OT: Oregon's new Football complex
I thought our facilities were sweet, but Phil Knight one up'd us.
http://www.goducks.com//PhotoAlbum.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=500&PALBID=970348
probably the coolest facilities i have ever viewed...but O's still small, so we got that going for us
Holy shit. How is that possible? Our CEO's need to step up and get missile defense systems in the home end zone or something. That looks like an evil scientist's penthouse from every James Bond movie.
the article is from a few years ago, but Phil Knight pays for everything there (unfortunately its written by Rosenberg): http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/michael_rosenberg/01/06/oregon.knight/index.html
All i know is that program is screwed when he passes.
Damnit I knew I should have been born a highly gifted athlete. That place is amazing.
I too turned down being a gifted athlete at birth. Damn.
I don't suppose that design/style would be for everyone, but it works for me. Pretty sweet.
Thats why they'll never beat the SEC
They've got it covered. Tiny, but covered.
Am I the only one? If I were on a visit as a recruit I'd think this is ridiculous and just too much.
Yes.
they can hook up a PS3 or Xbox 360 to the 64 screen video wall...
I am not a teenager and that was my thought... all the natural light and floor to ceiling windows in many of the rooms makes me want to hang out there all day.
Are you thinking with the mindset of a 16 yr old , many of which have grown up in poverty or "poor" or "middle class" and are not exposed to many sparkly things? Or a man 5, 10, 20, 30 years into manhood who has a decent lifestyle and such?
But you have to keep in mind, at this point everyone has nice facilities. It's only a matter of degree of niceness. It's not like Oregon's recruiting rivals train in places like the IM Building.
Well I'm only 3-4 years older than the kids being recruited. I can definitely see why people would be blown away, but I guess I'd be looking for facilities that make me say "wow this is pretty awesome!" instead of "ZOMG WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN..." if that makes any sense.
Interesting - how did my double-post get sandwiched around another poster's post?
Other than the totally sickkkkk pictures on the lockers and the sweeeeet mural in the weightroom, that might be the best/most aesthetically pleasing athletic facility I've ever seen.
Exactly. My thought as I was clicking through the pictures was that it reminded me of a resort or corporate retreat.
No one in the country should have better facilities then the all time winningest program in football.
I feel like one season of profits from our home games in football would pay for these :-)
Quick math:
113,000 x avg 100.00 tix = 11.5 million x 7 games = 80.5 million roughly just off tickets.
We should have a damn interactive hologram of Charles Woodson coaching on the field for the cash we roll in.
Havin fun here in this post but damn! Those are impressive.
I agree. Would should have all of that stuff.
Hey, I know! . . .we can use the seat cushion rental fees to pay for it.
Doesn't seem right does it? Something is off. It's almost like they put make up on some of the facilities and didn't go all out like bama and Oregon.
I love Michigan but I feel we can have all of this if not better.
Maybe its because Michigan uses that money to predominantly fund 27 sports teams/programs (25 excluding hockey and bball which may fund themselves) with profits secured primarily by football revenues whereas Oregon and Phil Knight only has 17 programs. I bet if we dropped those extra 10 sports, our facilities (which are kick ass and ever improving) can be excessively showy like Oregons.
I understand and agree with you, but I still believe we can match the ducks and ride plus support all sports. We are number 3 I believe in all of sports I terms of revenue vs Texas being 1.
Dude, take a look at the recruiting rankings. Oregon is looking up to us (as usual), not the other way around.
For the record they definitely not slumming it in AA.
...it looks like Oregon raked in $6.7 billion in revenues in the fourth quarter alone.
http://nikeinc.com/earnings/news/nike-inc-reports-fy2013-q4-and-full-ye…
Looks like the Ross B-School on steriods.
Came here to comment the exact same thing. It looks strikingly similar to Ross.
To say that these facilities are cool would be to understate the matter - these are very eye-catching indeed, in my opinion. Very modern, streamlined and efficient look throughout.
This is for press conference, postgame interviews, and I assume city council meetings and, perhaps in a dystopian future, Ingsoc meetings. The caption also talks about confessional-style booths for one-on-one interviews too. Very awesome.
Yeah, that room looks straight out of 1984. The rest of the facilities look pretty sweet though.
We're in an arms race where we have to build facilities for these kids that rival the Pentagon.
I understand what you are saying though.
I always thought it was this guy?
Football is everything. Period.
I have seen some pictures come up lately from the facilities of other schools and some (like Oregon's) are unbelievable.
Just after RR was hired, I remember reading that Barwis had the weightroom re-designed but are there any plans for a new facility? Some of the ones I have seen absolutely blow UM's out of the water.
My Fiances brother did a lot of the electrical work in the Oregon's facility. The picture doesn't show it but there is a pool inside as well. They built the pool which cost thousands of dollars and they didn't like it, so they tore it out and built a new one.
A barbershop...really? I claim violation simply because I am jealous they dont have to pay $15 every 5 weeks for a trim.
and those players want more money to cover extra costs....Geeeeze...greeedy lil bastards
What are the NCAA rules on providing athletes with meals/snacks? I always though this was forbidden but more teams seem to be doing it now and building full service cafeterias.
It is like how players that didn't need the scholarship would give it up so they could recruit another poor kid that would need the ride.
Amateur athletics right there folks.
While it's a smaller scale project, here's what the inside of Schembechler Hall will look like once the rennovations are completed.
http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/misaabguy/library/?sort=9&page=1
It's more like a country club or resort than a football facility. I wouldn't want to train in that weight room. I'm sure they have all the best equipment in there, but it looks too...idk country club/health club esque...not an environment that makes you want to get after it. Still super nice though.