@zwak I am surprised that the Gopher hockey team is the only non-revenue sport to make money. I would have guessed that Iowa wrestling made money - they sell out Carver Arena for ever match.
Keep in mind that while there are certain standards to the accounting for these schools and how they allocate profits and costs, there is also a wide variation of where they place certain things. At UMN, for example, gameday parking goes to the school; other schools it may go to their athletics department. I read somewhere that Georgia undertook some $30M of debt financing for athletics stuff that was put under the overall university's ledger instead of an athletics expense, but at UMN the Athletes Village expenses are strictly an athletics expense. So it can be overall hard to compare profitability from school to school when revenues and expenses are not uniformly allocated across the board.
Wisconsin does some weird accounting too. I don't doubt they lose money now, but at one time they were selling more tickets per game than the Gophers and always reporting a loss. Maybe they consolidate all of the budgets for non-revenue sports or combine men's/women's budgets or "charge" for use of Kohl Center.... who knows?@zwak I am surprised that the Gopher hockey team is the only non-revenue sport to make money. I would have guessed that Iowa wrestling made money - they sell out Carver Arena for ever match.
Keep in mind that while there are certain standards to the accounting for these schools and how they allocate profits and costs, there is also a wide variation of where they place certain things. At UMN, for example, gameday parking goes to the school; other schools it may go to their athletics department. I read somewhere that Georgia undertook some $30M of debt financing for athletics stuff that was put under the overall university's ledger instead of an athletics expense, but at UMN the Athletes Village expenses are strictly an athletics expense. So it can be overall hard to compare profitability from school to school when revenues and expenses are not uniformly allocated across the board.
Back when USCHO was a thing people paid attention to the budget numbers would be tossed around yearly and it was always a mystery how similar teams had such different expenses. I remember the Wisconsin expenses being mysteriously high.
Wisconsin does some weird accounting too. I don't doubt they lose money now, but at one time they were selling more tickets per game than the Gophers and always reporting a loss. Maybe they consolidate all of the budgets for non-revenue sports or combine men's/women's budgets or "charge" for use of Kohl Center.... who knows?@zwak I am surprised that the Gopher hockey team is the only non-revenue sport to make money. I would have guessed that Iowa wrestling made money - they sell out Carver Arena for ever match.
Keep in mind that while there are certain standards to the accounting for these schools and how they allocate profits and costs, there is also a wide variation of where they place certain things. At UMN, for example, gameday parking goes to the school; other schools it may go to their athletics department. I read somewhere that Georgia undertook some $30M of debt financing for athletics stuff that was put under the overall university's ledger instead of an athletics expense, but at UMN the Athletes Village expenses are strictly an athletics expense. So it can be overall hard to compare profitability from school to school when revenues and expenses are not uniformly allocated across the board.
Back when USCHO was a thing people paid attention to the budget numbers would be tossed around yearly and it was always a mystery how similar teams had such different expenses. I remember the Wisconsin expenses being mysteriously high.
Must have been all the skating treadmills.
Makes sense. I wasnt thinking about round 2...
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I mean it's doubly amazing since we all know Airey stinks! 😎 🤔 😮 😛 🤯 🤣
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I'll be interested to see what the teams do with multiple of these guys postseason. Lots of guys who need to get back up and going here in the 2nd half, both amongst our upper scorers and the secondary scoring
Rinzel with 1 point in the last 7 games
Lamb with 2 points since the holiday break and hasn't scored since Mercyhurst
Moore with 6 points in 9 games
Nice to have Clark get his first goal since Nov. Huglen has yet to score in the 2nd half.
IDK they should prob review this play a bit longer to come to the obvious conclusion 🤣.
I don’t hate basketball but it’s probably the only sport where three seconds of game time translates to 5 mins of actual time elapsing.
Well next week against an Ohio State is going to be a lot more important than I would have guessed a couple of months ago
Well next week against an Ohio State is going to be a lot more important than I would have guessed a couple of months ago
No doubt. Hopefully we pack Mariucci standing room only. Big series for Pairwise and BIG seeding. But frankly just want to see the team play with effort and consistency.
We’ve been pretty dang good at home this year (12-2-2). Gophers should be a hungry team after coming up winless in Ann Arbor. Ohio State is riding high after sweeping the two worst teams in the league, ND and Wisconsin. They’ll be coming into Mariucci with a lot of confidence, but as I said, the Gophers should be the hungrier team (you’d hope)
Gophers have officially "locked" for the post season via pairwise probability matrix. Still 56% likely for a 1 seed. This weekend was nowhere near the disaster it is being made out to be. Would have to see if they include all expected postseason results/matchups as playing ND first round and getting swept at home certainly would hit the PWR but 3-5 seed is 75% likely.
