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Post by zurac315 on Feb 27, 2015 21:20:04 GMT -8
I have a feeling I'm going to have an extra $700 next year. And the Aztecs aren't… So be it.
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Post by Trujillos & Beer on Feb 27, 2015 21:46:49 GMT -8
Coryell scheduled Mexico Poly and he did so on purpose. Gee, I wonder why he did that? Anybody remember what he said when asked why he scheduled them? Did all the fans stay home and complain? It was 1966 man. Most parents of current SDSU freshman weren't even alive for this game. I have no idea what he said, why he scheduled them, or if anybody showed up.
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Post by Trujillos & Beer on Feb 27, 2015 21:49:12 GMT -8
Aztec football fans only get excited when the Aztecs play teams that are likely to beat them. We would probably get a huge crowd if we played Oregon. Of course, the final score would likely be Oregon 63, SDSU 10. From the time I enter the stadium in the second quarter to when I leave at halftime I'd like to be entertaining. If that means watching Oregon score 3 touchdowns in 5 minutes so be it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2015 22:28:00 GMT -8
Wow! That'll drive up attendance! A ratings bonanza! Recruits will be clamouring to be at this match-up. Yawn.... Man tough home schedule that year. With FB power houses of UC Davis, Northern Illinois, New Mexico, SJSU, UNLV, and Wyoming all coming in to play the mighty Aztecs, Rocky must be having nightmares. They might want to consider raising their tickets prices that year to offset their scholarship debt. Better yet fans, get your tickets now because it going to be a sell out. Ticket to that UC Davis game will be priced around $300 dollars a piece. Its considered the equivalent to a home game of basketball vs Kansas or Arizona. Ill make sure my boss knows not to schedule me in for work that particular day. A few more consecutive stupid comments please. We didn't get the point.
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Post by jdaztec on Feb 27, 2015 22:46:27 GMT -8
Got my Bachelor's Degree at Davis in the late 70's. They were a Division II Powerhouse regularly participating in the playoffs and playing in the National championship Game a couple of times. A little less thad a decade ago they stepped up a division . They beat Stanford several years ago. We should beat them easily but if we are not prepared and energized we could also lose.
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Post by fowl on Feb 27, 2015 23:08:36 GMT -8
I have an idea - let's schedule four P5 powers for our OOC schedule. Something like Ohio state, Texas, USC, and Alabama. Maybe one of those we can schedule at home so that everyone bitching on this thread can be happy. It's great when we start conference play 0-4 and beat to a pulp. I mean it has been done before by others who subsequently were added to P5 conferences so we should follow their lead. We've even tried it in the past with fantastic success - both at the gate and in the win column.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Feb 27, 2015 23:41:40 GMT -8
It's too bad we are not privy to the inner workings of the AD's scheduling efforts. Some fans seem to underestimate badly the difficulties inherent in trying to schedule blue chip programs. All the power is in their hands. Why should they come here when it is so easy to get us (or schools like us) to play in their yard?
And, let's face it, we are likely to loose every single game to decent P5 schools. Kansas? Okay, but they are not decent. Indiana? Same thing. But Kansas and Indiana would probably pay some FCS school to travel to their venues.
It is imperative that S.D.S.U. beat those teams that are on our schedule, never mind how appealing or unappealing they may be to San Diego fans. Let's not forget that we have lost three times to FCS schools in the past decade. If we could run the table, we would be taken seriously. But running the table is not so easy when you have a rising Penn State on tap and an improving Cal, as well.
AzWm
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Post by K2Aztec73 on Feb 28, 2015 1:29:29 GMT -8
And scheduling "name" schools isn't going to be getting any easier with P5 conferences leaning on their members to keep scheduling "in the family" as much as possible, so most of the opportunities to play them will be road games to be the sacrificial lamb on their schedule. I'd guess that most schools outside the western states would probably find it simpler to allocate those games to a "directional" school in their own neighborhood.
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Post by junior on Feb 28, 2015 9:33:57 GMT -8
I have a feeling I'm going to have an extra $700 next year. And the Aztecs aren't… So be it. Yep. That's "the ticket…"
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Post by aztecfred on Feb 28, 2015 9:42:44 GMT -8
Don't we need to schedule one more game this year?
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Post by aztecfankrishnan on Feb 28, 2015 10:04:51 GMT -8
I'm a big supporter of the Football team, but we need to get at least one P5 school on our home schedule every year. I don't care if we have to agree to 2 for 1's to do it.
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Post by HighNTight on Feb 28, 2015 10:22:41 GMT -8
I'm a big supporter of the Football team, but we need to get at least one P5 school on our home schedule every year. I don't care if we have to agree to 2 for 1's to do it. wouldn't 2-1's work against you if you already have away games against the P12 every other year for the next 8 seasons and there will always be a "payout" away game like Penn St, Ohio St, Michigan or UNC on the schedule every year (you know for revenue) how are we to make up for the loss of revenue on the 2-1's where we now have to travel for 2 games to get 1 at home and there is no payout? wouldn't that make for years when there could be 3 P5 away games?
