Lane Train: $13.5M offer from Florida

[Mavsker]

3 National titles, just like FU. FU has won in your lifetime, but a lifetime ago and were nothing before that.

Florida has won 10% of the national titles awarded in the last 20 year and 30 year periods

The last time Ole Miss won a NC JFK was still alive

 

[Mavsker]

We are.

When are people going to wake up and realize this shit 😂

 

[cwessel76]

I love Oxford! I don't care for the Summers there, but in the Fall is nice and I like the downtown. I don't care either way on Starkville, and would only go for a game.

Agree to disagree on MS.

I know you will likely disagree on this but AL surprised the hell out of me. Huntsville and Birmingham are great cities.

 

[Dawgsauce]

Florida has won 10% of the national titles awarded in the last 20 year and 30 year periods

The last time Ole Miss won a NC JFK was still alive

Don't care

 

[Dawgsauce]

Agree to disagree on MS.

I know you will likely disagree on this but AL surprised the hell out of me. Huntsville and Birmingham are great cities.

I agree. I also paddled from Northern Al to the gulf and most of the people were incredibly nice to a fault. I didn't cook the last week and a half. People came out in boats bringing loaded coolers and meals once word got out I was on their stretch of river. Also the best chili dog is in Opelika.

 

[Bulldog10]

It’s the South. They will use tax payer money, spend every dollar they have for the foosball. Considering rev share of $15mm for foosball it isn’t that difficult for an entire state to come up with $15-$25mm for NIL every year. You just have to get the boosters to go in vs our retarded ones who hold it for certain benchmarks and cuck the whole program for their personal egos and power trips.

You do know Florida’s in the south too, right?

 

[gtlacey]

lol like that has anything to do with how successful their college football team is. Alabama is slightly less poor. Georgia is also in the top 10 poorest states by salary.

Watch out for UCONN - super rich state just waiting to build a football powerhouse

According to FRED, I don't think Georgia is bottom 10 in many economic indicators.

2024, Release Tables: Real Median Household Income by State, Annual | FRED | St. Louis Fed

Release Table for 2024, Release Tables: Real Median Household Income by State, Annual. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.

fred.stlouisfed.org

 

[Flabio]

You do know Florida’s in the south too, right?

Florida is kind of the south and kind of not. I am more talking about the Deep South.

 

[Bulldog10]

Florida is kind of the south and kind of not. I am more talking about the Deep South.

So Alabama and Georgia are the South but the state that’s South of them isn’t, gotcha.

 

[Scott Hall]

My in-laws are from Nebraska but live in AL now. When they drive back to NE or back home to AL they will purposely go out of their way and time it up so they can get a full tank of gas in MS because according to my FIL, it’s a very poor state so they have very low gas tax.
I haven’t worked up the courage to ask him how poor is he that he needs to do this to save a couple dollars in gas.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

According to FRED, I don't think Georgia is bottom 10 in many economic indicators.

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2024, Release Tables: Real Median Household Income by State, Annual | FRED | St. Louis Fed

Release Table for 2024, Release Tables: Real Median Household Income by State, Annual. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.

fred.stlouisfed.org

Was going by ChatGPT. Not that it matters where exactly GA is on list - still proves you don’t need to
be in a wealthy state to have a good college football team. In fact - looks like it makes you worse.

States ranked by per-capita personal income (2024, current dollars)​

1. Massachusetts — $93,927
2. Connecticut — $93,235
3. Wyoming — $85,945
4. New York — $85,733
5. California — $85,518
6. New Jersey — $84,071
7. Washington — $83,938
8. New Hampshire — $82,878
9. Colorado — $82,705
10. Maryland — $78,538
11. Virginia — $77,093
12. Alaska — $75,247
13. Minnesota — $74,943
14. Illinois — $74,197
15. South Dakota — $73,959
16. Nebraska — $71,859
17. Pennsylvania — $71,148
18. North Dakota — $70,966
19. Oregon — $70,685
20. Florida — $70,390
21. Vermont — $70,086
22. Rhode Island — $69,936
23. Hawaii — $69,520
24. Delaware — $69,282
25. Nevada — $68,657
26. Maine — $68,129
27. Kansas — $68,038
28. Texas — $67,942
29. Montana — $67,615
30. Wisconsin — $67,586
31. Utah — $66,443
32. Tennessee — $64,908
33. North Carolina — $64,855
34. Missouri — $64,740
35. Arizona — $64,456
36. Ohio — $64,225
37. Indiana — $63,802
38. Cockeye — $63,573
39. Michigan — $63,221
40. Oklahoma — $62,661
41. Georgia — $62,393
42. Idaho — $61,836
43. Louisiana — $61,332
44. South Carolina — $59,995
45. Arkansas — $59,663
46. New Mexico — $57,652
47. Kentucky — $57,526
48. Alabama — $56,684
49. West Virginia — $55,138
50. Mississippi — $52,017

 

[ChocaEgg]

Ole Miss is low pressure and he can probably make in the ball park of what Florida would pay him? Why move?

