DMN: Loss of SMU-TCU rivalry magnifies most troubling trend in college football

[TopFrog]

Tim Cowlishaw: Loss of SMU-TCU rivalry magnifies most troubling trend in college football​

Tim Cowlishaw - The Dallas Morning News

DALLAS — I cannot pretend that the average Dallas-Fort Worth sports fan cares deeply about the SMU-TCU football rivalry. So the news Wednesday that the 2025 season will mark the last game between the two schools — at least for the foreseeable future — should not have knocked anyone’s socks off. It’s just another shoe falling in a cascade of lost and abandoned rivalries that built the foundation of college football.

SMU and TCU have played since 1915, and TCU, per a school spokesperson, is going to pause the rivalry after the schools play in Fort Worth in 2025. Again this should surprise no one. The folks who have longed for, pined for, dreamed of an extended College Football Playoff at the end of each season have got what they wanted. There will be a 12-game playoff starting in 2024. And that’s going to have every team in the Power 5 or Power 4 conferences (whatever the case may be) looking to drop competitive games from its non-conference schedules.

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[tjcoffice]

Yep, losing these centuries old rivalries will change college football in a big way. Will be interesting to see if fans notice.

 

[Frog DJ]

According to Cowlishaw, TCU is “looking to drop competitive games from its non-conference schedule.”

Sure, the Horses rise up and win every now and then, but does winning one (or even two) every 7 or 8 years really constitute being “competitive”?

Go Frogs!