I wanted to offer my deepest sympathy to Paul Layne's family and friends. I always admired his dedication to your football team. Hard to find fans like him.

Very sad to see Davis waste his career at SMU. Hope he sees the light and transfers to a real college with a real sports program with a real basketball team with a real coach.


Yes but it was a good thing he came to SMU since TCU's coaching staff had failed to recognize his talent and gave him ...

SMU_Alum11 wrote:

ReedFrawg wrote:6,800 is fine for attendance on a Tuesday night at 8PM. Will be a lot better and louder in conference play.

No way thats like when our football stadium say 24k when its like 12k. There couldn't have been more than 1k people there including the SMU fans.

1000 people? Really?

Most fans would have been happy with a new awning/roof to cover the east stands for those ridiculously hot day games in September and early October.

When we we were making CUSA and MWC money, we built our indoor facility in phases as budget and donations permitted. First we had to move the baseball field. Second we built the foundation and astroturf field. Third, we built the structure around the field. Finally we air conditioned the facility ...

tristatecoog wrote:Wonder if he'll even get to call plays. Meacham wasn't.

Meacham was the play caller. Patterson is going to have Cumbie call them next year. That was the reason Meacham looked elsewhere. Meacham also coached receivers. I assume that is what Dykes will do this next season.

Our conference tv deal is great in terms of exposure but we are severely underpaid. The deals the P5 have signed are unsustainable. I think in the future the money will be less for most conferences, but our conference has proven its worth and should be rewarded for it with an increase in pay ...

We will have plenty of fans there, but not like a few years ago. When we were in the MWC, your game was one of the few close road games we had. Now they we are playing Texas, Baylor, OU, OSU, etc. it is not.

Pony ^ wrote:Funny they are talking attendance smack. I think Amon Carter was 30% full against Iowa St

The game was sold out. After half time people abandoned their seats by the thousands. A day game in September and 96 degree heat will do that. Thank you TV people.

First the Big XII can't add ND without ND having to pay the ACC. Second, the ACC can't take WVU off the hands of the Big XII without paying the Big XII. For that reason, WV won't be going anywhere. As I've said all along the TV suits will make these decisions. Apparently, ESPN and Fox don't want ...

Rebel10 wrote:Isn't Engel s horned frog homer?

No he isn't. He is a Kansas grad. He just doesn't like rape.

Pony81 wrote:Rice is $60K. So SMU is $78K...... Don't think so.

We are inline with Rice and TCU.

Baylor is where the real cost bargain lies for a private education.

The cost to attend TCU for 2016-2017 will be $55,630. This is tuition, fees, books, room, and board.

gostangs wrote:So we had 200 more completed applications for an undergrad class that is 18 pct smaller.

Also - apparently only girls want to go to TCU. They have 8300 undergrads, but over 5,000 are chicks. Might explain the really really great Pom squad.

TCU has 8894 undergrads.

Another variable in application numbers is the application fee. Some schools don't charge them. Schools that do, charge different rates. That may affect the totals.

When was TCU's last capital campaign?

http://dis.tcu.edu/tcu_outlook_winter_2014/TCU_Outlook_Winter_2014.html#2-3/z
I noticed that between June 2012 and October 2014, they raised $197 million. Of that, 46% was for facilities. I wonder how much that compares with SMU's recent ...