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(06-20-2017 09:39 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  http://www.al.com/auburnfootball/index.s...=hootsuite

An Au/UAB football game every so often would be good for fans of both schools imo...why play Liberty or a SWAC team when UAB is just up Hwy 280?...I was at the last one in 1996 and if I remember correctly the score was just 9-0 at halftime

Crucify me if you want, call me paranoid, but what does "I don't like to go too far out because I feel like philosophically we are better off waiting." mean?

It just means that they can afford to be flexible. Why would they tie up their full non-conference slate 10 years into the future when the SEC may be paying a 9 game conference schedule by then and they would have to buy-out a non-conference game any year they had 4 scheduled., or maybe ESPN comes to them and says "hey, we will pay you 3 million to drop one of your buy games and play in the SEC-ACC challenge we are setting up." No reason for them to commit until it makes sense for them to.

(06-20-2017 10:12 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  It just means that they can afford to be flexible. Why would they tie up their full non-conference slate 10 years into the future when the SEC may be paying a 9 game conference schedule by then and they would have to buy-out a non-conference game any year they had 4 scheduled., or maybe ESPN comes to them and says "hey, we will pay you 3 million to drop one of your buy games and play in the SEC-ACC challenge we are setting up." No reason for them to commit until it makes sense for them to.

But our AD said that.

Probably a goofy statement by the AD. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now. A full schedule two years out should be the goal at minimum.

(06-20-2017 10:21 PM)ICB Wrote:  

(06-20-2017 10:12 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  It just means that they can afford to be flexible. Why would they tie up their full non-conference slate 10 years into the future when the SEC may be paying a 9 game conference schedule by then and they would have to buy-out a non-conference game any year they had 4 scheduled., or maybe ESPN comes to them and says "hey, we will pay you 3 million to drop one of your buy games and play in the SEC-ACC challenge we are setting up." No reason for them to commit until it makes sense for them to.

But our AD said that.

I think the same things apply to UAB. Is anything keeping Conference USA from changing the way they schedule conference games? What if they get a nice TV contract that requires conference games every week of the season and then UAB has to buy out of a game they would have been paid for? It seems like a good idea not to schedule too far out in advance. I would say you should schedule 3-4 years out at most.

(06-20-2017 10:21 PM)ICB Wrote:  

(06-20-2017 10:12 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  It just means that they can afford to be flexible. Why would they tie up their full non-conference slate 10 years into the future when the SEC may be paying a 9 game conference schedule by then and they would have to buy-out a non-conference game any year they had 4 scheduled., or maybe ESPN comes to them and says "hey, we will pay you 3 million to drop one of your buy games and play in the SEC-ACC challenge we are setting up." No reason for them to commit until it makes sense for them to.

But our AD said that.

Hopefully ADMI is preparing for an eventual hop to a better conference and doesn't want to incur a bunch of fees for having to drop games.

( The most reasonable explanation I could come up with in 30 seconds )

(06-21-2017 09:06 AM)BlazerPhil Wrote:  

(06-20-2017 10:21 PM)ICB Wrote:  

(06-20-2017 10:12 PM)BlazerMatt Wrote:  It just means that they can afford to be flexible. Why would they tie up their full non-conference slate 10 years into the future when the SEC may be paying a 9 game conference schedule by then and they would have to buy-out a non-conference game any year they had 4 scheduled., or maybe ESPN comes to them and says "hey, we will pay you 3 million to drop one of your buy games and play in the SEC-ACC challenge we are setting up." No reason for them to commit until it makes sense for them to.

But our AD said that.

Hopefully ADMI is preparing for an eventual hop to a better conference and doesn't want to incur a bunch of fees for having to drop games.

( The most reasonable explanation I could come up with in 30 seconds )

Yeeeah, more like I hope the Foundation is preparing our ADMI to be prepared for an eventual hop to a better conference.