It's official: SMU/Texas Tech to air on ESPN

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU's 2010 Season Opener To Air On ESPN
SMU At Texas Tech On Sunday, Sept. 5

March 15, 2010

DALLAS (SMU) - ESPN has selected SMU's 2010 season opener at Texas Tech to air on national TV, the network announced today. To accommodate the broadcast, SMU and Tech have agreed to move the game to Sunday, Sept. 5, with a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff. In addition to airing on ESPN, the game will also be broadcast online at ESPN360.com.

ESPN, The Worldwide Leader in Sports, reaches over 99 million homes, and ESPN360.com is distributed to more than 50 million homes.

The game will mark SMU's second straight ESPN appearance, as the Mustangs routed Nevada, 45-10, in the ESPN-broadcast Sheraton Hawaii Bowl in its 2009 season finale.

Conference USA is finalizing league schedules and SMU hopes to release the remainder of its 2010 slate later this week.

[RGV Pony]

you know what...that's not all that bad. All day watching football on TV 9/4, then conceivably fly out to Lubbock and back on Sunday...no overnight. I'll need to check the flights to see the latest one getting out of there.

I'm guessing the NFL doesnt begin its games until the following Thursday.

[Junior]

Damn. Southwest doesn't even have flights scheduled out that far yet.

[RGV Pony]

last AA flight is 7:10pm. Stadium's on the same side of town. No Air Raid offense...so hopefully a 3.5 hour game

[PK]

Damn. Southwest doesn't even have flights scheduled out that far yet.

Southwest schedules to most Texas cities are the same week after week, so what ever normal weekend flights they have to Lubbock this week ought to be the same in August. I doubt they would ramp up for an SMU game weekend there. I understand that you may not be able to get tickets yet, but you should have some idea whether or not they will have flights available for your planned schedule.

[Junior]

Damn. Southwest doesn't even have flights scheduled out that far yet.

Southwest schedules to most Texas cities are the same week after week, so what ever normal weekend flights they have to Lubbock this week ought to be the same in August. I doubt they would ramp up for an SMU game weekend there.

Agreed, but I was actually making the point that I tried to book my tickets to online and the system wouldn't let me book a flight that far out yet.

[PK]

Damn. Southwest doesn't even have flights scheduled out that far yet.

Southwest schedules to most Texas cities are the same week after week, so what ever normal weekend flights they have to Lubbock this week ought to be the same in August. I doubt they would ramp up for an SMU game weekend there.

Agreed, but I was actually making the point that I tried to book my tickets to online and the system wouldn't let me book a flight that far out yet.

Yeah, I figured that was what you were saying and edited my post, but you had already responded before I could get my edit done.

[Junior]

no worries, PK.

[mustangbill67]

got an email from SW that fall flight schedule will be released on March 23.

[Junior]

got an email from SW that fall flight schedule will be released on March 23.

thanks for the heads up.

[Mestengo]

Leather chair and plazma tv sounds about right to me.

[RGV Pony]

Leather chair and plazma tv sounds about right to me.

you said the same thing before hopping in the Dodge w/ Craig and heading to Tulsa last year

[Mestengo]

Perhaps...

Driving directions to Lubbock, TX
329 mi – about 5 hours 36 mins

[MrMustang1965]

Leather chair and plazma tv sounds about right to me.

Get off your butt and get yourself to Lubbock!!!!

[Mestengo]

Leather chair and plazma tv sounds about right to me.

you said the same thing before hopping in the Dodge w/ Craig and heading to Tulsa last year

Option 2

$170.00
Change Flight Flight: 1 Round-Trip TicketSun, Sep 5, 2010Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Lubbock (LBB) Depart: 07:20am

Arrive: 08:20am
Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW) to
Lubbock, TX (LBB)
American Airlines
Flight 2923 operated by AMERICAN EAGLE (on Embraer RJ145 Amazon)
Adult fare rules

Total Travel Time: 1 hr

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Sun, Sep 5, 2010Lubbock (LBB) to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) Depart: 07:10pm

Arrive: 08:15pm
Lubbock, TX (LBB) to
Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW)
American Airlines
Flight 2882 operated by AMERICAN EAGLE (on Embraer RJ145 Amazon)
Adult fare rules