OT- Petrino spent $1.1 mil over budget for recruiting

[Buffett10]

Bobby Petrino spent $1.1M over his U of L football recruiting budget

In his last 4 yrs his recruiting expenses were 1.1 mil over budget.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

And had he won, no one would have cared.

 

[gioff2323]

He did win.

We all knew Lamar would cost a pretty penny.

 

[Pudge]

Reason 1253 why the ACC took Louisville rather than a far more attractive market presence in the University of Connecticut

They’d allow this crap. Compete in Football. Cheat. Run $100’s of millions through PapaJohns & Yum . And not give a F about academics. They got their Logo

UConn never had a chance.

 

[ZooCougar]

Reason 1253 why the ACC took Louisville rather than a far more attractive market presence in the University of Connecticut

They’d allow this crap. Compete in Football. Cheat. Run $100’s of millions through PapaJohns & Yum . And not give a F about academics. They got their Logo

UConn never had a chance.

And in this world, for the institution the rewards still far, far outweigh the consequences.

 

[Dooley]

Reason 1253 why the ACC took Louisville rather than a far more attractive market presence in the University of Connecticut

They’d allow this crap. Compete in Football. Cheat. Run $100’s of millions through PapaJohns & Yum . And not give a F about academics. They got their Logo

UConn never had a chance.

As I'm aging, I'm growing far more insightful that this is the way of our world. Cheat, lie, steal...whatever it takes to make money. Easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Louisville greased a few ACC Presidents' palms and that did two things: 1) showed them that they are more than willing and able to cheat to win; 2) gave rich people more money. Meanwhile, we were attending choir practices every day concerning ourselves with APR nonsense when it really didn't matter at all.

It's a sad reality but nonetheless a very true one.

 

[whaler11]

Didn’t UConn recently fire their head men’s basketball coach for cheating?

Glass houses so on and so foeth.

 

[Pudge]

Didn’t UConn recently fire their head men’s basketball coach for cheating?

Glass houses so on and so foeth.

Really?

Do you have a frigging clue ... there’s no way UCONN spends the money Louisville did; yawns at hookers for ball players; lays $100s of millions into a luxury arena like YUM (or PapaJohns); or play the payola games like LSU or Arizona etc etc. this State of Connecticut just doesn’t have the balls to be playing this in Athletics.

So let’s agree on one thing: we don’t belong in the Power 5 if this is what you have to do. Let’s win doing it the way we have ... or we do it your way: collapse all funding for everything UConn.

 

[whaler11]

Really?

Do you have a frigging clue ... there’s no way UCONN spends the money Louisville did; yawns at hookers for ball players; lays $100s of millions into a luxury arena like YUM (or PapaJohns); or play the payola games like LSU or Arizona etc etc. this State of Connecticut just doesn’t have the balls to be playing this in Athletics.

So let’s agree on one thing: we don’t belong in the Power 5 if this is what you have to do. Let’s win doing it the way we have ... or we do it your way: collapse all funding for everything UConn.

I’m mocking the people who cry about other teams cheating while claiming that Ollie’s transgressions meet the standard for firing him for cause.

Don’t know if that includes you.

Lol my way. I’m not the governor or in the state legislature - I don’t have any say how much funding UConn gets.

I do know they would generate more athletic revenue if they had a leadership team that wasn’t clueless.

Personally I’d rather be in the ACC but if you prefer irrelevance that’s your call. Maybe you can get America East to break up and get the Yankee Conference back together.

 

[uconnell]

Didn’t UConn recently fire their head men’s basketball coach for cheating?

Glass houses so on and so foeth.

Almost wished KO greased a few ACC pres.
Palms to get us Into that
Conference. Probably would still be coach.

 

[whaler11]

Almost wished KO greased a few ACC pres.
Palms to get us Into that
Conference. Probably would still be coach.

Shoulda taken Debbie Yow to Grant’s and plied her with that good shrimp.

 

[TRest]

Shoulda taken Debbie Yow to Grant’s and plied her with that good shrimp.

This is so wrong.

 

[Pudge]

Just go to YouTube and watch the 2014 Championship video with Pharrell Williams singing in the background.

Everything gets uglier from that moment in this movie.

 

[huskymedic]

Shoulda taken Debbie Yow to Grant’s and plied her with that good shrimp.

This is so wrong.

?Oyster Shooters instead?

 

[don356]

I'd love to have a real full accounting of where all that money went.

 

[uconndogs]

If I had to hazard a guess, blowing through the recruiting budget by a few hundred grand each year is about the least of Petrino's transgressions. If there is a slimier coach in all of college football it's hard to think of who it is.

That Louisville took him back tells you all you need to know about that institution.

 

[gtcam]

Almost wished KO greased a few ACC pres.
Palms to get us Into that
Conference. Probably would still be coach.

Yeah
KO had so much to do with and was involved as an assistant coach in getting UConn to a P5
WOW

 

[BlueDogs]

As I'm aging, I'm growing far more insightful that this is the way of our world. Cheat, lie, steal...whatever it takes to make money. Easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Louisville greased a few ACC Presidents' palms and that did two things: 1) showed them that they are more than willing and able to cheat to win; 2) gave rich people more money. Meanwhile, we were attending choir practices every day concerning ourselves with APR nonsense when it really didn't matter at all.

It's a sad reality but nonetheless a very true one.

Hey, before we get all righteous, Yale is no better. Rich and famous and a couple of $ million donation and your kid’s in. Nobody fails so just make sure you get in and the myth is perpetuated.

 

[Scrutineer]

Back on topic, is anyone else amazed that Florida spent over $1.15 Million on recruiting?
They're the hotbed for recruits and right next to Georgia so the total seems high to me.

 

[Dooley]

Hey, before we get all righteous, Yale is no better. Rich and famous and a couple of $ million donation and your kid’s in. Nobody fails so just make sure you get in and the myth is perpetuated.

Absolutely agree. Nobody is above playing dirty except maybe UConn. The state of CT practically went into a tailspin over a few missing laptops a long time ago. We even had to miss a postseason because of that indirectly. Meanwhile, our competition is funneling millions of dollars into dark web services and nobody gives a hoot. I'm sure if the Loughlin ladies offered UConn $10 for their daughters to be accepted here, there would be a 1,000 page expose in the Courant the very next day calling for UConn to drop all sports and close its doors for good.

Way of the world.

 

[Pudge]

Absolutely agree. Nobody is above playing dirty except maybe UConn. The state of CT practically went into a tailspin over a few missing laptops a long time ago. We even had to miss a postseason because of that indirectly. Meanwhile, our competition is funneling millions of dollars into dark web services and nobody gives a hoot. I'm sure if the Loughlin ladies offered UConn $10 for their daughters to be accepted here, there would be a 1,000 page expose in the Courant the very next day calling for UConn to drop all sports and close its doors for good.

Way of the world.

The obvious post.

Connecticut as a state and UCONN as a AD is in a world that is a cesspool. We either adapt and learn to compete; or pull a whaler. We are only a few years away from a NC in MBB and still a top WBB Program; the best College Baseball team in the Northeast; Football at a very competitive level; Hockey in the best conference. The tides around us are come of the worst cheating in sports. Suck it up ... or don't play. Cultural ... our communities in New England don't want to see the hookers, payola, dirt. Just win baby. We can put up with under inflating the football.

 

[huskyrob1]

Almost wished KO greased a few ACC pres.
Palms to get us Into that
Conference. Probably would still be coach.

Lol.....the only way KO gets an audience with an ACC president is by having Danny Griffin and Boo Willingham kidnap him in a Costco parking lot.

 

[uconnyankee]

The obvious post.

Connecticut as a state and UCONN as a AD is in a world that is a cesspool. We either adapt and learn to compete; or pull a whaler. We are only a few years away from a NC in MBB and still a top WBB Program; the best College Baseball team in the Northeast; Football at a very competitive level; Hockey in the best conference. The tides around us are come of the worst cheating in sports. Suck it up ... or don't play. Cultural ... our communities in New England don't want to see the hookers, payola, dirt. Just win baby. We can put up with under inflating the football.

Exactly.... couldn't have said it better. New England demands better.
Just win baby!!!!

Just like the New England Patriots!!!!!

 

[CL82]

Reason 1253 why the ACC took Louisville rather than a far more attractive market presence in the University of Connecticut

They’d allow this crap. Compete in Football. Cheat. Run $100’s of millions through PapaJohns & Yum . And not give a F about academics. They got their Logo

UConn never had a chance.

Meh, FSU decided to pick that moment in time to stop being Tobacco Road's bitch.
UConn never had a chance.

 

[CL82]

As I'm aging, I'm growing far more insightful that this is the way of our world. Cheat, lie, steal...whatever it takes to make money. Easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Louisville greased a few ACC Presidents' palms and that did two things: 1) showed them that they are more than willing and able to cheat to win; 2) gave rich people more money. Meanwhile, we were attending choir practices every day concerning ourselves with APR nonsense when it really didn't matter at all.

It's a sad reality but nonetheless a very true one.

Dude, that so dark for you. Man we need some winning seasons here. The multi-sport suckfest is really wearing on us.