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Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:04 AM
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Hmmm, didn't know MSU facilities were that good...***
Nov 5, 2013, 11:11 AM
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Is that on top of where Sherrill buried all the bodies?
Nov 5, 2013, 11:13 AM
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That has to be the only reason he kept getting jobs. He knew the dumb site for violations.
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That's a great looking facility MSU has
Nov 5, 2013, 11:17 AM
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When I opened the article, I sure wasn't expecting MSU to be the school in question.
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they should visit Oregon
Nov 5, 2013, 11:18 AM
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Re: I like Bama's much better
Nov 5, 2013, 11:34 AM
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I to was under the impression that Bama had the ultimate facilities. I did watch a series with Satan himself when he was talking about the pluses that their facilities gave them in recruiting. From what I saw of what they showed, it was awesome, but not much more than what we have at Clemson. GOOOOOOO TIGERSSSSSSS!!!
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They have a 2-story weight room and an antigravity treadmill
Nov 5, 2013, 11:59 AM
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I'd say what they have is significantly better than what we have. It's better than what NFL teams have.
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Re: they should visit Oregon- we want to blow through $
Nov 5, 2013, 11:30 AM
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like Oregon anyway. we are certainly trying to do that
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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Haha not quite
Nov 5, 2013, 11:53 AM
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Clemson's proposed Football Operations Center: ~$30 Million, 60-80k sq ft
Oregon's Football Operations Center: $68 Million, 145k sq ft
Alabama's Football Center: Renovated twice since 2005, and the weight room cost like $9 Million by itself. (couldn't find overall cost that included their meeting rooms, training room, hydrotherapy waterfall, etc)
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:20 AM
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would never think Clemson would visit MSU for anything
their stadium holds what 50K
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 5:37 PM
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The money isn't coming to MSU from ticket sales, it's coming from TV. Sad that bottom dwellers from the SEC are out doing top notch programs in the ACC. If TV/ fan interest does not get generated from our conference's product the gap will widen.
The SEC used to say their conference was the best because they had the most fans. We used to laugh, but that statement could very well prove to be true. The ACC desperately needs some teams that the rest of the country loves to watch. This happens when there are great teams playing, but also requires great atmospheres, because the atmosphere at the game plays into the product on the field. If Ricky the dragon steamboat is wrestling Rick Flair at the National Guard Armory in front of 25 people, and 2 "no name" wrestlers are hyped up and fight on Monday Night Raw in front of a bunch of people, screaming announcers and overall hysteria, people tend to believe that the "no name" wrestlers are better, it's human nature to let the atmosphere affect your perception.
This is the myth that the SEC has perpetuated into dollars to build their reality. In summary: hype, conference fan support (including t-shirt fans) and craziness of each atmosphere is important for TV watchers which will equal more money which will improve recruiting which will improve the onfield product which will draw more fans, etc...
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:22 AM
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Spend the $ like you want Clemson but just a few years into your "be all and end all" football facility you now want to move over to the practice fields and use the westzone for something entirely different.
I'm not positioned to contribute like I once did but I would sit this round out anyway. This is because CU just can't develop a plan and stick with it. THe LJ second rebuild and this westzone / new operations building makes me wonder if you are trying to outdo the feds in squandering money.
I'm happy to support the team and Clemson but I'm not funding this
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Totally wasting money......
Nov 5, 2013, 11:22 AM
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You have all this crap in the West Zone. Offices, cold and hot tubs, dining all and you want more. Ridiculous. You get blown out at home to FSU and now you ask form more. Why did you build the West End Zone? This AD is going to dig Clemson into so much debt we will never get out.
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Re: Totally wasting money......amen
Nov 5, 2013, 11:25 AM
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no long term plan or vision just one knee jerk fund raising and debt generating thing after another
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I don't see how this is a problem...
Nov 5, 2013, 11:26 AM
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Focus on recruits #1
Bring in the talent, you'll bring in the fans. You bring in the fans, you'll bring in the donors. Everything should be aimed for the recruits. Coaches know that. Danny Ford used a self serve ice cream machine to haul in recruits...true story. Anything to get the best players...
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Re: Totally wasting money......
Nov 5, 2013, 11:45 AM
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Well Dabo won't pay any of the 5***** like all the rest are doing. But knowing Dabo's honesty, he would get caught after spending his first dollar on a recruit b/c he would end up telling on his self. Give me the money to get those 5*****. I'm pleading not guilty even on my death bed. Allorangeallthetime will N E V E R tell on himself, not in this life time. Only the strong survives in this world.
