At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:54 pmIf our choice is to keep getting pushed down the conference ladder why not try to go independent and schedule who we can get to play us.
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:54 pmRe: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:18 amWe don’t have the fan base needed to do it and there isn’t a viable conference in the region for our Olympic sports. It would be idiotic to sacrifice basketball and not even place football in an autonomous conference.
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 6:27 ammustangxc wrote:We don’t have the fan base needed to do it and there isn’t a viable conference in the region for our Olympic sports. It would be idiotic to sacrifice basketball and not even place football in an autonomous conference.
Yep
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:09 amOn the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 1:56 pmSMU_Alum11 wrote:On the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.
Real Estate & Budget. I miss baseball, too, We also gave up men's track & field, for goodness sake!
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Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:25 pmCharleston Pony wrote:SMU_Alum11 wrote:On the Big12 side of thing, one thing really hurting us is not having a baseball team. They're a big baseball conference and I scratch my head at why we keep shooting ourselves for not having one.
Real Estate & Budget. I miss baseball, too, We also gave up men's track & field, for goodness sake!
Time to start a kick starter
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:44 pmHow would it work for us to get paid if we weren't in a conference?
I guess there is a way these schools are doing it
Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn
I guess there is a way these schools are doing it
Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2021 3:27 pmInsane_Pony_Posse wrote:How would it work for us to get paid if we weren't in a conference?
I guess there is a way these schools are doing it
Army
BYU
Liberty
New Mexico State
Notre Dame
UConn
Notre Dame and BYU have TV deals because of their large fan followings. The rest are low budget programs. Liberty is up and coming and I don't know all the particulars about how they are financing their athletics but they obviously have a lot of big money donors
https://www.pilotonline.com/sports/coll ... e2474.html
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:07 amLiberty is trying to be the Baptist BYU.
Re: At what point do we just go independent?
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 10:26 amEastStang wrote:Liberty is trying to be the Baptist BYU.
Good for them. I root for them over Baylor which is Faux Baptist U.