Gophers have officially "locked" for the post season via pairwise probability matrix. Still 56% likely for a 1 seed. This weekend was nowhere near the disaster it is being made out to be. Would have to see if they include all expected postseason results/matchups as playing ND first round and getting swept at home certainly would hit the PWR but 3-5 seed is 75% likely.
I'm not too worked up over the Pairwise. There will be #4 seeds that are dangerous, so getting a #2 in a regional might not make much difference.
I just want the team to shift gears and get into playoff mode. I don't think they played 6 periods of solid hockey this weekend.
I can not believe the Gophers are 0-28 in Shoot out attempt this is OUTRAGEOUS
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I can not believe the Gophers are 0-28 in Shoot out attempt this is OUTRAGEOUS
It's a head scratcher for sure. I mean, that's hard to do if you were trying not to score. 😉
Jimmy Clark had his first goal this weekend since the Alaska series the end of November. Also may need to put a missing person alert out for Brody Lamb.
Gophers have officially "locked" for the post season via pairwise probability matrix. Still 56% likely for a 1 seed. This weekend was nowhere near the disaster it is being made out to be. Would have to see if they include all expected postseason results/matchups as playing ND first round and getting swept at home certainly would hit the PWR but 3-5 seed is 75% likely.
I'm not too worked up over the Pairwise. There will be #4 seeds that are dangerous, so getting a #2 in a regional might not make much difference.
I just want the team to shift gears and get into playoff mode. I don't think they played 6 periods of solid hockey this weekend.
In a normal year, if we weren't going to be the 1, I'd say it wouldn't matter. This year there's a reasonable chance there are 3 autobids. Add that to our faceoff woes and getting last change throughout the regional and getting a 1 can be pretty important for this team. Also makes it more likely we end up in Fargo comparatively.
I share your sentiment on turning into playoff mode. I actually think that version from this team is how they would be "best" given the experience from our D core and ability to score off the rush and better in the muddy areas than we have been in the past. OSU will play that style this weekend
It's a big month coming up with playoff implications for a lot of teams...should be great for fan interest.
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This is tremendous!
https://twitter.com/gopherfootball/status/1893087778084188466?s=61
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I want one of those hats!This is tremendous!
https://twitter.com/gopherfootball/status/1893087778084188466?s=61
This is tremendous!
https://twitter.com/gopherfootball/status/1893087778084188466?s=61
it's too bad they weren't there and micd for the ejection the next night. that wouldve been WILD
🤣 It’s all good in the hood.
Note: Due to inflation dirty deeds will no longer be done dirt cheap.
Looking like we will come out of this weekend in first place but I don’t see that sticking. MSU is a lock to sweep ND next week and us sweeping PSU on the road is a big ask. This does probably lock us into seeing ND in the first round which is good cause they stink.
Sparty currently trailing Penn St 3-0. If both scores hold, we'll have a 4 point lead going into next weekend, so a split in Happy Valley would give us the championship.Looking like we will come out of this weekend in first place but I don’t see that sticking. MSU is a lock to sweep ND next week and us sweeping PSU on the road is a big ask. This does probably lock us into seeing ND in the first round which is good cause they stink.
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
I thought tBob didn’t want the bye? That would be so Minnesota to win something when you actually don’t want it.
Sparty currently trailing Penn St 3-0. If both scores hold, we'll have a 4 point lead going into next weekend, so a split in Happy Valley would give us the championship.Looking like we will come out of this weekend in first place but I don’t see that sticking. MSU is a lock to sweep ND next week and us sweeping PSU on the road is a big ask. This does probably lock us into seeing ND in the first round which is good cause they stink.
The Gophers have a 2 point lead going into the last weekend of the season not 4 points. If the Gophers split at Happy Valley (3 points) and Michigan State sweeps Notre Dame (6 points) Sparty wins the league by one point and gets the dreaded bye.
My bad. For some reason, I had it in my head entering tonight's game that if the Gophers won out, it didn't matter what Sparty did.Sparty currently trailing Penn St 3-0. If both scores hold, we'll have a 4 point lead going into next weekend, so a split in Happy Valley would give us the championship.Looking like we will come out of this weekend in first place but I don’t see that sticking. MSU is a lock to sweep ND next week and us sweeping PSU on the road is a big ask. This does probably lock us into seeing ND in the first round which is good cause they stink.
The Gophers have a 2 point lead going into the last weekend of the season not 4 points. If the Gophers split at Happy Valley (3 points) and Michigan State sweeps Notre Dame (6 points) Sparty wins the league by one point and gets the dreaded bye.
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
Super excited for next weekend!