'26 VA RB Savion Hiter

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Dansky said:
I’d think you were joking. Michigan has a large number of wealthy alumni. I would think a lot more than UT.
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You're saying I am joking and then make a statement you're not even sure about. Larry Ellison is the one I am aware of. And yes, he is in another stratosphere of anyone else. Not sure they have any others even to the level of the 6 or 7 we have. Not to mention it's Ellison's wife that is Michigan alumni. I'm not sure how interested he is in with the NIL spending war seeing he has really only significantly been involved with getting one player.. Sounds like Underwood was a favor to the wife.
 
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BelievetheHeup2022 said:
You're saying I am joking and then make a statement you're not even sure about. Larry Ellison is the one I am aware of. And yes, he is in another stratosphere of anyone else. Not sure they have any others even to the level of the 6 or 7 we have. Not to mention it's Ellison's wife that is Michigan alumni. I'm not sure how interested he is in with the NIL spending war seeing he has really only significantly been involved with getting one player.. Sounds like Underwood was a favor to the wife.
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Tennessee’s endowment is at $1.4B.

Michigan’s endowment is at $18B.

The prestige of Michigan is unmatched by any public university other than UCLA, which means their alumni network and wealth is among the tops in America.

That doesn’t mean it goes to football. But the potential for fundraising at Michigan is exponentially greater than it is at Tennessee.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tennessee’s endowment is at $1.4B.

Michigan’s endowment is at $18B.

The prestige of Michigan is unmatched by any public university other than UCLA, which means their alumni network and wealth is among the tops in America.

That doesn’t mean it goes to football. But the potential for fundraising at Michigan is exponentially greater than it is at Tennessee.
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Who are UT’s wealthiest alums?
The Haslems?
Peyton?
The Dish Network guy?
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tennessee’s endowment is at $1.4B.

Michigan’s endowment is at $18B.

The prestige of Michigan is unmatched by any public university other than UCLA, which means their alumni network and wealth is among the tops in America.

That doesn’t mean it goes to football. But the potential for fundraising at Michigan is exponentially greater than it is at Tennessee.
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Texas endowment is almost 50B
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Tennessee’s endowment is at $1.4B.

Michigan’s endowment is at $18B.

The prestige of Michigan is unmatched by any public university other than UCLA, which means their alumni network and wealth is among the tops in America.

That doesn’t mean it goes to football. But the potential for fundraising at Michigan is exponentially greater than it is at Tennessee.
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Fundraising for sports and endowment are two different things. First example, Dr. Min Kao is worth $7 billion and has given a lot of money to academics at UT but to my knowledge no money to sports.
 
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OrangeVolMan said:
Fundraising for sports and endowment are two different things. First example, Dr. Min Kao is worth $7 billion and has given a lot of money to academics at UT but to my knowledge no money to sports.
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Exactly, and last I checked we were talking about sports. Not every billionaire that graduates from a university takes an active role in the athletic department. We are fortunate that we have quite a few that do such as the Haslem family, Charlie Ergen, Charlie Anderson, & Thunder Thorton just to name a few. The whole point was someone named dropped Dave Portnoy as to why we may not land Hiter. My comment was to say Portnoy, while wealthy, is a long ways away from what a lot of our donors have and are willing to donate. I'm sure Michigan has big money donors as well, but if Portnoy was their biggest donor, they would be in trouble. Ellison was mentioned and he's not even a Michigan alum. He just helped secure an in state prospect because his wife wanted him to. Peyton is probably closing in a billion with his production company he started 4 or 5 years ago. The point is we have a lot of rich guys invested in the success of our athletic program and can spend with the best of them.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Good catch. Michigan is more prestigious, but Texas has more oil money.
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A&M is also up there as far as donations and fundraising. SMU also had quite a few billionaires in their hay day but I’m not sure how many are still alive today. Texas football though is just a different stratosphere as far as fundraising. Football is a sport in Michigan; in Texas it’s life to a lot of people. Imagine Alabama fans but without the sister humping and with oil money instead of boiled peanut money.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
That’s system wide. Not the University or Texas at Austin.
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Seriously? Splitting hairs here. Texas on any given day can muster more money than any other public university program. AM might surpass them out of pure hatred of them.

And I’ll be clear I hate these bastards but they have more money than anyone else in the college football game.
 
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When you have 80k students at a school you obviously have a lot more alumni each year who become donors. 2-3x than other sec schools.
Personally can’t imagine going to a school that big.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Seriously? Splitting hairs here. Texas on any given day can muster more money than any other public university program. AM might surpass them out of pure hatred of them.

