Possible Boise State/Nebraska series stalled because...

[Atlas]

no teams get paid in a home and home series, i dont know why Boise expected to?? shit, even in the Toledo-Arizona series, Toledo doesnt get shit, Zona just wanted exposure to the midwest... precedent like this has never been set before, so Boise is a bit crazy to think they could...

[Warner2BruceTD]

But the point is, why is Boise still expecting a pay day? Nebraska is going to pay to get potentially beat with little to no benefit for themselves?

Because thats how this game is played. Boise is working with the same financial restraints as the rest of the non cartel teams. Louisiana Tech gets paiid, so should Boise.

Nebraska doesn't want to pay them, that's fine. Boise will play someone else. I don't see the issue here.

I find it amazing people go out of their way to put down Boise, who does everything right,have fought to crack the cartel, and still get shit on. You want to shut Boise up? Put them in a playoff, and beat their ass, like they do to the small teams in hoops. Why people defend the cartel, who ruin football, is beyond my understanding.

I don't give two fucks about Boise. But we need Boise, TCU, BYU, Hawaii, etc to keep cracking the cartel until they break.

[Warner2BruceTD]

no teams get paid in a home and home series, i dont know why Boise expected to?? shit, even in the Toledo-Arizona series, Toledo doesnt get shit, Zona just wanted exposure to the midwest... precedent like this has never been set before, so Boise is a bit crazy to think they could...

They didn't ask to be paid for the home and home, they asked to be paid for the single road game.

[Atlas]

They didn't ask to be paid for the home and home, they asked to be paid for the single road game.

the article says Nebraska tried for a home and home, but Boise didnt want to come to play in the Sea of Red unless they got $1 million... Boise just wanted to play an away game, Nebraska wanted a home and home... Boise needs to put on its big boy pants... what am i missing?

[Warner2BruceTD]

the article says Nebraska tried for a home and home, but Boise didnt want to come to play in the Sea of Red unless they got $1 million... Boise just wanted to play an away game, Nebraska wanted a home and home... Boise needs to put on its big boy pants... what am i missing?

I think you need to read the article again, and read the link I posted, too.

Nowhere does it say the home and home was turned down over the money. The Nebraska. Spokesman says they declined to pay the money, but did not say it was for the home and home. Gee, I wonder why he left that part out. All options were discussed, home and home wasn't going to happen for whatever reason, and Nebraska turned down the home game and scheduled cheaper bums instead.

Much to do about nothing. This is a non story.

[FedEx227]

Either way. You can't want to be one of the big boys and want to get paid to play BCS schools... you can't. You brought up how La Tech gets paid, of course they do because the BCS school knows they can beat them.

It makes absolutely no sense for Nebraska to pay Boise State (a team that could potentially beat them). Zero sense whatsoever. There is no benefit at all for the Nebraska program.

[Atlas]

I think you need to read the article again, and read the link I posted, too.

Nowhere does it say the home and home was turned down over the money. The Nebraska. Spokesman says they declined to pay the money, but did not say it was for the home and home. Gee, I wonder why he left that part out. All options were discussed, home and home wasn't going to happen for whatever reason, and Nebraska turned down the home game and scheduled cheaper bums instead.

Much to do about nothing. This is a non story.

re-read what i posted: nebraska wanted a home and home, boise wanted only to play in lincoln, but with the caveat of getting paid $1 million... big boy schools dont do this, they always agree to home and home series or they play at a neutral site... like i said, boise needs to put on its big boy pants if it wants to sit at the BCS table...

[Warner2BruceTD]

Either way. You can't want to be one of the big boys and want to get paid to play BCS schools... you can't. You brought up how La Tech gets paid, of course they do because the BCS school knows they can beat them.

It makes absolutely no sense for Nebraska to pay Boise State (a team that could potentially beat them). Zero sense whatsoever. There is no benefit at all for the Nebraska program.

I don't even disagree with that.

But it also makes no sense, for boise on their limited budge, to make a trip to Nebraska for free. That's why this is a non story, just some BCS rah rah cartel goof writer/blogger stirring up shit. Boise has scheduled a shit ton of cartel games, the idea they are ducking Nebraska is laughable. Its just a game that fell through. Who cares.

