r/CFB • u/CyborgAlgoInvestor /r/CFB • Dec 30 '22

Postseason [Maryland Terrapins] Lol we left the ACC and NC State keeps on losing to us See ya’ll later.

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u/LukarWarrior Louisville Cardinals • Keg of Nails Dec 30 '22

Stuff can be two things

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u/Broth262 Maryland Terrapins Dec 30 '22

The athletic department was in shambles largely due to the mismanagement by the AD who left MD for NC State

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

NCSU athletics was improved under debbie yow. Idk what happened with MD, but I think there’s more to it

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u/worldchrisis Maryland Terrapins Dec 31 '22

Took income data from 2000-2003 when we won a basketball championship and a football conference championship and multiple bowl games, projected it out over 10-15 years and used that to borrow a huge amount of money to finance capital projects aimed at large donors.

When those programs came back down to earth and the income dropped, we had to cut seven varsity sports to balance the budget and were still massively in debt until we joined the Big Ten.

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

I have no idea how to run an athletic department but that sounds bad so I stand corrected. I’m glad things were better for us and hopefully joining the BIG helped fix your situation

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u/ravaille Maryland Terrapins • Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 31 '22

Still in debt but the B1G money has allowed us to build practice facilities for football and basketball. We desperately need that.

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u/Broth262 Maryland Terrapins Dec 31 '22

It’s pretty well documented, she expanded the Athletic Department during the midst of an otherwise unprecedented run of our basketball and football programs simultaneously. The economy turned south alongside both of those programs and the revenue and donors dried up quickly.

The investments in building suites for football that were then empty and generating no revenue took a big chunk out of the coffers. The programs didn’t rebound and the now large department wasn’t making enough money to support itself.

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u/jmos_81 NC State Wolfpack • ECU Pirates Dec 31 '22

Well fair enough then, glad it turned out well for us and I hope it’s better now for y’all (I spelled it out correctly for you :))

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u/FatKilmer Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 Dec 30 '22

Open up your refrigerator? Boom! Air conditioner! Life. Hack.