Well, were playing LSU on Thursday, Sep 15th
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We never do good in them and we can't match the environment of a Saturday game. On the other hand it is usually good exposure, being the only game on tv. If I had to choose, I would not want a Thurs game.
Thursday night games are usually good draws, but we had a legit chance to get Gameday on campus that weekend. Still should be a great atmosphere, and a hell of a football game.
With all the momentum the football program has, this schedule does it's best to kill it. Only 6 home games, thanks for nothing LT. Only one home game in October.
Potential W's and L's wise there is nothing wrong with it. But a program trying to get back on it's feet like ours we NEED the gate for 7 home games. I don't care if they are easy wins or not and Memphis is "practically a home game", there is NO excuse for playing 2 CUSA road games in a season. It's simple. I don't care if we outnumber Memphis fans 90% to 10. We don't get half the money. Having one less game at home HURTS, especially when some of our conference foes are playing 8 at home. No excuse for this to happen twice in 4 years. At MINIMUM we should give up a home game for a neutral field game and split the pot.
Potential W's and L's wise there is nothing wrong with it. But a program trying to get back on it's feet like ours we NEED the gate for 7 home games. I don't care if they are easy wins or not and Memphis is "practically a home game", there is NO excuse for playing 2 CUSA road games in a season. It's simple. I don't care if we outnumber Memphis fans 90% to 10. We don't get half the money. Having one less game at home HURTS, especially when some of our conference foes are playing 8 at home. No excuse for this to happen twice in 4 years. At MINIMUM we should give up a home game for a neutral field game and split the pot.
The environment is just not the same. I'm not just talking about in the stadium. There is more to it than that. Its tailgating and everything else. Not as many people coming up because its on a Thurs. I agree the environment was good for the Auburn game but I don't feel like it could have matched a Saturday night game.