HOT COUGAR ACTION: The Next Step In The Martin Stadium Remodel
by Mark Sandritter on Oct 25, 2011 6:01 AM PDT
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PrintToday is the next step in what has been a marathon of steps in the Martin Stadium remodel. The Board of Regents is meeting this afternoon to receive an update on the next phase of the project. They will then hold another meeting in November to approve financing for said phase.
The phase they are discussing today will include premium seating and press box enhancements. This phase, costing an estimated $80 million, does not include the football operations building. For more details on the meeting as well as some updated drawings of the proposed changes, you can download this PDF.
While I'm excited about the new project, the Martin Stadium remodel has taken so long it has almost become the lead into a joke, similar to a yo mamma joke.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started Kyle had a functioning liver.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started Ron Burgundy was doing the nightly news.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started we all liked Tony Bennett.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started Neil Vincent Roberts was busy arguing with Comcast about outages during the 2003 World Series pivotal game six.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started Reid Forrest was merely a high school student and not a four time Heisman winning cyborg.
The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long, when it started this joke was still funny.
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The Martin Stadium remodel is taking so long
Because Cougar fans don’t step up to the plate like “all” of the other Pac-12 fans do financially. You may or may not know that all of them (not sure about Utah) have or are building a football operations facility. Look at the success that schools have had after completing this facility – in this area take a look at Oregon and Oregon State. WSU doesn’t even cover scholarship costs by a long shot. And Oregon was doing it before Phil Knight got involved. WSU is last in the conference in size of athletic budget and the TV deal will not fully fund the Martin Stadium remodel and football operations building. WE NEED A MAJOR INCREASE IN ANNUAL GIVING BY THE WSU ALUMNI BASE!
We've been over this around here before
I think there are two major factors at play. One is that previous administrations have done an exceptionally horrible job explaining the need to Joe Fan. As someone who graduated over a decade ago, it’s only in the last couple of years that I realized just how much of a need there was for donations. Of course this means there was no real effort to capitalize on the success of the 10-win seasons.
Second, dovetailing off that last part, this is just exceptionally bad timing. Asking people to give during this time of bad football — which, of course, is exactly when the program needs it most — is an awfully hard sell.
I think Moos is doing an excellent job laying a foundation that will be able to capitalize once the team starts winning again.
Listening to him speak on two occasions
at ANWCF last February and at an event last week, it seems they really have made it a priority to widen the donation funnel (Moos called it a pyramid). In other words, they really want to expand the number of small level donors (50, 100, 500 dollar types).
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions
When my wife is finished with school and we are no longer borrowing money to make ends meet
I plan to become one of them.
That wasn't necessarily directed at you, per se
But glad to hear it nonetheless!
I just hope they can reach the ears/wallets of WSU alums/fans who aren’t as “in tune” with all things WSU that many who visit this site are.
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
I know it wasn't
I was just stating my intentions. I’d like to donate now, but instead I get to do things like give the program lots of free advertising.
Someday, I’m going to commission a marketing person to quantify how much value CougCenter adds to the WSU athletic department so that I can wave it in the face of all those $10,000 donors.
What we really need is Bill Gates to donate $1 billion to WSU then when asked why
He said he stumbled upon a website named CougCenter and reading it caused him to become a Cougar fan. Boom.
by Mark Sandritter on Oct 25, 2011 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
this is exactly what we need
If everyone who cares about the success of the program would set up a monthly automatic donation of $25, $50, $100 or whatever they won’t miss in their budget, we’d be much better off.
It’s easy…as you know
https://secure.wsu.edu/foundation/giving/enteramount.asp?Fund=Athletic%20Foundation
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 9:58 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I can barely make my $25 automatic car insurance payment
I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh
then you clearly have other priorities in life that take precedence
I hope you do find yourself in a position someday very soon in which you have all of your needs and wants covered and can include WSU in your list of entities to which you choose to donate.
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 5:01 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
a lot of people in your boat
Everybody seems to be ignoring the other fact that we are four years deep into an economic downturn. I think that has had to play a factor in the slow speed of things. People probably want to hold on to their money when they see the 401Ks tanking or their companies are laying off.
this problem predates the crappy economy by decades
We have always had a severe lack of financial participation by our alumni base as compared to other schools.
