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<blockquote data-quote="Limey Frog" data-source="post: 593216" data-attributes="member: 16969"><p>QUOTE(Frog DJ @ Jul 4 2010, 01:52 PM) [snapback]593133[/snapback]</p><p>Personally, I'm glad TCU is in the MWC.</p><p></p><p>Go Frogs!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ditto. Just watching the desperate way Baylor and the other welfare children squirmed with rank dread and offered everything from naming rights to their children on up was a total revelation to me. All the time I was watching and just couldn't believe those guys were trying so hard to avoid being in the situation we're in, cut off from UT's teat and going it alone in the MWC. We have a very good set up. It could be better but we are growing and moving in the right direction. Things get better every year for us. And everything this school and its sports programs get out the system, we earned. That brings dignity and school pride. It makes it a really special thing to be part of.</p><p></p><p>I know several Baylor guys. Mostly they're pretty reasonable, but they were all glad to see the Longwhorn Conference survive. When I talk to them they just keep referring to the money over and over. One asked me snidely the other day: "How many nationally televised games did TCU play last year, not including the Mtn?" I asked him why the Mtn. didn't count and he just laughed and made some crappy comment about exposure etc.</p><p></p><p>Talking to these people is somewhat like what I imagine folks who have been on drugs and gotten clean feel when they talk to junkies. These helpless souls are sitting there watching a successful football program in TCU show them how there can be life after UT, but all they can say is, "at least we're in the Big XII. We'd be that good if we were in the MWC."</p><p></p><p>It's sad. I want no part of it, ever. I never want to be in a conference with UT again, unless the alternative is total oblivion [like being in the WAC alone with a bunch of girl's colleges]. Sharing a conference with UT is like shooting heroine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Limey Frog, post: 593216, member: 16969"] QUOTE(Frog DJ @ Jul 4 2010, 01:52 PM) [snapback]593133[/snapback] Personally, I'm glad TCU is in the MWC. Go Frogs! Ditto. Just watching the desperate way Baylor and the other welfare children squirmed with rank dread and offered everything from naming rights to their children on up was a total revelation to me. All the time I was watching and just couldn't believe those guys were trying so hard to avoid being in the situation we're in, cut off from UT's teat and going it alone in the MWC. We have a very good set up. It could be better but we are growing and moving in the right direction. Things get better every year for us. And everything this school and its sports programs get out the system, we earned. That brings dignity and school pride. It makes it a really special thing to be part of. I know several Baylor guys. Mostly they're pretty reasonable, but they were all glad to see the Longwhorn Conference survive. When I talk to them they just keep referring to the money over and over. One asked me snidely the other day: "How many nationally televised games did TCU play last year, not including the Mtn?" I asked him why the Mtn. didn't count and he just laughed and made some crappy comment about exposure etc. Talking to these people is somewhat like what I imagine folks who have been on drugs and gotten clean feel when they talk to junkies. These helpless souls are sitting there watching a successful football program in TCU show them how there can be life after UT, but all they can say is, "at least we're in the Big XII. We'd be that good if we were in the MWC." It's sad. I want no part of it, ever. I never want to be in a conference with UT again, unless the alternative is total oblivion [like being in the WAC alone with a bunch of girl's colleges]. Sharing a conference with UT is like shooting heroine. [/QUOTE]
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