Road trips: BIG payoffs for smaller schools....

[west-texan]

In 1980...WT beat Oklahoma State 20-19 in Stillwater.

In 1981 and 1984...WT played at Iowa State...and was very competitive.

vs Iowa State: 13-17 in 1981...and 0-14 in 1984...close games that made WT lots of money.

Much better than D2 and boring LSC cross-over games...and having only 1 non-conference game.

$500,000 up to a $1 Million is a lot of money that helps your entire athletic program.

www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-09-02-smallschool_payoffs_N.htm

And Texas Tech wants to start playing WT again...which means paying WT big money to show up.

lubbockonline.com/stories/090609/spo_490259045.shtml

These games also help your recruiting more more than games with East Central Oklahoma.

[west-texan]

Anyone who thinks WT will never be able to do better than D2 is not paying attention.

Or they have an agenda to keep WT down in D2.

And with the plan and goal that O'Brien has for 15,000 students at WT by 2020....

www.canyonnews.com/view/full_story/6900065/article-WTAMU-makes-plan-for-campus?instance=home_news_2nd_left

www.wtamu.edu/webres/File/About/town%20hall/WTAMU_REVISION_20100215_FINAL.pdf

www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/local/deals_could_mean_bigger_things_for_lu_athletics.html?showFullArticle=y

[west-texan]

I have to admit that I like the part where Arkansas St beat A&M at Kyle Field and got paid for it.

WT did that At Oklahoma St in 1980.

And it seems that Texas Tech wants to start playing WT again.

lubbockonline.com/stories/090609/spo_490259045.shtml

WT has seven wins over Tech...the last time being in 1964 at Jones Stadium.

WT needs to start thinking bigger and better again.

www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2009-09-02-payoffs_fewer-wins_N.htm

[tcudavid]

I like the idea of WT & TT playing, but where do you get the idea that Tech wants this?
One article posted in the Lubbock paper by a journalist wishing for something doesn't really mean Tech wants it.

[west-texan]

Regardless of who came up with the idea,

It just makes a LOT of financial sense for both Tech and WT.

• WT would get the guarantee money for playing at Lubbock.
  
  
• WT would have almost no travel expenses.
  
  
• Tech vs WT games would generate a lot of interest in Lubbock and Amarillo.
  
  
• WT could probably sell 15-20,000 tickets in Amarillo.
  
  
• The hotels and restaurants and gas stations in Lubbock would benefit greatly.
  
  
• Increased sales of game merchandise and concessions.
  
  
• A big football recruiting benefit for WT.
  
  
• Increased marketing awareness of Tech in Amarillo.
  
  
• Increased marketing awareness of WT in Lubbock.
  
  
• More WT fans in the stands than North Dakota would bring.

[west-texan]

[tcudavid]

west texan, I'm agreeing with you that seeing WT & Tech play each other would be great!

But what I was getting at is you shouldn't take something a journalist writes, and make it sound like he's representing Texas Tech.

To quote you, "And Texas Tech wants to start playing WT again..." & "And it seems that Texas Tech wants to start playing WT again". That's just not accurate as far as we know.