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 8:48 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Hey look Coach Kelly is on our side!
In the future, Kelly has no interest in playing the Cougars at CenturyLink Field, as OSU did Saturday.
“I like playing home and home,” he says. “I don’t want to play in Seattle.”
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Oct 25, 2011 8:49 AM PDT reply actions
From a Duck fan, that’s surprising. His usual response is ‘I don’t make the schedule or care. Tell me where to be on Saturday and we’ll be there.’
I’d love to play in Seattle. Zero chance there’d be less Duck fans than Coug fans though.
Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. - Bill Walton
by NEP on Oct 25, 2011 8:52 AM PDT via iPhone app up reply actions
There aren't enough seats to make that possible
We brought 40k last weekend, at most you could bring 27k.
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 8:53 AM PDT up reply actions
our 40k were mostly public sale.
UO fans could jump on them as soon as TPS deadline passes.
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 9:16 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
True
Our fans for the most part are more local than theirs though. I expect them to travel very well, but I don’t think they can out number us.
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
it will be interesting
I would assume that just about every Oregon fan who regularly makes the drive to Eugene from the Portland metro and areas northward will probably go to the Seattle game.
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 9:37 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Absolutely agree
Brighter too
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Think about the differences in expected attributes of the teams' fan bases at the Seattle game
and it makes sense, including how 10,000 OSU fans seemed louder than nearly 40,000 WSU fans (roughly speaking).
Oregon: typical fan will be someone who cares enough to travel to a road game that’s at least 2 hours away (I realize Autzen is almost 2 hours away from Portland, but I think most casual fans have a mental block about attending “road games” … I’m not a casual fan, and I think it’s unusual for most fans to consider attending them unless they’re relatively local).
WSU: Puget Sound-based casual fan, as discussed ad nauseum on various Coug-related sites since last Saturday night. In the aggregate, not as inclined to actually attend the game, to be relatively sober, or to get loud at appropriate times in the game.
I say all of this as a general supporter of the Seattle game … I think the blame the Seattle crowd has taken for last Saturday’s “performance” has been overdone. I’m just noting that it’s not that surprising that the OSU fans were loud for their size, and we can expect something similar next year out of Oregon.
the crowd is being blamed for the Cougs' performance Saturday night?
Honestly?
by Blackie1829 on Oct 25, 2011 11:45 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
By some, yes.
You can find a few people taking a weird position on almost anything, though, especially on certain Cougar-related message boards.
ahhh.
I haven’t read the cfc boards in about 5 years – too much lead based paint being consumed in that environment.
by Blackie1829 on Oct 26, 2011 11:13 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
The game/team killed the crowd
Not the other way around
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions
i don't know if anyone's blaming the crowd for the team's performance
i think people are just saying the crowd was incredibly embarrassing.
But I do think the Seattle game affects the team’s performance. They’ve never played well in the CLink.
Give me something to cheer about and I'll cheer!
I’ll even yell defense if that’s what the cheerleaders want. Give me something worth watching, and I’ll go watch more games.
Go Cougs!
Actually...
If the tickets are not bought, there is a chance the husky fans will buy it.
by well you win some and lose others on Oct 25, 2011 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I was more shocked by the fact that
somebody didn’t mind coming up to Pullman to play a game
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by Neil Vincent Roberts on Oct 25, 2011 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sounds like we need to play them in Seattle them
because … screw Chip Kelly
I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh
No worries Chip Kelly. There's still a decent chance
the NCAA bans you from college football and places Oregon on probation before next year’s game in Seattle. Just keep calling Willie about those players and you won’t ever have to come!
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep in."
I think there is less than 0 percent chance of this happening
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
You actually think the NCAA is going to BAN Chip Kelly from college football?
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions
The comment was made half jokingly because I don't like Chip Kelly.
In all seriousness though, I think it’s absolutely possible. His direct interactions with the Lyles individual seem to me to be the biggest reason they are getting investigated.
"If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep in."
What would you have put the odds of the NCAA banning Jim Tressel 12 months ago?
I don’t think it happens but the odds are higher than 0%.
He is banned from the NCAA?
Really?
I miss *REAL* Four Loko
by B-Lot tailgater on Oct 25, 2011 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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