I would hand Rick George a $25 M check to do with as he pleased.
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What would you build at CU if you won the half billion $ powerball?
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jizzrag85
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I forgot about those statues. Thanks for the laugh, those things were ghastly!
You could finally become middle class!!
Cool !! It's one of my long term goals....
Isn't that called Longmont?
Williams Village?
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This prone statue of the buffalo would be donated to NDSU.
Buffs don’t lay down. I hate that stupid lazy statue (that got ridden by ASU Sparky). Get up!
And then replace it with a well endowed bull bison that stands proud and has a sack the size of cannon balls.
Then dynamite Gamow Tower. That eyesore has obstructed the view of the FlatIrons for way too long.
Establish a men’s lacrosse program.
Add a hockey rink & a hockey program.
And then launch a scholarship based men’s and womens cycling program that is second to none.
Buffs don’t lay down. I hate that stupid lazy statue (that got ridden by ASU Sparky). Get up!
And then replace it with a well endowed bull bison that stands proud and has a sack the size of cannon balls.
Then dynamite Gamow Tower. That eyesore has obstructed the view of the FlatIrons for way too long.
Establish a men’s lacrosse program.
Add a hockey rink & a hockey program.
And then launch a scholarship based men’s and womens cycling program that is second to none.
Couldn’t you just pay Nick Saban or Urban Meyer $15m/year to come here and win Nattys? The rest of the stadium renovations and improvements would be a by-product.
i'd build a stack of empty whisky bottles the height of folsom field. it might take me a little time. then, i would have the glass melted into a giant statue of ralphie. then, i would have the statute raised to the flatirons where it would be adored by the masses. meanwhile, i would grow a really long gray beard and carry a staff and wear a robe and walk the earth, preaching the glory of the Buffalo.
oh, and i'd have like 12 really hot disciples... and they would follow me from town to town, having adventures and such. plus, someone needs to carry the booze and things.
and, if that didn't work out... hookers and blow.
oh, and i'd have like 12 really hot disciples... and they would follow me from town to town, having adventures and such. plus, someone needs to carry the booze and things.
and, if that didn't work out... hookers and blow.
I would purchase the PAC 12 Network and then sell it to ESPN for lifetime tickets to all major sporting events on the court or field, and a lifetime job as the Director of PAC 12 Sports Programming. Could also be a part of the new 8 team playoff, that will never allow G5 schools into it!
Then with said new network, we could guarantee at least $80 million + to each PAC 12 school.
With said annual income from new TV network, CU would take what is needed to complete the stadium with many of the ideas already listed, especially filling in all the sides, and fixing up Balch.
PS, I would have already given my wife 50% the minute the check cleared as per usual! We are still married of course, but Eddie Murphy always says you have to give HALF!
Then with said new network, we could guarantee at least $80 million + to each PAC 12 school.
With said annual income from new TV network, CU would take what is needed to complete the stadium with many of the ideas already listed, especially filling in all the sides, and fixing up Balch.
PS, I would have already given my wife 50% the minute the check cleared as per usual! We are still married of course, but Eddie Murphy always says you have to give HALF!
"Swamp Yankee" is the NE version of "redneck"
Of course some New Hampshire-ite won it.
Is there a derogatory word for people from New Hampshire?
Didn't rick neheisel do the first part already?
Men’s Lacrosse
wyomingBUFF
Well-Known Member
1). Top off the Drive to 105
2) Add $250k to annual marketing budget for x years
3). Add $250k to recruiting budget (can you do this or does NCAA mandate an amount?) for x years
4). Can we add quality control staff a la Bama? Is that a Money thing that falls outside of assistant coach limit numbers?
All of this makes me realize I don’t know enough about how the biz of CU football works. Anyone have an article or book suggestion?
2) Add $250k to annual marketing budget for x years
3). Add $250k to recruiting budget (can you do this or does NCAA mandate an amount?) for x years
4). Can we add quality control staff a la Bama? Is that a Money thing that falls outside of assistant coach limit numbers?
All of this makes me realize I don’t know enough about how the biz of CU football works. Anyone have an article or book suggestion?
