2006 College Football - Page 18

Kevin · #**256** 09-17-2006, 08:10 PM

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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.

bluefish81 · #**257** 09-17-2006, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ISUKappa

The first half of that game was actually really good; Iowa State had Iowa's defense pretty much figured out (though we did get some very lucky ref calls). Then we kind of forgot how to play the second half.

I'd agree with that, I wish we'd thrown the ball to Blythe more, but I guess he got it more times than last week.

[QUOTE=BigRedBeta;1322260]So long as we win the North, the Big XII championship game has proven to be anybody's ball game and thus, a BCS bowl is a legitmate prospect. [QUOTE]

I'm not a Nebraska fan by any means, but I think that Nebraska stands a good shot of winning the Big XII North.

macallan25 · #**258** 09-17-2006, 11:33 PM

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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 · #**259** 09-17-2006, 11:37 PM

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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 · #**260** 09-18-2006, 12:37 AM

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

Kevin · #**261** 09-18-2006, 12:41 AM

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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 · #**262** 09-18-2006, 12:47 AM

Maybe to please the Texas Exes in Houston?

KSigkid · #**263** 09-18-2006, 03:10 PM

Well I thought maybe UConn had a chance against Wake. I guess I was wrong...

This doesn't make me feel good about the West Virginia or Louisville games. Hopefully they don't get too ugly.

macallan25 · #**264** 09-18-2006, 03:51 PM

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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.

macallan25 · #**265** 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 · #**266** 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 · #**267** 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 · #**268** 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 · #**269** 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.

amycat412 · #**270** 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.