To get the fuck out of Mississippi...

 

[cwessel76]

So Alabama and Georgia are the South but the state that’s South of them isn’t, gotcha.

It’s really not. I mean the panhandle and North Florida definitely feel like the South but once you get south of there it’s all swamp rats, alligators, and meth heads.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

To get the fuck out of Mississippi...

If you haven't been to a Waldo's Chicken and Beer, you'd take that back

 

[cwessel76]

If you haven't been to a Waldo's Chicken and Beer, you'd take that back

 

[gtlacey]

Was going by ChatGPT. Not that it matters where exactly GA is on list - still proves you don’t need to
be in a wealthy state to have a good college football team. In fact - looks like it makes you worse.

States ranked by per-capita personal income (2024, current dollars)​

1. Massachusetts — $93,927
2. Connecticut — $93,235
3. Wyoming — $85,945
4. New York — $85,733
5. California — $85,518
6. New Jersey — $84,071
7. Washington — $83,938
8. New Hampshire — $82,878
9. Colorado — $82,705
10. Maryland — $78,538
11. Virginia — $77,093
12. Alaska — $75,247
13. Minnesota — $74,943
14. Illinois — $74,197
15. South Dakota — $73,959
16. Nebraska — $71,859
17. Pennsylvania — $71,148
18. North Dakota — $70,966
19. Oregon — $70,685
20. Florida — $70,390
21. Vermont — $70,086
22. Rhode Island — $69,936
23. Hawaii — $69,520
24. Delaware — $69,282
25. Nevada — $68,657
26. Maine — $68,129
27. Kansas — $68,038
28. Texas — $67,942
29. Montana — $67,615
30. Wisconsin — $67,586
31. Utah — $66,443
32. Tennessee — $64,908
33. North Carolina — $64,855
34. Missouri — $64,740
35. Arizona — $64,456
36. Ohio — $64,225
37. Indiana — $63,802
38. Cockeye — $63,573
39. Michigan — $63,221
40. Oklahoma — $62,661
41. Georgia — $62,393
42. Idaho — $61,836
43. Louisiana — $61,332
44. South Carolina — $59,995
45. Arkansas — $59,663
46. New Mexico — $57,652
47. Kentucky — $57,526
48. Alabama — $56,684
49. West Virginia — $55,138
50. Mississippi — $52,017

Gotcha. I think generally Gerogia is on the wealthier side of the southern states.

My view is in the NIL Era, endowment size will be a good proxy for future success (excluding Ivies). It won't be a perfect predictor (still need good coaches and buy in from fans), but should be decent.

Look at the last 4 finalists in the Championship. All pretty wealthy schools. I don't think it's a coincidence that by year 3 of NIL, the SEC didn't put a team even in the finals for two straight years. That ended 17 straight years. There will be outliers, Bama could win again this year. But I think over the next ten years, this trend will get stronger.

 

[Flabio]

So Alabama and Georgia are the South but the state that’s South of them isn’t, gotcha.

Tampa and Jupiter, FL south do not feel like the Deep South Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia to me.

 

[herbsinator]

Tampa and Jupiter, FL south do not feel like the Deep South Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia to me.

There’s a big difference between Jupiter and Gainsville

 

[V-Doub]

I wouldn’t let my dog take a piss in MS. Oxford is a shithole and Starkville is an even bigger shithole.

100% Mississippi is a notorious shithole of a state. But that wasn’t my point. My point was, Mississippi may be poor as fuck, but that doesn’t mean the University of Mississippi is poor as fuck.

 

[Dawgsauce]

So Alabama and Georgia are the South but the state that’s South of them isn’t, gotcha.

Panhandle and very Northern bit including the Suwannee River is the South. Below that the further you go South the further North you go. Belize is an exception and not in the U.S, but it's pretty damn Southern.