Air Force Buyout = $250,000

UNTflyer · December 16, 2007

DENTON – UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal said the school will receive a $250,000 buyout from the Air Force Academy, which backed out of a contract to play the Mean Green in 2009. The Falcons will face Minnesota in its first game at TCF Bank Stadium on Sept. 12, 2009, instead.

eulesseagle · December 16, 2007

RV is a financial prophet to knowingly schedule high profile games that will get bought out. Keep up the good work. Miami and AFA was easy money.

NCMeanGreen · December 16, 2007

RV is a financial prophet to knowingly schedule high profile games that will get bought out. Keep up the good work. Miami and AFA was easy money.

Is that what it is?

Guess it will be ok if we can schedule an equal, or even better, opponent.

But, is there anything more to this?

H-towngreen · December 16, 2007

Just the fact that Air Force is getting 1.25 mill to play at Minnesota.

Huff · December 16, 2007

I think another factor in their decision is that they now come to the North Texas area to play TCU every other year. They do not need another game in the same area for recruiting purposes as they did when the contract was first signed.

GoMeanGreen1999 · December 16, 2007

Good going RV - Thanks for getting us some more money.

UNT_playmaker · December 16, 2007

These teams wanted to play us

We were set to play Miami at their new stadium and AF was going to come to Denton and be our marquee game of the season..

Wins and Losses speak louder than words and contracts.....

I hope we dont schedule Div 1-aa teams and can at least play a decent OOC opponent.

CaribbeanGreen · December 16, 2007

These teams wanted to play us
We were set to play Miami at their new stadium and AF was going to come to Denton and be our marquee game of the season..
Wins and Losses speak louder than words and contracts.....
I hope we dont schedule Div 1-aa teams and can at least play a decent OOC opponent.

Not me. I don't care what the name is -- if we're financially viable, I want us to schedule wins. Give me a FCS or a beatable FBS... So what if attendance is a little less (which won't be a huge impact if it's the first game of the year anyway)... we need WINS. WINS, WINS, WINS. Schedule for success... that's how I'd love to build something here.

emmitt01 · December 16, 2007

Not me. I don't care what the name is -- if we're financially viable, I want us to schedule wins. Give me a FCS or a beatable FBS... So what if attendance is a little less (which won't be a huge impact if it's the first game of the year anyway)... we need WINS. WINS, WINS, WINS. Schedule for success... that's how I'd love to build something here.

I agree. Scheduling the 1AA's (I'll always call them that) has really just killed Texas Tech, Boise State, Hawaii, Ok State, aTm, etc now hasn't it.

GreenN'walinsVet · December 16, 2007

I agree. Scheduling the 1AA's (I'll always call them that) has really just killed Texas Tech, Boise State, Hawaii, Ok State, aTm, etc now hasn't
Dont forget how that philosophy really killed the Super power that was Kansas State in the 1990's

NCMeanGreen · December 16, 2007

Good going RV - Thanks for getting us some more money.

Oh come on! Do we really think that RV had much to do with this??? Do you really think his master plan was to first schedule them, then find a way to get them to cancel on us???

Not sure what he is getting credit for here...