Shama: U is now over $100MM for fundraising for $166MM athletes village

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IIRC it was at 70-75 when Teague stumbled out of town, and reports had it around 90 or so Pre-Fleck but that's questionable. It fundraising has gone over 100 that's a nice jump for one (tumultuous year) and stands to reason PJ will be able to build some bridges over the next few years.
 

A season similar to last year, with a good recruiting class, followed by another tournament appearance by the basketball team should make for some excitement. I wouldn't be surprised to see use get up to the 125/130 million range by the end of Spring 2018. It'll probably be another year or two after that before we can make a big push for smaller donations to finish fundraising.
 

Our football team winning 9 games and our basketball team finishing welll in B1G rankings and making the tourney probably helped more than Fleck.
 



Funny how a few years ago there was a blogger saying it would never get built and here we are six months away from completion.
 

Norwood Teague says there are some big contributions coming soon.

Seriously, at most schools, a winning FB team really seems to drive donations. I don't have the numbers right in front of me, but I know there was a study a few years ago that found a direct correlation between a winning FB team and increased alumni donations. I don't want to re-ignite the debate over last year's 9* win season, but Fleck has brought a lot of attention to the program. If the Gophers have a solid year, I would not be surprised to see a bump in donations.

Coyle - or whoever is leading the fundraising - can play up Fleck and Pitino, and the angle of the two major programs (FB and men's BB) being on the rise. If Gopher Hockey could make a run in the NCAA tournament, they could potentially have the top 3 men's revenue producers all trending up. That has to help with generating donations.
 

Pompous Elitist said:
IIRC it was at 70-75 when Teague stumbled out of town, and reports had it around 90 or so Pre-Fleck but that's questionable. It fundraising has gone over 100 that's a nice jump for one (tumultuous year) and stands to reason PJ will be able to build some bridges over the next few years.
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I recall those figures as well.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Norwood Teague says there are some big contributions coming soon.

Seriously, at most schools, a winning FB team really seems to drive donations. I don't have the numbers right in front of me, but I know there was a study a few years ago that found a direct correlation between a winning FB team and increased alumni donations. I don't want to re-ignite the debate over last year's 9* win season, but Fleck has brought a lot of attention to the program. If the Gophers have a solid year, I would not be surprised to see a bump in donations.

Coyle - or whoever is leading the fundraising - can play up Fleck and Pitino, and the angle of the two major programs (FB and men's BB) being on the rise. If Gopher Hockey could make a run in the NCAA tournament, they could potentially have the top 3 men's revenue producers all trending up. That has to help with generating donations.
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Look no further than what Bucky did. Donations exploded.
 



Flecknation said:
What was it at prior to PJ coming to town?
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We'll see, it WAS seven fitty, but the guy that promised it wasn't trying to give it up, so we sent a monster to go collect the seven fitty. He has yet to be successful... or was it tree fiddy? I think it was tree fiddy. This is a south park reference btw guys. You won't get it unless you watch the show.


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short ornery norwegian said:
Norwood Teague says there are some big contributions coming soon.

Seriously, at most schools, a winning FB team really seems to drive donations. I don't have the numbers right in front of me, but I know there was a study a few years ago that found a direct correlation between a winning FB team and increased alumni donations. I don't want to re-ignite the debate over last year's 9* win season, but Fleck has brought a lot of attention to the program. If the Gophers have a solid year, I would not be surprised to see a bump in donations.

Coyle - or whoever is leading the fundraising - can play up Fleck and Pitino, and the angle of the two major programs (FB and men's BB) being on the rise. If Gopher Hockey could make a run in the NCAA tournament, they could potentially have the top 3 men's revenue producers all trending up. That has to help with generating donations.
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Is the asterisk to remind us that you're an a-hole? Because it worked. Thanks.
 

GopherinPhilly said:
Is the asterisk to remind us that you're an a-hole? Because it worked. Thanks.
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A bit harsh, really. The 9* win mark has a well established meaning on here.


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