Is there Really any upside to us playing Tenn Tech?

[NEVolFan]

Butch can use this game to teach em how to actually whip day azz.

 

[MWAVolfan]

The upside is that it's very hard for Butch to screw it up and lose.

 

[MWAVolfan]

Yes, I've come to see the significant value in playing one game like this a year.

Not for us. For us, it's a charity case. It's giving to the community, so to speak, to nearby smaller schools trying to build their program, or at least keep it financially afloat. For us, it's just an all-but-certain W, and the chance to help others.

But for the local smaller colleges and universities, the Tennessee Techs and Western Carolinas and UT-Chattanoogas of the world, it's a much-needed cash infusion. It helps them get ahead, or at least not fall behind.

Now, if you want to be really Machiavellian and see "farm school" status in it for us, as if UT-Chattanooga and Tech and TSU and the like are where we grow our future ADs and SIDs and the like, I'm not gonna stop you. I'm not sure that's a predictable thing on any recurring basis, but I won't stop you.

For me, it's just about helping a little brother or neighbor out.

It doesn't always have to be about 'what do WE get'...it can sometimes be about what we give, instead.

Have we ever hired an AD, or any coach for that matter from one of these small schools in the state?

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Have we ever hired an AD, or any coach for that matter from one of these small schools in the state?

Not that I'm aware of, no.

Of course, a lot of folks are hoping David Blackburn is our next AD....

 

[illinoisvolfan1]

Only upside is that we should win this one. After 3 straight losses I'll take a win.

 

[TGVol]

Upside 1 : team can practice chest-bumping assuming we manage to score some TD's.

Upside 2 : Butch can reassure us the his system works - just need to give him and Debord 4 more years and schedule more opponents like Tenn Tech

 

[VolsFan-TX]

I agree. The only upside is helping a small in-state school make some money. I am still against it, but if it was out-of-state game (UGA vs Nicholls State) then I could see no benefit whatsoever.

Very good point. Playing in-state non-conference teams is an excellent tool for helping the other schools from manically. Not every program generates a net income from football.