That game needs to go away no matter what happens with themGood for SMU. I like the idea of an annual crosstown Pac 12-Big 12 rivalry.
That game needs to go away no matter what happens with themGood for SMU. I like the idea of an annual crosstown Pac 12-Big 12 rivalry.
scheiss SMUThat game needs to go away no matter what happens with them
That game needs to go away no matter what happens with them
Hard disagree. Tradition matters to me, even if I'm the only one left; I don't care. You play your rivals or it's all pointless.
New era sadly. Just ask OU and OK St or UT and Aggie the past decade
Love the comments, SMU is spending big time on football facilities…really?Good for SMU. I like the idea of an annual crosstown Pac 12-Big 12 rivalry.
Oh yeah, anything that helps SMU"s program I am really for. (Where IS that sarcasm button?)Though I'd rather see SMU in the Big 12 (I know that's not a majority view here), I hope for the Ponies' sake that they do get into the Pac. It will help their program, which in turn increases the significance of our cross-town rivalry. I'm happy for that series to be a real challenge that will draw eyeballs; in the long-run I believe that a good rivalry benefits both programs, it's not a zero-sum.
I'm neither for nor against playing SMU every year. I'm fine with keeping them on the schedule. You have to play someone and it's an easy road trip every other year. I don't think I understand why it's "the right thing to do" though. Right thing for whom?We don't have to participate in it being a new era. We could just keep playing SMU every year because it's the right thing to do. It easy; you just schedule SMU, then you play the game.
It’s just kind of logical that we play them IMO, although they aren’t our main rival, it is a nice little rivalry that has some history. And its almost like a free home game when we play them in Dallas. Can’t hurt local recruiting. Beats playing some spare G5 team we have no real connection to.I'm neither for nor against playing SMU every year. I'm fine with keeping them on the schedule. You have to play someone and it's an easy road trip every other year. I don't think I understand why it's "the right thing to do" though. Right thing for whom?
I'm just not sure why it's "the right thing to do." I don't view playing SMU as any more right (or wrong for that matter) than playing a game against Memphis or Wyoming. When someone says it's the right thing to do then that makes it sound like we have some kind of responsibility to do it and I don't understand that line of thinking.It’s just kind of logical that we play them IMO, although they aren’t our main rival, it is a nice little rivalry that has some history. And its almost like a free home game when we play them in Dallas. Can’t hurt local recruiting. Beats playing some spare G5 team we have no real connection to.
I guess I don’t see a real good reason not to play them other than we are somehow afraid of elevating their status, which I don’t really get. If they are beneath us, we should whoop up on them about every year.
Of course we don’t have an obligation, but I think it makes a lot more sense to take advantage of what is a natural rivalry than to play a Memphis or a Wyoming type team instead. Even if one or both teams stink, the game still mean something locally. As Duggan always says, that’s what college football is about at least to some degree.I'm just not sure why it's "the right thing to do." I don't view playing SMU as any more right (or wrong for that matter) than playing a game against Memphis or Wyoming. When someone says it's the right thing to do then that makes it sound like we have some kind of responsibility to do it and I don't understand that line of thinking.
And you can get there by taking the Trolley.the school and the stadium are like 4 miles apart--no big deal
I totally agree with you here. But still, scheiss smoo.Hard disagree. Tradition matters to me, even if I'm the only one left; I don't care. You play your rivals or it's all pointless.
I can understand that. For me, I feel like we play plenty of regional rivals every year as it is so that's why I don't feel like it matters too much whether or not we play SMU every year. I'd rather get Texas, A&M, OU, or Arkansas on the OOC as a rivalry game but I'm not sure how likely that is to happen.Of course we don’t have an obligation, but I think it makes a lot more sense to take advantage of what is a natural rivalry than to play a Memphis or a Wyoming type team instead. Even if one or both teams stink, the game still mean something locally. As Duggan always says, that’s what college football is about at least to some degree.
Oh yeah, anything that helps SMU"s program I am really for. (Where IS that sarcasm button?)
I'm neither for nor against playing SMU every year. I'm fine with keeping them on the schedule. You have to play someone and it's an easy road trip every other year. I don't think I understand why it's "the right thing to do" though. Right thing for whom?
Ha! I can get on board with this argumentTradition. The household gods of college football demand that we sacrifice a pony on the high altar of Amon G. Carter's temple every second September, and it is neither meet nor right not to do so.