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re: Let me get this straight, UCF will be in the same conference as Texas and OU next year?

Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:49 pm to
Posted by everytrueson
Los Angeles, CA
Member since Mar 2012
5893 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 6:49 pm to
Serious question about endowment.

How much of Texas’ is just a sock stuffed in there?
Posted by Gimme Vaughn
Okmulgee
Member since Jul 2021
707 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 7:49 pm to
Thanks for reminding me. Goddammit
Posted by VolNavy98
Tun Tavern
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 12/11/22 at 9:28 pm to
No one is worried about mediocre Texas and Oklahoma. You both would finish with a losing record if you played in the SEC this year.
Posted by PerrillouxToTexas
Member since Sep 2022
5220 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 9:52 pm to
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No one is worried about mediocre Texas and Oklahoma. You both would finish with a losing record if you played in the SEC this year.



You would know, I guess. Vols have NINE losing seasons since 2000.
Posted by TigerCard
Cleveland, OH
Member since Nov 2009
890 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:27 pm to
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UCF only has an endowment of $165 million.

Actually, as of this year, the endowment is $201 Million (according to Wikipedia). But the larger story is that UCF is a pretty new university (only became UCF in 1978) and so they haven't had as much time to accumulate massive endowment contributions as older schools. That will change as the alumni base grows. Current enrollment is around 70,000, second highest among public universities. UCF is a good "get" for the Big 12 and gives the conference a good foothold in Florida. They've got the potential to develop into a major program and compete as an equal with the other Florida schools.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
1355 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 10:34 pm to
Lol it’s going to be funny when you wake up ten years from now and realize your peers are arky mizzou and South Carolina
Posted by Emmanuel Goldstein
Member since Jul 2021
1313 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 11:11 pm to
... and Bama. Saban will be gone.

I remember the Muke Dubose, Dennis Franchione, Mike Shula eras.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
1355 posts
Posted on 12/11/22 at 11:39 pm to
Then you probably remember gene stallings before mike(nice cut off)
This post was edited on 12/11/22 at 11:41 pm
Posted by Pulpwood Patterson
Member since Dec 2017
1799 posts
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:34 am to
Get this, UGA doesn’t have to rely on an endowment, they have the most favorable tax levy capacity for a state legislature in the country. The State of GA has a personal and corporate GDP of over a trillion dollars annually and top 3 bond rating. They could raise Harvard’s entire endowment in a ten year bond float.
This post was edited on 12/12/22 at 8:40 am
Posted by Pauldingtiger
Alabama
Member since Jan 2019
841 posts
Posted on 12/12/22 at 8:58 am to
Most of Texas’s endowment is from 2 million acres it owns and receives royalties on oil and gas. It currently has 42.2 billion in endowments. Harvard is just ahead with 45 billion. Harvards endowments are from donations and royalties on patents and copyrights.
Posted by ColdTurkey
Where the Buffalo roam...
Member since Nov 2019
7569 posts
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:04 am to
If Tulane can hang on to Willie Fritz for a few years and maintain the kind of success they're having I'd be dollars to donuts they get a Big 12 invite. At least Yulman isn't rusted and on the verge of crumbling.
Posted by XWing atAliciousness
Member since Jan 2018
8623 posts
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:06 am to
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*If you leave. If.
Awwww. It's so nice to be feared
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
6489 posts
Posted on 12/12/22 at 9:06 am to
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But the larger story is that


The larger story is that UCF is a regional commuter school (what Alabama sports media guy John Longshore calls a “directional school”), and they always will be. After the Big 12 collapses and the name teams join superconferences, UCF will be back in a minor league. We’ve seen this movie before.

See: USF’s brief membership in the Big East years ago.
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