Houston Experience and Other Thoughts

[tristatecoog]

Regarding admissions, it would seem like the OP's friend would quit SMU admissions as well after the hoops revelations.

I worked in UH admissions a couple decades ago. All kinds of things go in an admissions office from donors' kids to athletes to a local kid with a 1510 SAT who decided not to attend MIT and chose UH instead. A box of chocolates.... mostly late appliers, transfers and reject complainers.

[tristatecoog]

Dallas has the State Fair of Texas. Winning! There is no rebuttal one could make, on any level, that can trump that. Just won that battle...next?

Houston has the rodeo.

[tristatecoog]

When SMU builds something on the 2nd most beautiful campus in America its actually built by SMU alumni and friends

When UH builds something its on the back of student athletic fees and the guber'mint teet

However, SMU's sizable athletic deficit is funded by the highest student tuition rate in Texas.

[smupony94]

Damnit tristate you aren't fun to talk smack to

[redpony]

SMU has a beautilful campus located in one of the nicer parts of Dallas, cougar high has facilities that definitely fit with the local area in which they are situated.
Obviously, we win on that one.

[StallionsModelT]

It'll always be Robertson Stadium to me.

[Stallion]

Public School Stadium and later Jeppesen Stadium

[mrydel]

When SMU builds something on the 2nd most beautiful campus in America its actually built by SMU alumni and friends

When UH builds something its on the back of student athletic fees and the guber'mint teet

However, SMU's sizable athletic deficit is funded by the highest student tuition rate in Texas.

It keeps out the riffraff

[NTXCoog]

It'll always be Robertson Stadium to me.

And SMU's stadium will always be Ownby to me. Went to many a Dallas Tornado game there.

[StallionsModelT]

It'll always be Robertson Stadium to me.

And SMU's stadium will always be Ownby to me. Went to many a Dallas Tornado game there.

Only difference is that SMU hasn't played a game at Ownby in nearly 20 years. UH was playing at Robertson three years ago.

[Planter's Punch]

When SMU builds something on the 2nd most beautiful campus in America its actually built by SMU alumni and friends

When UH builds something its on the back of student athletic fees and the guber'mint teet

However, SMU's sizable athletic deficit is funded by the highest student tuition rate in Texas.

That must be why only 47% of UH students graduate in 6yrs, so they can help out UH's athletic fund a few more years to balance it out.

[tristatecoog]

Genius, isn't it?

[CalallenStang]

When SMU builds something on the 2nd most beautiful campus in America its actually built by SMU alumni and friends

When UH builds something its on the back of student athletic fees and the guber'mint teet

However, SMU's sizable athletic deficit is funded by the highest student tuition rate in Texas.

Interestingly, if SMU reduced the student tuition rate, it would reduce the value of each athletic scholarship, thus reducing the athletic deficit

[whitwiki]

The pen15 envy is strong in this thread

[Rebel10]

SMU has a beautilful campus located in one of the nicer parts of Dallas, cougar high has facilities that definitely fit with the local area in which they are situated.
Obviously, we win on that one.

Don't some of the better athletes come out of the area in which they are situated?