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Every week, PowerMizzou.com publisher Gabe DeArmond answers questions from Tiger fans in the mailbag. This format allows for a more expansive answer than a message board post. Keep your eye out each week to submit your question for the mailbag or send them to powermizzou@gmail.com. On to this week's inquiries.
TigerCruise asks: Missouri in 2011 before joining the SEC had an Athletic Budget of how much and a revenue of how much?In 2019 Mizzou has an Athletic Budget of how much and a revenue of how much?Where's all of the money going?
GD: It's a good question. When Mizzou joined the SEC it was reported to have revenue of $55 million and expenses of $53 million during its last year in the Big 12. Last year, the department made $107 million and spent $109. So revenue has risen nearly 100 percent and spending has risen more than 100 percent.
Some of it is travel. Every team now has to go significantly further and can rarely bus anywhere. Some is equipment. All those uniforms aren't free. Some is cost of attendance. When those stipends were passed in 2015, everybody had to spend more. Some is certain coaches' salaries.
But it's absolutely a fair question to ask. How are you operating at a deficit for the last two years while you're making twice the amount of money you were just eight years ago? I've asked that question before and not gotten a real specific answer. Perhaps I'll try to get a more specific one this offseason. Because the amount of money they're making is less ridiculous only than the amount of money they're spending...and I'm not just talking about Mizzou there.
I_Hate_the_Cornhuskers asks: Many posters are comparing this year to Gary Pinkel's 2004 year. In your opinion, are they similar?
GD: It's not a bad comparison. Both featured an early non-conference loss that made you wonder what the hell happened (Wyoming, Troy). Both featured a couple of dreadful conference performances against teams that you thought Missouri should beat. If the Tigers don't get off the mat and win one of the next two, both will feature long losing streaks. Both featured a quarterback whose strength was running the football who often looked like he was trying to become a better passer at the expense of moving the chains with his legs and winning games. Both featured a pretty good defense that was rendered moot by an offense that often couldn't get out of its own way. So, yeah, it's a decent comp.
In 2004, Mizzou finished 5-6 and missed a bowl game. We'll see if this Tiger team can avoid that. The one difference is that the 2004 team was coached by a guy who had built a program and weathered storms before. Gary Pinkel stuck with what he believed in and had an athletic director who trusted him to right the ship and gave him time to do it. We don't know if Barry Odom can do what Pinkel did because he's never done it before. And we don't know if Jim Sterk will give him the time to do it either.
