Newish and young SMU Fan wanting to know

Alasdair · Post by **Alasdair** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:50 pm

What is/was the cause of the SMU-TCU rivalry? Just regional or something with history behind it?

and also, why are UNT fans always so butthurt and why do I never see anything but bashing SMU and TCU from them?

I'm new to being a fan, bout a year of following SMU now, even stopped following MSU.

mustangxc · Post by **mustangxc** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:01 pm

SMU and TCU were the 2 premiere programs of the SWC in the early days. It was a nationally relevant rivalry as it helped determine the national championship and landed one of the teams in a premiere bowl game such as the Cotton Bowl, Rose Bowl or Sugar Bowl. Proximity helped amplify it as well as the similarity between the two schools.

couch 'em · Post by **couch 'em** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:17 pm

UNT fans are butthurt because they go to a glorified community college but cannot accept their school is garbage*. Also, it is where all the weird Goth/emo/whatever they have these days go to school.

*Except the jazz music program which is world class, and the RTF program which is solid.

CenTXpony · Post by **CenTXpony** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:10 am

Speakin of rivals, did anyone catch the Hatfields & the McCoys??

Mexmustang · Post by **Mexmustang** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:43 am

TCU/SMU rivalry was also an extention of the competition between Ft. Worth and Dallas. The old Ft. Worth mayor, Amon Carter would always carry a sack lunch to meetings in Dallas, so he wouldn't have to eat here. The real fight began over rail, then to airports. Dallas had Love Field, then Ft. Worth built Amon Carter, near DFW, but no one came, including the airlines. To this day, Dallas firms have better luck doing business in NYC or LA than Ft. Worth.

mustangbang · Post by **mustangbang** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:11 am

It's kind of like a gay marraige, where TCU is the man and SMU is the woman. It really makes sense when you think about it, because so many of us at SMU these days are soft and feminine, and TCU generally takes us out to the woodshed whenever we meet.

UNT is like the macho native Texan who looks down on us and laughs at our "non-Texan like" femininity. I really dread it when we play either one of them.

They're both just too macho for us, and the size, potential, and academic excellence at UNT is just plain intimidating. We just need to start recruiting more macho native Texans around here if we're going to compete with those two. We're just too soft.

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:15 am

Welcome ! Here is a condensed history of the rivalry:

http://www.smudailycampus.com/sports/hi ... -1.1640206

SMUer · Post by **SMUer** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:02 am

http://www.dallasnews.com/section-archi ... -start.ece

http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/Magazine/Ar ... icleId=199

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:56 am

mustangbang wrote:It's kind of like a gay marraige, where TCU is the man and SMU is the woman. It really makes sense when you think about it, because so many of us at SMU these days are soft and feminine, and TCU generally takes us out to the woodshed whenever we meet.

UNT is like the macho native Texan who looks down on us and laughs at our "non-Texan like" femininity. I really dread it when we play either one of them.

They're both just too macho for us, and the size, potential, and academic excellence at UNT is just plain intimidating. We just need to start recruiting more macho native Texans around here if we're going to compete with those two. We're just too soft.

Too obvious of a troll to get people riled up. Worth a giggle i guess.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:14 am

mustangbang wrote:It's kind of like a gay marraige, where TCU is the man and SMU is the woman. It really makes sense when you think about it, because so many of us at SMU these days are soft and feminine, and TCU generally takes us out to the woodshed whenever we meet.

UNT is like the macho native Texan who looks down on us and laughs at our "non-Texan like" femininity. I really dread it when we play either one of them.

They're both just too macho for us, and the size, potential, and academic excellence at UNT is just plain intimidating. We just need to start recruiting more macho native Texans around here if we're going to compete with those two. We're just too soft.

except, of course, in academics, our last basketball game and our last football game. Please leave frog.

Alasdair · Post by **Alasdair** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:37 am

Junior wrote:
mustangbang wrote:It's kind of like a gay marraige, where TCU is the man and SMU is the woman. It really makes sense when you think about it, because so many of us at SMU these days are soft and feminine, and TCU generally takes us out to the woodshed whenever we meet.

UNT is like the macho native Texan who looks down on us and laughs at our "non-Texan like" femininity. I really dread it when we play either one of them.

They're both just too macho for us, and the size, potential, and academic excellence at UNT is just plain intimidating. We just need to start recruiting more macho native Texans around here if we're going to compete with those two. We're just too soft.

except, of course, in academics, our last basketball game and our last football game. Please leave frog.

I was assuming it was a butthurt UNT fan.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:45 am

Alasdair wrote:
Junior wrote:
mustangbang wrote:It's kind of like a gay marraige, where TCU is the man and SMU is the woman. It really makes sense when you think about it, because so many of us at SMU these days are soft and feminine, and TCU generally takes us out to the woodshed whenever we meet.

UNT is like the macho native Texan who looks down on us and laughs at our "non-Texan like" femininity. I really dread it when we play either one of them.

They're both just too macho for us, and the size, potential, and academic excellence at UNT is just plain intimidating. We just need to start recruiting more macho native Texans around here if we're going to compete with those two. We're just too soft.

except, of course, in academics, our last basketball game and our last football game. Please leave frog.

I was assuming it was a butthurt UNT fan.

yeah, I think you might be right.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:46 am

Yes. I am sure it is our low self esteemed NTSU fan that has now another to add to his multiple names.

Junior · Post by **Junior** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:33 pm

I apologize to any of our frog friends I may have insulted.

Mexmustang · Post by **Mexmustang** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:45 pm

I've often wondered why they dropped the "State", instead of "North" from NTSU. Shouldn't they really be angered by Texas State University not TCU or SMU?