As usual? That's pretty interesting considering you aren't usually in the Big XII Championship Game.

Considering I'm a vocal fan of one of the SEC's perennial sacrifical lambs, I thought this was funny enough to quote again. :D

Go Cats--Beat Florida! (a girl can dream)

We played them at the Houston Texans stadium.

The Texas at Rice game was Reliant Stadium, home of the Houston Texans.

I believe that for most games, it is a set dollar amount and not a percentage of the gate. Usually the same dollar amount when it is a home and home series. Otherwise, there might not be an incentive to play at schools with smaller stadiums.

Good ole SCMNKSWC!

And Go Big Blue!

Well, its only been around for 10 years....and we are tied for the lead in appearances with Oklahoma with 4........so yeah, pretty much either us or Oklahoma has USUALLY been in the Big XII Championship every year.

We have played Colorado and Nebraska twice in our 4 appearances....so we USUALLY play them when we make a Championship appearance.

Thanks for your input.

There was a write-up about why "smaller schools" play the "big boys" in at least one papers' sport section in the past few weeks.

Boils down to two issues:
1) Money for the smaller school.
2) What "should be" a win for the larger school.

This came about with the expantion of schedule a few year ago....This all to my best recall......

shinerbock, congrats to Auburn on the win.

LSU definitely played well...it was a great game (and I got to be there for it!:D )

:)

Texas might want to expand its recruiting reach outside of the state someday. It's possible that your stellar recruiting season on the national level had a lot to do with that national championship, the win at Ohio State, etc. If you're saying that playing a Texas-only schedule would have yielded exactly the same results in recruiting, and that Texas would have made the same money playing Houston as Ohio State, then you're insane.

All I have to add to this thread is ....

Let's Go Blue! Good job Michigan! You're looking great this year!

As far as I know........we have had bad ass recruiting classes every year for what, I dunno, maybe the last 6 years? Most likely more than that, but I don't remember that far back. We had the Top class in the country in 2002 and I believe the #2 in 2001......both before the National Championship.

I never said anything about a Texas only schedule or making money. We play teams from all over in non conference every year.....I said we generally don't play the #1 or #3 ranked teams in the nation, like Ohio State. Why schedule games with ranked opponents in non-conference when on any given year we could play 5 - 6 conference games involving an opponent that is in the top 25?

As long as we keep having good recruiting classes....there is no need to recruit outside of the state....there is plenty of talent in TX. I believe we have already signed 12 ESPN Top 150 recruits....all form Texas....and 9 more than second place OU with only 3.

Recruiting by year
2006: Texas #5
2005: Texas #14
2004: Texas #6
2003: Texas #11
2002: Texas #1

Thanks Theta, it was one for the ages. I got to make down for the game too... I was at Boars Head at like 1am when a friend called and said he had a ticket for me, so I drove through the night...well worth it.

A little defensive. All I was saying was that the Big XII has a lot of talent and it's not always the same teams

In fact, Oklahoma has made 5 appearances, followed by Texas with 4. Colorado, Kansas State and Nebraska have all appeared 3 times.

Trust me, with my allegiances, I don't talk football trash. Now, maybe if I can find a thread on wrestling or women's equestrian...

Your numbers are a little off. The Big XII website is wrong for some reason. http://www.huskerpedia.com/games/2006/big12title06.html

South Division
Texas - 4
Oklahoma - 4
Texas A&M - 2

North Division
Colorado - 4
Kansas State - 3
Nebraska - 3