2006 College Football

[shinerbock]

war damn eagle, great game. Why did Texas play at Rice?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

war damn eagle, great game. Why did Texas play at Rice?

Texas typically has played a powder puff non conference schedule rarely leaving the state of Texas with the exception of one marquee game.

They don't always have that marquee game. They certainly did this year though.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Texas typically has played a powder puff non conference schedule rarely leaving the state of Texas with the exception of one marquee game.

They don't always have that marquee game. They certainly did this year though.

as long as strength of schedule doesn't matter........why schedule high profile games year in and year out?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

as long as strength of schedule doesn't matter........why schedule high profile games year in and year out?

Money and recruiting (in that order) are the first two reasons which come to mind. I'm sure there are other good reasons though.

[shinerbock]

Well my question was only about why they played AT Rice.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well my question was only about why they played AT Rice.

I misunderstood.

Also, I have no answer for that. Maybe to repay Rice for submitting themselves to so many horrific beatdowns over the years?

[NutBrnHair]

Maybe to please the Texas Exes in Houston?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well my question was only about why they played AT Rice.

Well, we played them at home last year.....so we played away this year. Why?

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Well, we played them at home last year.....so we played away this year. Why?

Generally, when a contract is signed for a non-league game it is at least a two year deal so that each school can keep the lions share of the home gate for one of the games.

This is obviously not true when a big team plays Southeastern, Central, Middle, Northern Kentucky School For Wayward Children, that only has a 10,000 seat stadium.

For them, though, a part of the gate for playing at the big school (even though they know they're a sacrificial lamb) is more than they would make playing at home.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Money and recruiting (in that order) are the first two reasons which come to mind. I'm sure there are other good reasons though.

Well, I mean, money and recruiting are no problem at all for us......and we usually don't play teams like Ohio State for non-conference....so I might have to disagree.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Well, I mean, money and recruiting are no problem at all for us......and we usually don't play teams like Ohio State for non-conference....so I might have to disagree.

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.

[AGDee]

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

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

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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.

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

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Kevin

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.

A two edged sword here.

I think the answer for the non-league games should be a combination of in and out of state games.

For the past several years, one of Ohio State's games has been against an in-state Mid American Conference (or other public) school. Why let all of the big stadium dollars go out of state?

In truth, the games have been fairly entertaining. Consider the OSU/Cincinnati game last week when Cincinnati was leading for a portion of the game. The same thing happened a few years ago when my Ohio Bobcats played in Columbus. We got stomped in the end, but were leading at halftime as I recall.

Nobody really expects the MAC teams to win, but it's great to have the chance to play in Ohio Stadium in front of 100,000 folks. And the paycheck for the school isn't bad either.

What drives me crazy is when a big powerhouse (I'll not name any names) schedules four or five creampuffs for slaughter just to run up the number is the "W" column.