Roc’s ambitious LU schedule offers big dollars, TV exposure

[Guest abovetherim]

http://www.panews.com/sportsbobwest/local_story_218210317.html

[Guest mffl]

Getting Georgetown to Beaumont? How can you not say Roc is doing HUGE things for the program. 

[Guest coachacola]

Lamar, in a sense, did ESPN a favor by agreeing to fill a Wednesday-night void in Kentucky's schedule, so the network could put together a Kentucky-North Carolina national game. In return, Roc thinks the Cardinals' Feb. 14 meeting against Texas State will get national exposure on ESPNU. He also believes Fox Sports Southwest will pick up Texas Tech's visit.

The Lamar-Texas State game should be a good entertaining game to show on ESPNU with very little defense played.

The benchmark against which all Lamar schedules must be measured is the murder's row of teams Pat Foster's 1985-86 Cardinals faced in a span of 39 days in November and December.

LU opened against Duke in Houston in what was called the Big Apple NIT. The Cardinals followed by hosting defending NCAA champion Villanova, went back to Houston for a neutral floor battle with Texas A&M, hosted a powerful LSU team, took on Big Ten heavyweight Purdue in the Cable Car Classic, then tangled with Washington in Beaumont.

I was at both the Duke and Texas A&M games which they played in the old Summit.  The Villanova and LSU games in Beaumont had a buzz that you rarely see at the Montagne Center.  I think Roc's on the verge on getting these types of teams back into Beaumont.

[TexasTerror]

Getting Georgetown to Beaumont? How can you not say Roc is doing HUGE things for the program. 

I thought it said he attempted to get them and they took too long...? Or did I read something wrong?

The world of scheduling is neat. You never know what's going on behind the scenes. Most fans just see the final schedule and don't know much of the negotiations and what teams could end up on the slate...

[Guest coachacola]

Getting Georgetown to Beaumont? How can you not say Roc is doing HUGE things for the program. 

I thought it said he attempted to get them and they took too long...? Or did I read something wrong?

The world of scheduling is neat. You never know what's going on behind the scenes. Most fans just see the final schedule and don't know much of the negotiations and what teams could end up on the slate...

From the article:

Turns out he was talking with Georgetown and had an outside chance at getting the Hoyas to play at the Montagne Center. But he reached a point where he couldn't wait any longer on an answer and finalized a home-game agreement with Denver.

Sounds like Georgetown was holding out for a better deal with someone else.

[UNLV]

Dang, he should have waited or put up the money. Georgetown would put 10,000 in the Montagne so the extra money

would have been worth it.

[KFDM COOP]

I agree!