Armadillo
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You’re damn right I’ve been drinking!you been day drinking
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You’re damn right I’ve been drinking!you been day drinking
Yes but it’s required for the tv rights, the league has to have the license to the rights they are selling.A GOR seems pretty useless if there's a low exit fee
Where SMU would fit the best is the AAC. Many similar schools in that conference.
Rhett Lashlee got fired from Miami? I must've missed that. I believe they were 19th in total offense nationally in his final season as OC there.That's the thing, though - its just investments. It hasn't translated to on field success anywhere.
SMU has a long way to go to be relevant in football in the AAC, let alone a larger conference. It reminds me of TCU Basketball, we never had a winning record in the Mountain West, then had to go join the best basketball league in the country where it took us many years just to not be a total joke let alone win.
SMU has no top 25 finishes, no conference titles, no major bowl wins, nothing since the death penalty... plus they have in my opinion a terrible head coach. Hiring a head coach who got fired as OC from a terrible Miami team? Yikes. When we joined the Big 12 we were coming off a MWC title 3-peat, BCS bowl wins, 4 straight 11+ win seasons, and had a head coach at the time considered to be one of the best in the country, and it still took us a couple seasons to find our footing.
Could it be SMU posturing for a Big 12 invite? I don’t have the disdain many have for SMU. I’m not saying they bring anything to the Big 12. The best reason to add them would be to build a fortress around TX to try to stop out of state recruiting.
If the PAC takes SMU I would think the other Texas school they would target is Rice. It’s the best fit for the PAC though I would not put it past Aggie to pull an Aggie and leave the SEC for the PAC. They do seem to hate Texas that much.
I think the ACC is the better fit by far for SMU. If Notre Lame leaves the ACC I’m not sure the Big 12 is safe from poaching. The schools I think would leave are the eastern ones which are probably looking to avoid the western travel.
The Big Ten is the big fish. They will always dictate what happens. There are a few SEC schools that would love to join the Big Ten.
Pac12 = Dead Man Walkin’Don't really care what we've done in the past. The portal and NIL have changed the game. If we get a Pac-12 invite there's no reason we can't outrecruit anyone in the conference other than perhaps Oregon.
I disagree. Nobody has been treated more unjustly by NCAA athletics than SMU.
What?I disagree. Nobody has been treated more unjustly by NCAA athletics than SMU.
It is sweet justice anytime TCU, UH, SMU or Rice gets brought back to their rightful place in college athletics.
Same for Big East schools.
Rhett Lashlee got fired from Miami? I must've missed that. I believe they were 19th in total offense nationally in his final season as OC there.
Don't really care what we've done in the past. The portal and NIL have changed the game. If we get a Pac-12 invite there's no reason we can't outrecruit anyone in the conference other than perhaps Oregon.
I love a good rivalry game, personally.why would anyone outside the metroplex who weren't tied to the schools care if both schools aren't any good?
haven't watched fsu -florida in years, same w miami and fsu because they don't garner that much interest because they haven't been that relevant in just a few seasons
don't care about paul bunyan's axe, the wooden bucket, the floyd trophy, the civil war, and not sure the last time i watched all of usc-ucla or usc-nd
way too many games available, way too much content which is why i don't understand how if people aren't watching pac 12 games and you are losing two of your biggest brands adding a group of lesser profile programs does anything for the conference
seriously, i wouldn't watch smu vs fresno or unlv now so putting a pac brand on them doesn't raise the interest unless they are good teams
I love a good rivalry game, personally.
I saw that one wiseacre Tweeted yesterday that the main appeal for SMU of associating with all of these politically liberal West Coast schools is that they are all ideologically opposed to the death penalty.I disagree. Nobody has been treated more unjustly by NCAA athletics than SMU.
I understand the argument, and I think it's valid. If you accept the premise, the conclusion is sound. Since I'm using formal logic... you've basically got two contrasting syllogisms:don't hate smu, just don't find the attraction of the game outside of the regularity of it has made it "traditional" similar to meeting at the same crappy dinner for breakfast with friends because it is convenient and we always meet there instead of the quality of the food
in regards to colluded against by the big 8, exactly why did any of tcu, smu rice, and houston merit inclusion into the big 12 and don't point to other schools that got in. what had any of those 4 done in terms of in sports success or commitment of resources?
I understand the argument, and I think it's valid. If you accept the premise, the conclusion is sound. Since I'm using formal logic... you've basically got two contrasting syllogisms:
1. Tradition matters/is what makes college football special; TCU-SMU series = tradition; therefore, TCU-SMU series matters/is special.
2. High-profile games between good programs matter in modern college football; SMU football = rubbish; therefore, TCU-SMU series doesn't matter and TCU would be better served strategically scheduling short series vs. more noteworthy programs.
I am by temperament and habit a traditionalist. I adhere to the first premise of syllogism 1. I understand why others don't, and (unlike some of our more important rivalries e.g., Baylor) I could live with the other outcome. I will add, though, that no one fundamentally disagrees with the premise that traditional rivalries matter, they only differ by degrees of adherence. Surely there is no one who wouldn't care if TCU played none of our traditional rivals? Suppose we were invited alone into the old Pac 12 including USC and UCLA. Basically you'd have to be in SMU's current position of desperation to want that, wouldn't you? They're going to end up like WVU but with worse kickoff times: playing no one they care about and being cared about by no one (only less fun than WVU and without the possibility of occasionally being really good).
Yes but it’s required for the tv rights, the league has to have the license to the rights they are selling.
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Don't really care what we've done in the past. The portal and NIL have changed the game. If we get a Pac-12 invite there's no reason we can't outrecruit anyone in the conference other than perhaps Oregon.