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    NRF sell-out?

    It'd depend on the contract specifics, but generally yes Northwestern's AD should be making money on any event that takes place at the stadium (which would include something like this). For a game like this, I'd venture that the two schools get a good split of the ticket revenue while...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    I get it and generally I agree with you (and others who lament the changes that have happened). The AD (and Ryan family) stuck a finger in the air and realized which way the wind was blowing. I'd also just say that this is likely only the beginning. Even here at NU, I wouldn't be surprised if...
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    NU is ranked 25th in AP poll

    We've had tough road schedules since the conference expanded in 2024 so I wouldn't be worried per se. @purdue and @Maryland in 2024 were the only "easy" road games that we've had since 2024 (and we won both of those). 2025 was all tough road games (and we won the Penn State game). This year...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    One other reminder: (which supports @Purple Pile Driver's point): In this new stadium especially: something like 10% of the seats will generate around 40+% of the revenue (and those will be sold out at pretty much every game for the foreseeable future). So that's 3000-4000 of our purple fans...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    Everyone just has to take a step back and reflect for a moment: We just had 35k for the opener and 25k+ for a 1-5 Ball State team. Reminder: past 2 seasons every game has been at 12k on campus and in 2023 the highest game attended was the old RF finale against Purdue with 23,291. In other...
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    NU is ranked 25th in AP poll

    I hope it's not. Chiles return to Michigan State and Fitz facing his former team are individual stories that while important yes, shouldn't overshadow that it's Northwestern vs Michigan State and Northwestern has a far superior team. On paper, this game should not be close. In the Braun era...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    Pat Ryan Jr. said they've been trying to get all of them done ASAP but only Verizon was able to get it done before the stadium got used. He said AT&T will get done next year and they're trying to get T-Mobile in as well. It's on the 3 companies to send their teams in and get the antennas...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    AT&T is going to integrate antennas in 2027; T-Mobile isn't scheduled yet. Verizon is the only one that's done at the new stadium, so yeah only Verizon should be getting great service in there.
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    SEC and Big Ten would support 23 at-large bids with 1 G6 auto. There won't be many if any auto-bids because there won't be CCGs and the like. At most, they might guarantee 1 G6 bid. SEC/Big Ten/ACC/Big 12 will likely be fine without any guarantees since "strength of schedule/strength of...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    Depends what happens with the CFP. I think we need to be making the CFP every few years if we do see a 24 team CFP. Basically would be 23 or 24 out of the top 25 teams at the end of the season. 8-4 with a tough schedule basically gets you in >50% and 9-3 is guaranteed. That requires...
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    NRF pricing going to be a huge problem

    The most important thing is winning and playing an exciting brand of football. Right now, we look to have that this year (which is extremely important in the first year of the stadium). [Look at Indiana which had a lot of empty seats in their non-conference games the past 2 years but sold out...
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    OT Fleck

    I used to be the same on Fleck. I think most people viewed him as a caricature and largely in it for self-promotion (the whole Row the Boat brand building) at Minnesota. And that he would take a flight out to a bigger program quickly. But he's stuck to it there and they've had solid seasons...
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    After opening new Ryan Field, some reflections on how much went right since Summer 2023

    Yeah I'll echo you and @eastbaycat99 on how important 2023 was. 2023 is perhaps at the bottom for lowest expectations going into a season of Northwestern football in the post-Barnett era. I believe it had the lowest win/loss odds of any season since we've had modern season odds (somewhere...
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    After opening new Ryan Field, some reflections on how much went right since Summer 2023

    I remember a bit more than 3 years ago as (more than justified) worries over a 2nd Dark Age descended upon us; it felt like there was a legit chance that everything we had been building here would fall apart at the worst possible time with CFB in massive upheaval nationally: 1) the University...
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    Um we gotta be ranked after this right?

    Just need to focus on winning the next 3 games. Rankings will take care of themselves if we get to 6-1.
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