Vs SMU 10/29 2:30 pm
- Thread starter Babe the Blue Ox
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Plain White Garfunkels on at 12:30.
Lunch break concert.
(Better than the breakfast show.)
Lunch break concert.
(Better than the breakfast show.)
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It was either 2:30 on ESPN+ or 11:00am ESPNU. Neither would have been a great option. As huffy mentioned previously, we won’t be getting any scheduling/timing favors from the league.
Homecoming is the game where the in-person crowd really matters, esp with a band before, and if your school pres is trying to build ties with the community thru athletics. 11:00am game time would have been a disaster, and the optics miserable. 2:30 is great. I personally think the "conference trying to screw us" meme is an urban myth but in this case at least, they did us a huge solid when they could easily have bent us over.
Kinda feel like the "woe is me" victimhood schtick doesn't look good on us, esp when Occam's Razor suggests that negatives from the conference reflect that we're a small school with a small fanbase and a crappy team that plays bad football. Would you want our team to be the one experience with AAC football for a casual fan? Fire Monty, get a good team and then let's see what happens.
Night games always have a better atmosphere. However, 2:30 is absolutely better than 11:00am. 11:00am games suck in general, no matter who is playing.
11 would have been terrible for homecoming.
I personally like 2:30 for homecoming because you can do things after, esp if you're coming back from out of town. Can look around campus, go to dinner where you used to go when you were a student, etc.
Unfortunately not this year (at least not at the TU homecoming). It's a long haul for less than 2 days.
I think the 'conference is trying to screw us' is sort of true. In the sense that other teams will be looked out for, and if we get screwed, the conference doesn't really care. Other teams were likely the reason we got the 2:30p slot. It was in their interest probably not ours, that we got the 2:30p slot. Just so happens in this instance, we were happier with that slot. If it had been a road game/not homecoming I would have been just fine with the 11a slot and more viewers.
Is it anything we don't deserve? Our team is crappy and has a history of on field behavior problems. I can't blame them for trying to hide a bad team whose players chase the other team down the tunnel to fight. When we get our house in order and aren't embarrassing, then we can complain. Until then, we can't expect to reap what we don't sow.
Also, other than vague comments from huffy, are there actually any facts to think the conference is trying to screw us? I bet 90% of schools think they're getting the shaft from their conference.
I love 2:30.
Plenty of time to tailgate and get home afterwards to watch the evening games.
11 sucks.
7 is OK.
Plenty of time to tailgate and get home afterwards to watch the evening games.
11 sucks.
7 is OK.
Still says tbd on espn. Are you talking about TU's site? That site had us at 11a originally for the SMU game, so I wouldn't trust that site until they post it on Espn later today or tomorrow.
The AAC announced 11am kickoff on ESPNU earlier today.
Interesting stat- Todd Graham is the only coach in the last 20 years to lose a home game to SMU.
I wonder if that made him cuss at all?
How is Tulsa only 3 point underdog to smoo will be a lot more than a 3 point pony massacre you can bet on that?
Just saw this - TU inviting TCC students to experience a TU game/atmosphere. Great idea!
TU Facebook Invite for TCC Students
TU Facebook Invite for TCC Students
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