And I’ll be clear I hate these bastards but they have more money than anyone else in the college football game.
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I’m not splitting hairs. The difference between the system endowment and the individual school is 25 billion dollars and a difference of over 50% of what was reported. I didn’t say they couldn’t buy whomever they want. I’m just saying that they don’t have 50 billion dollars. That’s not my opinion, it’s a matter of actual fact.
 
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Vfl2407 said:
Who are UT’s wealthiest alums?
The Haslems?
Peyton?
The Dish Network guy?
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Jimmy Haslam 8.5 billion
Min Kao (Garmin) 7.2
Bill Haslam 5.1
Charles Ergen 3.6

That's the only info I could find through google, and I had to look it up. We are definitely behind a lot of schools. I imagine they will keep having to jack up ticket prices to keep up with the Jones's.
 
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VolDC said:
Jimmy Haslam 8.5 billion
Min Kao (Garmin) 7.2
Bill Haslam 5.1
Charles Ergen 3.6

That's the only info I could find through google, and I had to look it up. We are definitely behind a lot of schools. I imagine they will keep having to jack up ticket prices to keep up with the Jones's.
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Which one's? And who are the major donors to their athletic program? For instance, you can take Min Kao off of the list since he doesn't donate anything to our athletic department. The latest ranking I saw for which school is generating the most NIL money had Tennessee at 9th. On3 had an article out that had Sprye as the 2nd strongest collective. Again, it's not about who has rich alumni, it's who has rich alumni that are invested in the athletic department.
 
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BelievetheHeup2022 said:
Which one's? And who are the major donors to their athletic program? For instance, you can take Min Kao off of the list since he doesn't donate anything to our athletic department. The latest ranking I saw for which school is generating the most NIL money had Tennessee at 9th. On3 had an article out that had Sprye as the 2nd strongest collective. Again, it's not about who has rich alumni, it's who has rich alumni that are invested in the athletic department.
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I just googled billionaire UT alumni. That's all we have according to that search. I don't know how you expect to find out whom is actually giving to the athletic department. Our NIL collective will have to generate most of it's money through ticket prices. We are under gunned in the billionaire department.
 
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VolDC said:
I just googled billionaire UT alumni. That's all we have according to that search. I don't know how you expect to find out whom is actually giving to the athletic department. Our NIL collective will have to generate most of it's money through ticket prices. We are under gunned in the billionaire department.
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Google doesn't catch everything. And net worth is a moving target if someone doesn't have to provide that information. I personally know people at Sprye and have an idea who the donors are. Charlie Anderson and Thunder Thornton are thought to have over a billion. Randy Boyd could possibly be in the group but has never been confirmed. He's been pulling in 40-50 million a year according to past publications with all of his business ventures. Bill Sansom of HT Hackney could be in that group. Larry Pratt that started the check cashing places is loaded. Basically, you have no clue who has what. You say we are 'under gunned' then tell me which schools are out gunning us and who are the billionaires that annually donate to their athletic department?
 
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Volman678 said:
Michigan Writers still have Michigan by the slightest margins heres to hoping they are dumb as Ohio St mods.

here is the link in case people wanted to see some proof Michigan recruiting stock report: Elite running back buzz
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Not seeing where it was stated that Michigan lead by the slightest of margins

Hiter locked in his Aug. 19 commitment date recently, and it still feels like his decision will come down to Michigan and Tennessee. The top-ranked, elite running back prospect out of Mineral (Va.) Louisa County High is the No. 8 recruit in the nation. He’s keeping his decision extremely quiet, so any sweeping conclusions or predictions around his recruitment are probably misplaced at this point. With that said, a final decision is approaching quickly. Michigan’s relationship with Hiter keeps the Wolverines in very strong contention here.
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Volman678 said:
In that article he gives Michigan a 51 percent chance
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sry it's in his follow up...

What info/intel makes it a stick up for hiter?
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We have the decision date, and there's just general optimism around his recruitment.

It's still incredibly close, and I don't think his recruitment is wrapped up yet but, if I had to make a pick today, I'd go with Michigan. I'm aligned with EJ— 51/49 odds in U-M's favor.
 
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Volman678 said:
sry it's in his follow up...


We have the decision date, and there's just general optimism around his recruitment.

It's still incredibly close, and I don't think his recruitment is wrapped up yet but, if I had to make a pick today, I'd go with Michigan. I'm aligned with EJ— 51/49 odds in U-M's favor.
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That's called homerism.
 
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