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So goes Texas, so goes Texas-state football.

This is good for us and every school in Texas (read: you can stay in state and accomplish great things).

The more students want to stay in Texas to go to Texas (with only 25 to give), the more EVERYONE will stay in Texas.

agreed

Amen to that.

Although I do hate it when Aggies and Sand Aggies whine about how UT winning the Nat'l Championship will hurt their recruiting efforts (oh yeah, like ya'll haven't played second & third fiddle to UT since football began here)

its a nice sounding theory and all, and I'd like it to be true, but I dont think there is anything to it, for SMU at least. They are recruiting in a different stratasphere. No way of ever proving or disproving it though. Its like trickle down economic theory. Republicans buy it, Democrats don't.

Although they came in second, I kind of like the idea of appreciating a relatively small private school in a major metropolitan area following a model that has allowed them to become a true power in Div 1 football regardless of the State in which they play. Tis the model that does not allow us to compete for recruits first, BCS second.

Hoop Fan wrote:its a nice sounding theory and all, and I'd like it to be true, but I dont think there is anything to it, for SMU at least. They are recruiting in a different stratasphere. No way of ever proving or disproving it though. Its like trickle down economic theory. Republicans buy it, Democrats don't.

You forget the vast wasteland that the SWC became when all our best recruits left the state because we only had aTm as a standard bearer.

I totally disagree with this. What's good for UT is good for UT, then the Big XII, then the BCS and certainly not CUSA schools. If we were still in the same conference with them, I would tend to agree with that statement. But not now. Those that UT turns down will flock to other Big XII schools to be able to say that they played against the Horns.

EastStang wrote:I totally disagree with this. What's good for UT is good for UT, then the Big XII, then the BCS and certainly not CUSA schools. If we were still in the same conference with them, I would tend to agree with that statement. But not now. Those that UT turns down will flock to other Big XII schools to be able to say that they played against the Horns.

exactly.

Hoop Fan wrote:

EastStang wrote:I totally disagree with this. What's good for UT is good for UT, then the Big XII, then the BCS and certainly not CUSA schools. If we were still in the same conference with them, I would tend to agree with that statement. But not now. Those that UT turns down will flock to other Big XII schools to be able to say that they played against the Horns.

exactly.

They can only take 25 a year

i think the other big xii schools can, and do, take more than 25.

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I realize that. And the scholarship limits were in place last year too, and 10 years ago. UT being strong just doesnt help SMU these days. If anything the Big 12 hype hurts because it helps the schools we do recruit against like Kansas, Missouri, Baylor and Iowa State.

Didn't you hear the BCS wants to increase the number of scholarships? That would lock up more players. If each Big XII school in Texas took 25 players out of the Top 100, guess what, there goes the top Texas 100. If OU took a few, OSU took a few, LSU took a few, Arkansas took a few, KU, MU, KSU, CU all took a few, you're closing in on the Top 200. What's left? Toaster leavins for SMU, Rice, UTEP, Tulsa, TCU, UH.

exactly east, not to mention the other schools that come in and pick up kids, like georgia,lsu, usc, ucla, come to mind. SMU has to look elsewhere too.

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No Cal Pony wrote:exactly east, not to mention the other schools that come in and pick up kids, like georgia, usc, ucla, come to mind. SMU has to look elsewhere too.

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dont forget Arizona, they are a major player with the second tier players in the area. By second tier I mean the lower half of the state and area top 100s.

Besides the cash, does it do Baylor etc..... any good, when UT is pounding their brains out 62 to zip next year? The rich get richer, thats all pal!