[Warner2BruceTD]

re-read what i posted: nebraska wanted a home and home, boise wanted only to play in lincoln, but with the caveat of getting paid $1 million... big boy schools dont do this, they always agree to home and home series or they play at a neutral site... like i said, boise needs to put on its big boy pants if it wants to sit at the BCS table...

What you are saying is incorrect. Come back when you get it.

Boise has scheduled plenty of "big boy" games, not sure what your gripe is. These types of negotiations fall through all the time.

[PP]

nebraska is a bcs contending team since when?

[Atlas]

What you are saying is incorrect. Come back when you get it.

Boise has scheduled plenty of "big boy" games, not sure what your gripe is. These types of negotiations fall through all the time.

everything i said was fully and completely correct: teams like Boise dont ask for $1 million to go play another Boise level team, that is my point... precedent like this has never been set, and they would be hard pressed to find someone who could "afford" them (a la, justifying paying them)... no school in their right mind is going to give boise that, or any amount of money, they are too good...

[Warner2BruceTD]

everything i said was fully and completely correct: teams like Boise dont ask for $1 million to go play another Boise level team, that is my point... precedent like this has never been set, and they would be hard pressed to find someone who could "afford" them... no school in their right mind is going to give boise that, or any amount of money, they are too good...

I guess you didn't read the whole thread.

Arkansas, Ole Miss, Arizona St, and Washington all must not be "in their right mind", because they all paid for single home games.

Nebraska didn't want to. Why is this an issue? Its not like Boise isn't scheduling other good games. Home and homes with Oregon & Oregon St, essentially a road game to VT.

[Atlas]

I guess you didn't read the whole thread.

Arkansas, Ole Miss, Arizona St, and Washington all must not be "in their right mind", because they all paid for single home games.

that isnt the point im trying to make, and i could care less about that "issue"... besides, the schools like Ole Miss, Arkansas, ASU and UW are not even close to being on the same level as Nebraska (all are middle tier teams, nebraska is upper tier, as is Boise)... i could care less that its nebraska, its just that elite teams dont ask other elite teams for money to play at their place (they aren't going to give up that large of a percentage of one games profits for a game they could lose)... besides, you saying teams like Nebraska dont offer Boise home and home series is the only moot point, since Nebraska clearly offered a home and home series...


and just so you know, according to their future schedule, the only BCS team that they have an away game with is Ole Miss next year... they also have home and homes with BYU, Utah and Wazzu... I dont see Arkansas, UW or ASU on the docket...

http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/future_schedules/boisestate_future.htm

[Sportsbuck]

Incorrect.

Nebraska turned down the the home game because they didn't want to pay for it. This was for 2010 (this year), Boise went ahead and scheduled an home and home with Oregon St instead. Nobody has said why the Nebraska home and home fell apart. They would have moved the VT game to October and played Nebraska opening week, but by that point it was too late for VT to move the game, but Nebraska decided to pay less money to beat Cupcak U anyway.

Boise has nothing to prove here, they have scheduled multiple games with cartel teams the next few years, so the notion they didn't want to play Nebraska is ridiculous. Nebraska wasn't willing to pay, chose a cheaper game and easier win, that's really the end of it.

Uh, the home and home Tom Osborne offered to Boise started in 2014... and was turned down. How has nobody said why the home and home fell apart? Boise wanted to be paid a ridiculous amount of money, and Nebraska refused to do it. Florida Atlantic and Louisiana Laffayette got paid 650,000 and 700,000 each, and given how limited their budgets are they took it. Both of those schools have 2 of the worst budgets in FBS CFB today, and yet they had no problem with it, while Boise has around 10-15 million more to work with and demanded over 300,000 more.

No one is saying Boise is afraid to play top teams or afraid to play Nebraska. However, Boise seems content to play the victim role while they are demanding a ridiculous amount of money compared to their market value (quote from Nebraska's AD), and the notion that top programs are afraid to play them is the most overblown and largely untrue issue in CFB today.

[NAHSTE]

LOL Nebraska is not good enough to give Boise credibility though.