NC State's Bowl Expenses

by Akula Wolf on May 19, 2011 2:07 PM EDT

This week, the Wiz of Odds is taking a comprehensive look at what it costs for college football teams to travel to bowl games. (Hat tip to Austin.) Earlier today, the site posted NC State's expenses from the Champs Sports Bowl, if you're into that sort of thing.

North Carolina State expenses: The Wolfpack reported only 247 absorbed tickets at a cost of $4,014. Total reported expenses were $1.09 million. Under other expenses, the school listed items such as open practice ($4,524), staff overtime ($11,473), bonuses ($319,096), booster allowance ($15,000) and comp tickets ($126,674) for a total of $476,767.

Just 247 tickets absorbed by the school--that's an impressive number, especially when compared to, say, Connecticut, which absorbed nearly three million dollars' worth of Fiesta Bowl tickets. Understandable since Randy Edsall's UConn program was like your grandpa's Crown Victoria on the excitement scale.

West Virginia had to absorb 7,800 Champs Bowl tickets, which set them back $500k.

I wonder where those unsold tickets end up. If I were UConn's athletics director, I'd want to have all 14,729 tickets just for the hell of it. I mean, the school bought 'em, didn't it? There could be some sweet coupons on the back of those puppies, too. Fifteen thousand tickets... you think that's enough to wallpaper the bonus room at home?

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I can't even begin to imagine ...

… how much that’s worth in windshield wiper fluid.

by PeeDub on May 19, 2011 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

I bet

Gene Defilipo has a scrooge mcduck style pool of unused bowl tickets that he swims around in from all of BC’s poorly attended bowl games. FUN!

by PACKHOOLIGAN on May 19, 2011 2:16 PM EDT reply actions

that pool would have to be ENORMOUS

TOB was taking them to bowls constantly, plus they had ACC championship game appearances.

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by Akula Wolf on May 19, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

bottom line:

did State turn a monetary profit on its trip to the Champs bowl?

by sbas2 on May 19, 2011 2:19 PM EDT reply actions

they spent less than the 1.1 mil they got from the ACC, if that's what you mean

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by Akula Wolf on May 19, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously?

Only $1.1 mil? That seems rather low for going to a bowl game. If they are going to have this many bowl games that are useless, they should start making the bowl game committees and sponsors pay the schools way to get there. Bet ya that would bring on a playoff real fast.

As much money is being made off this games, I don’t see the fairness in making out with less than a $50k profit for the institution.

by chip24spb on May 19, 2011 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions

to clarify

The 1.1 million I cited is an “expense allowance” from the ACC for the trip. That’s different than what the school got from the league’s bowl payout pot.

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by Akula Wolf on May 19, 2011 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah...

sorry for my misunderstanding. I thought we had to make more than that. So technically the league will cover up to $1.1 mil, and if that is true, then the bowl payouts should have been all profit for us. Makes me curious, with some of the teams, if its even worth it to go to the toilet bowls they are forced into… I’m looking at you crappy teams with no fans.

by chip24spb on May 19, 2011 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions