Agreement reached on exit and poaching fees

[McPeachy]

Who cares. Since conferences are now pretty temporary and transient, they wont really have a rival. You don't develop "new" rivalries. We keep the Boot and move on. I like having UTEP back, we have the Paniolo Trophy, we have history with NM and we still have Howdy Doody to make fun of.

I care. I love the rivalry. It adds to the whole "entertainment" factor of fandom.

 

[cheypoke]

I care. I love the rivalry. It adds to the whole "entertainment" factor of fandom.

The CSU rivalry came out the schools history and common interests. The other now sees us as unworthy, does not see us as a rivalry anymore, left the conference and tried to wreck it as they left and sued us. I really don't want anything more to do with them.

 

[TheRealUW]

Living in Texas, I heard this argument from both TAMU and UT fans when TAMU left for the SEC. TAMU fans hated that UT had their own TV network and dictated so much to the Big 12 conference. UT fans called TAMU backstabbers and said they had an overinflated view of themselves. Neither fanbase ever wanted to play the other ever again.

That lasted about 5 years. Now the annual UT vs TAMU game is the most anticipated game on both teams schedules again.

College football needs rivalries. Being angry at another program is entirely justified, but the answer isn’t to take your ball and go home. It’s to beat their ass on the field.

 

[307bball]

Living in Texas, I heard this argument from both TAMU and UT fans when TAMU left for the SEC. TAMU fans hated that UT had their own TV network and dictated so much to the Big 12 conference. UT fans called TAMU backstabbers and said they had an overinflated view of themselves. Neither fanbase ever wanted to play the other ever again.

That lasted about 5 years. Now the annual UT vs TAMU game is the most anticipated game on both teams schedules again.

College football needs rivalries. Being angry at another program is entirely justified, but the answer isn’t to take your ball and go home. It’s to beat their ass on the field.

There is a reason that the CSU game is the highest attended game on the schedule most every year. Rivalries with geographic relevance are just the best. Wyo/CSU was always great....

 

[McPeachy]

The CSU rivalry came out the schools history and common interests. The other now sees us as unworthy, does not see us as a rivalry anymore, left the conference and tried to wreck it as they left and sued us. I really don't want anything more to do with them.

Which makes beating them even that much sweeter. That is, if we continue to play them.

 

[cheypoke]

Living in Texas, I heard this argument from both TAMU and UT fans when TAMU left for the SEC. TAMU fans hated that UT had their own TV network and dictated so much to the Big 12 conference. UT fans called TAMU backstabbers and said they had an overinflated view of themselves. Neither fanbase ever wanted to play the other ever again.

That lasted about 5 years. Now the annual UT vs TAMU game is the most anticipated game on both teams schedules again.

College football needs rivalries. Being angry at another program is entirely justified, but the answer isn’t to take your ball and go home. It’s to beat their ass on the field.

You do realize that UT and TAMU are again in the same conference, right?

 

[cheypoke]

There is a reason that the CSU game is the highest attended game on the schedule most every year. Rivalries with geographic relevance are just the best. Wyo/CSU was always great....

Will that high attendance continue now? I doubt it. If Wyo beats CSU this year, they will bail on future games, count on it.

 

[TheRealUW]

You do realize that UT and TAMU are again in the same conference, right?

Yes, I do.

But fans were itching to have the teams play again way before that. It got to the point that the state legislature was trying to mandate the two schools play in order to receive state funding.

 

[McPeachy]

Will that high attendance continue now? I doubt it. If Wyo beats CSU this year, they will bail on future games, count on it.

History would say you are incorrect. See bWHYu (former conference rival) 2024 - at War Memorial Stadium.

 

[Bear Claw]

I cannot stand CSewe but I would have given them a lot more respect had their move to the PAC2 been a package deal that included Wyoming. Instead they flipped their middle finger at UW and then filed a lawsuit to financially hurt Wyoming. I wouldn’t schedule another game with them for at least the next 10 years, just out of spite. FCSU and the sheep they back-doored in on.

 

[PorkerPoke]

I cannot stand CSewe but I would have given them a lot more respect had their move to the PAC2 been a package deal that included Wyoming. Instead they flipped their middle finger at UW and then filed a lawsuit to financially hurt Wyoming. I wouldn’t schedule another game with them for at least the next 10 years, just out of spite. FCSU and the sheep they back-doored in on.

Burman kept a sharp eye on staying inclusive with the sheep alright…