(10-11-2016 05:46 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]The deal with Norfolk St. 2019 isn't so bad, worst case if construction hits a snag is delayed for the opener the game could be played across town at NSU, it would buy them 2-3 weeks to get it up and running before Buffalo comes to town. Not ideal for us FBS going over there but does give us an option in a worst case scenario.
That's probably the reason for the game.
Good catch! :)
(10-11-2016 05:11 PM)booman Wrote: [ -> ] (10-11-2016 06:42 AM)MonGNARch Wrote: [ -> ]I like playing Norfolk State. While I don't want to make a habit of playing MEAC teams, NSU is a fun event for the city. Every time they come to us it's always fun. Which makes me wonder why their fans didn't show up when we came to them that one year haha
Cause our AD decided to jack up the ticket prices. I would have lowered it to $10 and sold Dick Price out. Easy no effort $300K that he freakin blew
True story. Not to mention, his insistence that ODU play at NSU cost NSU the guarantee check they would have gotten for playing at ODU last year. He agreed to play for free last year, so ODU would come to NSU as an FBS team the year before, because he thought they would make a killing on a sell out crowd with increased ticket prices. Didn't go quite the way he saw it.
(10-11-2016 05:46 PM)AimHigh Wrote: [ -> ]The deal with Norfolk St. 2019 isn't so bad, worst case if construction hits a snag is delayed for the opener the game could be played across town at NSU, it would buy them 2-3 weeks to get it up and running before Buffalo comes to town. Not ideal for us FBS going over there but does give us an option in a worst case scenario.
Hmm, not sure how that would play out. Would ODU fans want a home game at Price? What would be the financial benefit for NSU losing a money game. Would we now get the gate? If we got the gate, how soon would we return the visit to ODU?