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Umm . . . yeah if you are going to compete at the highest
Nov 5, 2013, 11:45 AM
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level with teams like FSU (who I bet you think wastes lots of money for all the things they pay for their football operations) then this is not a waste of money for Clemson.
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Exactly***
Nov 5, 2013, 12:27 PM
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Um, he can't spend Clemson's money on these projects
Nov 5, 2013, 12:23 PM
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Without the BOT approval. All D. Rad can do is come up with the plan and make the suggestion. If Clemson over spends, then it's on the BOT.
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we're a top 5 program? what are they, pumpers or something?
Nov 5, 2013, 11:23 AM
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what polls do they follow?
#dumpersarepissed
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Agreed.
Nov 5, 2013, 11:25 AM
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No more money for this mindless wasteful spending. He ruined GA Tech financially and he is starting it here.
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LSU and Sakerlina seem to be doing OK
Nov 5, 2013, 11:28 AM
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those were his stops before GT
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:26 AM
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Clemson has the indoor facility like most good teams have
Clemson has one of the best Stadiums in the country
Clemson has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country
Clemson has tradition
The thing I would add is the Student educational building like USC added a few years ago. The Dodie Athletic Center was a multi million $ building that is used heavily in recruiting. Spurrier even got them to the top in the SEC GPA and grad rates.
Clemson already has the other things they just need an Athlete only Academic building that is 1st rate. This is one area that USC actually beat the rest of the country to. Sure everyone has one but to put that much in an Academic facility for Athletes was a first and I think the reason they have gotten lots of kids who favor Clemson and USC what else could possibly sway them
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2 Paws In The Sky ----
Nov 5, 2013, 12:46 PM
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While we are doing all this building.... go ahead and give us the Oculus at Death Valley with The Paw spotlight lit up in the sky during footbll season. Then put another Oculus up at Littlejohn and put that Paw spotlight up in the sky during basketball season. Lord knows that may land some great very well needed recruits for basketball.
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:38 AM
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You can to see USC's indoor facility built in 1992 and compare it to the fancy one Clemson just built.
No comparison. you obviously didn't read the entire post. Sure Clemson has one built in 1992, you think it can hold a candle to a multi million $ facility built in 2011.
the recruits see 80K stadiums everywhere in the SEC and FSU, Clemson, BIG 10 etc, they see beautiful campuses at Clemson, Athens, Ole Miss, etc, they see indoor facilities at Clemson, the Big 10, most big schools.
What few see that really gets the parents on the coaches side is the Academic center. Sure a 1992 building will look good with the rest that Clemson has to offer but it can't be anything like The Dodie simply due to it being the top of the line and new.
Just a simple statement that gets the parents excited. If they are planning a renovation then that's a good thing. I guarantee it pulls more recruits to Clemson over FSU, Fla, UGA etc than an indoor facility that every school has. The reason is the parents get excited over the academic building
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas***
Nov 5, 2013, 11:39 AM
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:44 AM
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It seems to me a lot of you people could only complain about what we didn't have and how we were getting left behind and now you are complaining because we are doing things to keep up and you are complain ing about that also
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To stay at the top Clemson will have to spend. And here's
Nov 5, 2013, 11:47 AM
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the kicker-because the ACC does not have the same TV contract as the SEC--it will impact our budget more than teams around us in the SEC.
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Re: To stay at the top Clemson will have to spend. And here's
Nov 5, 2013, 12:38 PM
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That is the very reason I've said over and over until blue in the face that Clemson President and B O T's should have made it clear before agreeing to that insane buy out. That ACC should have made it clear that the ACC would also be just as aggressive in being a FB conference as it was in Basketball. And that all schools that wasn't going to strive to be all they can be in FB, wouldn't be getting a full share of the profits coming from FB. Until that happens, the acc will continue to be left behind. And it is going to make schools like Clemson, FSU, Miami, VT have less and less money to keep up with the sec. There is no way we can keep up with the BB schools building their BB programs off of even shares of our FB earnings, and our bowl pay outs. If I'm ESECPN, ABC, FOX or any other sports televising company. I'm not throwing a pile of money towards a conference that only has Four competitive FB schools. I could be wrong, but what other reason is there that the ACC can't get a money contract that compares close to the SEC, Pac12, or the Big10.
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:51 AM
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you're just wrong. all we are doing is redoing what we've already done. it borders on the ole bait and switch.
when the indoor track was built they said football could also use it if necessary. once it got built then it wasnt suitable for football we needed something else. the Westzone was the answer for moving football forward along with the new indoor practice facility. now suddenly we are needing to build something else to do the same job as the Westzone.
