastern pitchers struck out 9 Cards. Eastern had 0 earned runs.

Unfortunately this is the first game all season where I think the Cards weren’t prepared well and lacked effort. Syracuse simply wanted this more than the Cards and that’s reflected on the defensive end. Mack’s gotta figures out to get the guys reingaged so they don’t limp to the finish line.

NOBODY showed up tonight. No starters, no bench, no staff. Ridiculous. Boeheim sucks, we made him look like Coach K tonight. Pitiful.

Here we go- Cards in the Carrier Dome

I might be reaching here but remember how Pitino could always beat Syracuse but loose to Virginia. Watch Mack be the opposite we loose to Syracuse but beat Virginia. I think we are a better match up with Virginia than Syracuse.

lol!!!