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Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:27 am to StopRobot
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Usually you travel to play someone that helps recruting, a la Clemson and not to a recruiting backwater like Kansas.
Says who?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:30 am to Rig
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quote:ESPN sold the KSU AD on the Thursday night plan.
AU has San Jose St before the KSU Game, so I think Gus thinks he has plenty of time to prepare.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:35 am to StopRobot
we originally wanted Oregon State for 07 but the beavers wanted a return trip to their place in 08 so we settled for Kansas State
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:37 am to machineguntiger
I don't understand that either. Don't they usually try to play 9 home games?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:38 am to Irons Puppet
I'm not worried about preparation. My point was rejecting the Thirsday night game so KState would reconsider the Arrowhead deal. If we reject Thursday night ESPN no longer puts that game on prime time.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:38 am to bamamonty
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Don't they usually try to play 9 home games?
no
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:39 am to KSGamecock
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Why did Tennessee go to Oregon?
Oregon I get. Certainly more of a recruiting area than Kansas.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:41 am to CaptainBrannigan
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Says who?
Common sense? I said "usually". If you are going to play another BCS school it is more advantageous to go somewhere that helps recruiting. LSU going to Arizona. Alabama going to Pennsylvania.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:41 am to beaver
Alabama gets chosen for marquee kick off classic type events. Auburn has never been thought about for that type stuff.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:41 am to StopRobot
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Certainly more of a recruiting area than Kansas.
Obviously we are not doing it for recruiting purposes.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:43 am to JuiceTerry
Oh no whatever will Auburn do not getting those kind of games. It's really going to hurt AU's recruiting.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:44 am to StopRobot
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Says who?
Common sense?
Oh, so you just made that up?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:45 am to StopRobot
Getting a Thursday night and nationally televised game isn't getting exposure?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:45 am to JuiceTerry
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Alabama gets chosen for marquee kick off classic type events. Auburn has never been thought about for that type stuff.
Chik FIl A Kickoff 2015 douchebag
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:45 am to StopRobot
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If you are going to play another BCS school it is more advantageous to go somewhere that helps recruiting
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Pennsylvania.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:48 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
quote:It's certainly not like playing @Duke on 11am saturday morning ESPN broadcast
Getting a Thursday night and nationally televised game isn't getting exposure?
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:48 am to parkjas2001
Games like K State aren't bad ideas, and are generally in the vein of what Alabama tries to do in scheduling "name" schools that aren't playing particularly well. Granted, having enough foresight to predict when a school with some cache will be playing mediocre ball is tough, so part of it is just luck.
Either way, Auburn played K State at home with the idea we'd never make the return or the return would be a high profile game in an NFL stadium that would be a semi-interesting game and decent trip for fans. Took forever to pull it together for the return trip, and we end up on Thursday night in Manhattan.
It's not a bad situation, it just wasn't what we hoped for in 2005 or whenever this series was set up. I think at this point Auburn just wanted to get the game played to fulfill our arrangement with Kansas State.
FWIW, I enjoyed the K State fans here in 2007.
Either way, Auburn played K State at home with the idea we'd never make the return or the return would be a high profile game in an NFL stadium that would be a semi-interesting game and decent trip for fans. Took forever to pull it together for the return trip, and we end up on Thursday night in Manhattan.
It's not a bad situation, it just wasn't what we hoped for in 2005 or whenever this series was set up. I think at this point Auburn just wanted to get the game played to fulfill our arrangement with Kansas State.
FWIW, I enjoyed the K State fans here in 2007.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:48 am to KSGamecock
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Why did Tennessee go to Oregon?
I'm starting to believe Tennessee is full of masochist.
Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:48 am to parkjas2001
Don't forget Clemson.
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