Rice and the Big East

SMU1523 · Post by **SMU1523** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:47 pm

http://mobi.yourwestunews.com/westuniversity/pm_109446/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=5UHJTodb

If it comes down to the Big East needing to add another school to get to 12 football schools would
Rice be a good choice, compared to Memphis and ECU?

NY Pony · Post by **NY Pony** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:55 pm

Good god, no.

NomAnor · Post by **NomAnor** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:04 pm

rice only cares about baseball

ponyscott · Post by **ponyscott** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:09 pm

Uh ..that would be no...sorry Charlie.

gostangs · Post by **gostangs** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:11 pm

What is this infactuation with Rice? They would add nothing - no people, no TV market, no winning, no committment to anything. Facilities suck. Their attendence makes us look like UT.

They need to go full Ivy and shut down their program.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 3:16 pm

They are going to the Big 12 with Tulane

SMU89 · Post by **SMU89** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:27 pm

smupony94 wrote:They are going to the Big 12 with Tulane

Next week

skyscraper · Post by **skyscraper** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:29 pm

Rice is one of the schools that will and should be left behind for their lack of commitment to success in athletics.

LHS81 · Post by **LHS81** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:40 pm

Already have the Houston market with Coog High.

Digetydog · Post by **Digetydog** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:02 pm

SMU1523 wrote:http://mobi.yourwestunews.com/westuniversity/pm_109446/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=5UHJTodb

If it comes down to the Big East needing to add another school to get to 12 football schools would
Rice be a good choice, compared to Memphis and ECU?

NO NO NO NO.
1) They have one of the smallest alumni bases around;
2) They don't actually care about playing football well; and
3) Houston would be in the same market.

My Rankings:
1) Temple - big city, decent alumni base, trying to get better;
2) Memphis - decent sized city, good BB, and FedEx is spending a lot of money to make their programs better; and finally
3) Utah State - another western partner for BSU and SDSU. AFA would be better.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:03 pm

No rice

LHS81 · Post by **LHS81** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:14 pm

Ugh on Utah St. Rather see UNLV, even though their football team is turrible.

SoCal_Pony · Post by **SoCal_Pony** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:36 pm

skyscraper wrote:Rice is one of the schools that will and should be left behind for their lack of commitment to success in athletics.

Small enrollment + elite school = bad football program unless you want to so compromise academics. Apparently they are not willing and I can't criticize them for that, not a school of their caliber.

Only time I truly rooted for another school was Rice in CWS, so I would prefer scheduling them over SFA, Texas St or Northwestern State anyday.

Pony ^ · Post by **Pony ^** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:49 pm

gostangs · Post by **gostangs** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:22 pm

they compromise plenty for football - they just dont do it well.