Did anyone catch why Notre Dame and Washington St. are playing in Texas? - College Football - - Page 2 - City-Data Forum

nevergoingback · 11-03-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by desert sun

they might as well tear down their stadiums if they are gonna keep scheduling home games in other cities, must suck for the locals and the fans.

Look at Florida's home games this year. I feel sorry for their fans.

The Golden Domers are coming to Norman, OK in 2012!! Always a good time!! It would be great to be able to make the trip to SB when OU plays them in 2013. We'll see!!

desert sun · 11-03-2009, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oildog

Notre Dame has a national following, they sell out all over the country.

but it also takes away from South Bend and the local fans

twista6002 · 11-04-2009, 12:21 AM

Charlie Walrus forces smaller schools to play them at a neutral field. These schools realize with playing ND comes exposure but they get bullied out of another home game and have to go to ND the next time. He already did it with Uconn and Army and tried it with Rutgers.

Danbo1957 · 11-04-2009, 12:24 AM

And those "smaller schools" get paid a cool million $ to do so.

cougfan · 11-04-2009, 12:17 PM

Unfortunately, Wash St has a very hard time getting OOC teams to do a home-and-home with them - and to be fair, Pullman, Washington is not the easiest place to get to. Also hindering WSU is that Martin Stadium is one of the smaller stadiums in D-1.

As a Cougar fan - I wish it was different, but that's the reality. Hence why San Antonio.

Plus, the football program being so down right now doesn't help, either.

cougfan · 11-04-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nevergoingback

Look at Florida's home games this year. I feel sorry for their fans.

The Golden Domers are coming to Norman, OK in 2012!! Always a good time!! It would be great to be able to make the trip to SB when OU plays them in 2013. We'll see!!

Couldn't agree more about Florida's home schedule! Seriously, if I just paid good $$ for season tickets and three of the home dates are powerhouses Charleston Southern, Troy, and Florida International, I would be seriously PO'ed!

2010 looks a little (emphasis on little) better with USF, Miami OH, and Appalachian State.

VolDude · 11-04-2009, 06:50 PM

My first thought was they played there for recruiting, but it probably didn't hurt either that San Antonio has a huge Catholic population.

AlfredB1979 · 11-08-2009, 09:12 PM

If you're Domer College, it beats Seattle, I suppose, and gets Wazzu a bigger payday by giving in to terms that are out of their hands.

Maybe the Domers ought to do this more often...Go Navy. Ram Vela gives Domers nightmares.

YouTube - ND Sacked by Ram Vela who Jumps over blocker