What Was Ron Meyer Thinking?

[Stallion]

Read a story the other day concerning circa 1981 when TCU Head Football Coach F.A. Dry's son walked on the football team at SMU. F.A Dry was not a big fan of SMU. SWC Commissioner Fred Jacoby was quoted in this report as shaking his head in concern when he heard F.A. Dry relate a story that his son had told him: "Dad you wouldn't believe all the cars the football players have in the parking lot." Considering that SMU had a payroll what the hell was Meyer thinking in allowing his biggest rivals son to walk on at SMU. Strange.

[Bergermeister]

Speaking of F.A., I visited with him at the SMU vs TCU basketball game at Daniel Meyer last December (?). Same ol' F.A. ........ dry.

[EastStang]

Wasn't F.A. and TCU also smacked pretty hard by the NCAA in the 80's to 90's?

[Caballo]

There was a posting the other day regarding an article in the FWST entitled something like Dark Days for SMU, or somesuch. The quote in the article read,

"Fred Jacoby was hired as Southwest Conference commissioner in 1982 to help the league clean up its reputation for cheating.

"I wasn't in my chair more than two weeks before I knew we had a problem," Jacoby said. "[Former TCU coach] Jim Wacker alerted me to it. My son was attending SMU and he went to practice once and told me, 'Dad, you should see the cars these guys are driving.'

"I was wondering why they hired me in the first place." "

I read this to be that Jacoby's son told his dad about the cars and not Wacker's son. Wacker's son went to Texas where he played basketball, and Jacoby's son went to SMU. He probably graduated in 1986 or 87.

[Terry Webster]

I have a feeling that Meyer either didn't think he was doing anything wrong, or that the 'higher ups' (Governor...) assured him not to worry about it, that they would take care of everything.

[EastStang]

Back then, we were breaking the rules and we did it openly, figuring that everyone else was just as guilty as we were and wouldn't turn us in. Stories abounded back then of slap backs, TCU turned in SMU. SMU turned in TCU. UT turned in A&M. SMU turned in UT. Arkansas turned in everybody (because Frank Broyles would never break NCAA rules). Half the conference was on probation at one point.

[Arkpony]

Broyles would never break the rules? Cough! Cough!

[EastStang]

You caught that irony.

[DiamondM75]

And the thing I always thought was interesting, was after Arkansas left the SWC for the SEC, the SWC teams got off probation and half the SEC was on probation.

Pigs really do squeel.

[MrMustang1965]

Speaking of F.A., I visited with him at the SMU vs TCU basketball game at Daniel Meyer last December (?). Same ol' F.A. ........ dry.

One of the most exciting endings to an SMU basketball road game that I've ever witnessed! LOVED BEATING THE FROGS IN COWTOWN THAT NIGHT!

[RGV Pony]

Speaking of F.A., I visited with him at the SMU vs TCU basketball game at Daniel Meyer last December (?). Same ol' F.A. ........ dry.

One of the most exciting endings to an SMU basketball road game that I've ever witnessed! LOVED BEATING THE FROGS IN COWTOWN THAT NIGHT!

the Rice game at home a couple of years ago wasn't bad either

[MrMustang1965]

Speaking of F.A., I visited with him at the SMU vs TCU basketball game at Daniel Meyer last December (?). Same ol' F.A. ........ dry.

One of the most exciting endings to an SMU basketball road game that I've ever witnessed! LOVED BEATING THE FROGS IN COWTOWN THAT NIGHT!

the Rice game at home a couple of years ago wasn't bad either

Sadly, the last SMU v Rice home game that I saw in Houston was when the Mustangs allowed the most ever points to be scored against them in that little high school gym that the Owls refer to as a 'basketball arena'.