TCU - SMU rivalry
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:49 pmI have a number of friends that are TCU grads and follow their web site pretty closely. I asked them about what was going on. They said the posters that are being so classless are all young and just don't know anything about the lean years before they started winning. And they are embarrassed about what those students are posting there, in fact one of them said that there are a number of them that have been around for a long time that don't even read it that much any longer.
Having said that, I read a lot of the stuff being said here about and against TCU, and it isn't that much different than what they are saying about SMU. The stuff being said about Patterson is personal and really childish, therefore the posters on here aren't any better than the posters there. And, yes, I know that it's just a message board and that makes it perfectly ok to hide behind a made-up name and say whatever you feel like, as that's the nature of things today. If Patterson was our coach and brought the success to SMU that he has at TCU, there would be a movement to erect a statue of him outside the stadium. You might not like what I'm saying, but you know I'm right.
The bottom line is that this is an old and established rivalry. Each team has gone through periods of being good and periods of being bad. SMU is on the way up and, like it or not, envious of TCU's success in the past few years. Will TCU start to decline? Sure, at some point, but right now about two-thirds of their team is made up of freshmen and sophomores, some of who were highly ranked recruits. They will be very good for the next two years, or maybe even longer. SMU is senior laden, just like TCU was last year. It was bound to happen that SMU would win a game against them, but will that become a regular thing? I'm not so sure.
Savor the moment. If a TCU fan posted a congratulations to us on this board, there is no doubt that a few would accept it and thank him, but I'm afraid most would post insults and tell him to get the eff off of here and go back to Fort Worth. What they are saying on their board is nothing more than what would be said here.
Personally, I'm glad that the game has become competitive again, as it strengthens and builds on a rivalry that I'm happy to see is going to continue no matter what school is in what conference. It needs to be.
Now, before I'm lambasted, let's just say I was in school back during the old SWC days, and wish it had never broken up. There IS a lot to say about tradition, but ESPN and the greedy BCS ruined that forever. Long live the SWC and SMU. May we continue to improve and become a force in college football again. We are on the right track and doing it the right way, something to be very proud of.
Having said that, I read a lot of the stuff being said here about and against TCU, and it isn't that much different than what they are saying about SMU. The stuff being said about Patterson is personal and really childish, therefore the posters on here aren't any better than the posters there. And, yes, I know that it's just a message board and that makes it perfectly ok to hide behind a made-up name and say whatever you feel like, as that's the nature of things today. If Patterson was our coach and brought the success to SMU that he has at TCU, there would be a movement to erect a statue of him outside the stadium. You might not like what I'm saying, but you know I'm right.
The bottom line is that this is an old and established rivalry. Each team has gone through periods of being good and periods of being bad. SMU is on the way up and, like it or not, envious of TCU's success in the past few years. Will TCU start to decline? Sure, at some point, but right now about two-thirds of their team is made up of freshmen and sophomores, some of who were highly ranked recruits. They will be very good for the next two years, or maybe even longer. SMU is senior laden, just like TCU was last year. It was bound to happen that SMU would win a game against them, but will that become a regular thing? I'm not so sure.
Savor the moment. If a TCU fan posted a congratulations to us on this board, there is no doubt that a few would accept it and thank him, but I'm afraid most would post insults and tell him to get the eff off of here and go back to Fort Worth. What they are saying on their board is nothing more than what would be said here.
Personally, I'm glad that the game has become competitive again, as it strengthens and builds on a rivalry that I'm happy to see is going to continue no matter what school is in what conference. It needs to be.
Now, before I'm lambasted, let's just say I was in school back during the old SWC days, and wish it had never broken up. There IS a lot to say about tradition, but ESPN and the greedy BCS ruined that forever. Long live the SWC and SMU. May we continue to improve and become a force in college football again. We are on the right track and doing it the right way, something to be very proud of.