(05-20-2020 08:28 PM)LibertyOrangeman Wrote:  

(05-20-2020 11:24 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(05-20-2020 11:13 AM)Keswick_Crusaders_Forever51 Wrote:  

(05-20-2020 11:02 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(05-20-2020 09:45 AM)Keswick_Crusaders_Forever51 Wrote:  No official word. It could be a one-off game where y'all needed an away game & we needed a home game, or it could just be that both schools are working through their schedules to find a date to play in San Marcos that's convenient for both parties.

I'd love it if we could visit y'all as we seem to be doing with most schools, but no one has said anything that I am aware of about whether we are or not.

Someone on the Bobcat board made a similar suggestion but it that just doesnt make sense to me. No one NEEDS an away game, but they obviously have to happen. It's frustrating for us because there are a ton of instate and regional G5s that we would love to have H/Hs with that need a home game that year, or P5s we could have a money game with. and both yall and us have a ton of space open after 2025 for a return game to San Marcos to get scheduled so there's really no excuse for that either. So that leads me to think y'all were in need of a home game and are gonna pay us pretty well a la ODU. Otherwise whats the point for us?

There's a good chance that it was a need we had.

However, regarding future schedules, while officially there's a lot of room for us both, there's probably a lot of backroom talks happening with schools for both y'all & us. While we might see a ton of open weeks in say, 2027, it could just be that we have a lot of games in the works, but those opponents have to finish scheduling their more important games before scheduling little ol' Liberty. Same thing may be true for Texas State, or maybe not.

If it just a one-off, your squad should expect handsome payment, particularly with the distance you're traveling.

Good point! Definitely did not think about that, but you would still think the game would be announced with and TBA asterisk. Oh well, I'll just have to wait and see

I doubt that we're paying any other G5 school what we paid ODU in 2018. We wanted a good home opener for our first year and ODU moved their schedule quite a bit for us. So we essentially gave them the money Auburn paid us to play them, and we got something like 4-6 games out of it due to the schedule movement.

I agree. I'm sure we have a return game promised to Texas State as payment. I would think we have lots of incentive to play a game in Texas where there are lots of recruits (athletes and students) along with plenty of alumni who are local.

Side note: there is a lot of misconception about life and an independent. It's my understanding that home-home agreements are a wash as far as expenses go. We pay to send someone here while they pay to send us there is the typical agreement no matter who the two schools are. Even if not, there are plenty of schools within driving distance that could make up an away schedule if we wanted expenses low. People say Liberty can throw money around but we are playing a couple buy games at P5 schools as well.