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I truly get that upsets can and do happen on college football fields.<\/p>\n

Still, it was a bit shocking to read early Saturday that Lamar University was going to take the field against Texas A&M University in a game played at Kyle Field, home of the Twelfth Man.<\/p>\n

Why the shock?<\/p>\n

Well, for starters, Lamar is just three years into a return to college football. It shelved the program in the 1980s over lack of money, enthusiasm and ability to win games. I was in Beaumont at the time and I remember the demise of the program.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com\/2014\/09\/five-thoughts-from-texas-ams-big-73-3-win-over-lamar.html\/<\/p>\n

So, to get a revenue boost for its athletic department, Lamar University scheduled the Aggies, one of the better teams in the country and the school that produced last year’s Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny “Football” Manziel.<\/p>\n

I do not understand why schools need to overmatch themselves in this fashion. The Aggies put a serious beat-down on the Cardinals, winning 73-3.<\/p>\n

What does a beating like that do to a college athlete’s emotional structure? I’ve never heard that issue discussed. Perhaps there ought to be some conversation about it.<\/p>\n

I get why they play the game at the powerhouse’s home field. The visiting team gets a cut of the revenue generated and they take the money back supposedly to invest in the future. The money pays for better equipment, scholarships, those kinds of things.<\/p>\n

I also know that — on occasion, but it’s very rare — the visiting Cupcake\u00a0surprises the dickens out of the host Powerhouse. Do you recall when Appalachian State went to Ann Arbor, Mich., a couple of years ago and upset the mighty Wolverines in The Big House? It’s\u00a0a rare event. To be sure, Lamar wasn’t the only\u00a0college football to get hammered into the turf Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sure,\u00a0upsets do occur. It’s also possible — although not likely — that the sun could rise in the west.<\/p>\n

The kind of score that we saw run up against Lamar by the Aggies, however, doesn’t do much good for anyone.<\/p>\n

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