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<blockquote data-quote="Billy Clyde" data-source="post: 2780879" data-attributes="member: 73690"><p>You sound like you weren't around in the 80s for Pony Express. Yes, there are a million ways you can try to differentiate this from that, but bottom line is there are more people in Dallas, in particular a LOT more just-out-of-college young professionals who will flock to the neat, new toy in town. </p><p></p><p>Say whatever homer argument you want against Dallas vs. Fort Worth(and I'm one who thinks FW is 100X better than Dallas), but for a young high school kid who wants a flashy, party atmosphere, Dallas has more. . . lots more.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know what the numbers say about D1/P5 quality recruits, but I'm betting Dallas's side of DFW has considerably more.</p><p></p><p>As alluded above but not stated outright, Sonny Dykes is the kind of guy who can absolutely charm Texas high school coaches into wanting very much to root for his success, and try to send him their best players.</p><p>Gary. . . for all his talents, is not.</p><p></p><p>SMU has substantial headroom from where they are now and where they have been, at least in terms of winning, recruiting, popularity, national credibility. They are very much looking like where we were 10 years ago: On the front edge of building something great, feeling like the sky's the limit.</p><p></p><p>TCU much more resembles a program that has peaked and is on the way down. Like Big Tuna said, You are what your record say you are. I personally haven't felt this pessimistic about TCU's outlook in almost 20 years, even when we struggled our first 2 years of B12. I sure as hell don't want to feel that way, but it's time to stop ignoring what we are seeing on the field on Saturdays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billy Clyde, post: 2780879, member: 73690"] You sound like you weren't around in the 80s for Pony Express. Yes, there are a million ways you can try to differentiate this from that, but bottom line is there are more people in Dallas, in particular a LOT more just-out-of-college young professionals who will flock to the neat, new toy in town. Say whatever homer argument you want against Dallas vs. Fort Worth(and I'm one who thinks FW is 100X better than Dallas), but for a young high school kid who wants a flashy, party atmosphere, Dallas has more. . . lots more. I don't know what the numbers say about D1/P5 quality recruits, but I'm betting Dallas's side of DFW has considerably more. As alluded above but not stated outright, Sonny Dykes is the kind of guy who can absolutely charm Texas high school coaches into wanting very much to root for his success, and try to send him their best players. Gary. . . for all his talents, is not. SMU has substantial headroom from where they are now and where they have been, at least in terms of winning, recruiting, popularity, national credibility. They are very much looking like where we were 10 years ago: On the front edge of building something great, feeling like the sky's the limit. TCU much more resembles a program that has peaked and is on the way down. Like Big Tuna said, You are what your record say you are. I personally haven't felt this pessimistic about TCU's outlook in almost 20 years, even when we struggled our first 2 years of B12. I sure as hell don't want to feel that way, but it's time to stop ignoring what we are seeing on the field on Saturdays. [/QUOTE]
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