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Sydney coach John Longmire has discounted their overwhelming AFL grand final experience as an advantage, saying it is only what happens on Saturday that counts.The clash with the Western Bulldogs will be the Swans third grand final since 2012.By contrast, the Bulldogs selected 22 features no players with AFL grand final experience - the first time that has happened since St Kilda in 1997.Not necessarily - I dont really subscribe to that, Longmire said when asked if their experience was an asset.Once the ball bounces, its just about who executes their plan the best for the longest.Both teams go in with enormous faith in (their) systems and both teams go in with really good form.You have a look at the Doggies finals form ... its outstanding.That recent form is what you look at and that carries more weight, I think, going into the game.Sydney won an epic 2012 grand final, but Hawthorn bounced them in the first half two years later for an emphatic win.Longmire said their most recent grand final highlighted how the Swans must be on their guard against the Bulldogs.You have to be at your best - always - and anything less than that, you leave yourself open, he saidTheres no room for not being at your best.Thats the excitement of it, being at this time of year ... to have that in front of us tomorrow.Its the challenge that both teams are looking forward to, being at their best for the longest tomorrow.Meanwhile, Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh also said at Fridays pre-game media conference that he would definitely play.McVeigh (calf) and teammate Callum Mills (hamstring) were recalled from injury.McVeigh conceded there was some risk in his return, but added he had done everything right in the last fortnight.I got through the training session really well and the plan throughout the last two weeks has always stayed the same, McVeigh said.It was to train Wednesday, do a bit of running and then do a lot more than the boys today.I did that, I feel great and Im ready to go tomorrow ... 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University of Houston officials have had very general conversations about a contract extension for?Cougars?football coach Tom Herman, but?athletic director Hunter Yurachek said Tuesday that the schools offer would have to be reasonable.Herman, the former Ohio State offensive coordinator who is in his second season with the Cougars, agreed to an extension last December that more than doubled his salary to $3 million annually, including incentive escalators, through the 2020 season.He has guided Houston to a 19-2 record while winning the American Athletic Conference title and beating Florida State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, fueling speculation that Herman would leave after the season for a job in a Power 5 conference.Herman has a $2.5 million buyout clause in his contract if he opts to leave before Feb. 28, 2017.We have what I consider to be one of the hottest coaching commodities in all of college football, Yurachek said Tuesday, according to the Houston Chronicle. Its my job to continue to do due diligence and work with [president Renu] Khator and [board of regents] chairman Tilman FFertitta and put together parameters for what potentially could be a new contract offer for coach Herman as we look toward the future and retaining him as head coach.ddddddddddddYurachek said talks have only been at the administrative level and nothing has been discussed as of yet with Herman or his representatives.Were committed to making it very hard for him to leave here at this point, Yurachek told SB Nation 1560 AM on Tuesday. Somebody is going to have to come and really take him and offer him something really phenomenal, because we are going to make it really hard for him to say no to the University of Houston.Houston was a candidate for Big 12 expansion. However, the conference on Monday decided not to go that route and said it would stand pat with 10 teams.Yurachek confirmed in September that Herman would receive a $5 million bonus if Houston were to join a Power 5 conference under his watch.ESPN Staff Writer Brett McMurphy contributed to this report. ' ' '