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Post by aztecfankrishnan on Feb 28, 2015 13:12:22 GMT -8
I'm a big supporter of the Football team, but we need to get at least one P5 school on our home schedule every year. I don't care if we have to agree to 2 for 1's to do it. wouldn't 2-1's work against you if you already have away games against the P12 every other year for the next 8 seasons and there will always be a "payout" away game like Penn St, Ohio St, Michigan or UNC on the schedule every year (you know for revenue) how are we to make up for the loss of revenue on the 2-1's where we now have to travel for 2 games to get 1 at home and there is no payout? wouldn't that make for years when there could be 3 P5 away games? Ok. I will settle for every other year at least. Also, you still work on getting those home and homes.
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Post by sleepy on Feb 28, 2015 13:38:39 GMT -8
I read stuff like this and wonder: Is it really that hard to schedule a Purdue for a 2 for 1? A Vanderbilt? UVA? Colorado? Indiana? Texas Tech? Kentucky?
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Post by fowl on Feb 28, 2015 20:17:39 GMT -8
I read stuff like this and wonder: Is it really that hard to schedule a Purdue for a 2 for 1? A Vanderbilt? UVA? Colorado? Indiana? Texas Tech? Kentucky? The difficulty with scheduling those programs is that they do NOT want to play anything resembling stiff competition in OOC. They make their $ from their conference tv contract and would rather schedule home one-and-done OOC games against 1) an FCS school 2) a sun belt school 3) a Mac school and 4) a CUSA school. They know that they will have a difficult time having a winning conference record so they load up on lower G5 and FCS schools to get four of the six wins necessary for a bowl. Then they can go 2-6 in conference and still go to a bowl.
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Post by sleepy on Feb 28, 2015 20:46:52 GMT -8
I read stuff like this and wonder: Is it really that hard to schedule a Purdue for a 2 for 1? A Vanderbilt? UVA? Colorado? Indiana? Texas Tech? Kentucky? The difficulty with scheduling those programs is that they do NOT want to play anything resembling stiff competition in OOC. They make their $ from their conference tv contract and would rather schedule home one-and-done OOC games against 1) an FCS school 2) a sun belt school 3) a Mac school and 4) a CUSA school. They know that they will have a difficult time having a winning conference record so they load up on lower G5 and FCS schools to get four of the six wins necessary for a bowl. Then they can go 2-6 in conference and still go to a bowl. That's interesting. Even at 2 for 1?
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Post by fowl on Mar 1, 2015 0:24:56 GMT -8
OOC money doesn't matter to them. The high probability of a win does.
A relative of mine was the AD for one of the schools you mentioned. He is the one who told me this.
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Post by aztecfan1 on Mar 1, 2015 16:53:39 GMT -8
If you think you don't like playing UC Davis, wait until our Sept. 5 opponent is revealed. The rumor persists -- if it comes true, it is going to shock many of you casual fans here. If it happens, remember that there literally were NO other opponents available nationwide. On the overall subject, let's get something straight -- the Aztecs have very little chance of attracting many the Big 12, SEC, BiG10 teams mentioned above. We are team on the upswing and there is not much of a payday for playing the Aztec here. And, these teams can't afford even the possibility of being upset most of all. From the comments above, some here naively think scheduling the P5 teams is simple as ordering them up at will. That said, AD Sterk has scheduled a Pac 12 team every year AT HOME starting in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 with the in between spots still being filled. What valid criticism can there be of that? If you think that was easy think again. Finally, the best the Aztecs can hope for is to play in a bowl game (hopefully a better bowl game) each year. To do that you need to go 3-1 OOC going forward. So you need two very winnable games (New Mexico State), one you think you should win (South Alabama) , and one that is a reach (the Pac 12 teams). That's the formula.
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Post by zurac315 on Mar 1, 2015 20:17:05 GMT -8
If you think you don't like playing UC Davis, wait until our Sept. 5 opponent is revealed. The rumor persists -- if it comes true, it is going to shock many of you casual fans here. If it happens, remember that there literally were NO other opponents available nationwide. On the overall subject, let's get something straight -- the Aztecs have very little chance of attracting many the Big 12, SEC, BiG10 teams mentioned above. We are team on the upswing and there is not much of a payday for playing the Aztec here. And, these teams can't afford even the possibility of being upset most of all. From the comments above, some here naively think scheduling the P5 teams is simple as ordering them up at will. That said, AD Sterk has scheduled a Pac 12 team every year AT HOME starting in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 with the in between spots still being filled. What valid criticism can there be of that? If you think that was easy think again. Finally, the best the Aztecs can hope for is to play in a bowl game (hopefully a better bowl game) each year. To do that you need to go 3-1 OOC going forward. So you need two very winnable games (New Mexico State), one you think you should win (South Alabama) , and one that is a reach (the Pac 12 teams). That's the formula. Crawford High School?
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Post by sdsuballer on Mar 1, 2015 20:41:48 GMT -8
The difficulty with scheduling those programs is that they do NOT want to play anything resembling stiff competition in OOC. They make their $ from their conference tv contract and would rather schedule home one-and-done OOC games against 1) an FCS school 2) a sun belt school 3) a Mac school and 4) a CUSA school. They know that they will have a difficult time having a winning conference record so they load up on lower G5 and FCS schools to get four of the six wins necessary for a bowl. Then they can go 2-6 in conference and still go to a bowl. That's interesting. Even at 2 for 1? Yup. Hawaii just scheduled a 2 for 1 with Oregon. I have heard rumors that Oregon would like to schedule a home and home with us for recruiting purpose. The non years they don't travel to Southern California. But you know how it works around here?
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