Ore St was a late, late replacement when Va Tech wanted to change it's repay game @ LSU from this yr to '07. The Beavers cashed in by taking the money as the replacement game without requiring a return gm from the Bengal Tigers.
The game will be shown on national TV by ESPN & ESPN will bring their College Gameday show to Baton Rouge. For a fill-in road game, Oregon St will be getting the most exposure they've ever gotten, with the possible exception of the Fiesta Bowl vs Notre Dame, and a lot of cash.
Would Ga Tech have been better off, as a football program, to have taken this game rather than lining up Samford for a home gm??? (Remember when O'L took the visit to Notre Dame to start the '97 season, moving the Citadel gm, for the national exposure & we only had 5 home gms that yr?)
LSU/Ore St on national TV
The game will be shown on national TV by ESPN & ESPN will bring their College Gameday show to Baton Rouge. For a fill-in road game, Oregon St will be getting the most exposure they've ever gotten, with the possible exception of the Fiesta Bowl vs Notre Dame, and a lot of cash.
Would Ga Tech have been better off, as a football program, to have taken this game rather than lining up Samford for a home gm??? (Remember when O'L took the visit to Notre Dame to start the '97 season, moving the Citadel gm, for the national exposure & we only had 5 home gms that yr?)
LSU/Ore St on national TV