Tech vs TAMU in Shreveport this fall

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

Oh I believe it, I just don't want to.

Regardless of if it's good for the program, it just says smalltime to me. Can anyone think of a college that schedules "home games" at neutral locations? Little Rock? You know who I'm talking about.

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University of Arkansas does it there. Oregon played a home game at Jerry World last year.
Quit worrying about what monroe does. Plenty of Big Time programs schedule home games at neutral sites. Small time is scheduling a away game in Shreveport.

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Originally Posted by T_Won

So our main problem (the fans) is we don't won't to play a game we will probably lose?

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NO...we just don't want to play in Shreveport. We want to play them in Ruston or not at all. We ARE NOT afraid we will lose.

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

The revenue is why we are scheduling the game. We need it to fund our athletics due to budget cuts.

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It's not due to budget cuts. Reneau has funded athletics by whoring-out the football team during his entire tenure. It spares him from having to conduct what is supposed to be one of his primary responsibilities - university fund raising.

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Originally Posted by GermDawg

This is BB&B facts have little bearing on anything, look at this entire thread based off of an Aggie posting 3rd party info on their board....

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True true. But, like you said, this is BB&B, you were talking about sending a message to a president of a major national university. :icon_wink:

"It's not due to budget cuts. Reneau has funded athletics by whoring-out the football team during his entire tenure. It spares him from having to conduct what is supposed to be one of his primary responsibilities - university fund raising."

AGREED!!

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Originally Posted by LookingForResults

It's not due to budget cuts. Reneau has funded athletics by whoring-out the football team during his entire tenure. It spares him from having to conduct what is supposed to be one of his primary responsibilities - university fund raising.

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That -

And he is a bird in pocket guy, even if the bird is a sparrow...

I do know that Bruce had numerous scenarios to have the game in Ruston through "out of the box" ticket packages for the game which would have gotten us in the ballpark on the monies we could of expected if the game was in Shreveport, but once again the micro manager that resides in the 16th floor chose the easy way out...

An NO ONE can convince me that Sonny thought this was a great idea - trading Lamar in Ruston for A&M in Shreveport/Ruston...

That said - as a "fan" I would much rather have a chance to beat A&M anywhere than Lamar in Ruston

BTW, I too would rather play this game in Ruston.

I would rather play A&M in Shreveport than Lamar in Ruston.

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Originally Posted by T_Won

I would rather play A&M in Shreveport than Lamar in Ruston.

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That too!

By playing A&M in Shreveport instead of Lamar in Ruston, we will most likely lose:
- the student section
- tailgating/gameday experience
- Dawgzilla
- home field advantage
- odds are... the game.
- chance at a BC$ bowl and everything that comes with it

What would we gain:
- the ghetto
- logistical mess

Shreveport is already part of our market, and this will have no bearing on a C-USA/Alliance invitation. Our fate has already been determined.

Shreveport sports fans have proven to be apathetic over and over and over again. We will gain no more casual fans by playing this game in Shreveport instead of Ruston. The majority of the casual fans that would attend this game in Shreveport are the LSU fans so they can chant "S-E-C! S-E-C!"

It's about scheduling for success. You don't trade a game that you are a 50-point favorite at home for another game in which you are "neutral site" underdogs, especially when running the table likely means a BC$ bowl.

You also don't schedule OOC games as a "measuring stick." That's the dumbest reason I've ever heard to schedule a game.

BTW it's not "small time" for us to play in Shreveport. That's been our alternate home for almost a century according to our media guide.

Before somebody else brings it up, this has anything to do with being scared of A&M. It's about being smart. Of course we can beat them, but odds are we don't.

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Originally Posted by Lazarus_KKY

Don't miss qoute me. I didn't say it would impress CUSA. If they are running to CUSA and telling them Shreveport is in our market and we play games from time to time there, then it would make sense for them to schedule a game from time to time there. This would be more along the lines of Bruce saying see I told you play in Shreveport and if the stadiom packed out then that would give him more to show.

For the record I am still against playing at Shreveport and I think it will not end well for us if we plan aTm there. I would much rather bring them to Ruston if we have to play them next year.

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Ok, I understand what you are saying.

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Originally Posted by T_Won

I would rather play A&M in Shreveport than Lamar in Ruston.

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I agree 100%!!!!!!

And still it's only a rumor at this point guys. The number of my fellow Tech alumni that are Negative Nancy's/Debbie Downer's/Henny Penny's still amaze me. It's truly embarrassing! Granted practically all of us would all rather play this game in Ruston. But if it's in Shreveport then grab a set, buy as many tickets as you can for the game and cheer like you've never cheered before. I do want school to be in session ...I will say that for sure due to student body attendance! We can beat these guys and this is the year to do it! Shreveport used to be, and feel, like a major home game and it can and will be again. Now get your act together and pretend like you've "been there and done that" before because universities do this type of thing every year. And again, it's only a rumor at this point.

Somebody please explain what the parking problem is in Shrevport. There's 10 times the parking there than at JAS.

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Originally Posted by JAB

Somebody please explain what the parking problem is in Shrevport. There's 10 times the parking there than at JAS.

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I meant traffic and logistics.

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Originally Posted by JAB

University of Arkansas does it there. Oregon played a home game at Jerry World last year.
Quit worrying about what monroe does. Plenty of Big Time programs schedule home games at neutral sites. Small time is scheduling a away game in Shreveport.

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War Memorial - it's okay, the city has done work to the stadium/area to keep the Hogs there. New pressbox, park, beautification.
Cowboys Stadium - it's a palace
I-Bowl - it's a dump. Shreveport does zero work to the upkeep of the area and stadium.