No this is a money and power grab pure and simple. The LJ thing is bad enough after 10 years but this is totally absurd. We cant even finish the Westzone before we must change it
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I understand where you're coming from, but what if these
Nov 5, 2013, 11:59 AM
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facilities were half###ed to begin with and aren't really comparable to larger programs. I can't say how Clemson facilities compare to other big programs...I've heard good things so maybe this is a waist of money. If they aren't up to par though, then it really isn't our current AD's fault, but previous ones for neglecting the FB program.
Does anyone know if Clemson has a player lounge? Maybe the WEZ will be turned into one along with the Oculus after the other facility is built.
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:47 AM
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Yes, I toured The Roost in Columbia in the late 80s. Great place like Vickery hall from the early 90s and Vickery was better
I have seen UGAs and Bamas newer versions, nothing compares to what I saw on a summer trip touring the new facilities at USC.
I am telling you if any of you work for a fortune 100 company and have been to the company headquarters this would beat it. I have given presentations on Wall Street at an international company head quarters board room and that is about as close to it as I could imagine. bathrooms like a Nordstrom's in a fancy mall, you think you need to leave a tip, cafeteria with the best food on campus, just meant to set a tone of academics first. Not saying they are at USC but they can at least make the people think that
That kind of wow is what gets parents attention. Please don't put Vickery Hall in that category. Nobody can compare with Clemson's indoor facility because it is the newest one. Similarly nobody compare to what they have done the road in Columbia and I actually thought they beat people to the punch by improving on what everyone else had and taking it to another level. they can never compete with campus environment, location in the upstate with the lake and mountains, etc so they tried something different and I think it works on some of the kids that is all
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Tell 'em coot
Nov 5, 2013, 11:49 AM
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Quit digging your hole
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They also toured 2 other SEC schools yesterday...
Nov 5, 2013, 11:52 AM
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UT and Bama.
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UT has a primo stadium lounge area. I got to visit it when
Nov 5, 2013, 12:48 PM
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the conference I attended in Knoxville had a reception in there. One side looks into the stadium and the other looks out over the river.
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 11:57 AM
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Bottom line is Clemson seems to be taking building improvement seriously.
the Littlejohn debacle is embarrassing but the fact that they are looking shows the desire to take it to another level.
it is easy to get complacent in a place like Clemson. Beautiful campus, nice, big stadium, beautiful surroundings, etc
Look at Charlotte hornets, built the top of the line coliseum in 88 and by mid 90s it wasn't good enough and other teams had built better more amenities etc. It is a constant keep up with the jones' type of situation
it has to be frustrating for administrators
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 12:28 PM
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Unfortunately is important that CU have such 'over-the-top' facilities to compete for recruits. For most players, this is the last competitive football that they will play, so they will never see NFL facilities. I hope that CU prioritizes academic aspects so that the non-NFL players have the best post-Clemson lives possible and Clemson maintains their high graduation rates.
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While I don't disagree with that, Clemson may want to share
Nov 5, 2013, 12:34 PM
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that info silently with the recruit's mothers. Proclaiming you have the best facilities for guys that won't make it to the NFL doesn't exactly instill confidence in your players that you'll take them to the next level.
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Read Stupid......
Nov 5, 2013, 12:51 PM
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We are not saying don't spend money. We are saying spend money using your brain. Was the West End Zone not supposed to be the end all be all. It was scaled back a few times during planning due to lack of money. But now we need more and its not even done? Get a plan....build it....stop all these little projects to patch this and that.
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good thing the admin never listened to Jess Neely and you***
Nov 5, 2013, 1:40 PM
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Did you enjoy FSU?
Nov 5, 2013, 12:54 PM
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Also, how about we spend some money on the stadium. Was it easy to get tickets to FSU? What about spending on more seating so people have more space between seats.
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No reason to spend money on seats if you don't have the
Nov 5, 2013, 12:59 PM
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butts to put them in it. That'll happen if you don't have the players. Spending money on the recruits is the wise, long term investment. Besides, the stands will be filled regardless of their comfort if Clemson remains in the top ten annually.
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas***
Nov 5, 2013, 1:46 PM
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Re: Football Update: Report: Clemson visits SEC school for facility ideas
Nov 5, 2013, 1:49 PM
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Top ten annually will only occur if you have a Georgia to whip at the beginning. Consider where we are if Georgia were replaced by MTSU or Elton?
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Our school was modeled after Mississippi State...
Nov 5, 2013, 2:18 PM
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no reason to stop I guess.
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