Yeah, this series is even worse than I originally thought. USU made a bad decision. I’d rather not play BYU than give them this favorable of a deal.
I would only do this kind of split with a team that has made a final four.
I received, via records request, a copy of the agreement for the Utah State/BYU basketball series announced earlier this week.
Details from that contract are included in an updated version of my article about the series published earlier this week.
Those details include how much BYU is paying the Aggies for the visit to the Marriott Center and the uneven distribution of revenue for the game at the Delta Center.
https://t.co/jqwQRhubpG
@certopinion I mean yeah that’s right. We want to play our rivals. But it has to be fair.
For example, I love Coke Zero but I’m not buying it at the airport because it isn’t an equitable deal in my opinion. I’ll drink the water that’s available and wait for my free drink on the plane.
@npaintedhufhinz Nathan you have such a way with words.
I agree, we won’t be scheduling a series with Michigan or UConn anytime soon. But that’s the only caliber team that I personally would make this kind of agreement with. I think it’s a mistake.
@LVCoug Definitely weird occurrences. I feel like the football game on the first Friday of October is a great tradition. I’m also much more amicable to a 2-1 in football.
Poor Taysom Hill. He still went on to be great in the pros.
@joewheat27@coopuhscoopuh I didn’t? I just said it’s more important. And honestly if you BYU fans are fine not winning the conference then it doesn’t matter. But us USU fans love that feeling.
@joewheat27@coopuhscoopuh It must be comforting to have that viewpoint, knowing you’ll never win a Big 12 title.
If we want to go back to BYU’s MW days, we can go band for band in the Big West.
It’s funny that two non-final 4 teams are arguing about tourney success. Yeah, Utah is the only one with it.
Disappointing. I get 2-for-1 in football, but there’s honestly no reason to make that concession with where USU basketball is right now.
Home and home (with an extra neutral if you want) or nothing.
I could be wrong, but I don’t anticipate a great crowd at the Delta Center.
@LVCoug That’s cool, we want the same thing it sounds like.
Except yeah it has to be on even terms. I never said anything about any time or any place. I think Zach Wilson did tho…
@AggShowYo The point was that we got a 9 seed because the MW underperformed and the WCC over performed. With the Pac, I’m optimistic. Playing Gonzaga helps so much.
I understand we still need more quality games. But that increase can come incrementally. We’ve already doubled Q1.
@Taquineur It was BYU lol
It should be different because it’s a guaranteed Q1 game with very little travel expenses.
Too bad BYU’s any team, any time, any place mantra died with Zach Wilson.