Why Texas Isn't Playing Wisconsin Next Year

Why is Texas playing a game at Wyoming? Trying to break into the famed Wyoming recruiting turf?

“As budgets get bigger and finances get stretched…”

I don’t get how your finances get stretched when you have a $13.2 billion endowment, with $25 million alone for athletics.

Considering ou’s ooc schedule we’re really starting to look like a closely shorn labia. Someday soon we’re going to be on the outside looking in, again, and have nobody to blame but ourselves and DeLoss…

I doubt we have a problem in 2009 as long as we win all of our games.

Hook ’em!

I doubt we have a problem in 2009 as long as we win all of our games.

Hook ‘em!
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Let’s do a hypothetical. We lose all but one regular season game, say at OK State, yet we’re able to make it to Big 12 and win. You will probably find a lot of prognosticators that will say this is a good possibility.

Now, as a one loss team we will likely be in the Top 5, but with our weak SOS we run a strong risk of not being Top 2 and thus not invited to the BCS championship.

Dodds isn’ to blame. Brown is a coelenterate, if you haven’t noticed lately, and the line “there won’t be anymore Ohio States” uttered in the AD offices before the 2005 season had Mack’s voice attached. He’s determined the who’s and the where’s during his reign. We went from a school that played anyone to a school that squats to pee.

The Wisconsin pork up will haunt us with any loss, and we’ll deserve it.

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 A. adj. Belonging to the C{oe}lenterata. B. n. A member of the C{oe}lenterata.

    1. One of the primary groups into which Leuckart, followed by others, divided the Animal Kingdom. As constituted by him, the group contains animals possessing a digestive cavity with which a peripheral system of canals frequently communicates, with prehensile organs disposed in a circle round the mouth, and all, or nearly all, provided with thread-cells or nematocysts: divided into Ctenophora, Actinozoa (corals, sea-anemones) and Hydrozoa.

Yeah, that’s some seriously impressive word usage, CTJ!

“I don’t get how your finances get stretched when you have a $13.2 billion endowment, with $25 million alone for athletics.”

I wouldn’t touch an endowment over one football game, either.

The Texas spin is, they agreed to come. Therefore, the hangup was the return. Bielema’s quote says, I didn’t mind playing in Austin, so we talked about it, but we wouldn’t give up the home game either.

I think there probably was a compromise out there but neither side was willing to consider it.

I’d split the gate, or do 55-45, whatever it took to keep Texas whole on the time value of the money. I don’t know what UW clears from a home game, but splitting the gate probably would enable both sides to get what they want, which is a marquee game that will give them national attention and boost the SOS.

I see in this the realization by Mack that the 2009 schedule is a BCS anchor. The money lost with a split is a short-term wager on winning a spot in the BCSCG. It doesn’t seem like that bad a bet to me.

I’d split the gate, or do 55-45, whatever it took to keep Texas whole on the time value of the money.

I’m so conditioned now that I read that as splitting the gate 45-35.

We’re all Bill Snyder now.

Since the possibility is now dead, if you’ve never been to Madison and Camp Randall, I highly recommend attending a game.
 
The stadium is everything you want out of a college football venue. Side-street lined high energy college atmosphere Classic coliseum style stadium, complete with Ivy on gated columns. Perfect capacity size, not obnoxious like Mich/OSU, but incredibly loud. Fans who understand their role. Easy access in and out of game. Walk friendly venues for post-game eating/drinking.

If there aren’t jorts, couch burnings, and excessive verbal assaults/threatened head bashings as visiting fans go to the stadium, then I’m unimpressed.

Do they serve Leinenkugel’s?

I’ve seen that here in Houston HJ, is that stuff any good?

It’ called a Leinie for pete’s sake. Also known as liquid gold and you just come on up to Chippewa if you wanna find out.

Thirsty Pagan Brewing up in Superior also has some mighty fine suds.

Go Byadgers.

“…the group contains animals possessing a digestive cavity with which a peripheral system of canals frequently communicates, with prehensile organs disposed in a circle round the mouth…”

Does that mean “mealy mouthed” then? I’m a bit confused as to the context.

“We’re all Bill Snyder now.”

All your patsy are belong to us.

Their Summer Wheat, Honey Weiss and Summer Shandy are all good summer beers.

Does that mean "mealy mouthed" then? I’m a bit confused as to the context.

It’s an invertebrate.

State St. would be a blast. I’d love a roadie to Madison.

Heterosexual Midwesterners drink Schmidt.

Well it sure seems more reasonable for us to not give up a home game than for them…. They already have 7 home games!! Looking at their history, they seem to get 7 every year. We recently have gotten 6 one year, 8 the next, 7 one year… 5 the next. Sure seems more reasonable for another team to have to eat an extra road game for once.

Blame lies with the badgers on this one.

“Sure seems more reasonable for another team to have to eat an extra road game for once.”

I dunno… Based on a quick look, Wisconsin officially sponsors 24 men’s and women’s sports. Texas funds 18.

If you are ever up in Chippewa Falls you should do a tour of the Leinie’s brewery. Just a small little brewery in a scenic town. They don’t really mention the fact that they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Miller.

You could also stop by Hudson, Wisconsin- home of Jim Bertelsen.

Not our fault that Wisconsin offers curling and Hockey. ;)

I think its fair to say that its more reasonable for Wisconsin to lose a home game. I did probably go a wee bit too far saying that anyone is to BLAME, though.

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BC should have its annual “investor conference” in Madison.

Just use the 2008 surplus to order the Barkshire Hathaway T’s now.

“I dunno… Based on a quick look, Wisconsin officially sponsors 24 men’s and women’s sports. Texas funds 18.”

November 2008 Texas Monthly. Read it. DeLoss limited the amount of teams that Texas has so that all teams would have access to the best coaches, training, etc. Quality over quantity.

“November 2008 Texas Monthly. Read it. DeLoss limited the amount of teams that Texas has so that all teams would have access to the best coaches, training, etc. Quality over quantity.”

The point there was that Wisconsin has a legitimate reason to want to keep the game, whomever it chooses to play. Orangechipper just figured UW should give it up, when it spends the money on more sports than Texas.