The Nightmare Scenario Taking Shape

by **PerunasHoof** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:00 pm

Peruna 2K5 wrote:TCU is a great rival, but we are NOT TCU. People need to stop worrying about what they do and worry about what we do.

Beat UCF

Touche!

by **NickSMU17** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:02 pm

You are crazy...

Push forward pack the place for UCF and good things will happen...

by **couch 'em** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:02 pm

ojaipony wrote:I'm sure I'm missing something but I just don't get all the obsession with conference talk. Just WIN! I'd rather be undefeated and be in the CUSA and complaining about not being in the championship game than join the Big12 and be a sort of middle of the pack team with 2-3+ losses (or more) ... not to say we couldn't still be undefeated in a Big12 type conference but ... rather be a big fish in a small pond and build our brand that way. I know there's a lot more money to be possibly earned in an AQ conference but last time I checked SMU's got plenty of money. I look forward to beating TCU and any of those other 'big' schools ... JUST WIN!!! Then again, I'm not from Texas and didn't grow up there so I could care less about the regional rivalries ... personally, since I live in SoCal I'd rather see SMU join a Pac12 / Pac 16 than anything ...

Rising tide lifts all boats. TCU's tide just rose. TCU will do very well in the Big12. A middle of the road team in a non-BCS will become middle of the road in a BCS conference because their effort and commitment is middle of the road. A winning non-BCS will win in the BCS in time.

by **ojaipony** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:12 pm

Thanks couch'em I see your point. I don't know if I agree with it totally but I see what you're saying.

by **GiddyUp** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:37 pm

Over reaction - get off the meds. Wait our turn and be the next Boise or TCU non BCS

by **Pony_Law** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:47 pm

So I've been thinking about it and actually most of this conference reallingnment talk is not as life or death As even I hve felt before. AT End of the day there still needs to be a way for a team outside AQ confrences to participate in the BCS bowls or the entire scheme has serious anti-trust issues (personally i think they already have anti-trust issues but I see some of their merits). The benifit of being in a aq confe\erence is you get more money from tv and you generate more auto money from BCS games. they are nice things but do not make or break a program.

If we build to the point where we are like Boise and TCU (we win our conference almost every year and go undefeated or only have 1 loss each year we will be fine. we will get recruites who can play and will get our shots at the sugar, rose, fiesta, or orange bowl, hell if the chips fall right maybe even the NCG.

by **whitwiki** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:45 pm

smupony94 wrote:[deleted], SMU athletics was not behind smu2big12

I stopped reading after realizing you just beat the filter. I think you just won.

by **smupony94** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:46 pm

Don't rat me out

by **whitwiki** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:49 pm

Oh and we are still in CUSA for 2011.

by **LA_Mustang** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:07 pm

whitwiki wrote:Oh and we are still in CUSA for 2011.

And if we win C-USA we get to play in the Hawaii Bowl against another wannabe :roll:

by **MustangStealth** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:07 pm

ojaipony wrote: I know there's a lot more money to be possibly earned in an AQ conference but last time I checked SMU's got plenty of money.

Tell that to our track or baseball team. The reality is that football and men's basketball are the only sports that have any chance of making money, and therefore the other sports largely depend on them for funding. Being in a conference with higher revenue from TV and bowl games would make it easier for us to maintain our non-revenue sports.

by **Johnny Utah** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:53 pm

SMU needs to focus money and resources into bringing in scouting talent. Guys with proven track records of finding and spotting recruits that can play but maybe aren't flashy in ways that get the star ratings. Sometime coaches aren't the best people to do this. We need that fat kid from Moneyball.

by **Dutch** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:04 pm

Johnny Utah wrote:SMU needs to focus money and resources into bringing in scouting talent. Guys with proven track records of finding and spotting recruits that can play but maybe aren't flashy in ways that get the star ratings. Sometime coaches aren't the best people to do this. We need that fat kid from Moneyball.

OMG, you have to be freaking kidding. WE"RE GETTING THE BIG RECRUITS NOW. so, yeah. let's go back to bottom feeding. that worked well.

Utah, We've been doing this since you were jerking off to the lingerie section of the sears catalog.

by **smupony94** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:06 pm

Anything wrong with the last part?

by **2ndandlong** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:06 pm