Wednesday, January 26, 2011

College Football: A funny story about scheduling featuring Brad Wright

So Texas State might meet up with TCU in Week 3 of the 2011 season, giving the Bobcats four consecutive road games to open the slate (Texas Tech, Wyoming, TCU and Stephen F. Austin). With the news of Texas State playing the Horned Frogs again, it reminds me of a conversation I had with former head coach Brad Wright about scheduling.

When Wright took over as head coach in 2007, he told me he asked Texas State Director of Athletics Dr. Larry Teis to not schedule three teams as long as he was head coach — TCU, Houston and Texas Tech — because the Bobcats would lose face in front of in-state recruits.

Who did Texas State play in 2009? TCU. Who did the Bobcats play in 2010? Houston. And who is Texas State slated to play in the 2011 season opener? Texas Tech.

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