Arizona in 2022!

[NDSUKurt]

Might be a good time to finally do our road trip to the Grand Canyon.

That's what I am thinking. Question is, do I take my boys out of school for the week or do it just with the wife? Looks like I have plenty of time to figure it out.

[wagsabison]

The must not have watched the Iowa game.

[runtheoption]

That's what I am thinking. Question is, do I take my boys out of school for the week or do it just with the wife? Looks like I have plenty of time to figure it out.

Hee hee, hee hee...

[THEsocalledfan]

Hmmm......FBS game thousands of miles away. Will need flights and hotels, and for it all to be cheap.

Yep, I'm in.

[gumby013]

Hmmm......FBS game thousands of miles away. Will need flights and hotels, and for it all to be cheap.

Yep, I'm in.

Friend a snowbird and stay at their place.

[gumby013]

It's looking to me like a significant driver in this matchup is that Arizona has been struggling with football attendance. Averaged a stated attendance of ~48K last year, with reports of actual attendance being much lower. Arizona stadium holds 57,400. I'll bet they would love an additional 5K+ tickets sold.

http://www.azdesertswarm.com/footbal...ence-athletics

[THEsocalledfan]

Friend a snowbird and stay at their place.

Heck did not even think of that! My mom and dad have a condo in Scottsdale. I'll just road trip from there! (Hope they still have it at that point....)

[Mr Meaty]

Friend a snowbird and stay at their place.

A lot of my farmer customers are not in the AZ homes yet at this time. I could go down and open it up for them for a week. They will be busy with soybeans.

[NDSUKurt]

I'm a little surprised and disappointed with a smaller guarantee of only $425k for the game, especially with Oregon paying $650k two years earlier in 2020 and Colorado paying $700k two years later in 2024.

I think that the low payout may be for a few reasons: (these are just spit-balling ideas, nothing definitive)

1. Arizona is historically a mediocre team that has had a few good years here and there.
2. We have a great record against FBS teams.
3. Maybe Arizona will be giving NDSU some tickets where that can "do with as they please" (sell), especially if Arizona has a hard time selling tickets.
4. NDSU wanted to get a guarantee game set in stone.

Kind of related - I wouldn't be surprised if NDSU schedules like Montana does - a FBS game every other year along with a FCS home and home. The road game would be the year we don't have a FBS game scheduled.

It could look like this:
2020 - at Oregon, FCS in Fargo
2021 - FCS return game away

2022 - at Arizona, FCS in Fargo
2023 - FCS Return game away

2024 - at Colorado, FCS in Fargo
2025 - FCS return game away

[gumby013]

Most of Arizona's early season games are a scheduled for night. Last year all of their September games were at 7:30 or 7:45pm pacific time.