Actually he did have the pull - he got it scheduled. it was GP who wanted to H&H changed to a one and done in Arlington
the LSU game was the Cowboy Classic - which is obviously played every year and is never at home and home for either team
and CDC pushed GP to play both opponents despite his initial hesitation - otherwise during his tenure we would never have seen LSU or tOSU - GP wanted wins and warm ups for conference not great OOC games the fans want to see
it was CDCs argument about perception and what playing those schools would mean for the pyramid - so ADs that work from a position of strength actually do have
This was all presented directly by CDC during a first team discussion with GP right after the tOSU games were announced when someone asked if this type of schedule was a trend we should see in future - so it’s not like it is really any secret
notice what P5 OOC opponents have been scheduled since CDC left...
As I have said before, I like Jeremiah but he was hired to keep the status quo because we had our coaches in all major sports set not push an agenda - but he seems to not push at all and it would be nice to have someone that could push at least in some things
I seem to remember the LSU game initially being a home and home and was changed to one at JerryWorld just like Ohio State. Maybe it was conveniently turned into the Cowboy Classic.