Tech vs TAMU in Shreveport this fall

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Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS

Fixed it for you

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No you didn't. The BCS did not start until the 1998 season.

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Originally Posted by JuBru

No you didn't. The BCS did not start until the 1998 season.

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Doesn't matter. Univ of Cal and Alabama should have been added per the real topic.

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Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS

Doesn't matter. Univ of Cal and Alabama should have been added per the real topic.

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No. The argument was about Tech and BCS AQ schools and TAMU. Anything before the BCS does not matter as to talking about the BCS, unless it relates to TAMU.

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Originally Posted by Dawg06

Not a single person has said that they are scared to play them. Our players certainly aren't scared of them. You've totally missed the point.

We already have 2 money games scheduled for 2012, and we would have netted very good money if the game was played in Ruston.

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So let me get this straight.......Reneau and company should walk away from, going by the estimates on this board, at least a QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS because a statistical analysis predictor of last years teams (which we routinely beat the spread against) shows that A&M gets 2.79 more points......o_O

We've officially lost our minds....:laugh::shocked2:

Otherwise we are arguing the fact that we are not confident that we have a chance to beat A&M and thus could miss on going undefeated and getting in the BCS...which just stinks of cowardice to me...

Only the top ranked non-AQ team gets the auto bid. GOOD TO KNOW - THANKS

You can not compare a neutral site conference game to a non-neutral site non-conference game. POINT WELL TAKEN (EVEN IF IT WAS A TRIPLE NEGATIVE!)

If it really is a 1mil difference, I'm on with Shreveport. That's a lot of money for a 1 hr bus ride.

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Originally Posted by FishingBack

If it really is a 1mil difference, I'm on with Shreveport. That's a lot of money for a 1 hr bus ride.

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250k-500k difference, $1MM net.

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

This thread is embarrassing, we have the chance for a good pay-day (which we need, and enough of the "DR/BVDV doesn't fund-raise enough", even if they were out there whoring themselves to every alumni, donor, and corporation we'd still need money games) and a possible quality win in front of a market we "claim" and here we are shivering in our boots.... I'll be Shreveport with my blue on rooting the Dawgs on against the farmers.

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I'm embarrassed to take the time to even respond, but you are so ill informed you ought to be banned. No, you're not ill informed, you have no information whatsoever.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we played our worst 2 games of the season in Ruston (Central Arkansas, Hawaii). It's not like we have some kind of magical mojo in Aillet. I get the argument of being more comfortable for fans, but I'm not sold that our team would play better in Ruston.

There is a different vibe regarding LaTech in S'port/Bossier than in years past. People have begun to recognize us as a legit program. This is different from how it used to be. Fact is, there are some bandwagon fans and alumni that are primed to jump on board. Anybody who is remotely tuned in can detect a difference.

I didn't have any problems at the Grambling game. Parking is a mess for some, but I know what I'm doing with all that. If there were no significant problems around Jewella Ave with Grambling playing, how on earth do y'all think A&M would be any worse?

If we're going to continuosly play in Shreveport, why don't we just rework Q4E so that it just pays for renovations to the I-Bowl stadium? I'm serious, why are we bothering to build up JAS if we keep having to play "home" games in Shreveport? And I'm not buying the claim that playing in Shreveport does any more to attract that fanbase than playing in JAS does. If someone has hard numbers that say otherwise, I'd be glad to see them, but that has certainly never been my impression.

I'm not saying I don't think we should play aTm. I'm saying, like many of you, that if they are so desperate for a game, then make them play us at JAS.

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Originally Posted by LookingForResults

I'm embarrassed to take the time to even respond, but you are so ill informed you ought to be banned. No, you're not ill informed, you have no information whatsoever.

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So you're telling me that unlike every other non-AQ/BCS-buster team out there we would not need money games because Reneau & BVDV could fund raise our way into the black?

I'm not saying it couldn't be done at that the money isn't out there, but I don't think it's feasible and would take an almost perfect AD & President to make it happen. You act like if DR & BVDV just have to go out and say "Hey, we need some money." BAM! A million dollars appears "A little more please" BAM! another million.

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

So you're telling me that unlike every other non-AQ/BCS-buster team out there we would not need money games because Reneau & BVDV could fund raise our way into the black?

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Not speaking for LFR, but

Yes...

I that was the path that DR would chose to go down -

While we have gotten better the last 6 years, we still cut corners on evrything we do instead of DOING it the right way and investing the money that needs to be be invested to get the desired results -

We could have a FULL FLEDGED athletic's arm of the Foundation with the means to go and GET the money if he wanted to...

Samething with a TRUE Tech radio network and corporate sponsors - we haven't scratched the surface of what we could do

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Originally Posted by HoustonDawg2008

If we're going to continuosly play in Shreveport, why don't we just rework Q4E so that it just pays for renovations to the I-Bowl stadium? I'm serious, why are we bothering to build up JAS if we keep having to play "home" games in Shreveport? And I'm not buying the claim that playing in Shreveport does any more to attract that fanbase than playing in JAS does. If someone has hard numbers that say otherwise, I'd be glad to see them, but that has certainly never been my impression.

I'm not saying I don't think we should play aTm. I'm saying, like many of you, that if they are so desperate for a game, then make them play us at JAS.

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Since 2005 we've played exactly 1 regular season home game in Shreveport......continuously playing in Shreveport....:icon_roll:

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Originally Posted by HoustonDawg2008

If we're going to continuosly play in Shreveport, why don't we just rework Q4E so that it just pays for renovations to the I-Bowl stadium? I'm serious, why are we bothering to build up JAS if we keep having to play "home" games in Shreveport? And I'm not buying the claim that playing in Shreveport does any more to attract that fanbase than playing in JAS does. If someone has hard numbers that say otherwise, I'd be glad to see them, but that has certainly never been my impression.

I'm not saying I don't think we should play aTm. I'm saying, like many of you, that if they are so desperate for a game, then make them play us at JAS.

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I think the difference is 300-500k in the pocket. My thing is, unless we have a distinctly better advantage of winning the game in Ruston (and I don't think that's the case), I can forgo my preference to play it in Shreveport.

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Originally Posted by champion110

I am SO ready for this game!!!!!!!!!!! Complain all you want, but we can win this one. I am not scared of playing anyone! What happened to ANYBODY ANYTIME ANYWHERE? Some of you have lost your swagger already....... If we can take TCU down to the line, we can beat TAMU next year.

BRING EM ON!!!!!!!!!!

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Why don't we just play them in College station then and take the big pay day? This isn't about being afraid of A&M. If anybody thinks that they need to turn in their diploma. This is about being smart. There is a reason no one wants to schedule money games for all of our OOC games and it's not because we are scared. It's because we are not stupid. If we played at USC, at LSU, at Ohio State, and at Oklahoma we could make tons of money and if we won all of the games we would be a sure thing for the national championship. On any given day I think we could beat any of those teams but the odds are that we would not beat all of them. There has to be some planning when setting up the schedule.

I am not a fan of the Lamar game. I don't like playing 2.5 FCS teams in the same season. The schedule is very weak and lamar would be a terrible draw for a home game. However, next years schedule is set up for success that we haven't had in a long long time. If we have the opportunity to host a marquee game like A&M then I think we need to take those opportunities any time we get them even if it might cost us an undefeated season. Having the game in Shreveport is not that special. I am all about solidifying the Shreveport market, but we have hosted A&M there before along with Miami, Ok State, and a few others. So far it hasn't done much to increase our hold on the Shreveport market.