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Prior to yesterday's win over Oklahoma, ESPN's Thamel reported on College GameDay that the future of West Virginia FB HC Brown was on shaky footing & further, "Sources have told me that if Brown is gone, (WVU AD) Lyons may not be around to hire his successor." The Mountaineers improved to 4-6 with the victory over the Sooners and close by hosting Kansas State & traveling to Oklahoma State. (link)
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The NCAA Men's and Women's Cross Country Championship field is set with 31 teams selected to participate in each championship, 18 of which received automatic qualifications from this weekend's regionals. The Northern Arizona men's team, which has won five of the last six titles, will be there, as will defending women's champ NC State. Fans may watch action from Oklahoma State's Greiner Family OSU Cross Country Course in Stillwater live on ESPNU and the ESPN App beginning at 10 AM ET on Saturday, November 19. (link)
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One-off situation or an example of how high-profile former student-athletes could be integrated during their off seasons? Former Oregon WBB great Ionescu will join the team's support staff in a part-time capacity as Director of Athletic Culture. Ducks HC Graves: "There is no better person I could think of for this position than Sabrina. Sabrina exemplifies what it means to be an Oregon Duck and she represents everything our program is about. Even in just a part-time capacity, she will have the ability to make an immediate impact on our student-athletes and our program as a whole. She truly is a basketball icon that will be able to connect and develop our players off the court." (link)
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The New York Times' Witz on UCLA's struggle with home football game attendance: "According to data released through a public records request, the school gave away an average of nearly 25,000 free tickets per game in 2019 and 2021. ... Those free tickets show that even though U.C.L.A.’s attendance in 2019 and 2021 are the lowest since moving to the Rose Bowl, the bottom line has been even worse: Tickets sold accounted for less than 80 percent of the announced attendance in both seasons. The number of free tickets given away this season is not available, according to a university spokesman." (link)
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Former Penn State Director of FB Communications D'Elia gets the profile treatment from The Athletic's Snyder. Once former Nittany Lions FB HC Paterno's right-hand man, D'Elia is also known as the "architect of Penn State's White Out." D'Elia hadn't worked at Penn State since February 2012 until a few months ago when PSU AD Kraft reached out. Kraft: "Guido is kind of a legend in our world. You look at what he’s done to create game day experiences everywhere. I’m evaluating everything and looking at how we do things. Everything we can do we can get better at. Even though we have a famous game day experience, we always have to look at how we elevate ourselves. I had admired him for so long. So, if you’re going to be at Penn State, why would you not go talk to the brain behind so many things here, you know, from the game day experience to the marketing side?" Lots more on D'Elia's strategy. (link)
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USA Today's Berkowitz with FB HC bonus updates from the past few days... North Carolina's Brown picks up $200K with the Tar Heels' win last night, which clinched the ACC Coastal title. Likewise, Coastal Carolina's Chadwell takes home $200K for the Chants securing a spot in the Sun Belt title game; Georgia's Smart sees $100K added to his pot as the Bulldogs are headed to the SEC title game to face LSU, while Tigers boss Kelly gets $75K for his team's spot in Atlanta. For bowl eligibility: Purdue's Brohm ($150K), Florida's Napier ($100K), Iowa's Ferentz ($100K), Fresno State's Tedford ($75K), Marshall's Huff ($50K), San Diego State's Hoke ($50K), UConn's Mora ($25K), James Madison's Cignetti ($10K) and Houston's Holgorsen ($10K). Boise State's Avalos gets $10K for the Broncos sixth Mountain West win of the season. Oregon State leader Smith gets a one-year contract extension for a seventh regular season win, which takes his deal through February 2029. The additional year is scheduled to be worth $4.75M, guaranteed at $2.85M. South Alabama's Wommack picks up an additional $25K raise in future pay as the Jaguars get their eighth win, now has a one-year contract extension, with a $50K future raise, plus a $25K bonus this season. UTSA HC Traylor gets $25K for the Roadrunners eighth win on the season. (link)
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On the Mend...
