Understand you guys worrying about us, very sweet.

The goal has never been to make money as a FBS program. A large percentage of FBS programs lose money, even in the P5 with all that money. Most business lose money in the first 5 years.

We need to schedule right and start winning.

Believe the student athletic fee is around $240.

We play our first game in 6 months and a day.

This is the first time the season starts with winnable games and we do not play our first P5 game until week 5.

We had an awful year or two with all three revenue sports, men's basketball, hockey and football. The subsidy percentage will go down as we start improving in those 3 sports. Until then it will remain high. Have hope for the football and hockey programs to start improving. IDK about basketball, we had a great recruiting class and think we'll be looking for a new coach soon.

We've made many mistakes in the past as going 1AA in the 70's and not jumping sooner as in 1998, when we had interest from FBS conferences and football was clicking.

Catch-up is a tough and all the mis-steps just before and after going FBS has hurt. Given that we lost badly in the first 5 years of FBS, understand you guys thinking that is how it will always be. However knowing what is going on with the program, the new AD and scheduling, support from the president, trustees, new defensive coordinator, and recruiting, feel very good.

We have a ton of bad press and it will continue to after we start winning.

Feel we are right there with last years recruiting class. We played many good teams close till the fourth quarter. Prior years it was the first quarter or first half. This year our second string should be much improved. It may take time with the new DC, Ed Pinkham, but defense should start turning around. Probably not over night but with this years schedule hoping for 4 or more wins. Something we have not done since going FBS. Most of those wins should come at home and Fenway Park.

Scheduling right and winning is the key.