[statesman] “Cowboys Classic.” Texas vs UCLA @Arlington

I'm confused as to what this has to do with cowboys or how this is classic.

 

Jerry wants to use his building to have college games. They've been doing it for a while.


Michigan and Alabama will be doing it next year.

 

I know, but the name seems... odd. Considering the teams participating.

 

Notre Dame and Arizona State will be doing it in '13.

They have nothing to do with the area.





And it's called Classic because the NCAA said you can only play 11 games or some rule like that. They changed it though.




Jerry just wants to w**** his name out.

 

Oh, so Jerry names the games? And they're all called the "Cowboys Classic"? Weird, but considering it's Jerry Jones, I'm not surprised. Nice treat for horn fans in Dallas, though.

 

it's kinda like all those crappy early season ncaa tourneys that call themselves classics.

 

So they basically took out a tough road game for a "neutral site" in Dallas....

Clever

 

yes, because obviously ut would never ever ever ever play an away game against a tough opponent.

 

from the title, i came in here expecting a Cowboys/Texans preseason match up every year or a UT - OK State match up. uh, nope. and then i read it will be a "neutral" site for a game in 2014 against a team in California. yea, Cowboy stadium for UT will be about as neutral as Fox News on election night.

 

So it turns out our schedule wasn't totally booked up making it impossible to play A&M...

 

Yea because I'm sure these deals are initiated, agreed to and announced within a months time. Maybe the schedule isn't full but using MackBrown.com as the source for what games have been agreed to seems unreliable. I don't think there is an auto push to the site when ever a deal is made. It seems much more likely they were waiting for the dust to settle on the realignment mess.

I'm not saying that it is definitely full. I'm saying there is no way you can point to any website and say that it definitely isn't.

 

Oh absolutely - I'm sure they were probably in talks with UCLA in the past. But it does mean that we're not opposed to moving games around to accomodate other games if we really want to.

 

That's true. I still agree with the administration about not playing A&M anymore. **** em. They will suffer more in recruiting with no away games in Texas. This isn't a Texas issue. Baylor said the same thing as did Kansas whose rivalry with Missou is one of the oldest in sports.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

 

You don't think this has a little to do with Arkie having to make room for ATM on their schedule.

 

exactly, they're just trying to be diplomatic about it.

 

Has the SEC announced a 9 game schedule? I was under the impression they were planning to stick with 8 with 6 games in division and 2 cross-division games, but I have no idea.