+ For a third straight week and the fifth time this season, ESPN College GameDay's Corso was not part of the show. (link)
+ According to the school, UCLA DC McGovern was "out" for a third straight game as the Bruins faced Arizona last night. (link)
+ Nebraska OC Whipple got wiped out by Michigan's Henning on the sideline during yesterday's game. (link); Whipple had x-rays done during halftime, but no further word on his condition. (link)
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Also Noticed...
+ In what could be a protocol change after the Michigan State fracas, Michigan waited until every Nebraska player had exited the field before heading into the tunnel following yesterday's game. (link)
+ NCAA National Coordinator of Officials Shaw explains several calls from the first week of the month with rules review #10. Among them: sliding ball carrier, targeting, forward pass and ball position. (link)
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In Today's Total Campus Report...
+ Louisville is reaching the finalist stage of its presidential search, with multiple candidates currently interviewing for the position, per UofL Spokesman Karman, who confirms that the Board of Trustees is on schedule to name a president by the end of the calendar year. Interim President Gonzalez is expected to return to her role as provost when a new president is in place. (link)
+ West Virginia President Gee joins Kansas State Vice President for Research Rosowsky and Ohio State CHRR Director Gavazzi to pen an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed on the need for colleges and universities to invest in "identifying, owning and living their brand." The trio suggest institutions continuously host listening sessions and engage in ongoing dialogue with stakeholders to have a sense of what nonacademic community members really want from their school. Per a recent study by Gee and Gavazzi, U.S. residents reported they expected higher education institutions to split taxpayer funding with 50% going towards teaching, 25% towards research and 25% towards engagement. (link)
+ Washington State released four strategic priorities as part of its Strategic Plan Annual Report for FY 2021–2022: an increase in total R&D expenditures by 5% from $357.6M to $375.5M; reducing the retention gap between the general student population and first-generation and underrepresented students by 1% per year; establishing metrics for community engagement efforts; and reducing demographic reporting unknowns for faculty and staff to 10%. (link)
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In case you missed Saturday's email...
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Florida Executive Assoc. AD for Administration Tealer joins Connect/MB Sports’ Banker to chat about her work as chair of the NCAA's NIL working group and what the membership needs to know about the recently updated guidelines. Asked about more resources being provided for NIL, Tealer notes the working group supported a “standard of review” for NCAA enforcement. “That [presumption of a violation] was our effort to say we are supportive of the enforcement staff. We understand that often when they approach institutions about NIL activity there’s sometimes maybe not cooperation or maybe not a lot of effort in trying to help get to the bottom of all this that’s swirling around potentially inappropriate conduct. This presumption of a violation was an effort to say institutions need to have a little bit more of onus in getting to the bottom of getting the facts, relaying the facts, rebutting this presumption that something inappropriate has happened in the NIL space. So that was the working group’s effort to really help the enforcement staff move things along a little because we all hear the swirl around things happening at this institution or that and the enforcement staff has had a hard time sometimes getting institutions to fully participate in the process of saying what is real and what’s not and getting to the bottom of where the facts lie.” Lots more insight in the full conversation only on Connect. (link)
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As TCU is set for a high-profile football matchup today with Texas, Horned Frogs Assoc. AD for Marketing & Licensing Austin & Assoc. Vice Chancellor/Assoc. AD for Development Levy join D1.ticker/Connect's Eargle to discuss how football's success is fly-wheeling revenue & brand momentum. Austin says licensing royalties are up more than 50%, plus "a lot of our vendors are scrambling right now" to keep up with demand. Levy also notes the importance of getting return on the moment and how "this realtime experience will also help us" design systems for future use to further maximize high-flying results. Lots more, including additional dialogue around data & analytics, donor engagement, etc. Watch for free on Connect. (link)
