The most interesting part of the latest developments. ..

[couch 'em]

Interesting how suddenly everyone is distraught about being on a clear road to the 'new D1-AA'. News flash: we have been in that role to everyone who is not an SMU-alumni since the SWC broke apart. Now it is just more official. Perhaps if everyone had this outrage in 1994 instead of 2014 we might be in a different position.

[MustangStealth]

I don't know if I would go that far. The 16 team WAC was not small time. SMU, BYU, Air Force, and Utah had all produced top 10 caliber teams within the last decade, and several others (Hawaii, Fresno St, Tulsa, maybe Wyoming) had top 25 teams.

I think when that broke up it put us in the de facto minor leagues.

[JasonB]

I think there was always a realization that we had played in the lower tier, but over the last decade we have all made an investment to try and get back. With entry into the Big East it really seemed like we were finally there, but had the rug pulled out from under us. Now with these latest developments, we are getting locked in the basement.

[ponyboy]

Yeah, that's the part that hurts. When the football Big East fell apart, we were dead to the prospect of big time football. That, to me, was the nail in the coffin. Guess we'll see if there is some kind of miracle development that allows the pool to increase to 80 teams or something.

[covok48]

Still think getting kicked out of the SWC was the biggest blow, but I don't see how us making a stink about it back then would have made any difference. At that time the quality of conference play had deteriorated to the point where no SWC team was in the national title hunt by season's end & consistently lost our bowl games.

We brought up the caboose nearly every year from 1989- 1995 (exception was 1992) so we really had no room to argue. Perhapes if we threw ourselves into football like TCU did it then might be different, but really is SMU a long term viable football program with our resources?

Yesterday's decision says 'no.'

[StallionsModelT]

Its been a slow death since 1995. This is just pulling the life support plug.

[Mexmustang]

The most interesting part of this whole affair has been the complete silence from the AD's of the non-P-5's. No objection, no threats, no alternative proposals

I can't believe all the schools in the P-5 are at all happy about what will be essentially 8-10 major schools completely dictating college football.

[fifty]

Looks like June is the only one who would/did object publicly.

[smupony94]

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footba ... 014-080914

[Treadway21]

Looks like June is the only one who would/did object publicly.

No he gave up publicly.