Any update on Brady Wilsonâs health today?
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Iâve heard nothing and will reiterate that the kind of ominous talk I heard seemed speculative. I think good news mightâve been shared already. Though I guess they didnât announce Morris was good to go against NC State until Thursday before the game I think?
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Oh I wasnât just talking about this season/their current situation but yeah, let the shit show get even shittier, agreed
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Starting to think Louisville is a lot more winnable. Their board seems really down on Moss and their OL. Havenât played anyone yet so game against Pitt could be very telling on Saturday.
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I can thank my former coworker/friend for my increased disdain for VT over the years. Great guy but an incredibly obnoxious VT fan, and Iâm unfortunately (though now, quite fortunately) in a shared GC with him that talks sports every day. He is the most annoying VT fan youâve ever met personified. Today heâs talking about how VT will be funding a football program the likes of which will rival Alabama. I mostly just reply with eye roll emojis
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https://twitter.com/uvafootball/status/1970276946526236932?s=46
damn these are sick
If we win Iâm gonna need these to go on sale
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Lines down to 7..
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It sounds like you work with my cousinâs husband. #gross
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Would require Nike actually giving a damn about lil old UVA.
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Bud from Cover 3 had a good callout today. He said to check the participation report from their Wofford game. Apparently a lot of âinjuriiesâ took place after Pry was relieved of his duties.
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Bud also said that the VT BoV is going to meet on 9/30 and approve the new athletic budget with the 47 million dollar increase. Iâm still stumped where this new money is coming from. I mean I guess if they follow the JMU model, thatâs about $1,000 per student per year.
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From what I can tell- Theyâre doing a bridge loan for the first year or two and crossing their fingers the donations come in. I kind of doubt they will.
I think this ends with a private equity stake in their athletic department, cutting sports to feed football, or both.
They are raising fees, but theyâre limited by the state in how much they can do that. It canât cover the full amount (and Richmond is a little annoyed with them over that, which they were already doing before all of this anyways)
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love when a new coach comes in and 20+ million just appears. Money comes out of the woods works for every school.
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I havenât read a good explanation of the PE model for college athletics yet either. I mean, first of all, theyâd have to remove athletics from the university since a non-profit is legally not allowed to earn and distribute profit to its owners, so the regular PE model obviously canât apply.
And a bridge loan isnât like a 30 year mortgage. Those things usually have to be paid back pretty quickly, usually as soon as the expected future income arrives. Maybe they get some intermediate 5-10 year financing or something, but that still has to be paid back. And financing your football team using debt doesnât seem like a great idea.
But Iâll wait to hear details before I truly mock the plan.
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lol he says âthe one ACC game UVA has playedâ and heâs talking about NC State
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Several schools have already started the process of doing this! Kentucky did it a couple of months ago.
I think the whole plan is an approximately 5 year âcommitmentâ so that is about right. My guess is the early years are almost all financed and then the the later ones are where they hope the donations come in to both service the debt and pay for the increase in spending.
Boooooo this is college football why wait???
Ari Wasserman thinking theyâre comfortably a touchdown better than us is the best news Iâve heard all week.
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They break this down in the BOV materials for their upcoming meeting (bov.vt.edu/assets/Materials-September 30, 2025-45.pdf). $30 mil of each year is a projection/target from a fundraising campaign. Theyâre only increasing student fees by $100 each year, so itâs like 3.3-3.5 mil each year from that. So itâs more like a firm $17 mil this year, $30 mil each year after that for 5 years that comes from the institution, student fee increases, and the bridge funding, and then a variable amount that comes from their fundraising.
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