Report: University of Tulsa to Drop Texas Tech from 2008 Football Schedule

by Seth C on Jan 12, 2008 6:42 AM CST in Football Comment 4 comments

Wow. Hat-tip to Flags Over Raiderland who caught it first, but it appears that the University of Tulsa is dropping Texas Tech for Arkansas in their opening game. LAJ's Don Williams is reporting this morning that Texas Tech officials still believe the game will be played and that to get out of the contract would require a $150,000 payment. Here's some quotes from said Texas Tech officials:

"There's a lot of problems created other than that,'' Gleason said. "Scheduling a game at this stage really puts us in a bind.''

Asked what he expects to happen, Gleason said, "We fully expect them to play the game. We really do.''

"We still have a contract with Tulsa,'' he said.

Tech officials said they were surprised by the report.

"I was really caught off-guard,'' said Tech director of football operations Tommy McVay, who does much of the work on the Red Raiders' future schedules.

McVay said he was told that a cancellation "wasn't a done deal.''

What an absolute load of crap this whole situation is and I'm stunned that University of Tulsa would even try and pull this so late in the season. I can understand how Tulsa is afraid of playing Texas Tech, and now that I think about it, Tulsa is no stranger to seeing others sign contracts and then ignoring them (i.e. Todd Graham is a douchebag).

According to Fanblogs, these are the teams that still have one game, and there's some pretty good teams that may be looking to add a team in 2008. If Tulsa is too scared to play the Red Raiders, then make them pay their $150,000 and move onward. Note to self: There should be a graduated scale of payment on contracts such as these, the closer you get to the actual game, the higher the payment to break the contract.

[editor's note, by Seth C] I should also note that Tulsa is my law school alma mater and I still think this is a crappy situation.

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New game

lets play Rutgers or Boston College. The game will most likely be televised so it will give Tech some exposure. Plus it would really boost our ranking if we win big.

by ST04 on Jan 12, 2008 1:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Maybe,

Although BC and Rutgers both lose their main weapons for next year. Ray Rice is done at Rutgers and Matt Flynn is done at BC...

by Tech92 on Jan 12, 2008 10:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Matt Ryan @ BC, my bad.

by Tech92 on Jan 12, 2008 10:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'd take either one of them

and despite losing good players, they are still solid programs, or at least they appear to be. Tulsa is losing their QB as well, I just didn't want to see a Division II school, or whatever they're called, and that's probably where we're headed if Myers can't find a replacement to Tulsa.

Go Raiders . . .

by Seth C on Jan 13, 2008 7:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs