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re: Hawaii AD says Football "may go away"
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:37 pm to cardswinagain
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:37 pm to cardswinagain
I've got a sweet UH rainbows shirt from the mid 80's that I rock every now and then with the old school logo
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:45 pm to TheWhizzinator
A major problem is that the University of Hawaii has to pay for each visiting team's travel expenses to play Hawaii at home. Since Norm Chow has coached, the team in 4-20; doesn't put fans in the seats. Last year, the AD was selling half price tickets at a value of $15-$20 per ticket and nobody showed.
+UH does not have their own stadium; they rent the ProBowl stadium for an exorbitant amount each season.
+Now UH is millions in debt and if the Board of Regents cannot cover the loss, the program is closed.
UH cannot afford to pay 8 teams a year to fly over to Hawaii just for big L.
Not sure if it matters, but Joey Iosefa is the offense; very strong pounder. He is a fb/rb hybrid. fwiw. LINK
+UH does not have their own stadium; they rent the ProBowl stadium for an exorbitant amount each season.
+Now UH is millions in debt and if the Board of Regents cannot cover the loss, the program is closed.
UH cannot afford to pay 8 teams a year to fly over to Hawaii just for big L.
Not sure if it matters, but Joey Iosefa is the offense; very strong pounder. He is a fb/rb hybrid. fwiw. LINK
This post was edited on 8/18/14 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:45 pm to cardswinagain
good, hopefully ull and tulane are next
Posted on 8/18/14 at 10:59 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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good, hopefully ull and tulane are next
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:04 pm to Dr RC
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according to the article they do have a very small glimmer of hope that the Pac 12 might consider them as a way to break into Asian markets.
I hope they realize that they better beef up their academics twofold and not place all their hopes on bringing the Asian market...
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:07 pm to Draconian Sanctions
good hopefully ull and tulane are next
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:14 pm to forksup
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I hope they realize that they better beef up their academics twofold and not place all their hopes on bringing the Asian market...
Not that Hawaii to the Pac-12 will ever happen but further conference expansion won't be about academics.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:25 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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Not that surprising. Football is an expensive sport to maintain and Hawaii has exorbitant travel costs.
Yes. May see the end of college football as we know it in a few years.
Posted on 8/18/14 at 11:49 pm to Turtleman
Had wondered why June Jones made what seemed like a lateral move at the time to SMU.
Makes sense now.
Makes sense now.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:18 am to Draconian Sanctions
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good, hopefully ull and tulane are next
doubtful seeing how one just made a 70 million dollar commitment to football and the other is steadily improving its shite.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:28 am to Dr RC
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according to the article they do have a very small glimmer of hope that the Pac 12 might consider them as a way to break into Asian markets.
Break into the Asian markets? I assume they already appeal to and have a lot of Asian students.. especially compared to the other Power 4 conferences.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:41 am to WeeWee
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doubtful seeing how one just made a 70 million dollar commitment to football and the other is steadily improving its shite.
Yeah but with the semi-breakaway it's only going to get tougher and tougher for them. Hopefully a rule gets passed so p5 teams only play each other.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 12:52 am to Draconian Sanctions
quote:That is not gonna happen, there aren't enough wf, ISU, Kentucky's and other cupcakes for the P5 to have 12 games. LSU (for example) still needs games against ULM, Tech, ULL to fill out its schedule.
Yeah but with the semi-breakaway it's only going to get tougher and tougher for them. Hopefully a rule gets passed so p5 teams only play each other.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 4:23 am to Dr RC
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the Wonder Blunder
Just Googled that. What a clusterfrick. How in the Hell does that happen at a "major" University?
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 4:31 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 5:32 am to cardswinagain
My first thought was June Jones. Here's a guy, a UH alum, who left paradise for a concrete jungle on a hot prairie, and the only program to get the death penalty.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 5:52 am to WeeWee
quote:they could use a random schedule generator taking into account conferences and traditional rivalries
That is not gonna happen, there aren't enough wf, ISU, Kentucky's and other cupcakes for the P5 to have 12 games.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 7:12 am to TejasHorn
June also has a known affinity for cheerleaders.. Main reason he didn't get the Oregon State job many years ago.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:51 am to WildcatMike
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I seem to recall that Louisville was discussing dropping their football program not so long ago.
But now they're in a Power 5 conference. Plus they have Papa John funding things.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:55 am to TejasHorn
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My first thought was June Jones. Here's a guy, a UH alum, who left paradise for a concrete jungle on a hot prairie, and the only program to get the death penalty.
SMU bumped his salary to $2 million a year which at the time was the highest salary for a non BCS coach. I think only Tubs has a higher non P5 salary right now. Considering how lazy he has been at SMU its not the worst thing in the world for them that he left. Where they went wrong was hiring Norm Chow who has been nothing short of a disaster.
This post was edited on 8/19/14 at 8:58 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:13 am to Starrkevious Ringo
If Kentucky and their student athletes are so poor and don't have any extra money for food how can they afford to go to the Bahamas for a week. Athletes have it a lot better than most want to admit.
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