Sooners finalize 2007 schedule, open vs. NT

[NT80]

OU opens 2007 vs. North Texas

[ipEAGLE]

Good news.

[NT91]

road game at Tulsa on Sept. 22

Why cant we get OU at home?

[Texas Stranger]

They already play a game in Dallas

[MeanGreen61]

road game at Tulsa on Sept. 22

Why cant we get OU at home?

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They don't wanna play at Fouts

But hey, their soccer team will play at our new soccer facility this month !

Edited August 4, 2006 by MeanGreen61

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

road game at Tulsa on Sept. 22

Why cant we get OU at home?

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--Attendence numbers and dollar$. They mangage to regularly fill a stadium almost triple the size of ours... UT,OU, LSU etc, would not consider playing in a stadium under 50,000..... well maybe if it was against a top ten 10 team..

[NT80]

UT,OU, LSU etc, would not consider playing in a stadium under 50,000.....

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Skelly Stadium's official capacity now is only 35,000. It had been 40K until they tore down the north endzone seats for an athletic center in Feb. 2005. Top crowds listed before then were 40-47K.

Skelly Stadium bio and photo

[NT80]

humm.....

1965

Skelly Stadium was enlarged to 40,235 seats. The track was removed, the field lowered and box seats added. The excavated dirt was used to support the new south end zone stands. Seating was added to the west stands plus a new two story press box, escalator and elevator.

[TeachinTodd]

So what time is the road trip party leaving for the 2007 season opener?

[Eagle1855]

Im gonna throw out an HSO here.

We will have a good chance at the upset for this game.

Adrian Peterson will leave after this year. Rhett Bomar is gone. The starting QB this year is a 5th year senior. 2007 should be one of our better teams under DD (assuming he is still here...)

Edited August 4, 2006 by Eagle1855

[PHSCoach]

road game at Tulsa on Sept. 22

Why cant we get OU at home?

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We paly at Fouts and the Gate will be what $180,000 we go to them and get $500,000 the program needs all the money it can get..............

[NT80]

We paly at Fouts and the Gate will be what $180,000 we go to them and get $500,000 the program needs all the money it can get..............

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No, you charge $80 a ticket (BCS prices) instead of the regular $15 for the OU home game. Most programs charge according to opponent's desirability.

$15 x 30,000 = $450,000

$80 x 30,000 = $2,400,000

Give OU a $1 Million to come to Fouts and we still make $1.4 Mil.

[PHSCoach]

Most programs charge according to opponent's desirability. 

$15 x 30,000 = $450,000

$80 x 30,000 = $2,400,000

Give OU a $1 Million to come to Fouts and we still make $1.4 Mil. 

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Ou will make over $5,000,000 by playing at home...

Name a school that has flex rates...

[eeally]

Fouts would sell out of OU came here...

Tickets would sell for $45-$125 would be my guess.

And yes we do have a chance for an upset

[NT80]

Ou will make over $5,000,000 by playing at home...

Name a school that has flex rates...

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So why do they go play at 35,000 seat Tulsa then? I know we can't get OU to Fouts, but with a newer (modern) facility we could lure some BCS types. SMUt does.

Flex rates? You mean variable ticket prices? Many schools do for different games. Note the different prices for the uT games this season:

2006 Ticket Prices

Season Tickets: $365

09/02 vs. North Texas (Austin): $50

09/09 vs. Ohio State (Austin): $85

09/16 vs. Rice (Houston): $72/$52

09/23 vs. Iowa State (Austin): $55

09/30 vs. Sam Houston State (Austin): $45

10/07 vs. Oklahoma (Dallas): $85

10/14 vs. Baylor (Austin): $55

10/21 vs. Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.): $65

10/28 vs. Texas Tech (Lubbock): $85

11/04 vs. Oklahoma State (Austin): $55

11/11 vs. Kansas State (Manhattan, Kan.): $70

11/24 vs. Texas A&M (Austin): $85

Edited August 4, 2006 by NT80

[CorinthEagle]

they play at Tulsa because it's in state and there are a lot of alumni up there. For the fans that can't get tickets for games in Norman this is their only chance to see the Sooners play.

[EagleMBA]

I chose to ride the charter bus three years ago and it was a great trip. If they put another charter together next year, that is the way to go. OU even had the class to give us decent seats. Except for the rain, I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to Norman. Oh, and the finish...I didn't like the finish. We played them very tough and they slipped in a couple of late scores to make it look worse than it really was.

[NT80]

they play at Tulsa because it's in state and there are a lot of alumni up there.  For the fans that can't get tickets for games in Norman this is their only chance to see the Sooners play.

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I know those reasons, although there's probably as many Schooner fans in DFW as Tulsa. He was just saying they wouldn't play in a small venue because OU could make $5 mil at a home game. The $ is true, but they will still play at a small venue sometimes like a Tulsa, as well as TCU for those that don't think they make double DFW trips.

[BaylorGuy314]

Baylor and A&M both have flex rates.

Baylor

Sept. 3- TCU $37

Sept. 9- Northwestern St. $27

Sept. 23- Army (Parents' Weekend) $32

Sept. 30- Kansas State $32

Oct. 21- Kansas (Homecoming) $32

Oct. 28- Texas A&M $45

Nov. 18- Oklahoma $37

Texas A&M

Sept 02- vs The Citadel $53

Sept 09- vs Louisiana Lafayette $53

Sept 23- vs Louisiana Tech $53

Sept 30- vs Texas Tech $83

Oct 14- vs Missouri $73

Nov 04- vs Oklahoma $83

Nov 11- vs Nebraska $83