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FWST: Fanbase may be unhappy, but TCU playing in Ireland is good for the university

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Frozen Frog

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Is it good for the University? Probably. It is international exposure. My guess is the costs incurred for this trip will be covered by the sponsors. It is definitely better for UNC than TCU. Maybe it helps with something we don't know, but the truth is too many times TCU has had to cower to marquee names for non-conference games. Now we are doing this even for a mediocre team.

As a TCU fan I am concerned that we are going to have to do gimmicks non-stop just to compete with the SEC and Big Ten to even be considered relevant. This is a gimmick. AGC wasn't built to ship the good games off campus. It was built to showcase TCU. If the marquee games aren't going to be played at AGC then the updated stadium was a bad investment!
 
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FroggleRock

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Frozen Frog said:
Is it good for the University? Probably. It is international exposure. My guess is the costs incurred for this trip will be covered by the sponsors. It is definitely better for UNC than TCU. Maybe it helps with something we don't know, but the truth is too many times TCU has had to cower to marquee names for non-conference games. Now we are doing this even for a mediocre team.

As a TCU fan I am concerned that we are going to have to do gimmicks non-stop just to compete with the SEC and Big Ten to even be considered relevant. This is a gimmick. AGC wasn't built to ship the good games off campus. It was built to showcase TCU. If the marquee games aren't going to be played at AGC then the updated stadium was a bad investment!
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Meanwhile, SMU now has a home and home with Notre Dame. It seems like ever since we built the new stadium, the admin has done nothing but repeatedly kick loyal season ticket holders in the gut. They kicked people out of their seats for people who had more money and don’t even show up, removed marquee games, cancelled a rivalry game to replace with a D2/FCS school, continuously jacked up ticket and parking prices, jacked up concession prices (a domestic beer went from $6 to $12 in the last couple years), etc. Yeah, fans have EVERY right to be frustrated with this administration, current AD, and prior AD.
 
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JLW2007

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You’d have to know how big a bag was dropped.

Florida State/Georgia Tech did under 5M viewers, which is rather pedestrian. Over 5M viewers is the magic mark, and a top-10 FSU team, who everyone was interested in week Zero of 2024 after what happened in 2023 fell short of that.

You get more publicity on the 3 hour first Gameday of the year than anything. ESPN is likely not making the Ireland trip in 2025, but might in 2026. Even still- they’re more focused on storylines of the season in Week Zero, especially at a neutral site.

Publicity was a lie, because unless UNC or TCU finds their way into the preseason top 10, this game won’t hit near what FSU did. And that game wasn’t even in the top 4 of the week zero/crowded week1 ratings in 2024.

Somebody either caught a bag, or doesn’t actually understand how media/publicity works.

All attention will be on Bellichick, regardless of how his first season goes.
 
hometown frog

hometown frog

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ShreveFrog said:
From the article Geezer posted:
TCU transfer Hauss Hejny seems the frontrunner (at QB.) o_O Nothing against Hauss but their returnees must be awful.
Also: Saturday’s Orange-White spring game at Boone Pickens Stadium . Someting else we missed out on at the Carter.
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Hauss looks like a completely different dude right now. He’s really committed to the weight room and he’s yoked at the moment. I expect he will be very good for OSU this year.
 
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FrogBall09

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FroggleRock said:
Meanwhile, SMU now has a home and home with Notre Dame. It seems like ever since we built the new stadium, the admin has done nothing but repeatedly kick loyal season ticket holders in the gut. They kicked people out of their seats for people who had more money and don’t even show up, removed marquee games, cancelled a rivalry game to replace with a D2/FCS school, continuously jacked up ticket and parking prices, jacked up concession prices (a domestic beer went from $6 to $12 in the last couple years), etc. Yeah, fans have EVERY right to be frustrated with this administration, current AD, and prior AD.
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In hindsight- the new stadium may be the worst thing to ever happen to average TCU fans
 
peacock

peacock

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The same people complaining about losing this home game would be the same ones bitching about the extreme heat for an 11am start against UNC at ACS in August 2026. We've gone from the 15th most important game week 1 to the number 1 game week 0...All eyes will be on us, this is a big win!
 
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Mean Purple

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JLW2007 said:
You’d have to know how big a bag was dropped.

Florida State/Georgia Tech did under 5M viewers, which is rather pedestrian. Over 5M viewers is the magic mark, and a top-10 FSU team, who everyone was interested in week Zero of 2024 after what happened in 2023 fell short of that.

You get more publicity on the 3 hour first Gameday of the year than anything. ESPN is likely not making the Ireland trip in 2025, but might in 2026. Even still- they’re more focused on storylines of the season in Week Zero, especially at a neutral site.

Publicity was a lie, because unless UNC or TCU finds their way into the preseason top 10, this game won’t hit near what FSU did. And that game wasn’t even in the top 4 of the week zero/crowded week1 ratings in 2024.

Somebody either caught a bag, or doesn’t actually understand how media/publicity works.

All attention will be on Bellichick, regardless of how his first season goes.
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so you're saying we need to beat their asses so bad in 2025 that his gold digger leaves and his dog runs away?
 
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SW toad

Active Member
Mean Purple said:
so you're saying we need to beat their asses so bad in 2025 that his gold digger leaves and his dog runs away?
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Rufff what is more turbulent? The dog leaving or the gold digger haulin' ??? I took my Catahoula hound in spring of '21 over my girlfriend. He "the Leopard hound" was known as houndy around the warehouse I worked in. Akuna the Catahoula did not like shady MOFOs.
 
geezer

geezer

Colonel, USAF (Retired)
ShreveFrog said:
From the article Geezer posted:
TCU transfer Hauss Hejny seems the frontrunner (at QB.) o_O Nothing against Hauss but their returnees must be awful.
Also: Saturday’s Orange-White spring game at Boone Pickens Stadium . Someting else we missed out on at the Carter.
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Meanwhile in Stillwater...

"Oklahoma State quarterback Garret Rangel has entered the transfer portal, becoming the second player at the position to depart the program this week.

CBS Sports reporter Matt Zenitz broke the news on Wednesday night.

Rangel was one of four quarterbacks that entering the spring vying for the starting job. On Monday, Maealiauaki Smith announced his was entering the portal.

The departures only leave TCU transfer Hauss Hejny and Zane Flores as the scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Only Hejny has college experience, but he hasn’t thrown a pass."

tulsaworld.com

Garret Rangel becomes second OSU quarterback to hit transfer portal

Read about quarterback Garret Rangel's decision to enter the transfer portal and the implications for the Oklahoma State football team.
tulsaworld.com tulsaworld.com
 
BrewingFrog

BrewingFrog

Was I supposed to type something here?
geezer said:
Meanwhile in Stillwater...

"Oklahoma State quarterback Garret Rangel has entered the transfer portal, becoming the second player at the position to depart the program this week.

CBS Sports reporter Matt Zenitz broke the news on Wednesday night.

Rangel was one of four quarterbacks that entering the spring vying for the starting job. On Monday, Maealiauaki Smith announced his was entering the portal.

The departures only leave TCU transfer Hauss Hejny and Zane Flores as the scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Only Hejny has college experience, but he hasn’t thrown a pass."

tulsaworld.com

Garret Rangel becomes second OSU quarterback to hit transfer portal

Read about quarterback Garret Rangel's decision to enter the transfer portal and the implications for the Oklahoma State football team.
tulsaworld.com tulsaworld.com
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Sounds like a decision has already been made, and the rest are clearing out.
 

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