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Conference USA officials announced on Tuesday that Louisiana Tech will have a pair of football games moved to Friday night this fall, including one home contest.

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FIU vs Louisiana Tech
Ruston, LA
Friday, September 20 | 7 PM
TV: TBD


Would of been better if it was Thursday night. We are competing against Friday night Louisiana high school football.

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Originally Posted by qng001

FIU vs Louisiana Tech
Ruston, LA
Friday, September 20 | 7 PM
TV: TBD


Would of been better if it was Thursday night. We are competing against Friday night Louisiana high school football.

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You are literally competing with a game across the street as of right now. RHS is at home vs Airline. I have to assume they reach out to get that game moved to Thursday at least? Right?
UPDATE-RUSTON vs AIRLINE on THURSDAY

So. . . as I understood it, part of the reason CUSA doesn't have a great tv money deal is that we didn't want to be forced into weeknight games the way ESPN likes to do to the MAC and the Belt.

But if we're getting less money, and we're on less prestigious channels, and we have to play on Fridays? That seems less then ideal.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

But if we're getting less money, and we're on less prestigious channels, and we have to play on Fridays? That seems less then ideal.

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So much for building a fan base.

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Originally Posted by Gladzilla

So much for building a fan base.

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That is not even one of Tommy's priority.

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Originally Posted by qng001

That is not even one of Tommy's priority.

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Exactly what does Tommy do?

Collects a $248k/yr paycheck.

We're in the Sunbelt 2.0

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Originally Posted by johnnylightnin

We're in the Sunbelt 2.0

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Big 10 2.0 :laugh:

To me, (especially since I live in Shreveport) Thursday/Friday games are not a big deal. Tuesday/Wednesday games are the what we didn't want to get into.
It looks like C-USA's new deal (started last year) with CBSSN calls for 3 Friday night games per year. The MAC plays most of November on Tuesday-Thursday

UL-L has a home game on a Wednesday in October

Most conference play on Thursday/Friday, including the P5 -
http://mattsarzsports.com/Schedule/W...2#.XLY9vKqWzIU
ACC, Pac 12, Big 10, Big 12

The SEC is the only conference that plays all games on Saturday (except Labor Day & Thanksgiving weekends)

I'll be driving by Ruston on Friday, Sept. 20, and headed to Shreveport for a game that night: defending Texas Class 6A Champion Longview vs. defending Louisiana Class 5A runnerup West Monroe.
A sizeable crowd is expected as both schools' season ticket packages include a ticket to the game at Independence Stadium.

Depending on Cedar Creeks schedule and who our starting QB is for the Dawgs, I may opt for the better on field product at CC.

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Originally Posted by bluecrew

You are literally competing with a game across the street as of right now. RHS is at home vs Airline. I have to assume they reach out to get that game moved to Thursday at least? Right?
UPDATE-RUSTON vs AIRLINE on THURSDAY

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Nope, they play on Thursday.

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

I'll be driving by Ruston on Friday, Sept. 20, and headed to Shreveport for a game that night: defending Texas Class 6A Champion Longview vs. defending Louisiana Class 5A runnerup West Monroe.
A sizeable crowd is expected as both schools' season ticket packages include a ticket to the game at Independence Stadium.

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Why would you go to a high school game instead of the LA Tech conference opener? I know you're a fan of West Monroe, but you don't have kids playing there do you?

Friday night means I’m out. Not using a day of vacation time and driving 300+ miles one way to watch what we are putting on the field offensively right now.

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Originally Posted by DallasDog

Friday night means I’m out. Not using a day of vacation time and driving 300+ miles one way to watch what we are putting on the field offensively right now.

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Offensive being the key word...

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Why would you go to a high school game instead of the LA Tech conference opener? I know you're a fan of West Monroe, but you don't have kids playing there do you?

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Yes. Thanks for asking. He'll be a senior.
https://youtu.be/ISnkpMaJpM0

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

To me, (especially since I live in Shreveport) Thursday/Friday games are not a big deal. Tuesday/Wednesday games are the what we didn't want to get into.
It looks like C-USA's new deal (started last year) with CBSSN calls for 3 Friday night games per year. The MAC plays most of November on Tuesday-Thursday

UL-L has a home game on a Wednesday in October

Most conference play on Thursday/Friday, including the P5 -
http://mattsarzsports.com/Schedule/W...2#.XLY9vKqWzIU
ACC, Pac 12, Big 10, Big 12

The SEC is the only conference that plays all games on Saturday (except Labor Day & Thanksgiving weekends)

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So where are we likely to be playing on these Friday nights? Facebook?

