re: John Cohen... Still a complete joke

Your data in response to my post was distorting the accurate paraphrase I gave. Proof:

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"Well when (the coaching staff) arrived here at MSU, we wanted to pitch it better than our opponents,” MSU head coach John Cohen said. “That is certainly the case in our ballpark, because it plays so big. We are now getting to that point. Even though we only won one game, we out-pitched LSU the entire series.

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The most moral of all the victories.

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if fla, tex a&m, lsu, texas, etc, decided to, they could raise twice the money that state has available.

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In baseball? We can raise money with anyone.

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it doesn't matter what state has "earmarked" right now. other schools have significantly more resources and if state started to outspend them, they could up the ante to a level that state could never reach.

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You really haven't kept up with MSU very closely have you? Not many schools have experienced growth rates of the past 10 years higher than MSU has. In fact, on endowment growth, only Arkansas in the SEC has matched us over that timeframe. We've got more money than we've ever had before -- and we care greatly about baseball.

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in fact, it's kind of happening right now. heck, even ole miss is keeping pace with state, all things considered. look at the rise scar and ark.

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So, their "rise" in baseball interest in some way limits MSU's ability to do the same?

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google sec athletic budgets.

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We've raised $70 mil the past two years in our private athletics fundraising arm(the Bulldog Club). This is on pace with EVERYONE else in the SEC. It's not a second-rate operation anymore. Our overall revenue will still probably always be lower because of the lack of premium seating and overall capacity in football that we're now adding(to an extent) and the lack of premium seating in basketball.

This still has jackshit to do with baseball, where we've been profitable for 30 years now -- have a chairback waiting list a mile long -- and sold out the skyboxes on day 1 with zero cancellations.

We can and will afford to build a palace in that sport.

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Not trying to start anything, but that is not on pace with everyone. Our budget was 75,800,000 for one year which more than doubled yours. Bama was 93,000,000. So again, how is that on pace?

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You need to understand the difference between "budget" which is mostly expected expenses and "private athletics fundraising" which is money largely raised specifically to build nice things.

Forrest Moore said he was an a-hole so I believe it

If all of these things are true......then how in the hell has state been so average for so long??

You speak of the priorities of your university as far as baseball is concerned, i.e. chair back waiting lists, sold out luxury boxes and such, then absolutely lay an egg in attendance in a weekend sec series against a consensus top 5 ranked opponent. Your excuse???? Spring break! Doesn't sound like much of a priority to me. Top notch programs don't have to blame spring break for piss poor attendance for one of the biggest series of the year.

Fact of the matter is.....State has a decent program, but not NEAR what you claim it to be and not in the same universe with LSU.

What was the score tonight? I missed it

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Engie

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LSU>MSU

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In baseball? We can raise money with anyone

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you don't seem to understand that there is no imaginary line between the sports. again, if the big schools decided to, they could raise more money for baseball than ms state could even dream about. this is not debateable. it's called athletic budget and resources. state is in the lower half of the conference in this regard. texas could BUY the sec if they wanted to.

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In fact, on endowment growth, only Arkansas in the SEC has matched us over that timeframe.

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show me the numbers because i'm not seeing it.

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We've got more money than we've ever had before

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which is of course irrelevant to the other schools in the conference or texas.

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So, their "rise" in baseball interest in some way limits MSU's ability to do the same?

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what i'm pointing out is that other schools are easily keeping pace with state in regards to baseball so state isn't this paragon you're making it out to be.

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This is on pace with EVERYONE else in the SEC

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you're still missing the point. first, other schools could eclipse state if they wanted to. easily. second, if state is raising so much bank, why aren't the results showing on the field. heck, lsu took a mediocre team (by lsu standards) to the supers last year.

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lack of premium seating

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my point exactly

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We can and will afford to build a palace in that sport

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and the schools in the top half of the conference could build double what state can afford. again, this is not debateable. i asked you to google athletic budgets and income. state is in the bottom half of the conference. in fact, state is typically near the bottom. granted, that's much better than 80% of the schools in the nation. but that's not good enough for omaha threat every year like you're saying because if it were, it would be actually happening.

He is a joke