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02-21-2006, 06:19 PM
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on a sidenote, Spurrier wastes no time capitalizing on scheduling DI-AA teams NINE times
http://www.fanblogs.com/south_carolina/006421.php
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I agree. No way that game makes sense for the big schools unless they made the buyout too painful when the deal was reached originally or there was indeed a pot sweetner.
Also I'm not sure how many sports OU's football team has to carry for them or what their AD's financial situation is.
OSU's in a spot where they must maximize the $$ on every single game played to support the non revenue teams and pay down some massive debt. |
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I think that Jaxbuck has likely hit on the answer. No amount of gate incentive would have kept tOSU to the contracted game with WSU. If the Buckeye athletic department is carrying a huge debt service that would be powerfull incentive to kill the game in favor of another home game. The huge home gate revenue is what killed the proposed home and home deal with Auburn last year. In that case, as in this one, "home" on this end would likely have been Qwest Field. If the Buckeyes had just objected to Martin Stadium in Pullman as a venue, Qwest Field is a more than feasible alternative. In in fact I think that with the NFC Championship Game the Seahawks pushed attendance to somewhere near 70,000 (with SRO tickets). I have heard rumors that Paul Allen, in past years, already has been cutting WSU a good deal on rent of the facility for that one day a year. He may have been pursuadable to greatly sweeten the pot for tOSU, had the Bucks wanted to keep the date. After all he is the 6th or 7th richest man in the USA. A WSU/tOSU match up would have undoubtedly been a bigger draw than whoever the Mutts would be playing at Montlake (if they had a game the same day).
Perhaps WSU needs to propose a 2 for 1 deal to tOSU, with a larger penalty clause for withdrawal from the Seattle game but sweeteners if they hold to the deal.
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02-21-2006, 09:22 PM
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Oregon has the best booster in college sports in Phil Knight so they're fine financially.
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OU is Oklahoma not Oregon. I think everyone knows who Knight is and what he means to oregon.
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Originally Posted by Jaxbuck
OU is Oklahoma not Oregon. I think everyone knows who Knight is and what he means to oregon.
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Sorry, I misread it. |
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Schedule 2008 and Beyond
With early season match-ups against USC scheduled in 2008/2009 and against Miami FL in 2010/11 it looks like we've got a ton to look forward to, and as we've learned the winner of these games is catapulted to the front-runners for the national title. The series against Texas in my opinion was one of the greatest regular season match-ups between powerhouses. Oh, and we better look out for the battle of Ohio in 2008 when the Bobcats come to town... I can't even imagine how much alcohol will be consumed that weekend.
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Oh, and we better look out for the battle of Ohio in 2008 when the Bobcats come to town... I can't even imagine how much alcohol will be consumed that weekend.
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Don't forget Toledo in 2009 and 2010.
 
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I would really not want to play Miami. I think by 2010 Shannon will make them a powerhouse. You guys are not backing down and I respect that. We might have a home and home with Auburn or Georgia in 09 and 10 we will get to see that Sec speed that people have been raving about.
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