SMU announces home-and-home games with Missouri State

[CA Mustang]

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 “on the road.” 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.

[Dukie]

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 “on the road.” 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 … my point. Yes. Why exactly are you arguing with me? Lol.

[Hoss]

MSU went 4-7 last year, but it hasn't always been awful -- gone 17-17 over the last 3 years.

Either way, games we need to win.