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<blockquote data-quote="westoverhillbilly" data-source="post: 2835622" data-attributes="member: 70030"><p>The breakup of the SWC that was announced in 1994 (effective end of school year in 1996) largely had to do with the shedding of dead weight that was perceivably worse in the SWC than the Big 8.. TCU was no doubt the best of the leftovers, even back then- we were definitely above Rice and SMU and even UH as far as core fanbase and support, donations, attendance and infrastructure.. Gib Lewis publicly stated that had the event occurred just a couple of years earlier when he was Texas House Speaker, he would have seen to it that TCU was not excluded in a political manner that protected Baylor and Tech..</p><p></p><p>Men's basketball is nice and fun, but football carries the day..</p><p></p><p>A similar scenario as the SWC demise could happen again with any number of potential mergers, thus leaving behind some dead weight (Vandy, Wazzu, Oregon State, KU, KSU, Texas Tech, Wake, Duke, BC, Syr, Rutgers, Maryland and Baylor should they have some upcoming losing seasons) that are way less viable than TCU is now.. I'm not saying we're completely safe, but we're in a hell of a lot better shape than we were a decade ago.. Another end of year top 10 ranking or two would make us pretty invincible..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westoverhillbilly, post: 2835622, member: 70030"] The breakup of the SWC that was announced in 1994 (effective end of school year in 1996) largely had to do with the shedding of dead weight that was perceivably worse in the SWC than the Big 8.. TCU was no doubt the best of the leftovers, even back then- we were definitely above Rice and SMU and even UH as far as core fanbase and support, donations, attendance and infrastructure.. Gib Lewis publicly stated that had the event occurred just a couple of years earlier when he was Texas House Speaker, he would have seen to it that TCU was not excluded in a political manner that protected Baylor and Tech.. Men's basketball is nice and fun, but football carries the day.. A similar scenario as the SWC demise could happen again with any number of potential mergers, thus leaving behind some dead weight (Vandy, Wazzu, Oregon State, KU, KSU, Texas Tech, Wake, Duke, BC, Syr, Rutgers, Maryland and Baylor should they have some upcoming losing seasons) that are way less viable than TCU is now.. I'm not saying we're completely safe, but we're in a hell of a lot better shape than we were a decade ago.. Another end of year top 10 ranking or two would make us pretty invincible.. [/QUOTE]
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