Michigan to Play I-AA

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:45 pm

redskins4ever wrote:His classes are as follows....

History of Rock and Roll...
Sociology 101
Basketball... 2 Credits

He is in practice and games longer than he is in class every week.

Tek you are dumb... Big Ten schedule you play 4 road games every year... how the hell do you get nine home games?

I bet BG makes money on every home game they play... even with 15K fans at a game... they make more than enough to cover their expenses.

now you are either ignoring the point or missing it. Your original argument was that you think OSU is scheduling weak opponents and you complained about how many home games v. away games they play compared to BG playing just 5 or 6 home games a year and 6 or 7 away.

So I explained it to you. By the time BG pays the referees, ushers, stadium staff, parking staff, security, ticket office, an enormous electricity bill, scoreboard staff, pay the opposing school and whatever other expenses are invlovled with putting on one single football game, I am willing to be they have trouble covering those expenses. It does not help that students pay for tickets through a fund via tuition. I am willing to bet that they do not make enough money to make it worth while . They can make more money to travel and get paid for it then they can hosting a game.

as far as the talent level OSU plays v what BG plays is hard to make better. As Imentioned, you are not going to get an Out of conference schedule filled with Oklahoma's and Texas every year. the other schools do not want to take themselves out of title chances. OSU is lucky to be getting the one teams that they are getting. You have to give them props for getting the powerhouses to play them that they have. Yes it is only one game, because it is nearly impossible to get two.

What more can you ask for? Why should OSU be the only school to play 6 top 30-40 teams a year and make their risk higher of being eliminated from a national title chance when nobody else schedules tough out of conference games.

OSU has done a fine job.

It is easier for BG to play a whole schedule of equal or tougher talent. They are a lower talent team, every game is a tough game for BG. No game for them is a gimme

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:35 pm

tekekini wrote:So I explained it to you. By the time BG pays the referees, ushers, stadium staff, parking staff, security, ticket office, an enormous electricity bill, scoreboard staff, pay the opposing school and whatever other expenses are invlovled with putting on one single football game, I am willing to be they have trouble covering those expenses. It does not help that students pay for tickets through a fund via tuition. I am willing to bet that they do not make enough money to make it worth while . They can make more money to travel and get paid for it then they can hosting a game.

Ushers: Students
Parking Staff: Students
"Security": BGSUPD (Already paid through the University)
Scoreboard Staff: Students
Opposing Teams: Most of our home games are against conference opponents, so that cost is exponentially less.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:19 pm

even if they are students, they are still being paid for it. It still cost them more to keep the extra cops on duty for the game. They still have to keep the same amount of cops on regular duty. They do not just pull them from regular duty to work the games. It is an extra cost that is involved. I also would be willing to bet that it comes out of the football revenue.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:48 pm

You know this with 100% certainty? It's not possible that these workers are groups who are doing volunteer work for community service?

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:47 pm

Are you 100% certain that they are not paid for it? I would have to strongly believe they are financially compensated. The only workes who may be doing it for community service is parking staff because aren't they usually a Frat that does it? they may not be paid but everyone else I would imagine is.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:45 pm

When we first got our videoboard it was done by a student who received credit to help develop programs.

Ushers are routinely Army ROTC cadets.

Parking is usually done by a frat for community service hours.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:10 am

tekekini wrote: They were not BG shorts, they were just orange. Based on your logic, they could have been syracuse, texas, boise, florida, oklahoma state, or oregon state shorts.
Let me post some photos of my basement, then you will see my true allegiance. look for them soon

As excited as we all are to see pictures of your basement

I've spent a lifetime hating BG. I know BG orange when I see it. Those were BG attire. Part of recovery is admitting you have the problem. Just say it "I am a Bowling Green fan". It's OK. There are others out there and you'll never be alone. Oh, yeah, I 'm pretty sure I saw a little stuffed Falcon in the background of the picture of you wearing your BG shorts.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:38 pm

I am pretty sure they were just orange Nike shorts. No where on them do they say BG and I am pretty sure that BG has never had a Nike contract therefore Nike does not sell BG apparel

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:10 am

Concession stands... run by volunteers to earn money for their groups.

