Football schedule nightmare....

[HD6]

Tulane has canceled their game with us in 2016. A lot of us thought we might move that La Tech game so as to have seven home games, but instead, we are facing seven road games unless we can find an opponent who will play here.

Bob has more info on Twitter.

 

[Go Budaw]

Damn that is ridiculous. I hope the contract has them paying out the *** to get out of the game, but since its Tulane I somehow doubt that is the case.

 

[dawgstudent]

Ouch.

Luckily we don't have a 1-AA opponent.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-16/2016-mississippi-state-bulldogs-football-schedule.php

 

[DogStuckAtUM.sixpack]

So what you're saying is #BlameBob?

Yeah, it sucks but couldn't we just get a FCS team? I know due to such short notice we'd have to pay a lot more, but it could probably be done.

I couldn't find a link on FBschedules.com with teams looking for opponents in 2016.

 

[vhdawg]

I'm curious if the 2017 and 2018 games with Tulane are still on. We're supposed to go to there in 2017 and back in Starkville in 2018. Bob said it was the last game of a 7-game deal, but that seven games was the 2003-2006 series plus the 2016-2018 series.

 

[Dawg1976]

Time for a rematch with Maine!

 

[HD6]

I'm sure that's what we'll do, but it looks like we were trying not to do that with 4 OOC already scheduled. But yes, I'd expect to see Jackson State or Alcorn back in Starkville in 2016.

 

[GloryDawg]

Can we just play 11 games and use the extra week to rest?

 

[patdog]

We should never schedule those bastards again. Or at least make it a 2-for-1 if we do with the first 2 in Starkville. Still, I don't think this is a huge deal. We flip the LA Tech series to Starkville in 2016 and Rustin in 2017 and add a I-AA team and we're done.

 

[patdog]

I don't think we were ever scheduled to play Tulane in 2017-2018. Originally, there was a 10-year deal back in the Croom era. Tulane cancelled it early, but they still owed us one more game in Starkville. That was the 2016 game.

 

[esplanade91]

Neutral site game!!!!!

 

[Maroon Eagle]

They'd be playing four non-conference games on the road in 2016 then and Tech's been trying to have one home game per season. Is there a rule as to the minimum number of home football games per season?

 

[patdog]

We may be screwed then. 6 road games in 2016. Just checked BYU's 2016 schedule and they've got 5 home and 6 road games counting ours, so they're not going to be receptive to a flip either. Replace Tulane with a I-AA and move on. We have got to start putting some steep buy-out clauses in these contracts, and I think we have since Byrne took over, but this was an old Larry Templeton contract.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Road dawgs, baby.

 

[chew1095]

Road games should help our RPI.***

 

[Maroon Eagle]

$350,000 according to the Clarion-Ledger. Link: Click here.

 

[esplanade91]

Honestly, all the big time programs play neutral site games. And I think it would be a lot of fun to go on a short weekend trip and watch the Dawgs in an NFL stadium or somewhat unique.

We obviously have a big alumni base in Houston. Play Houston or Texas Tech or someone in Houston at the Texans' stadium.

I think it would be a totally different experience than the OSU game.

 

[natchezdawg]

His legacy endures.

LT will find a way to stick it to us from the grave.

 

[GloryDawg]

We may be screwed then. 6 road games in 2016. Just checked BYU's 2016 schedule and they've got 5 home and 6 road games counting ours, so they're not going to be receptive to a flip either. Replace Tulane with a I-AA and move on. We have got to start putting some steep buy-out clauses in these contracts, and I think we have since Byrne took over, but this was an old Larry Templeton contract.

You have to give BYU credit on that 2016 schedule. Arizona, UCLA, WV, Michingan State, Mississppit State and they still have to play Utah and BSU.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

i'd accept a game in houston. i'd prefer it in austin though. heck, texas state would work too.

 

[esplanade91]

UTSA. Boom.

Scott, you can PM for more info on where to send my consulting fee.

 

[HD6]

Do you really think there would ever be a neutral site game where MSU is the biggest name? You guys are insane.

 

[BulldogBlitz]

i wasn't implying texas state v. msu in houston. UT-austin would be just fine home and home too.

as far as who to play in houston? that'd have to be a houston, texas, baylor deal there. i don't see anyone else really drawing a crowd there.

 

[patdog]

This is a terrible idea. We've already got 6 road games for 2016, so let's replace a home game with a neutral site game. For the record, I'm fine with a neutral site game, if we already have 7 home games. But the realities of our scheduling are that those will be fairly rare.

 

[Thrl595]

Let's give Troy another 2 for 1 option. I think they would jump at that opportunity seeing as how they set an attendance record when we played there in '12.

 

[fishwater99]

We should never have less than 7 home games a year with our SEC $ and the increase in our season ticket sales.

Thanks LT..

 

[tatedog]

$350,000 according to the Clarion-Ledger. Link: Click here.

Thanks for the check!**

 

[Crazy Cotton]

Does Tennessee State have an open slot?

Think that would be a fun game to watch

 

[Hanmudog]

Think that would be a fun game to watch

+1.

I would almost pay just to watch us stomp their asses coming out of the tunnel.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Patdog gets it ..

We may be screwed then. 6 road games in 2016. We have got to start putting some steep buy-out clauses in these contracts, and I think we have since Byrne took over, but this was an old Larry Templeton contract.

& I agree 100%. Will add that they need to also have an 'escalation clause.' Cancelling a game less than two years out is 10 times greater penalty than cancelling one 10 years out.

Baylor, Lt Tech and now Tulane are all on my sh*t list.

 

[dawgstudent]

Time to strike up talks with A.C. Butch Lambert Field.

 

[AFDawg]

Do we have a history of bad blood with them or something?

I'd like to see that game just because a good friend of mine is a TSU grad.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Buyouts tied in to how much it costs to acquire a home game from a non-Power 5 school at the time the contract is broken instead of set monetary figures-- just to give an example.

 

[patdog]

I think the guys who jumped Dak, Damien and one of our other players in Florida were TSU. At least one of them on the football team.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

http://www.bcinterruption.com/bosto...tball-scheduling-mississippi-state-and-tulane

 

[AFDawg]

Ah, gotcha. I'd forgotten that.