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Lessons on fan arrogance
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<blockquote data-quote="gdu" data-source="post: 568192" data-attributes="member: 3675"><p>QUOTE(Purple Heart @ Jun 4 2010, 02:55 AM) [snapback]568185[/snapback]</p><p>I said I wasn't going to do this (get into a pissing match), but as far as riding coattails, you could say the same about Tech, and don't think we or UH didn't try. Had Gib Lewis still been in office, we probably would have had more political pull. </p><p></p><p>And looking back, maybe we should be glad it worked out the way it did. You could make a great case that we are much better off now than we would have been had we taken Baylor's spot in the Big 12. </p><p></p><p>I don't think there is as much hatred going both ways as you or some others here seem to have for Baylor, but hey, if you want to take it all out on them, go for it - sounds like the makings of great rivalry renewal. Unlike the Aggies, at least Tech and Baylor (and even UT once) had the guts to schedule us. That probably did more for TCU in the early and mid Patterson era than anything (to be able to say we were 5-1 or whatever, versus the Big 12, for recruiting or whatever), thanks to them having the guts to schedule us. </p><p></p><p>Now if they could just make more progress in football (but wait until after September), and we could make more progress in basketball, then it truly would be even more fun. Do we have the guts to schedule them in basketball. Do you not think that would be brutal?</p><p></p><p>Wow, are you on Baylor's nuts. We've played Kansas and Texas at their places. Not sure why we'd be scared of Baylor. losses in bball don't mean anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gdu, post: 568192, member: 3675"] QUOTE(Purple Heart @ Jun 4 2010, 02:55 AM) [snapback]568185[/snapback] I said I wasn't going to do this (get into a pissing match), but as far as riding coattails, you could say the same about Tech, and don't think we or UH didn't try. Had Gib Lewis still been in office, we probably would have had more political pull. And looking back, maybe we should be glad it worked out the way it did. You could make a great case that we are much better off now than we would have been had we taken Baylor's spot in the Big 12. I don't think there is as much hatred going both ways as you or some others here seem to have for Baylor, but hey, if you want to take it all out on them, go for it - sounds like the makings of great rivalry renewal. Unlike the Aggies, at least Tech and Baylor (and even UT once) had the guts to schedule us. That probably did more for TCU in the early and mid Patterson era than anything (to be able to say we were 5-1 or whatever, versus the Big 12, for recruiting or whatever), thanks to them having the guts to schedule us. Now if they could just make more progress in football (but wait until after September), and we could make more progress in basketball, then it truly would be even more fun. Do we have the guts to schedule them in basketball. Do you not think that would be brutal? Wow, are you on Baylor's nuts. We've played Kansas and Texas at their places. Not sure why we'd be scared of Baylor. losses in bball don't mean anything. [/QUOTE]
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