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Chip Scoggins Column: For Gophers AD, inroads made but heavy lifting remains
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These quotes are interesting. Teague may like Kill, but there will be big urgency by next year to start filling the stands and winning more than 2-3 Big Ten games.
“It’s tough for me with patience,” Teague said. “And fans get impatient, too.”
and then later in the article these quotes
“I believe in [coach] Jerry Kill like you can’t believe,” Teague said. “But football is a big battleship and it’s slower to turn around.”
Teague is confident that will happen eventually, which will help make his enterprise more viable. Any athletic department’s overall health stems from its success in football and basketball, and that mission, Teague said, remains his priority.
“We need to be competing at a higher level in our revenue sports,” he said. “I’m thrilled with our women’s program, and we’ve got to continue to support them. But we’ve got to excel in both of our basketball [programs] and football in order to build our brand and build revenue. That will generate more revenue, more interest in what we’re doing and it will help everybody else.”
“It’s tough for me with patience,” Teague said. “And fans get impatient, too.”
and then later in the article these quotes
“I believe in [coach] Jerry Kill like you can’t believe,” Teague said. “But football is a big battleship and it’s slower to turn around.”
Teague is confident that will happen eventually, which will help make his enterprise more viable. Any athletic department’s overall health stems from its success in football and basketball, and that mission, Teague said, remains his priority.
“We need to be competing at a higher level in our revenue sports,” he said. “I’m thrilled with our women’s program, and we’ve got to continue to support them. But we’ve got to excel in both of our basketball [programs] and football in order to build our brand and build revenue. That will generate more revenue, more interest in what we’re doing and it will help everybody else.”
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"Dismal football attendance"?
C'mon.....UNLV has dismal attendance. Our attendance is the roughly the same as comparable schools like Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, etc. and well ahead of most private BCS schools.
It would be great to build more public support/interest in the program, but averaging 46,600 fans for a sub-par program is far from below expectations.
C'mon.....UNLV has dismal attendance. Our attendance is the roughly the same as comparable schools like Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Rutgers, etc. and well ahead of most private BCS schools.
It would be great to build more public support/interest in the program, but averaging 46,600 fans for a sub-par program is far from below expectations.