DMN: SMU’s Rhett Lashlee wants SMU-TCU rivalry to remain, even if college landscape changes

[Eight]

Nichols isn't even a state!

state of mind

 

[Eight]

I still like the idea that schedules are based on prior year records. So the beginning SOS is as neutral as possible. Of course you might miss a team for several years in a row.

nfl is the only league i can think of that does that but only part of the schedule is based upon prior schedule

the teams still play their divisional games and the predetermined rotating divisional opponents

 

[Brog]

As for SMU...."Let Them Eat Cake"

Uh, you know what happened to the person who is credited with having said "Let them eat cake" don't you?

 

[watchfrog]

I am very tried of FCS games, especially those few people know or care about. I mean Nichols really?

Agreed & if we replace SMU we’re just going to get FCS or SWAC. We won’t get a big name P5 team at home, those always seem to get moved to Jerry World anyway.

 

[frogetaboutit]

SMU’s Rhett Lashlee wants SMU-TCU rivalry to remain, even if college landscape changes​

Story by Greg Riddle, The Dallas Morning News

Of course he does. Will still be their super bowl whether they ever make it to the PAC or not.

 

[YA]

What little I know about the financial side of college football I've mostly learned on this forum (that's how credible I am). I suspect that in modern, post-SWC times, year-in year-out the TCU football game is SMU's most profitable athletic venture. They, or some of their alums/fans anyway, will tell you in a hurry how rich SMU is, and how that makes them better than, well, everyone else (but particularly TCU).

TCU has a bigger endowment than smu and has for a very long time!!!

smu $1,958,459,591

TCU $2.4 billion endowment

 

[Eight]

TCU has a bigger endowment than smu and has for a very long time!!!

smu $1,958,459,591

TCU $2.4 billion endowment

you know what they say about people who argue over the size of their endowments

 

[YA]

you know what they say about people who argue over the size of their endowments

LOL, I was actually going to make that point

 

[Double V]

Nice work genius. I'm talking about when we played them every year. Try and keep up.

Name checks out...

 

[Endless Purple]

Get rid of the FCS game.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

you know what they say about people who argue over the size of their endowments

But what about attendance smack?

 

[Eight]

But what about attendance smack?

 

[Spike]

TCU has a bigger endowment than smu and has for a very long time!!!

smu $1,958,459,591

TCU $2.4 billion endowment

That's what she said!

 

[Chongo94]

Nice work genius. I'm talking about when we played them every year. Try and keep up.

It’s “try to”….

 

[Deep Purple]

I don't get why we're even discussing whether to continue playing SMU. Why the heck wouldn't we want to play every other year in a tinker-toy stadium with a concrete facade that is always unprepared for game-day operations, in a contest that our players see as "just another game," but our opponents treat as their Super Bowl -- and is definitely the highest-revenue game of their season, when we could have used that date to schedule our own home game and added to our bottom line?

Seems like a slam-dunk to me.

/sarcasm

 

[ShreveFrog]

Concrete facade? Granted, it's not the greatest stadium and game day ops are horrendous.

 

[FrogCop19]

I don't get why we're even discussing whether to continue playing SMU. Why the heck wouldn't we want to play every other year in a tinker-toy stadium with a concrete facade that is always unprepared for game-day operations, in a contest that our players see as "just another game," but our opponents treat as their Super Bowl -- and is definitely the highest-revenue game of their season, when we could have used that date to schedule our own home game and added to our bottom line?

Seems like a slam-dunk to me.

/sarcasm

Thank God you put that /sarcasm on there, I wasn't sure for a bit...

/return sarcasm

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I don't get why we're even discussing whether to continue playing SMU. Why the heck wouldn't we want to play every other year in a tinker-toy stadium with a concrete facade that is always unprepared for game-day operations, in a contest that our players see as "just another game," but our opponents treat as their Super Bowl -- and is definitely the highest-revenue game of their season, when we could have used that date to schedule our own home game and added to our bottom line?

Seems like a slam-dunk to me.

/sarcasm

With more teams making the playoff in 2024 it will be interesting to see the effect on scheduling. Either teams won't be a afraid of scheduling good opponents because you can still make the playoff with say less than 10 wins. Or teams will soften their schedules because all you have to do is win your conference and non-con won't matter as much.

 

[Pure Purple]

The mere idea of adding a new end zone project to their pathetic high school

stadium is somewhat tantamount to applying lipstick to a pig.

 

[froginmn]

I don't get why we're even discussing whether to continue playing SMU. Why the heck wouldn't we want to play every other year in a tinker-toy stadium with a concrete facade that is always unprepared for game-day operations, in a contest that our players see as "just another game," but our opponents treat as their Super Bowl -- and is definitely the highest-revenue game of their season, when we could have used that date to schedule our own home game and added to our bottom line?

Seems like a slam-dunk to me.

/sarcasm

Yes but if they do end up in the PAC, it's a P5 opponent in the Metroplex that will need to upgrade their ops, will no longer consider our game their Super Bowl, and looks a lot better on the schedule than Tarleton St.

If the alternative is replacing them with ACU/University of North Texas, I'd rather play the horses.