ESPN: TCU put in work and now it's paying off

by **Pony^** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:25 pm

"Coach Gary Patterson's Horned Frogs lose to rival SMU on Saturday for just their third home loss in a decade. On Tuesday, Patterson blasts the Conference USA officiating crew and then rips June Jones and the Mustangs.

And in a whirlwind Thursday morning, the Frogs' prince finally arrived and, believe it or not, the darn thing was dressed up like Bevo."

"Current SMU leadership knows its administration sat on the sidelines far too long.

SMU athletic director Steve Orsini made a public plea for his school to be included in Big 12 expansion, arguing a city the size of Dallas deserved big-time college athletics. Instead, it is TCU and Fort Worth on the verge of bringing the Metroplex its first Big 12 team."

http://espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/story/_/i ... paying-off

by **Clubs** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:31 pm

that's annoying

by **SMUer** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:31 pm

Yay! More public slaps on the wrist! But they're right, June Jones, Orsini, winning, scheduling BigXII non-conference opponents, students going to games...all this should've happend 5-10 years ago. We as fans are as much to blame as our administration for not demanding more and mobilizing sooner.

by **SMU 86** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:35 pm

SMUer wrote:Yay! More public slaps on the wrist! But they're right, June Jones, Orsini, winning, scheduling BigXII non-conference opponents, students going to games...all this should've happend 5-10 years ago. We as fans are as much to blame as our administration for not demanding more and mobilizing sooner.

The academic admission things the the major thing that held us back. That should have changes 10 years ago.

by **leopold** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:09 pm

Yeah. They won the Rose Bowl last year, went to a BCS bowl the year before, but their work is only NOW paying off.

by **NomAnor** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:25 pm

no more than 5 years after the death penalty we should have been gearing up to return to greatness i can understand holding back but for 20 years.Some sho7uld have to explain that because i dont get why it took so long to take off the training wheels after the DP

by **Stallion** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:31 pm

We had some alumni speak up-Dickerson, James, McIllhenny and they were routinely hammered every time they spoke up especially during the Copeland era. Some of the hammering was done by cheerleaders now supporting the same changes they advocated then

by **PerunaPunch** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:13 pm

NomAnor wrote:no more than 5 years after the death penalty we should have been gearing up to return to greatness i can understand holding back but for 20 years.Some sho7uld have to explain that because i dont get why it took so long to take off the training wheels after the DP

At the time, I don't think anyone could conceive of what it would truly take to came back fro the DP. We started decently with Gregg and Rossley and hung on as a Southwest Conference bottom feeder. Then we went cheap with Cavan. When that didn't work, we stepped up with Ford Stadium and Bennett, but not enough to be a winner.

Fact is, at the same time we were throwing out half measures, our competition was going all out.