Day changes are mainly for CBSSN I'd say.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

So where are we likely to be playing on these Friday nights? Facebook?

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all Friday C-USA home games last year were on CBS Sports Network. That should be the assumed landing spot.

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

all Friday C-USA home games last year were on CBS Sports Network. That should be the assumed landing spot.

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Is that worth it? I don't have cable - is that going to be as good as ESPN? Or I guess FS1? Or have we made this deal for "national" coverage on a channel nobody has or looks at? I really don't know.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

Is that worth it? I don't have cable - is that going to be as good as ESPN? Or I guess FS1? Or have we made this deal for "national" coverage on a channel nobody has or looks at? I really don't know.

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One of the 200 level sports channels on Dtv
It's bad, but ahead of MavTV. Still erked that fs1 had the announcers in LA when we played WKU. @WKU

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One of the 200 level sports channels on Dtv

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It's on all the streaming services except sling

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Still erked that fs1 had the announcers in LA when we played WKU. @WKU

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at least they were honest about it. espn does it all the time and don't even tell you

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Originally Posted by Gladzilla

One of the 200 level sports channels on Dtv
It's bad, but ahead of MavTV. Still erked that fs1 had the announcers in LA when we played WKU. @WKU

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I think you can debate a weeknight game when you're getting paid well for your overall package (like the P5 conferences) or really broad exposure (main channel ESPN, maybe ESPN2 or FS1). But my understanding is that our tv deal isn't great on cash (theoretically in exchange for coverage/control).

So what do we think? Is this worth what we're getting out of it? Not just us I guess, the whole conference? I saw a tweet that our coach doesn't like it.

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Originally Posted by inudesu

you're getting paid well for your overall package

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twss

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I think you can debate a weeknight game when you're getting paid well for your overall package (like the P5 conferences) or really broad exposure (main channel ESPN, maybe ESPN2 or FS1). But my understanding is that our tv deal isn't great on cash (theoretically in exchange for coverage/control).

So what do we think? Is this worth what we're getting out of it? Not just us I guess, the whole conference? I saw a tweet that our coach doesn't like it.

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If I was the coach I wouldn’t like it either. Most of your recruits will not see it because they are playing games. CUSA leadership is as bad as Tech’s.

Btw, LSU basically shit cans their AD today. That’s pretty ironic when you compare Alleva to Tommy boy. Mediocrity is who we are.

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Originally Posted by Dawgpix

Yes. Thanks for asking. He'll be a senior.
https://youtu.be/ISnkpMaJpM0

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Allllllright, T-Mo!!!! That's awesome. I had no idea you had a kid playing there. He's a good player too. A pass catching fullback that can RUN and BLOCK!! Congratulations!!

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Originally Posted by glm47

If I was the coach I wouldn’t like it either. Most of your recruits will not see it because they are playing games. CUSA leadership is as bad as Tech’s.

Btw, LSU basically shit cans their AD today. That’s pretty ironic when you compare Alleva to Tommy boy. Mediocrity is who we are.

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Let's hope T-Mac is a leading candidate for the LSU job. ;)

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Let's hope T-Mac is a leading candidate for the LSU job. ;)

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LSU got the A&M AD. He’s an LSU grad I think.

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Originally Posted by HogDawg

Let's hope T-Mac is a leading candidate for the LSU job. ;)

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lsu is full of criminals, not idiots.

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Allllllright, T-Mo!!!! That's awesome. I had no idea you had a kid playing there. He's a good player too. A pass catching fullback that can RUN and BLOCK!! Congratulations!!

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Thanks, Mikey.

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Let's hope T-Mac is a leading candidate for the LSU job. ;)

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LMAO,yeah, right!!!

AAC had 11 games moved to Thursday or Friday by ESPN.

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Originally Posted by sportdawg

AAC had 11 games moved to Thursday or Friday by ESPN.

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Awesome! Gives me more watchable games.