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Title: "Why Middle Tennessee State needs to play Alabama in football to cover rising costs"
Post by: WALL-E on January 21, 2015, 03:51:02 PM
Why Middle Tennessee State needs to play Alabama in football to cover rising costs
(http://media.al.com/sports_impact/photo/alabamajpg-4527f085ccea4cd6.jpg)With full cost-of-attendance costs coming down the pipe, Middle Tennessee State agreed to a big payoff game against Alabmaa.

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Title: Re: "Why Middle Tennessee State needs to play Alabama in football to cover rising costs"
Post by: pmull on January 21, 2015, 04:31:09 PM
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"I've had more fans excited coming up to me (about Alabama) than any other games that we've done in awhile," he said. "We are also going to Illinois, and we will get much more publicity and interest from our fans over the Alabama game because there is more regional identification. It goes beyond the guaranteed dollar; we are going to get a great deal from our Alabama game."

It is good publicity for your program to get your azz beat by Alabama. At least that is the way I read it.