Mens Soccer. Convert Folsom (remove first few rows that have **** visibility anyways) to accommodate wider soccer pitch.
An olympic sized pool and a varsity swim program, in addition to many of the things mentioned prior.
Not to be a wet blanket, but I wouldn't give anything substantial in the first year. A $500M Powerball ticket nets you about 1/3 of that in cash after the reduction for the cash value and the tax man gets after it. So call it $134M. I would be deathly afraid of becoming yet another of the alarmingly high percentage of Lottery Winners that end up bankrupt.
Out of the gate I would:
1) Buy a suite for the next 20 years - what's the going rate on that these days, $1.5M? Then earmark 4 tickets a game for charities such as Boys Club of America
2) Make an equal donation to the Athletic Drive for 105 fund - and match that with an academic donation
3) Buy a small condo in Boulder so I don't have anymore crazy AirBnB stories for night games (and start attending more BBall games)
4) Match the total of 1&2 with a donation to my church
5) Help out immediate family but no friends
6) Buy SOME, but not much real estate
7) Go hide in a bunker for a few years and see how things shake out
Goal would be to still have $100M after all that.
Once I have a grip on my new standard of living and finances in a few years, then I would make a substantial donation - somewhere between 5-10% depending on market behavior in the interim - and a matching donation to other charities.
Maybe that makes me a freak, but when the wide ranging stats show anywhere from a 1/3 to 3/4 of lottery winners end up broke, I would want to settle in first before doing anything crazy.
I would ensure my will dictates the estate gets split 3 ways: 1/3 to each of two children, and the remaining 1/3 to charities, including CU.
Out of the gate I would:
1) Buy a suite for the next 20 years - what's the going rate on that these days, $1.5M? Then earmark 4 tickets a game for charities such as Boys Club of America
2) Make an equal donation to the Athletic Drive for 105 fund - and match that with an academic donation
3) Buy a small condo in Boulder so I don't have anymore crazy AirBnB stories for night games (and start attending more BBall games)
4) Match the total of 1&2 with a donation to my church
5) Help out immediate family but no friends
6) Buy SOME, but not much real estate
7) Go hide in a bunker for a few years and see how things shake out
Goal would be to still have $100M after all that.
Once I have a grip on my new standard of living and finances in a few years, then I would make a substantial donation - somewhere between 5-10% depending on market behavior in the interim - and a matching donation to other charities.
Maybe that makes me a freak, but when the wide ranging stats show anywhere from a 1/3 to 3/4 of lottery winners end up broke, I would want to settle in first before doing anything crazy.
I would ensure my will dictates the estate gets split 3 ways: 1/3 to each of two children, and the remaining 1/3 to charities, including CU.
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I forgot one more thing...a world-class curling facility.Either a 300 statue of me or if endow the Bufffan68 Chair of Alcohol Studies.
This post is way too serious.
What would I do, Highlander asks.
Two words:
Space elevator.
Disluke
Kameltosis
Well-Known Member
Some **** stain won the mega millions jackpot from the 7-11 by our house. Why is it always Florida?
There’s another knebraska fan in your area?
Cause people in Florida buy lots of tickets:
I'm trying to find the same data, but not on a per capita basis. I had to go off of population data. Florida has the fourth highest population. Only NY and CA spend more total on lottery tickets. So, you'd expect most winners to come from these states.
| State | Population Ranking | Population Census Data: 2013 Total lottery spend ($Millions) |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | 38,332,521 | 5,396 |
| Texas | 2 | 26,448,193 | 4,056 |
| New York | 3 | 19,651,127 | 7,820 |
| Florida | 4 | 19,552,860 | 5,116 |
With that kind of cash, I would also give to many of the suggestions already made on this thread. However, I would start at Sackygate and make it the most bad ass enviable tailgate on campus based upon Sackys suggestions. A bus to transport AllBuff members to & from home games. Then Balch Field house, pay for top tier coaches/recruiters, individual padded seats at Folsom, new scoreboards, etc; etc; etc; Ohh and Hookers & Blow!