Q&A: Gophers AD sits down with Andy Greder from PP

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Questions ranged from a variety of things but one addressed the contract situation with Coach Fleck and one talked about the possible sell out against Ohio State.

When you agreed to a new contact for football coach P.J. Fleck in 2019, the buyout figure was $10 million for him to leave in Year 1, but that fell to $4.5 million now. Where are you at on a potential contract extension for him?​

We’ve extended him each year I’ve been here. Again, his first year when he was 5-7, we extended him, and we extended him again in Year 2 when he was 6-6 and then we won the Quick Lane Bowl. He is in Year 2 of a seven-year agreement right now. Again, he has done everything we ask him to do. Our goal is to keep him here long term. P.J. and I get along really well. We have a really good relationship. He trusts me. I trust him completely. Heather (his wife) brings me candy on road trips, I love that. I’m a big candy guy. We have a really good relationship. We are so fortunate to have him and Heather here leading our program. He has been the ultimate change agent. …


How close to a sellout is the football team’s season opener next week against Ohio State?

Really close. I think we have 6,000 new season tickets. We’ve doubled the number of student season tickets from 2019. I think any day now, we will be able to announce a sellout for Ohio State, which is phenomenal.



Full Q&A in the link below..

Gopher AD sits down with Andy
 

Double the number of student season tickets? Wonder what this actual numbers are.
 

Word said:
Double the number of student season tickets? Wonder what this actual numbers are.
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Don't hold me to the precise numbers because this is from a conversation about other things and my memory isn't crystal clear, but I believe that they sold somewhere around 3,400 student tickets in '19 and were thinking they might sell 6,400 this season. The estimate of a 3,000 ticket increase for this year is a week or more old, so if things have picked up at all, they might be close to doubling it.
 

2nd Degree Gopher said:
Don't hold me to the precise numbers because this is from a conversation about other things and my memory isn't crystal clear, but I believe that they sold somewhere around 3,400 student tickets in '19 and were thinking they might sell 6,400 this season. The estimate of a 3,000 ticket increase for this year is a week or more old, so if things have picked up at all, they might be close to doubling it.
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Wonder how they did that?
 




Students want in-person experience. They don't think they're at risk of illness. (I'm not here arguing they are, just comment on what I think they're thinking)

No one wants (to pay for!) virtual college for four years.
 





NoelarBear said:
Questions ranged from a variety of things but one addressed the contract situation with Coach Fleck and one talked about the possible sell out against Ohio State.

When you agreed to a new contact for football coach P.J. Fleck in 2019, the buyout figure was $10 million for him to leave in Year 1, but that fell to $4.5 million now. Where are you at on a potential contract extension for him?​

We’ve extended him each year I’ve been here. Again, his first year when he was 5-7, we extended him, and we extended him again in Year 2 when he was 6-6 and then we won the Quick Lane Bowl. He is in Year 2 of a seven-year agreement right now. Again, he has done everything we ask him to do. Our goal is to keep him here long term. P.J. and I get along really well. We have a really good relationship. He trusts me. I trust him completely. Heather (his wife) brings me candy on road trips, I love that. I’m a big candy guy. We have a really good relationship. We are so fortunate to have him and Heather here leading our program. He has been the ultimate change agent. …


How close to a sellout is the football team’s season opener next week against Ohio State?

Really close. I think we have 6,000 new season tickets. We’ve doubled the number of student season tickets from 2019. I think any day now, we will be able to announce a sellout for Ohio State, which is phenomenal.



Full Q&A in the link below..

Gopher AD sits down with Andy
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I just hope that those kids actually come to games instead of partying and watching the games elsewhere. We want occupied seats.
 

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