and to first latch onto the Achilles of the nearest gris playerAFCAT wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:35 amAny live bobcat on the sidelines has to be trained to run out on the field and recover the tee after the kickoff and return it.coloradocat wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:18 amMaybe the article just forgot to mention the live bobcat they are donating that will sit on the sidelines during home games.MSU01 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:07 amIt's certainly a game-changing gift but I doubt it's THE gift that's being rumored/discussed here.wapiti wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2025 9:27 amIs this the game changing gift?
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MSU to receive Game Changing Big Gift?
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No, just his wife. Apparently, he inherited a lot of his money, but he worked as well.
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Oh good, just like Santa at Christmas.
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A friend of a friend who heard a former coach talk about a rumor he heard on an internet fan board that referenced a part time reporter in another state that gave vague references to a gift, makes me think the possibility exists that this could maybe be true.
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And in the end, they found that the friendship and camaraderie they found on BobcatNation was the greatest gift of all.
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And then they decided to drop some money into Bobcat Nation, so none of us ever have to see the add at the top of the screen again!
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So can we go after Mike McFeely with pitchforks and torches since he bloviated about this big gift in the first place?
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I’d say he’s fair game at this point.JoeCatsJoe wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 8:28 amSo can we go after Mike McFeely with pitchforks and torches since he bloviated about this big gift in the first place?
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Both of these posts are stupid. Just let this hoax die.MTnative wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 1:46 amI’d say he’s fair game at this point.JoeCatsJoe wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 8:28 amSo can we go after Mike McFeely with pitchforks and torches since he bloviated about this big gift in the first place?
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The rumor started with multiple sources. None of them has come forward to say that it's unfounded. Which begs the question: other than the passing of time (6.5 months), what evidence is there that it isn't happening?
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Leon said they are announcing an updated facilities master plan this summer. IF there has been a big donation that will rebuild the stadium or something of that magnitude, it would be an appropriate time to announce that.
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Don’t know if it is true or not, I have always thought it wasn’t and stated that.It had that Peter Fields vibe about the stadium expansion release that was nothing but a pipe dream back then. I do find it concerning how things work now, it takes like two people online to say something and then it magically becomes fact.it’s ridiculous and in the end the people look stupid or desperate for affirmation to the logical person, but to the masses on social media, it is just passed along as “oh well”. Social media is the worst.
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I’m looking forward to seeing that. Hard to believe that we’re what, 7-8 years into that 20 year plan already?
And multiple things have been checked off that list.
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What exactly did the multiple sources say or write? How specific were these sources to what the gift would be? Have the sources mentioned the gift more than once or just the one time? Has anyone at MSU even hinted at a big gift?

I'd love for this to be true.
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Hey man, I was just kidding around. Although getting hopes up to be potentially dashed is no fun, I certainly don’t have my torches lit nor my pitchforks sharpened lolallcat wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 6:57 amBoth of these posts are stupid. Just let this hoax die.MTnative wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 1:46 amI’d say he’s fair game at this point.JoeCatsJoe wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 8:28 amSo can we go after Mike McFeely with pitchforks and torches since he bloviated about this big gift in the first place?
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That's not how rumors work. They aren't assumed to be true until the people that start them admit otherwise. It's up to the people pushing the rumor to provide evidence, not up to us to prove that something made up isn't true.
This is why people don't respect "journalism".
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I have no doubt that MSU is working their butts off all the time to continue to fundraise for continued facility improvements, so I still think there's at least some truth to this rumor. The part of it that always sounded sketchy to me was the timing, that an announcement was going to be coming right after the season ended. Of course, one person says that, the rumor catches on, everyone gets their hopes up and the only possible result is disappointment when it doesn't happen right away.