Gyles Marrett said:
HowdyGetRowdy409 said:
BrotherChad said:
Do we really not have the funds to money whip recruits better than tu?! Give me a break!
Not saying that we don't. Just wondering what A&M is spending if TU is spending that much. Granted, I would think spending $30k plus per recruit and their families is a bit more difficult in CS rather than Austin.
In either city I would have a hard time spending $30k for my family there for the weekend. Even if trying to be lavish. Seriously don't know how you do that. Even if in a hotels that's $2k per night at even 3 nights. How do you spend $24k on food and fun around town. Did they each get stacks to make it rain in the strip club? Trying to come up with ways to blow that much money in a weekend anywhere but Vegas and can't think of how.
The Athletic article spells it out pretty specifically. Remember this is for up to 4 family members per recruit, as well as all the Horns coaches and staff that were waiting on them all weekend. Some excerpts:
Horns $300K Recruiting WeekendTexas spent $46,696 on the 34 rooms it booked for recruits, family members and some UT coaches and staffers.
The lunch buffet tacked on another $17,319.71. Add in the $1,813.74 spent on the custom cakes and snacks and the
Longhorns cleared $65,000 before the recruits stepped foot on campus.
a dinner buffet in a club area on the eighth floor of DKR. The guest list hit triple digits when including visitors, Texas' full-time coaching staff, spouses, recruiting staff and support staff. The meal, complete with cocktails, beer, wine, flatware rental, a bartender's fee and an ice sculpture, cost $29,129.40.
While recruits hit the town, coaches, spouses and recruits' families trekked to the J.W. Marriott for a parent social, where the drinks flowed. The final receipt length rivaled that of your local CVS. After more than $6,000 worth of liquor, $756 of hors d'oeuvres, a smattering of beer and wine, a 20 percent service charge and a $2,400 rental fee, the pool bar tab came out to $11,880.
Day 2 began back at the stadium for breakfast at the UT Club (buffet, omelet station, liquor and wine added up to $10,226)
In the afternoon, recruits got in some hacks at TopGolf. "The kids kind of took on the golf and the dads sat with some of the coaches," Randle said. Plenty of food and drinks were on hand: three types of fajitas, guacamole and queso, rice, black beans, desserts, beer and liquor. Total tab for 75 guests: $9,497.72.
On Saturday night, the group splurged at III Forks, an upscale steakhouse just a few blocks from the Four Seasons. Attendees ate enough to get the meat sweats: Forty-six 7-ounce lobsters, 34 bone-in ribeyes, 26 8-ounce filets, 17 New York strips, sea bass, chicken fried lobster, lobster mac and cheese, the list went on.
Chris Pilot ordered the Tomahawk ribeye, which rang up at $135. After fees and a $6,000 tip, the III Forks bill totaled $36,900.
While recruits went out again, parents would cap the night at another social at the W Austin hotel, just a short walk from the Four Seasons. the Saturday night social totaled $31,628.75.