Article in paper said we are getting gate receipts. Assuming (big assumption) that Shreveport is donating the facility, 40,000 tickets X $25 (minimum) = $1,000,000.Originally Posted by maddawg
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Article in paper said we are getting gate receipts. Assuming (big assumption) that Shreveport is donating the facility, 40,000 tickets X $25 (minimum) = $1,000,000.
As detltu said, nobody ever said that playing Lamar would be more exciting than playing Texas A&M. I certainly did not say that. That is not why I preferred Lamar in Ruston over Texas A&M in Shreveport.
I still dont get it. Its not monetarily. we werent going to the bcs. The only thing anyone should be pissed at is if it was really on the table for the game to be played in ruston.
This is what is in contention.
You say we weren't going to the BCS, and of course there was still going to be that little matter of running the table.
But on the off chance that we go 11-1 with only a loss to A&M and no other non-AQs go undefeated you're going to hear about it from '06. :icon_wink:
I talked with the brass at tech about this today. UTSA and LAMAR are both 1AA. We might be 12-0 but essentially we would be 11-0 and with this current schedule we wouldnt go to the BCS. It has nothing to do with being 6-6. Only 1 1AA a game per year counts. And I hope beyond a shawdow of a doubt we go 12-0 or 11-1.
EVERY game counts, but you can only count 1 FCS win towards bowl eligibility. We would still be 12-0, not 11-0. That rule only comes into play with 6-6 teams.
Thats not true.
Maybe not, but there has to be some compelling reason for the game to be in Shreveport to change my mind on the matter. In the end it's just my opinion much like the grambling game.
No argument here.
I'm not sure if you are serious but I would certainly expect to keep all of the gate in this situation. If the grumblings are true, A&M was not the final holdup to getting this game in Ruston. Under normal circumstances we don't get A&M to Ruston and they resisted in this case, but they were not in a good position to be picky as one of the articles hinted at. I suspect Shreveport on Thursday vs Ruston on Saturday will likely be a wash money wise. I think the value proposition will come down to TV exposure vs. the impact of selling out JAS. Regional broadcast isn't worth much IMO, but a national broadcast on ESPN 2 is a big deal.
YES it is.
Your right...I confused myself sorry lack of sleep. That doesnt change my stance about getting into the BCS. Oh well the topic is null and void.
Dawg06 is correct. You can only count one win towards bowl eligibility other than that it doesn't matter. If your 6-6 and 2 of your wins are against fcs teams you are essentially 5-6. If you are 12-0 and two of your wins are against fcs teams you are still undefeated and there are no rules to keep you out of a BCS game because you only have 11 wins. Granted your computer rankings would suffer for two fcs games, but going undefeated will get you where you need to be.
You and your company continue to spew that BS on the radio about us "not even sniffing the BCS with their weak schedule." You talk about Lamar and the WAC games, but y'all completely ignore beating two BCS teams and Houston on the road. Y'all ignore history and evidence to the contrary because it doesn't fit your cemented uneducated opinion.
You don't turn down a home game against A&M (especially because you're banking on the prospect of being UNDEFEATED if you don't play them). Playing a home game against an SEC foe is not "whoring" out your team. That analogy fits if you travel to places and play games you have zero chances of winning just to get paid for it. I can't believe you guys are arguing that we shouldn't take this game b/c we might go undefeated otherwise.
Now, the argument of whether it should played in S'port or Ruston is a little different. I can see reasons for either. That said, I don't think our chances of winning the game increase by playing it in Ruston over S'port...
We are 7 pts better is Ruston solely because of Section DD...
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
Ball State.
That's it. That's the argument. Ball State. They would have been eligible, and so would we.
It's moot now, but it's still true. I don't mind this game so much, but I think we'd have had a pretty good shot if we were undefeated with our previous schedule.
As long as we go undefeated with our new schedule, then everyone will be happy (except maybe maddawg, who will be looking forward to women's basketball anyway).
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