sbsmith wrote: Rice was dropped the second we got in the Big East, as were the rest of the left-behinds. If you Toads had any sense you would have dropped us years ago instead of just yapping about it. However, Fatterson did vow to stop helping us so that might expedite things on that front.
As for TCU dropping SMU, why would we want to do that ? To avoid a loss? It's a nice short road trip to Dallas for TCU.
So you don't want to drop us, but you hammer us for wanting to drop rice when they
are a 4 hr. drive and don't draw well.
It's because I'm board at work with nothing better to do.
As for TCU dropping SMU, why would we want to do that ? To avoid a loss? It's a nice short road trip to Dallas for TCU.
Clearly someone over there is thinking big time with future home and homes with LSU and Arkansas, dropping SMU seems like the next logical step in that process.
Those home and home games with LSU and Arkansas contracts were made prior to their having any idea they would be going into the big 12. They are now a little concerned about having these games on top of the big 12 games. They need a few more powder puffs like us on their schedule in the future.
SMU's first president, Robert S. Hyer, selected Harvard Crimson and Yale Blue as SMU's colors to symbolize SMU's high academic standards. We are one of the few Universities to have school colors with real meaning...and we just blow them off.
gostangs wrote:No reason to schedule them in football. none at all
Disagree. One of the reasons BU is scheduling them is another regional home & home with a high likelihood of a win to help with bowl eligibility & reaching out to Houston alumni. I think SMU would benefit from a similar approach.
That's funny because SMU is benefiting from that same approach, except now its UNT, Tech, A&M, Baylor. I think it's a relationship worth holding on to when there's room for it in the OOC
As for TCU dropping SMU, why would we want to do that ? To avoid a loss? It's a nice short road trip to Dallas for TCU.
Why wouldn't TCU drop SMU? As far as I can tell SMU is the only one benefiting from the game. Big time programs don't schedule long-term home and home series with lesser programs in lesser conferences. They either schedule buy a win games against bottom feeders or home and home/neutral site games with equal or greater programs. Clearly someone over there is thinking big time with future home and homes with LSU and Arkansas, dropping SMU seems like the next logical step in that process.
The series will probably be dropped. I hope not, but I favor tradition of pure selfishness.
lwjr wrote:With Rice de-emphasising football it is best to drop them from schedule. Hate to see it happen, though
I would agree with this. The SMU/TCU rivalry (at the moment) continues to have relevance since TCU has established itself as a solid team and made a jump to a big conference and SMU is in the process of trying to do the same. The games are competitive and draw big turnouts, so there is a lot of upside for the matchup. Rice, on the other hand, doesn't draw, hardly competes, and has clearly decided that football is not an area in which they want to focus. Holding onto a long-time rival that doesn't want to compete just doesn't make sense any more. Thanks for the memories, Owls; don't let the door hit you on the way out.
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