Interesting reads on the TCU Board..Geez, they hate us...can you blame 'em
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 8:32 pm--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let's talk football. SMU has had one winning season and no bowl appearances since coming back from the Death Penalty in 1989. SMU draws fewer than 20,000 fans per game according to the school's own count. I've read on this board that there might have been 3,000 fans at the Boise State game. Maybe not that many. Tulsa beat A&M circa 1990 and might have played in a bowl or two in the late '80s and early '90s, but it's been a while since the Hurricane, um, blew anybody away on the gridiron. Rice, I like. It's a great university, absolutely world class. The football team is struggling this year, but of those three schools, Rice has easily the most respectable program. Rice has some eight-win seasons in its recent past and should have been to at least a couple of bowls within the last few years.
Posted: Nov 1 2003, 02:41 PM It's true, though, that we moved to C-USA IN PART to distance ourselves from the shame of the MWC breakup and the poor perception of the WAC among fans and media types nationwide. Now, it appears that we're going to jump right back into bed with three schools we worked hard to get away from. That's very, very bad for our image. Meanwhile, freaking Louisville, Cincy and USF (!!) are going to a (for now) BCS conference. Is this our reward for all our hard work and success? If it is, I'm more than disappointed. I'm absolutely gutted.
AND: Posted: Nov 1 2003, 08:29 PM My wife thinks I am nuts, but I went to the SMU game today with a couple of friends.
I realize that they have not won a game this year, but the fan support was pretty bad, and it was their Homecoming. I think there were more students in the band than the rest of the students in attendance.
For the most part there was absolutely no enthusiasm by whatever fans were there. If you bought an end zone ticket you could have sat on the 50 yard line, and in the shade.
As for SMU itself, they played a decent first half, but Fresno's QB was absolutely pathetic. I think he was 2 for 17 for 4 yards. Fresno played a little better in the second half, but they aren't near the team that TCU played when we were in the WAC.
I guess watching two really bad teams in person was better than sitting at home watching OU beat up on OSU on tv, but not much.
Let's talk football. SMU has had one winning season and no bowl appearances since coming back from the Death Penalty in 1989. SMU draws fewer than 20,000 fans per game according to the school's own count. I've read on this board that there might have been 3,000 fans at the Boise State game. Maybe not that many. Tulsa beat A&M circa 1990 and might have played in a bowl or two in the late '80s and early '90s, but it's been a while since the Hurricane, um, blew anybody away on the gridiron. Rice, I like. It's a great university, absolutely world class. The football team is struggling this year, but of those three schools, Rice has easily the most respectable program. Rice has some eight-win seasons in its recent past and should have been to at least a couple of bowls within the last few years.
Posted: Nov 1 2003, 02:41 PM It's true, though, that we moved to C-USA IN PART to distance ourselves from the shame of the MWC breakup and the poor perception of the WAC among fans and media types nationwide. Now, it appears that we're going to jump right back into bed with three schools we worked hard to get away from. That's very, very bad for our image. Meanwhile, freaking Louisville, Cincy and USF (!!) are going to a (for now) BCS conference. Is this our reward for all our hard work and success? If it is, I'm more than disappointed. I'm absolutely gutted.
AND: Posted: Nov 1 2003, 08:29 PM My wife thinks I am nuts, but I went to the SMU game today with a couple of friends.
I realize that they have not won a game this year, but the fan support was pretty bad, and it was their Homecoming. I think there were more students in the band than the rest of the students in attendance.
For the most part there was absolutely no enthusiasm by whatever fans were there. If you bought an end zone ticket you could have sat on the 50 yard line, and in the shade.
As for SMU itself, they played a decent first half, but Fresno's QB was absolutely pathetic. I think he was 2 for 17 for 4 yards. Fresno played a little better in the second half, but they aren't near the team that TCU played when we were in the WAC.
I guess watching two really bad teams in person was better than sitting at home watching OU beat up on OSU on tv, but not much.