Dear Bobcat Family,
It’s the fourth quarter. The Bobcats have been moving the ball steadily down the field. We’re in the red zone, and now it’s first and goal. What happens next?
It's your call.
We’re just $1.5 million shy of the $18 million goal for Phase I of the MSU Athletic Master Plan, and we’re poised to push into the endzone.
Phase I, which includes the Bobcat Athletic Complex and Academic Excellence Center, will provide a 40,000-square foot, state-of-the-art football operations, training and rehabilitation facility and an expanded 3,400-square foot student-athlete academic center. It’s a project in which every single Bobcat student-athlete will benefit, as will the entire university, and greater MSU community.
To enable our Bobcat athletic teams to remain competitive, both in recruiting and on game days, we must provide facilities that are centers of excellence—that attract the best student-athletes and develop them into champions academically, athletically and socially. Phase I does just that.
But it's even bigger than that.
Athletics is often described as the front porch of a university. Bobcat Athletics provides a highly-visible platform for Montana State to celebrate the many things that make us truly exceptional. We help shape the reputation of the university, build loyalty, stoke passion and strengthen the bond between MSU and communities across the state. Phase I allows us to take it all to a whole new level.
The clock is winding down.
Will you be part of the team that pushes us over the goal line? Make your contribution online today or text "BOBCATS" to 41444 to make a gift via your smartphone.
Thank you for being part of the Bobcat family and for your support to help provide Bobcat Athletics with centers of excellence that contribute to the overall greatness of Montana State University.
Go 'Cats!
Leon Costello
Director of Athletics
Montana State University
P.S. If you've already given to the Bobcat Athletic Complex and Academic Excellence Center, thank you. Will you please consider another gift to get us into the endzone?
Facilities - Coach Choate
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Received this email this morning with info on how to donate via text or through Alumni:
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Is the hydrotherapy room going to be the main upgrade we’ll have over the griz’s center for kids who try real hard?
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I just want to see some very detailed plans of what this thing is going to look like. It would be pretty amazing if the fundraising took off and they were able to do the North end bleachers when they do the BAC.
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No not at all. Here a a few more upgrades
1- painted in Blue and Gold not dark pink
2- located on a growing campus.
3- most importantly, home to a team that knows how to win in the second half.
Anybody have any more?
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The Cat-griz trophy will actually occupy the space built for it.
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Just saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
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2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
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IF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
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I was thinking the same thing. I've had season passes for decades, tailgate, etc. but I wouldn't support something this extravagant despite being a die-hard fan.catsrback76 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:20 pmIF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
I never played at the college level, and I'm from an older generation, but is there any practical purpose for a locker room like that other than trying to impress impressionable young men in recruiting wars?
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Tyrann Mathieu donated the money for this locker room and a scholarship fund. Personally if I was a recruit this would be a huge selling point for me.catbooster wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:07 pmI was thinking the same thing. I've had season passes for decades, tailgate, etc. but I wouldn't support something this extravagant despite being a die-hard fan.catsrback76 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:20 pmIF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
I never played at the college level, and I'm from an older generation, but is there any practical purpose for a locker room like that other than trying to impress impressionable young men in recruiting wars?
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Impressing high school football players in recruiting wars is the name of the game. If it wasn't, we wouldn't be building the new end zone building. We also wouldn't get many good out of state players.catbooster wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:07 pmI was thinking the same thing. I've had season passes for decades, tailgate, etc. but I wouldn't support something this extravagant despite being a die-hard fan.catsrback76 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:20 pmIF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
I never played at the college level, and I'm from an older generation, but is there any practical purpose for a locker room like that other than trying to impress impressionable young men in recruiting wars?
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I believe he donated $1 million to a players lounge and is funding a scholarship. The locker room cost $28 million and was funded by many donations. Pretty amazing.BleedingBLue wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:28 pmTyrann Mathieu donated the money for this locker room and a scholarship fund. Personally if I was a recruit this would be a huge selling point for me.catbooster wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:07 pmI was thinking the same thing. I've had season passes for decades, tailgate, etc. but I wouldn't support something this extravagant despite being a die-hard fan.catsrback76 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:20 pmIF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
I never played at the college level, and I'm from an older generation, but is there any practical purpose for a locker room like that other than trying to impress impressionable young men in recruiting wars?
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Looks like it was designed by someone playing Minecraft. IMO seems like a locker room is still a locker room, at what point is it a waste of money? I get it's a selling point for recruits, but if your only getting recruits based on what a locker room looks like, then maybe their priorities are messed up. I would think the stadium, game day atmosphere, fans, school, career after school, etc. would out weigh a locker room. But then again I'm not 18 either.Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
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LSU isn’t ONLY getting recruits based on what their locker room looks like. They get great recruits because of all the things you mentioned and then some.FTG247365 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:08 pmLooks like it was designed by someone playing Minecraft. IMO seems like a locker room is still a locker room, at what point is it a waste of money? I get it's a selling point for recruits, but if your only getting recruits based on what a locker room looks like, then maybe their priorities are messed up. I would think the stadium, game day atmosphere, fans, school, career after school, etc. would out weigh a locker room. But then again I'm not 18 either.Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
MSU isn’t ONLY going to get better recruits because we’re going to bowl in the end zone, make their training rooms and meeting rooms amazing and add a world class weight room. But it sure as ****** is gonna help.
I can promise you guys that all these schools aren’t spending money on fancy locker rooms and neat uniforms just to spend money. It matters. It matters a lot. And as trivial as the common fan might think it is, things like state of the art facilities just might be a tie-breaker for a big time recruit picking his college.
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These last two posts are exactly why we can't have nice things at MSU.catbooster wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:07 pmI was thinking the same thing. I've had season passes for decades, tailgate, etc. but I wouldn't support something this extravagant despite being a die-hard fan.catsrback76 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:20 pmIF you want to KILL giving to the new stadium, then just build one of these locker rooms!91catAlum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:08 pm2021Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.
I never played at the college level, and I'm from an older generation, but is there any practical purpose for a locker room like that other than trying to impress impressionable young men in recruiting wars?
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Comparing our "nice things" to P5 "nice things" is foolish.
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It reminds me of a new modern bowling alley. You can still have a nice locker room but that is just overkill.FTG247365 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:08 pmLooks like it was designed by someone playing Minecraft. IMO seems like a locker room is still a locker room, at what point is it a waste of money? I get it's a selling point for recruits, but if your only getting recruits based on what a locker room looks like, then maybe their priorities are messed up. I would think the stadium, game day atmosphere, fans, school, career after school, etc. would out weigh a locker room. But then again I'm not 18 either.Montanabob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:51 amJust saying, our locker room will look this good next year.