New Mexico State dropped from 2023 Football Schedule

[cajun_lannister]

They not bussing to Waco if they were to play Baylor.

Flying to Dallas then bus 2-3 hours south seems pointless

[KajunKrazy]

Flying to Dallas then bus 2-3 hours south seems pointless

We talking football right? Football charters flights. I am sure they would go directly to Waco Regional Airport. Why would they go to DFW?

[fanof71]

Maggard has connections with Baylor. Cheap bus trip to Waco

If he does have connections, It ain't helping us....in football anyway...Everyday that this schedule situation isn't fixed, more doudt will creep in to how effective our AD is...

[ZoomZoom]

If he does have connections, It ain't helping us....in football anyway...Everyday that this schedule situation isn't fixed, more doudt will creep in to how effective our AD is...

Agree to a point. The position NMSU left UL in is akin to being in a grocery store 9 PM Thanksgiving Eve looking for a 15 lb turkey.

Slim pickings.

[cajun_lannister]

We talking football right? Football charters flights. I am sure they would go directly to Waco Regional Airport. Why would they go to DFW?

Still think flying under 6 hours is pointless

[Jacob81]

Agree to a point. The position NMSU left UL in is akin to being in a grocery store 9 PM Thanksgiving Eve looking for a 15 lb turkey.

Slim pickings.

When NMSU announced they were joining cusa which was months before they dropped us from the schedule. Shouldn’t we have been making phone calls then??

[Turbine]

Maggard has connections with Baylor. Cheap bus trip to Waco

They grabbed a flight to Southern Miss a 4 hour drive, I doubt they bus to Waco an 8 hour drive.

[cajunref]

If he does have connections, It ain't helping us....in football anyway...Everyday that this schedule situation isn't fixed, more doudt will creep in to how effective our AD is...

Don't be surprised if Maggard is gone within a year, Miss St? JMO.

[Policarp]

Still think flying under 6 hours is pointless

100% agree. It is more convenient especially after game to get home a little earlier.....the reality is actual time saved nets to only a couple hours on these short flights

[CajunT]

The most important win in the history of this program was the win at Iowa State. You cannot deny that win set us up for National rankings 2 years straight. I want more, not fewer, opportunities to do that again. Growth.

Another payday. Growth.

Home games have become nearly meaningless for many schools. We have had 6, on paper, for many years. Yet, we really only had 3 or 4 attendable games each year due to the midweek garbage. Also, nearly EVERY GAME is streamed. Does it really matter that much if we have one less FCS game or MAC game that nobody cares about? I would much rather watch us play at Baylor than at home versus the alternatives.

So, beating a ranked team is a no brainer and it's great for your program. But I disagree with your premise that it helped us get ranked the next year. The next year we lost to Texas on the road and then won 13 consecutive games including the conference championship and that is why we ended up ranked. The Iowa St game had nothing to do with finishing the 2021 season ranked. There is more than one way to get there and if you can beat a ranked team along the way, it only enhances your resume.

I'm not against playing a P5 team yearly. Where you and I part ways is on giving up a sixth home game to play a P5 game. You said it has nothing to do with the ULM model, and yet you stated, "Another Pay. Growth" That is totally contradictory to your statement that it has nothing to do with the ULM model. Yet that is exactly their mentality when it comes to playing multiple P5 programs to raise revenue. And they begin every season 0-4 or 0-3, putting their team in a hole and killing interest in their program before their first home game.

I'm certain I've been around longer than you when it comes to being a UL Football fan. I've seen exactly what that kind of scheduling does to a program during the Stokely and Bustle Era. I have no interest in returning to that kind of scheduling.

BTW, we played Florida State this year, play Minnesota this year and Michigan State next year. Sounds like we have ample opportunity to defeat a P5 program and we still play six home games.

[CajunVic]

Don't be surprised if Maggard is gone within a year, Miss St? JMO.

He needs to get BBoyd in there before he departs . . .

[KajunKrazy]

Still think flying under 6 hours is pointless

They flew to So Miss this year.