Discussion: Furst-Bowe "Furst" to bring football to the E?

If I won the recent Mega Millions jackpot the first call I was going to make was to Brad Hewitt. I was going to say, hey, Brad, are you interested in a $10 million donation to field that Division I football team we don't have?

Being a football guy, of course he would jump at the opportunity. All I would ask for in return was the press box to be named after me (a little selfish, I know.)

Julie Furst-Bowe was recently named the successor to Vaughn Vandegrift. She comes from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and what do you know? They have a football team! Not just some club football team, but an NCAA Division III football team that would blow out SIUE's club football team by 60 points.

So, does she take the plunge and invest in a project which would undoubtedly be a perennial loser for say, five years and hope to raise school spirit a little bit or is football just too much wishful thinking?

That said, we probably need to invest in some infrastructure....

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