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Sports Illustrated’s Dellenger examines Tulane’s path to success this season after overcoming years of adversity, including “cataclysmic natural disasters” and two “administrative attempts to shut down football” over the past half-century. Moreover, Dellenger points out the program “fights attendance issues with a base of mostly out-of-state alums, is still chided for its decision to leave the SEC nearly 60 years ago and has strict admission requirements in the age of the transfer portal.” Green Wave AD Dannen: “It takes a unique bird to have success here. Let me tell you historically how bad it is. The football coach is the first coach to have played in more than one bowl game and the basketball coach here has bonuses in his contract for winning six league games.” Lots more. (link)
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D1.ticker/Connect's Eargle continues with the series on the growth of volleyball, this time chatting with Wisconsin Senior Assoc. AD/SWA Ahrens Smith and Louisville Deputy AD/SWA Calabrese, both of whom have volleyball oversight within their respective departments. Calabrese talks about the school's attendance record that was set by playing a home match at the KFC Yum! Center this season, fueled in part by having four local student-athletes on the Cardinals roster, plus an engaging HC in Busboom Kelly. Ahrens Smith acknowledges how setting aside 3K student tickets for the Badgers tilt vs. Florida and how the local community and campus administration support made it possible for that match to set the new NCAA attendance record. Lots more, full convo for free on Connect. (link); Check out the full list of Division I Volleyball Sport Administrators, brought to you by D1.ticker. (link)
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Cal Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice Operations & Engagement Thompson is heading to Loyola Marymount as its new Assoc. AD for Administration & Student-Athlete Success, per CollegeAD. He is no longer listed on the Bears site, but is on the Lions. (link)
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Northern Colorado MBB HC Smiley sings a five-year extension that could keep him in Greeley through April of 2027. Smiley will earn a base salary of $161,646 plus incentives for academic and athletic performance. If the Bears finish in the top-five of the Big Sky, he'll receive $1,500 plus another $1K if the team finishes first in the league and $2,500 if it advances to the NCAA Tournament. There is also a $30K annual retention bonus to be paid out "by donation funds." He would owe $50K, due within 30 days, should he exit. (link)
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Siena AD D'Argenio will not sign a waiver that would allow former Saints MBB student-athlete Rogers, who has since transferred to Wichita State, to play for the Shockers this season. He was on the Siena roster for just a year, having previously transferred in from Cal Poly. D'Argenio: "They (Wichita State) wanted us to basically say we were not giving (Rogers) an opportunity to participate on our team. We didn't sign that because that's not true. We wanted him back. We explained to him what it means when you go into the transfer portal. So that's why we didn't sign off on it. If he gets a waiver from the NCAA based on some other means, then that's great for him. But we've done our due diligence. We educated the young man to what the transfer portal is and what it means. We wanted him back very clearly. Why would we not want our leading scorer (back)?" (link)
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Cal Poly's football and soccer stadium will henceforth be called Mustang Memorial Field Presented by Dignity Health French Hospital Medical Center thanks to a 10-year naming rights deal announced yesterday. No details on the price. (link)
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The City of Boise's Planning and Zoning Commission has granted approval for Boise State to use lights at Boas Soccer Complex, home of the Broncos women's soccer team. The school may now install 70-foot poles with LED light fixtures, subject to the State Board of Education approval. (link)
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Miami-Dade County and the Miami Heat are ending their arena naming rights deal with now bankrupt FTX. The county, which owns the arena, signed a 19-year, $135M deal in 2021. After an initial balloon payment of $14M, FTX was scheduled to make a $5.5M payment in January. For today's game between the Heat and Charlotte Hornets, the arena will still technically be referred to as FTX Arena, but signage and the name will soon come down. Of note, the team was to receive only $2M/year of the entire deal, with the rest going to the county, "the vast majority of it earmarked toward fighting gun violence and poverty." (link)
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After recording a median return of 30.1% during FY21, higher ed endowments are showing a decline of 7.8% during FY22, according to Cambridge Associates, as reported by Inside Higher Ed. While Harvard (-1.8%) and Yale (+0.8%) ended the year relatively unscathed, IHE’s Moody notes: “Among the country’s other richest institutions, Stanford University’s endowment fell by 4.2%; Princeton University saw a decline of 1.5%; the [MIT] experienced a loss of 5.3%; and the University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company saw a decline of 6.2%. Returns for the University of Pennsylvania were flat, and the University of Michigan saw returns grow by 2.2% for FY 2022." (link)
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