The Gazette: B1G building boom cost? $1.5 billion and rising

[BleedGopher]

per The Gazette:

Minnesota ran out of ammunition in the Big Ten’s facility arms race this summer, and football coach Jerry Kill is tired of it.

While hosting a recruit on a visit, Kill received the news no coach wants to hear: the player picked a different school. But it had nothing to do with Kill. It had everything to do with the Gophers’ football complex.

“‘Coach, I love you. Your camaraderie on your staff, longevity, I love everything about you, love the school,” Kill recalled the conversation. “But this other school, they’ve got all this stuff.’ That’s how kids are.

“It would be like you saying you want to go — I don’t want to use hotel names — but you’ve got a chance to stay at the Carlton-Ritz or stay at a lower-level hotel for the same amount of cost for each of them.” - See more at: http://thegazette.com/2013/08/10/b1g-building-boom-cost-1-5-billion-and-rising/#sthash.AjX2frxq.dpuf

http://thegazette.com/2013/08/10/b1g-building-boom-cost-1-5-billion-and-rising/

Go Gophers!!

 

[Ski U Master]

per The Gazette:

“But this other school, they’ve got all this stuff.’ That’s how kids are.

That is unfortunate.

 

[patrick08]

This is the reality. Great article.

 

[cfb120]

He may have wanted to do a little more research. Wisconsin's new addition to Camp Randall isn't just approved, it is almost finished.

 

[Parski1]

Coming out of Iowa I'm not sure I believe a recruit even said that.

 

[dinkything]

Coming out of Iowa I'm not sure I believe a recruit even said that.

You could be correct...but if a prospective recruit did say something as quoted, then it might likely have been to let the coach down gently. The kid simply wanted to go elsewhere...

Next...

 

[wait!what?]

same article was probably written in 1965 with one less zero.