Who else is getting dropped?

by **Bergermeister** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:29 am

I know we got dropped by BU and Tech gave TCU the heave-ho - who else has been told "see ya" by UT+9 Conference teams?

by **MrMustang1965** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:00 pm

Red Raider Sports puts it back in TCU's court.

http://www.texastech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1178840

by **Junior** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:19 pm

Of course they do. They always think the world is against them. I'm really surprised they didn't just fall back to their standard if blaming the Aggies like they do for most things.

by **Arkpony** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:25 pm

Hey! The world IS against them!!!

by **smupony94** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:38 pm

The University of Houston is giving itself one chance â€” and one chance only â€” to knock off a football team from a marquee conference in 2011.

UH on Thursday announced a non-conference schedule in which the Sept. 3 opener against UCLA at Robertson Stadium is the only game against an opponent from one of the Bowl Championship Series automatic qualifying conferences.

The Cougarsâ€™ other non-conference home game is Sept. 24 against Georgia State, which is in its second season as a Football Championship Subdivision entity (Division I-AA). Georgia State went 6-5 in its first season under Bill Curry, a former Alabama head coach and NFL player.

The two non-conference road games come against North Texas on Sept. 10 and Louisiana Tech on Sept. 17. North Texas, a Sun Belt Conference member that hired Dan McCarney after a 3-9 2010 season, will make its debut in a new stadium in the Sept. 10 game. Louisiana Tech is coming off a 5-7 record playing in the Western Athletic Conference under first-year coach Sonny Dykes.

Conference USA typically releases the league schedule in March. UH will have four home dates in C-USA play, giving it six games at Robertson Stadium for the season.

by **Bergermeister** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:47 pm

Once UCLA gets a taste of Robertson Stadium, they may not want to go back to the Rose Bowl.

by **CA Mustang** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:45 pm

Bergermeister wrote:I know we got dropped by BU and Tech gave TCU the heave-ho - who else has been told "see ya" by UT+9 Conference teams?

Iowa State dropped Utah.

Bergermeister wrote:Once UCLA gets a taste of Robertson Stadium, they may not want to go back to the Rose Bowl.

They played there back in the late 90's when it wasn't as fancy as it is today!

by **EastStang** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:57 pm

I'm not sure who is dropping who these days. I've missed reading the Enquirer.

by **SMU 86** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:07 am

Interesting quotes from the article.

"Horn reported that TCU was "less hungry to play Texas Tech" after ESPN arranged a season-opening matchup with Oregon State at Cowboys Stadium and, as a result, the network "helped move" Tennessee Tech onto the Horned Frogs' schedule in place of Texas Tech"

and

"Tech has actually reached out to TCU to work on a new contract, a home and home, to be scheduled for a couple of years down the road, but those overtures have so far been met with no response."

by **westexSMU** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:38 am

Now that TCU will be in a BCS Conference in 2012, I'm sure, besides SMU, they will be more interested in playing " the little sisters of the poor" out of conference. Probably a 1AA and some Sun Belt or future WAC teams.

by **docabel** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:52 am

The real reason is buried in the story.

TCU voided/cancelled the contract with Tech last year when they agreed to play Oregon State @ Jerry World. With the expansion to the 9 game conference schedule in B12/10, Tech had to drop a non conference game. TCU was no longer under contract, therefore no cancellation fee, makes this a pretty simple decision.

by **Pony_Fan** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:12 pm

CUSA needs to step up and beat the big boys. Makes it tougher to schedule nowadays.

by **Big Hoss** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:28 pm

SMU 86 wrote:Interesting quotes from the article.

"Horn reported that TCU was "less hungry to play Texas Tech" after ESPN arranged a season-opening matchup with Oregon State at Cowboys Stadium and, as a result, the network "helped move" Tennessee Tech onto the Horned Frogs' schedule in place of Texas Tech"

and

"Tech has actually reached out to TCU to work on a new contract, a home and home, to be scheduled for a couple of years down the road, but those overtures have so far been met with no response."

Well TCU did just move to the Big East, so they may be waiting to see how that affects their schedule in the near term. Plus, maybe they want to play someone besides Tech, in case they want to distance themselves from nearby schools that are of similar talent that recruit in their backyard?

by **ReedFrawg** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:10 pm

docabel wrote:The real reason is buried in the story.

TCU voided/cancelled the contract with Tech last year when they agreed to play Oregon State @ Jerry World. With the expansion to the 9 game conference schedule in B12/10, Tech had to drop a non conference game. TCU was no longer under contract, therefore no cancellation fee, makes this a pretty simple decision.

BS! The Tech- UT game was moved up to early in the season for TV purposes so the Tech-TCU game date had to be moved at a minimum. After this time TCU-OSU was announced. Tech is scared.

by **Stallion** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:43 pm

they both had the date saved this year. If Tech wanted to play them in Ft Worth I'm sure they could have figured it out instead of playing Texas State. Its almost always the BCS school screwing the small school just like A&M will do to SMU. Baylor could have played SMU-how much you want to bet there is a Sister of the Poor playing in Waco instead