Scheduling agreement with Northern Iowa

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Originally Posted by RayShimley

That just shows you how bad a state this program has been in. Blowing out our non-con patsies should be the rule, not the exception.

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Yeah, but I have friends and family who are at UNI and/or are Panther fans. The week beforehand is fun. The game is interesting regardless of the outcome.

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Originally Posted by CyFan61

On a somewhat related note, I would just like to see 7 home games every year. We shouldn't be playing 6 home/6 away anymore, like we will be doing next year.

We have 5 home/5 away locked in with the Big 12 schedule plus Iowa, every season. An FCS game is an automatic home game. We should be paying a mid-major to come to JTS every season for the 7th home game... not scheduling home-and-homes.

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I agree with this. I would think that the money a mid-major would make having ISU play at their place < what ISU would pay to have them come to Ames < what ISU would make having a 7th game.

The payout is about $500,000 by Iowa or Iowa State to UNI. Here is a link about Iowa payout this year.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...n-Iowa-lightly

I'm not very fond of playing Iowa, north and purple, when we already play the other Iowa. Hate paying them money and see little upside for us. We only get three non-cons and if two of them are from the state of Iowa, does little to give us more national exposure. Wish we would play more teams along the lines of UConn last year.

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Originally Posted by ketelmeister

The payout is about $500,000 by Iowa or Iowa State to UNI, about half the going rate for other similar schools I believe. Here is a link about Iowa payout this year.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/art...n-Iowa-lightly

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That's 150k more than we just paid WIU. It's half the rate for other FBS schools, not other FCS schools, according to that article. That's a big difference.

I enjoy having UNI on the schedule. I know we are doing well selling a lot of tickets to our current stadium, but when we add the SEZ, this will again be our topper in attendance. Not sure on official numbers but I think UNI is one of the top attended games we have in our history books.

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Originally Posted by carvers4math

I'm not very fond of playing Iowa, north and purple, when we already play the other Iowa. Hate paying them money and see little upside for us. We only get three non-cons and if two of them are from the state of Iowa, does little to give us more national exposure. Wish we would play more teams along the lines of UConn last year.

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We got some sweet national pub this past weekend. :jimlad:

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Originally Posted by RayShimley

So if they are "all the same", shouldn't we be looking for the cheapest bidder and the easiest win? What are we paying UNI as compared to what we just paid WIU (reportedly 350k) or NDSU in the past? If we are getting them at a discount, then I'm all for it. Somehow I doubt that's the case.

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Agree 100%. However, the one good thing I see about playing UNI is that we are helping them become more self-sufficient by doing such, and that keeps us on the good side of the Regents. I'm reaching there, I know!

Honestly, I'd rather not play a FCS team. Why not play a team from the WAC for our 12th game (assuming it's not collapsing, which it probably is)? Wouldn't that be cheaper? Probably an easy win as well.

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Originally Posted by CyFan61

Yeah, but I have friends and family who are at UNI and/or are Panther fans. The week beforehand is fun. The game is interesting regardless of the outcome.

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There are actual UNI fans? I thought they were all hok fans dressed in purple.

Interesting mix of comments - I lean toward the good for the state, we're a Big 12 team we shouldn't sweat this game. There may be years we're glad we get the UNI gate as opposed to W. Ill.

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

Agree 100%. However, the one good thing I see about playing UNI is that we are helping them become more self-sufficient by doing such, and that keeps us on the good side of the Regents. I'm reaching there, I know!

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I realize that was slightly tongue in cheek, but honestly that is the only real reason I could see JP agreeing to this long term. Maybe there is something to it.

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Originally Posted by cycarob

Honestly, I'd rather not play a FCS team. Why not play a team from the WAC for our 12th game (assuming it's not collapsing, which it probably is)? Wouldn't that be cheaper? Probably an easy win as well.

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No and No.

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Originally Posted by RayShimley

I realize that was slightly tongue in cheek, but honestly that is the only real reason I could see JP agreeing to this long term. Maybe there is something to it.

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SEZ! SEZ! SEZ!

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Originally Posted by chuckd4735

SEZ! SEZ! SEZ!

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I hope so, because we just agreed to subsidize UNI's AD by ~$3.5 million dollars!