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How much was it?

Name an FCS school that can or will pay two years of a contract to fire a guy? Zero.

I have heard the opposite so there's that.

Pulled away and won comfortably. Time to build!

Just like that they look really good! Haha. FGCU is definitely not Dunk City anymore but we do look better this half.

Trying to be upbeat but we look so average every game. No alphas out there at all. Somebody take over and be a scorer.

They get to their destination in the late afternoon, the day before every game.

Who's history?

I appreciate the clarification but am still wondering how this works in reality. Seems like Chaves really thought attendance was going to LOW, like historically low.

This is even worse. Did Chaves think UND was going to get 2,000 people or what? Tickets were $25 a pop last time, I believe.

Explain these donor pledges to me: Are they meant to cover any shortfalls if the revenue from attendance/concessions doesn't meet the NCAA required number? I assume they aren't donated before the game but are pledged for afterwards, correct?

Even though we only had ONE chance to have a home playoff game this year - it's OK he lost out to Nicholls State. Let's all move on and keep assuming he is doing an awesome job.

Albany AD: “We felt like if we could make the playoffs, we needed to do whatever we could to reward our team and our fans with a home game,” Benson said. “I thought we put a very strong bid in to host in the first round.” https://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/UAlbany-football-gets-home-game-in-NCAA-playoffs-14859219.php

If Chaves is too incompetent to know that at least one team, Nicholls, bid 80K just last year than we are worse off than I thought.

Did Chaves go "toe-to-toe" with the other athletic directors? It's quite apparent that the fans on this board are more than happy with putting in a satisfactory, competitive bid and not going all out to win. There was ONE CHANCE to get a home game this year and he screwed it up. That's undeniable.

Obviously the bid wasn't very competitive because we lost. We were competitive out in Idaho State too I guess.

You are not addressing the issue. I don't care about the game itself right now. I am pointing out all the factors that seem to be popping up as to why Chaves skimped on his bid and got beat by a regional Southland school. Hockey in Minneapolis seems to be one, which to me, is a major issue if true. And I think it is true.

So you are saying that Hockey in Minneapolis was a factor in Chaves hanging the football team out to dry. Because Thanksgiving hasn't changed in hundreds of years so that's the only variable I can spot.

Wonder if UND put in a "calculated" lame-ass bid to host the regional at Scheels Arena in Fargo those years?

Met him. Doesn't mean he didn't go chicken sh*t on this issue. It was his real first chance to show that something other than hockey matters and he didn't do it. It's the F-CKING PLAYOFFS, a once in every 3-4 year chance to host a game and he didn't go all in in. He put in a calculated bid - that's not doing whatever it takes to support the program. So now they need to fly to Timbuktu and dress in tents.

I would love for the AD to underbid a hockey event and lose. Wouldn't ever happen but it would be interesting to see the reaction. Great way to help build the football program - they make the playoffs and then proceed to lose a home bid to a regional Southland school. Really got all hands on deck!

So is Nicholls "authorized" to come in higher than 50K by their University? Where did that stupid number come from?

First off, eat a fat bag. 2nd, he knows what bids go for and have gone for in the past and still came in under.

Chaves should be embarrassed and reprimanded for such a pathetic bid. 75K.....WTF?

Saw this on twitter. Would be great if Siouxsports members rallied behind this and really upped their donations this year!