From what I remember with BYU is that this season will end a 3 year contract, that did not include the Beehive Classic game played last year. I might be wrong, but Randy decided not to have BYU come to Ogden last year, since we were playing them in the classic, or maybe both coaches decided one game against each other was enough for the season. I don't know, however, I do know that this game will conclude the three year contract, which had Weber play one game in Salt Lake, another in Provo and the final game in Ogden (The Cats got two games in Salt Lake against the Cougars). It is almost like a 2 for 1, since the Salt Lake game was virtually a home game for the Y. That might be the norm going forward with BYU. H/H contracts, with a 2 for 1 thrown in ever so often. Yet, I'm still grateful that they will, at least, still come to Ogden ever so often.
USU...well, like fan, I'm guessing that Weber might end up playing in Lolgan this Fall, as well as playing the Aggies in Salt Lake. I'm not against that, if it happens. But a lot of that will depend on who is hired to take over the reignless program. I'm hoping that the new coach in Logan decides to maintain the H/H's with Weber in the future, but then again, he might not. I'm sure that the USU administration will lean toward the new coach maintaining the instate rivalry. Who knows...strange things happen all the time and the new coach could decide to go a different direction. I really hope that does not happen. And with Fresno State, it is the second game in a 2 for 1 series.
I don't care who the administration is able to buy. We have to remember this is Weber State and that our athletic budget is $14.5M on a good year. Yes, if the Cats can get two money games then some of that could be used to buy a guarantee game for the Cats. This sounds like a "strange" arrangement, to play up so that you could buy another home game, but teams do it all the time. It isn't the most glamorous paradigm but it is fairly efficient. As long as the team is DI, that is really all that matters. I'm a bigger fan of H/H's, or conference mandated games with other conferences. TO me, I really miss the Bracket Buster...that is a loss of two DI games per year.
Bahamas will probably be a 3 game tournament. That has become Randy's MO lately. Final thought, Weber was supposed to have gotten something for participating in the Far West Classic hosted by OSU and in which Weber ended up playing Portland. Maybe OSU and Portland ended up paying off the Cats.
