2006 College Football

macallan25 · #1 09-18-2006, 03:55 PM

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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 · #2 09-18-2006, 06:19 PM

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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.

shinerbock · #3 09-18-2006, 06:47 PM

I dunno, it just seemed weird for a powerhouse team like Texas to play at Rice. It just seems like it'd be the equivalent of UGA or Auburn playing at UCF or something. Maybe its different if you're in the same state.

DeltAlum · #4 09-18-2006, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

I dunno, it just seemed weird for a powerhouse team like Texas to play at Rice. It just seems like it'd be the equivalent of UGA or Auburn playing at UCF or something. Maybe its different if you're in the same state.

The stadium at Rice is fairly big, isn't it?

It still comes down to getting the home percentage of the gate.

For instance, Colorado and Ohio State did a home and home series a few years ago, even though Ohio Stadium was (at that time) about 85,000 and Folsom Field at CU was/is only about half that size.

shinerbock · #5 09-18-2006, 07:15 PM

Yeah I mean I guess. Still though, I don't really think you can compare Colorado to Rice, although they're equally terrible this year.

macallan25 · #6 09-18-2006, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

Yeah I mean I guess. Still though, I don't really think you can compare Colorado to Rice, although they're equally terrible this year.

We played them at the Houston Texans stadium.

TSteven · #7 09-18-2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

The stadium at Rice is fairly big, isn't it?

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

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum

It still comes down to getting the home percentage of the gate.

For instance, Colorado and Ohio State did a home and home series a few years ago, even though Ohio Stadium was (at that time) about 85,000 and Folsom Field at CU was/is only about half that size.

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.

amycat412 · #8 09-18-2006, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

I dunno, it just seemed weird for a powerhouse team like Texas to play at Rice. It just seems like it'd be the equivalent of UGA or Auburn playing at UCF or something. Maybe its different if you're in the same state.

Often the "smaller" team is taking the place of a cancellation in their schedule, especially if its a one year/one game only deal.

jon1856 · #9 09-18-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by amycat412

Often the "smaller" team is taking the place of a cancellation in their schedule, especially if its a one year/one game only deal.

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......