re: Have to hand it to Alleva, of course gameday will be the ultimate judge

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there are plenty of teams with more fan appeal that could be had for marginally more move than what we have been getting

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This is where I'm not really convinced. I don't think any team that you'd likely consider worthwhile would take marginally more than Sam Houston just to come and likely get beat by us.

By "more fan appeal" I'm assuming you mean some kind of mid-range teams from power conferences, or something along those lines. These teams aren't stupid. They're all trying to make their way to the top and they don't get there by always allowing themselves to go into hostile environments like Tiger Stadium and get beat. They will either want a significant payday to make it worth their while, or they want to bring the big boys back to their own stadium. See our deals with teams like Washington and WVU (although they ended up being very good when we played, I'd still consider them mid-range overall).