CA Mustang wrote:Are you sure it would be big money? UTEP and UTSA have openings in their schedules in '25 & '26 (Rice '26 only). Don't you think they would take a couple of hundred grand to play a game in-state vs. a familiar opponent in a major city where many of their alums reside? Heck, UNT or SHU would jump at the opportunity. But playing a bottom-of-the-barrel CUSA school on the road? If you want to be a big boy, first you must start acting like it.
Yes, I’m sure. SMU is now more or less where Duke is. No one is coming to them for a one-off for almost no money. You either pay or you agree to go to their place as well. There is some room to negotiate a 2:1 but not a 1:0 without a paycheck. You also keep saying we’re playing them ΓÇ£on the road.ΓÇ¥ No, it’s a home-and-home.
Yes, a road game is part of the agreement because SMU will travel there in 2025. If it were a one-off home game for SMU, I'd have no problems with it.
As orguy pointed out, Hart is likely dealing with other restraints but I find it hard to believe this is the best opponent that could be secured. A bad FCS team transitioning to CUSA hardly sounds attractive. Securing the Nevada series at a late date was smart, but this one is a head-scratcher.
CA Mustang wrote:Are you sure it would be big money? UTEP and UTSA have openings in their schedules in '25 & '26 (Rice '26 only). Don't you think they would take a couple of hundred grand to play a game in-state vs. a familiar opponent in a major city where many of their alums reside? Heck, UNT or SHU would jump at the opportunity. But playing a bottom-of-the-barrel CUSA school on the road? If you want to be a big boy, first you must start acting like it.
Yes, I’m sure. SMU is now more or less where Duke is. No one is coming to them for a one-off for almost no money. You either pay or you agree to go to their place as well. There is some room to negotiate a 2:1 but not a 1:0 without a paycheck. You also keep saying we’re playing them ΓÇ£on the road.ΓÇ¥ No, it’s a home-and-home.
Yes, a road game is part of the agreement because SMU will travel there in 2025. If it were a one-off home game for SMU, I'd have no problems with it.
As orguy pointed out, Hart is likely dealing with other restraints but I find it hard to believe this is the best opponent that could be secured. A bad FCS team transitioning to CUSA hardly sounds attractive. Securing the Nevada series at a late date was smart, but this one is a head-scratcher.
That it’s suboptimal given the opponent was ΓǪ my point. Yes. Why exactly are you arguing with me? Lol.
