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What happened to TCU football in the sixties?
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<blockquote data-quote="BigRedFrog" data-source="post: 2625498" data-attributes="member: 51"><p>I think the four biggest issues (and there were many) were:</p><p>1. The arrival of two-platoon football severely limited the ability of many teams to compete. The larger, richer schools could stockpile players and smaller schools suddenly found themselves at a huge talent deficit. Although there had been dominant teams in the past (e.g., Oklahoma in the late '50s) this change ushered in the era of big-school dominance.</p><p>2. The administration was, at best, diffident toward athletics. TCU was making the transition from a liberal arts college to a national university and the focus was all on fund-raising for academic improvement. </p><p>3. State schools were beginning to undergo a massive leap in enrollments fueled by the baby boom and TCU was too expensive to compete. In 1965 tuition at TCU was $25 a credit hour; at UT, A&M and other state institutions it was $4.</p><p>4. The addition of Tech (with the support and sponsorship of TCU) to the SWC severely crimped TCU's recruiting in West Texas, which had previously been our main recruiting field. At the same time, Oklahoma began recruiting in Texas extensively in the 1950s. This especially hurt our recruiting in Wichita Falls and Abilene, HS powerhouse areas in those days.</p><p></p><p>After Jim Pittman died on the sidelines of the Baylor game, the administration took the cheap and easy way out and hired Billy Tohill from within rather than recruit a coach. He was followed by the Jim Shofner recruiting-with-a-postcard era and the decay of the program accelerated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigRedFrog, post: 2625498, member: 51"] I think the four biggest issues (and there were many) were: 1. The arrival of two-platoon football severely limited the ability of many teams to compete. The larger, richer schools could stockpile players and smaller schools suddenly found themselves at a huge talent deficit. Although there had been dominant teams in the past (e.g., Oklahoma in the late '50s) this change ushered in the era of big-school dominance. 2. The administration was, at best, diffident toward athletics. TCU was making the transition from a liberal arts college to a national university and the focus was all on fund-raising for academic improvement. 3. State schools were beginning to undergo a massive leap in enrollments fueled by the baby boom and TCU was too expensive to compete. In 1965 tuition at TCU was $25 a credit hour; at UT, A&M and other state institutions it was $4. 4. The addition of Tech (with the support and sponsorship of TCU) to the SWC severely crimped TCU's recruiting in West Texas, which had previously been our main recruiting field. At the same time, Oklahoma began recruiting in Texas extensively in the 1950s. This especially hurt our recruiting in Wichita Falls and Abilene, HS powerhouse areas in those days. After Jim Pittman died on the sidelines of the Baylor game, the administration took the cheap and easy way out and hired Billy Tohill from within rather than recruit a coach. He was followed by the Jim Shofner recruiting-with-a-postcard era and the decay of the program accelerated. [/QUOTE]
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