Earnest T. Bass
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It's a college football facilities arms race. Like it or not, in the near future if a university is going to have a top echelon college football program will mean a massive investment in facilities. Those who can't compete in this area are going to get run over. When a school like Northwestern makes a massive investment to upgrade their football facilities it should set off alarms across the nation. Over the last 10 to 15 years Power-5 college football programs have invested close to a billion dollars in athletic facilities. Lead, follow or get the **** out of the way!
“It’s great for recruiting obviously, but the day-to-day is why we built what we built where we built and why we built everything for our student-athletes,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s going to be absolutely spectacular there’s no doubt about that, but it’s about work. It’s about bringing the right young men that fit the program and developing them to be the best they’ve can. I think we’ve had success because a blue-collar mentality and that needs to just continue now with the technology we’re able to take advantage of.”
Northwestern football's new facilities are in line with a program trending upwards
“It’s great for recruiting obviously, but the day-to-day is why we built what we built where we built and why we built everything for our student-athletes,” Fitzgerald said. “It’s going to be absolutely spectacular there’s no doubt about that, but it’s about work. It’s about bringing the right young men that fit the program and developing them to be the best they’ve can. I think we’ve had success because a blue-collar mentality and that needs to just continue now with the technology we’re able to take advantage of.”
Northwestern football's new facilities are in line with a program trending upwards