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Did it to protect the RPI. Arkansas State's RPI is really bad and would have dropped ours. Wasn't a fan of A&M doing it, and not a fan of us doing it either.
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If a game is scheduled to be played, then it should be played. The fact that it could lower your RPI by playing it and then canceling due to this reason is not showing good sportsmanship. Why schedule the game in the first place if it going to have such a drastic effect on your RPI.