Thomas
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I agree with this.
It’s easy to look at the decision to move the HURD through a basketball-only lens, but the reality is every decision in basketball impacts every other sport on campus.
These have to be viewed as macro-level decisions about sustaining success across the entire department.
The ugliest version of the question when it comes to moving the HURD is this:
Would you cut NIL/funding to women’s basketball or other sports to keep the HURD in the same place?
And that’s just one of dozens of tradeoffs that sit on the edges of a decision like this—most of which aren’t immediately visible.
Revenue has to be captured wherever it can, and the reality at USU is that it’s going to come from changes in basketball or football. There isn’t another place for it to come from.
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This is not only a positive revenue effect for Men’s Basketball but Women’s Basketball just like a tag team, and in doing so it gives a boost to both Ben Jacobsen and Wes Brooks financially to build a roster.
Brooks lost Sophie Sene at a price tag of just a smidge under SIX FIGURES!
With the help of this community supporting the basketball sport as a whole then both sides can be competitive in the new PAC-12, by retaining their current roster and building even bigger in the future.
USU HURD@usuHURD
Built for Impact: The Future of The HURD going into the Pac 12.
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@StocktonJewkes Yeah man no doubt we’re rich now. Main thing holding us back financially was having the best student section in america. Glad we solved that pesky issue. Smooth sailing from here
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@tlee4free It’s quite a bit more than “relative pennies” and it’s certainly a lot more than what they were getting before. Unfortunately, Utah State is not in a position to leave significant potential revenue on the table so that a couple dozen teenagers can sit courtside.
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Final thoughts on this seating change: if you refuse to change, don’t expect the results/potential to change on their own. This is a necessary change for long-term financial competitiveness, and money is the bottom line in the NCAA now. Love it or hate it, that’s what it takes.
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Crazy that @CamWalker_USU was watching this and thinking “hmm how can I maximize revenue??”
CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀@CBSSportsCBB
This @USUBasketball crowd is something else...
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im a little concerned that people don't quite understand what makes the hurd special
what makes the spectrum "different, better, or special" (shoutout eric schulz) is that there's like 50 students 3 feet from the court. you don't get THAT anywhere else, you shouldn't change THAT
USU HURD@usuHURD
Built for Impact: The Future of The HURD going into the Pac 12.
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@usuHURD This is garbage. @CamWalker_USU big mistake. Changing up the things that make us special for a few dollars is a losing strategy. Nobody actually wants this
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@mtottt @CollegeFBPortal @diegopavia02 @USUFootball @theturf_D1 We’ve won a few conference titles in the last 100 years, so objectively have more banner hanging experience than y’all
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NEW: Last year, Diego Pavia overheard a Utah State coach on speakerphone telling Vanderbilt players to transfer.
The coach called Pavia “shit, terrible, fat, and unable to run.”
Pavia then scored on every drive and Vandy put up 55 points against Utah State 😳
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@JBkirby14 Yall definitely had a good season with more impressive accomplishments. That’s why this is a weird thing to Pavia to completely lie about
YoungBloodAggie@youngbloodaggie
1) Vandy punted on their first drive 2) He’s talking about a phone call the year he transferred into Vandy, which was a completely different USU staff than the one he played against last year 3) Pavia threw an INT in Q3 4) Vandy punted on the very next drive
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@tlee4free Had not thought that game until I saw this clip. We won 10 games and had much more to celebrate than beating yall.
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Sooo that’s why they never let off the gas… hell I would have done the same thing.
College Transfer Portal@CollegeFBPortal
NEW: Last year, Diego Pavia overheard a Utah State coach on speakerphone telling Vanderbilt players to transfer. The coach called Pavia “shit, terrible, fat, and unable to run.” Pavia then scored on every drive and Vandy put up 55 points against Utah State 😳
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@JBkirby14 Our penciled in money game loss from last season? Tastes exactly like $1 million, dude. Glad to see you and Diego are still celebrating it though. Money well spent I guess 🤷🏻
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@westendweeper @CollegeFBPortal @diegopavia02 @USUFootball @theturf_D1 Hes about to not play on offense either…
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@tlee4free @CollegeFBPortal @diegopavia02 @USUFootball @theturf_D1 Pavia doesn’t play on defense btw
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@GoogsMc @USUAthletics Star SEC QB bragging about beating a MW school by 20 points lmao. The conference has sure fallen on hard times.
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Aw dang @USUAthletics care to comment?
College Transfer Portal@CollegeFBPortal
NEW: Last year, Diego Pavia overheard a Utah State coach on speakerphone telling Vanderbilt players to transfer. The coach called Pavia “shit, terrible, fat, and unable to run.” Pavia then scored on every drive and Vandy put up 55 points against Utah State 😳
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Is there a Disney live action remake that’s actually good? A single one?
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Thomas retweeté
Aggie Nation, thank you for an UNFORGETTABLE year!
💙💙💙
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Thomas retweeté
@swalker_7 @5ive401 @maveb_ @aldebarunatsuki @Carsobi If the game was blown wide open in the 4th, why didn’t Kobe check out until 4 seconds left? Hint: he was chucking shots after the game was in hand to try to get to 80. There’s no “ethical” way to score that many points
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@5ive401 @maveb_ @aldebarunatsuki @Carsobi LA trailed like the entire game until a minute left in the third and Kobe’s scoring explosion blew the game wide open in the fourth
tonight’s game was over in the first quarter
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Bam just had the grossest historic game ever.
He became the first ever player to score 70 while shooting under 50% on FGs (20/43).
He attempted 43 free throws and made 36, both the most ever.
He played 42 minutes & his team intentionally fouled to prolong a 30-point blowout.
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