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I would love to have a regular TX school. TCU would be great because of our short conference afiliation, but I don’t think they’d go in for a regular gig. Our fan base would enjoy it m,ore than their’s and they don’t need to come all the way out to Utah to recruit or get a decent opponent, but we need to plant some roots in TX. I think scheduling H/H with G5 and any P5 we can get from TX and FL makes sense.
I think we make sure we get a northern Cal game almost every year Fresno, SJSU, not sure who else.

The biggest thing is making sure we get 7 home games per year which can be tricky with our conference schedule. When I went to OSU I learned a few things. 1) They have a ridiculous number of sports. I had friends who were on a wakeboarding club team the school had money to sponsor. They have a women’s target shooting team etc. The ADS actually funds non-athletic scholarships every year because they have so much money 2) They run those programs in the black. 3) They are able to do this for lots of reasons, but the thing that keeps them there year in and year out is filling up Ohio Stadium at least 7 times a year. That 7th home game is the difference between red and black in their budget. 7 home games = more revenue, significantly higher chance at a winning record and bowl game which = more practice, more revenue, and more exposure.