(09-07-2013 09:17 AM)Lollipop Coog Wrote:  

(09-07-2013 09:05 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I don't fault SMU or any other team for including an FCS team on the schedule. But why not play one of the FCS teams from Texas/Oklahoma instead?

They were all taken (there are no FCS teams in Oklahoma though Tulsa is the closest) plus if they're going to lose to a powerhouse FCS team, they may as well lose to one out of state to make their in-state rep (which isn't anything to write home about tbh) safe from harm.

Montana State was taken too. We bought them out of their other game. The answer to Native Georgian's question is, I don't know why we didn't schedule Central Arkansas or someone like that instead.

I think our rep is just as much in jeopardy vs. Montana State as it would be vs. SHSU or SFA.

Per Flightaware on MSU's flight:

Status result unknown

Props to Lollipop for taking such a random question and turning it into smack against not just 1 but 2 teams.

Per MSU fans, MSU checked into team hotel at 2:40 AM

I hope they get enough rest, I'd hate for them to come out cold and unprepared because of this delay.

I've been to the Bozeman airport. It looks like a ski lodge and has a whopping 2 gates, or at least it did in 1999.

I tried finding the clip on youtube but this thread reminds me of the scene in Major League where the pilot is duct taping the propeller blade.

Smu -10.5 for the win

(09-07-2013 09:36 AM)CalallenStang Wrote:  Per MSU fans, MSU checked into team hotel at 2:40 AM

They are young and should recover in time for the game.

SMU's only 10.5?

(09-07-2013 11:50 AM)DrBox Wrote:  SMU's only 10.5?

Montana State is #3 in the country in FCS. They are a good team. I think it's amazing that we are favored at all.

Yea, but SMU is ready for them. And you do have a good team (not as good as you want it to be, I know).
On a side note, S Eastern should have just tied up TCU. No one was within 15 yards of their wideout -bad pass.

(09-07-2013 12:04 PM)DrBox Wrote:  Yea, but SMU is ready for them. And you do have a good team (not as good as you want it to be, I know).
On a side note, S Eastern should have just tied up TCU. No one was within 15 yards of their wideout -bad pass.

TCU is overrated. Had LSU been on their game last week, they would have run away with the game. Heck, LSU outgained TCU by nearly 200 yards.

(09-07-2013 12:00 PM)CalallenStang Wrote:  

(09-07-2013 11:50 AM)DrBox Wrote:  SMU's only 10.5?

Montana State is #3 in the country in FCS. They are a good team. I think it's amazing that we are favored at all.

This is terrible scheduling. If you're going to play an FCS, play one you can hammer.

(09-07-2013 12:14 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  

(09-07-2013 12:00 PM)CalallenStang Wrote:  

(09-07-2013 11:50 AM)DrBox Wrote:  SMU's only 10.5?

Montana State is #3 in the country in FCS. They are a good team. I think it's amazing that we are favored at all.

This is terrible scheduling. If you're going to play an FCS, play one you can hammer.

Precisely. We dropped Baylor for an easy win, and then we scheduled a game that isn't an easy win.

i was in Bozeman this summer. Even stopped by Montana States campus. Nice town and airport

(09-07-2013 09:21 AM)CalallenStang Wrote:  Montana State was taken too. We bought them out of their other game. The answer to Native Georgian's question is, I don't know why we didn't schedule Central Arkansas or someone like that instead.

I think our rep is just as much in jeopardy vs. Montana State as it would be vs. SHSU or SFA.

UCA (#6 in FCS) will get $390k to (I hope) beat Colorado.

No, I would not turn that down, if I am UCA, either.

#3...#6...I guess SMU gets shafted either way.

http://www.buffzone.com/ci_24000085/foot...l-arkansas

(09-07-2013 01:30 PM)AllPtsBulletin Wrote:  

(09-07-2013 09:21 AM)CalallenStang Wrote:  Montana State was taken too. We bought them out of their other game. The answer to Native Georgian's question is, I don't know why we didn't schedule Central Arkansas or someone like that instead.

I think our rep is just as much in jeopardy vs. Montana State as it would be vs. SHSU or SFA.

UCA (#6 in FCS) will get $390k to (I hope) beat Colorado.

No, I would not turn that down, if I am UCA, either.

#3...#6...I guess SMU gets shafted either way.

http://www.buffzone.com/ci_24000085/foot...l-arkansas

It's about geographic proximity. If we aren't going to schedule an easy win, why play someone from clear across the country?