Scoreboard and Clocks... 4 individuals... (I worked in that booth for a football season doing the music and sound effects) If they are paid anything besides in hot dogs and cokes its minimal at best. Many of the people working in the booth its part of their job.

Officials... Paid by the MAC.

Ushers... much like OSU their entrance into the game is how they are paid... however we don't make our ushers pay for their coats.

Parkers... the fraternity that parks the cars, gets paid a minimal fee... what it would cost to take 3 people to an OSU football game.

Power... well BG until this coming summer has an amazing contract with American Power... also known as Ampo... plus the university has its own Power Plant... so it isn't like you are having some huge bump in power usage. They aren't cooling the stadium thats for sure or heating it for that matter.

Oh and how do I have privilege to all this information? 1) I worked for the Athletic Department at BG 2) I have family in the higher ups of the University that willing provided alot of this information because much of it could easily be requested through Public Records.

As for your scheduling comment... WHAT PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY WOULDN"T TAKE OSU FOR A HOME GAME? GIVE ME THE LIST!!!

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:36 pm

OSU will travel, they have home and homes with Oklahoma, USC and Miami. that not the problem. The problem is, not too many of those types of teams want to play OSU because, as i said, it is more risk than they willing to take in early elimination from a national title.

The only chance they have in traveling is if the oponnent is a BCS opponent. They are too expensive to travel to a mid major school. IF OSU and BG were to play AT BG, OSU fans would end up with 85% of the seats. The other 15% would be the students and die hard alums who would rather watch the game than make some money off the OSU fans would will pay anything to watch their team play.

I know every team would kill to host OSU, but a lot of schools cant afford them, some do not want to take the risk and the others are open game, they just need to contact the athletic department and get it going.

I am not sure why you single out OSU, jealousy as usual I suppose, but the same thing would go for UM, Florida, USC, and every other major powerhouse in college football. If it is a problem then the NCAA should make rules to limit the number of home games you can have in one season. It appears it is only a problem for you guys and other mid majors because you HAVE to travel to make the money.

I really wish that any conference that is not a BCS conference would be dropped to 1-AA so all the complaining would be stopped. The BCS conferences overall are in a different league than mid majors, they might as well literally play in different leagues.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:31 pm

tekekini wrote:I really wish that any conference that is not a BCS conference would be dropped to 1-AA so all the complaining would be stopped. The BCS conferences overall are in a different league than mid majors, they might as well literally play in different leagues.

Ask Oklahoma about mid-majors.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:09 pm

You have heard my beliefs on Oklahoma. I believe they were overrated and and played in a weak big twelve this year.

Before you comeback with how OSU must have been over rated I must say that maybe they were, on that day atleast, but they were undefeated so you can't keep them out. 5 times out of 10 they would beat florida, 5 out of 10 they would lose.

bottom line is that S%$^ happens OU was over rated and it showed against Boise.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:39 pm

tekekini wrote:You have heard my beliefs on Oklahoma. I believe they were overrated and and played in a weak big twelve this year.

Before you comeback with how OSU must have been over rated I must say that maybe they were, on that day atleast, but they were undefeated so you can't keep them out. 5 times out of 10 they would beat florida, 5 out of 10 they would lose.

bottom line is that S%$^ happens OU was over rated and it showed against Boise.

OSU was overrated until they were ranked #2. Florida was obviously the best team in football last year. As far as a weak Big 12? They're conference was right behind the SEC and only 2.0 away from the Big 11 in the conference power rankings.

Boise State could compete with OSU as much as that may pain you. Take off the scarlet and gray glasses for a second.

tekekini · Post by **tekekini** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:14 am

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I wish they could have played so you would know how mid major boise really is and how overrated OU was.

Boise can't compete with a BCS team that is actually any good. Georgia proved that two years ago.

take off your mid major glasses for a while and realize you are not ready to compete with the best of the best. OU last year was not the best The big twelve had Texas and OU and Texas proved to be a bust at the end of the year.

when your conference consists of mizzou, kansas, kansas state, oklahoma state, colorado, nebraska, TAMU, Iowa state? then you are in trouble. Rich in history as most of those schools had been dominate at one time but lately they are worthless. admit it.

redskins4ever · Post by **redskins4ever** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:26 am

tek = troll... stop feeding him.