Tech vs TAMU in Shreveport this fall

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

Two thoughts:
(1) I'd rather see a hillside-full in The Joe.
(2) on a Sunday night before Labor Day.

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So would everybody else except the one who matters...

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Originally Posted by Dubya261

Is this set in stone now? And how do we know it's a Thursday? I'm confused.

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If it's in Shreveport it will not be on Saturday because the Port City Classic is already scheduled for Sept. 1st in the I-Bowl.

Guthrie would be at either site. LOL!

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

If it's in Shreveport it will not be on Saturday because the Port City Classic is already scheduled for Sept. 1st in the I-Bowl.

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A&M is playing McNeese Labor Day Weekend.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-12/b...l-schedule.php

I'd much prefer it be in Ruston, but either way, you can bet your behind I'll be blazin' a trail from San Antonio to North Louisiana to cheer my freaking lungs out! Then I can come back and rub it in everyone's face that we laid the smackdown on their beloved Aggies. :D

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Originally Posted by T_Won

A&M is playing McNeese Labor Day Weekend.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-12/b...l-schedule.php

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And we're playing Lamar...FCS doesn't matter

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

Thursday prior to Labor Day......hmmmmmmm.

SCarolina has claimed that spot on the SEC network the last few seasons. Maybe SEC wants to showcase aTm early . . . . against a non-AQ.

TV loves Tech in stand-alone games like this. The exposure would be fabulous.

Two thoughts:
(1) I'd rather see a hillside-full in The Joe.
(2) on a Sunday night before Labor Day.

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(1)=Never Happen for this game...ala Miss State
(2)=Definitely never happen on a sun
No offense Pix but that's dreaming at this point.

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Originally Posted by johnnylightnin

How many season tickets did Boise sell when they were scheduling cream puffs?

You don't have to like it, but until we can make substantial money at home, Reneau is gonna do stuff like this. We trade a <17K crowd for a game in our second home against an SEC team...it's a one for one with an SEC team.

If our fans don't show up, we better be sending a courier to the Belt with our application cause we don't belong anywhere else.

Gotta put up or shut up.

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You don't really think the number of tickets Boise sold were because of who they scheduled do you? Boise started selling out their stadium after they established a winning tradition, not because of who they were scheduling. Surely you are joking.

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Originally Posted by detltu

You don't really think the number of tickets Boise sold were because of who they scheduled do you? Boise started selling out their stadium after they established a winning tradition, not because of who they were scheduling. Surely you are joking.

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I'm talking about a season ticket base that allowed them (financially) to schedule more selectively. My point is not that we'll sell more season tickets because of the A&M game, but that we have to take a million dollar pay-day (FOR A HOME GAME) because we don't have the season ticket base to make our money at home.

I believe this is the game, if played on the right day, that would overflow Joe Aillet.

We net between $140K and $180K on a home weekend depending on the opponent

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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden

We net between $140K and $180K on a home weekend depending on the opponent

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That's only 11,000 people at $15 a ticket. How does half the crowd get in for free?

I wouldn't be opposed to swapping out Illinois for A&M in Shreveport. I was concerned from the get go that two back-to-back bcs road games(Ill & UVA) is a little too ambitious.

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Originally Posted by T_Won

That's only 11,000 people at $15 a ticket. How does half the crowd get in for free?

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NET...

And as I have been told, you don't want to know our true paid attendance...

And remember when we have a home and home with a Houston, Rice, Navy etal - we don't pay them anything and we don't get anything for going there

I don't care. Just tell me when and where, and I'll be there. It's that simple. No moaning or groaning.