🏈 Utah State to play at Alabama in 2022

[252BAMA]

"The Utah State Aggies will play at the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2022, the school announced on Wednesday.

Utah State will take on Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Sept. 3, 2022. The Aggies will receive a guarantee of $1,910,000 for playing the game, per the release.

Utah State has played at Alabama twice in their history. The Aggies fell to the Crimson Tide both times, losing 48-17 in 2004 and 35-3 in 2005."

Utah State to play at Alabama in 2022

 

[bradenob]

"The Utah State Aggies will play at the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2022, the school announced on Wednesday.

Utah State will take on Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Sept. 3, 2022. The Aggies will receive a guarantee of $1,910,000 for playing the game, per the release.

Utah State has played at Alabama twice in their history. The Aggies fell to the Crimson Tide both times, losing 48-17 in 2004 and 35-3 in 2005."

Utah State to play at Alabama in 2022

Geez......

How about a home and home with meechegan instead? the gate alone is great for both squads.....

Ohio State? Penn State? Texas?

Sheesh, home and home with Hawaii - one year we get a team to come play us, the next year the players get a trip to Hawaii... and any fans that would like to go and support AND see the islands.... would it cost 1.9 million to fly the team AND the band to Hawaii?

 

[planomateo]

The Aggies will receive a guarantee of $1,910,000 for playing the game, per the release

Two trips to Italy :shock:

 

[#80]

Yeah are we suppose to get excited about this game?

 

[TUSKtimes]

That's a lot of money to pay a nonpower 5 team. Is that a record?

 

[BamaFan334]

Hope I'm still around for this one...

 

[utstnx]

That's a lot of money to pay a nonpower 5 team. Is that a record?

Yes it is a record. If i was a season ticket holder I would have to rethink these home game schedules. But they usually have plenty of money and don't worry a whole lot about it. lol

 

[UAgrad93]

That's a lot of money to pay a nonpower 5 team. Is that a record?

Actually, it is the 3rd highest payout. UF paid Colorado State $2 million as part of the McElwain buyout and the Barn paid some team about $70K more than what we are going to pay Utah State.

 

[252BAMA]

That's a lot of money to pay a nonpower 5 team. Is that a record?

Actually, it is the 3rd highest payout. UF paid Colorado State $2 million as part of the McElwain buyout and the Barn paid some team about $70K more than what we are going to pay Utah State.

Auburn will pay Tulane $1.937M for a 2019 game.

 

[252BAMA]

Appears the annual NS game has run it's course. Would like to see a return to the previous Three Year policy of H/H/NS. It had just barely gotten off the ground when GT asked out of the 2013-2014 H/H and Bama dropped the 2016-2017 H/H with Michigan State. 2015 and 2018 had been left open for NS games.

 

[OldPlayer]

Zzzzzzzz

 

[Sid Youngleman]

That's a lot of money to pay a nonpower 5 team.

Well, they have a lot of wives to support.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

 

[50+yeartidefan]

[QUOTE="TUSKstuff

Yes it is a record. If i was a season ticket holder I would have to rethink these home game schedules. But they usually have plenty of money and don't worry a whole lot about it. lol

And for us that season ticket holders...thats the year Vandy rolls in on our rotating schedule from SECe opponents....so on top of getting Utah State...we get Mississippi State....AnM....Vandy and AU....at home... for 1500-2000$....

 

[ElephantStomp]

Not real excited for this game, but I also know it isn’t as easy just calling a school and saying “Come play us”.

 

[OldPlayer]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

Playing Hawaii in Hawaii is one of the worst games to have. It takes too long to get there and too long to come back. You lose a day on the return trip. That's why the NCAA allows a school to play 13 games IF they play Hawaii in Hawaii. It may be great for a fan, but for the team it is horrible.

 

[bradenob]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

Playing Hawaii in Hawaii is one of the worst games to have. It takes too long to get there and too long to come back. You lose a day on the return trip. That's why the NCAA allows a school to play 13 games IF they play Hawaii in Hawaii. It may be great for a fan, but for the team it is horrible.

That does make sense - did we do that at the end of the year when we went? Wasn't there probation (unfair) so we thumbed our noses at the NCAA and played Hawaii to give the players a type of bowl game since we couldn't go? Maybe it wasn't so bad under those circumstances because it was the last game - IF my recollection is correct.

Would still be cool if we could go a week EARLY

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

Playing Hawaii in Hawaii is one of the worst games to have. It takes too long to get there and too long to come back. You lose a day on the return trip. That's why the NCAA allows a school to play 13 games IF they play Hawaii in Hawaii. It may be great for a fan, but for the team it is horrible.

What the neck....with the teams on our schedule.....la laffette...ark state....etc...
You could lose a day and wouldnt matter....plus u play on sat..fly home on Sunday...thats a non football day for players anyway...
Not but a few more hours then playing west coast teams... or what UGA had to do in playoffs...or play them before ur off week...or Thursday night after off week....lots of options

 

[OldPlayer]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

Playing Hawaii in Hawaii is one of the worst games to have. It takes too long to get there and too long to come back. You lose a day on the return trip. That's why the NCAA allows a school to play 13 games IF they play Hawaii in Hawaii. It may be great for a fan, but for the team it is horrible.

That does make sense - did we do that at the end of the year when we went? Wasn't there probation (unfair) so we thumbed our noses at the NCAA and played Hawaii to give the players a type of bowl game since we couldn't go? Maybe it wasn't so bad under those circumstances because it was the last game - IF my recollection is correct.

Would still be cool if we could go a week EARLY

If I remember (and there's no guarantee that I do), it was scheduled late (for scheduling). We weren't going to a bowl game, so it was a way of going to a bowl game without going to a bowl game. Going there isn't the problem. It's coming back. If you leave in the morning from Hawaii (~8 a.m.), you get back late in the evening (~midnight) and you have jet lag. If you leave in the evening (~5 p.m.), you land in the early morning (~7 a.m.) and you have jet lag. Traveling immediately after a game is uncomfortable and something you don't want to do for 9+ hours.

 

[252BAMA]

I wonder....is Bama really having such a hard time getting games.....wow...
Agree with @bradenob .....home n home with Hawaii....Ms50+ is ready to go back...
Was really cool...Bama fans everywhere.... dropped 6K$.....but was fun...

Playing Hawaii in Hawaii is one of the worst games to have. It takes too long to get there and too long to come back. You lose a day on the return trip. That's why the NCAA allows a school to play 13 games IF they play Hawaii in Hawaii. It may be great for a fan, but for the team it is horrible.

That does make sense - did we do that at the end of the year when we went? Wasn't there probation (unfair) so we thumbed our noses at the NCAA and played Hawaii to give the players a type of bowl game since we couldn't go? Maybe it wasn't so bad under those circumstances because it was the last game - IF my recollection is correct.

Would still be cool if we could go a week EARLY

If I remember (and there's no guarantee that I do), it was scheduled late (for scheduling). We weren't going to a bowl game, so it was a way of going to a bowl game without going to a bowl game. Going there isn't the problem. It's coming back. If you leave in the morning from Hawaii (~8 a.m.), you get back late in the evening (~midnight) and you have jet lag. If you leave in the evening (~5 p.m.), you land in the early morning (~7 a.m.) and you have jet lag. Traveling immediately after a game is uncomfortable and something you don't want to do for 9+ hours.

Lol! In 2016, Hawaii played California in Australia on Friday, August 26 (Saturday, August 27 in Hawaii) and played at Michigan on Saturday, September 3!! Was back in Hawaii on September 10 against ut-Martin, and played at Arizona on September 17!!! California took the second week (actually the first week) off rather than play the 13th game.

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