dropping the teddy bears for a 1-aa school admits you cannot beat Baylor.
What signal does that send the team? Not good enough?
In '78 (three years under Meyer), OOC was Florida, Penn St., and Ohio State. The DickerJames class wasn't even on the Hilltop. Went 1-1-1 against those three teams.
Statler wrote:dropping the teddy bears for a 1-aa school admits you cannot beat Baylor.
What signal does that send the team? Not good enough?
In '78 (three years under Meyer), OOC was Florida, Penn St., and Ohio State. The DickerJames class wasn't even on the Hilltop. Went 1-1-1 against those three teams.
To be the top dawg, you gotta fight the big dawg.
That OOC schedule was part of Ron Meyers' recruiting strategy. Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania were probably the 3 most fertile recruiting states east of the Mississippi river and the plan was for SMU to be a national power. We played by the same rules as our toughest competitiors in those days...and we all know what that lead to
smusportspage wrote:Coach'em, just trying to get a handle on your argument that SMU is not top tier, i.e. BSC and therefore does not warrant being covered by the local media. SMU is playing in the highest division categorized by the NCAA, that being Division I. We can not directly control the landscape of the BCS. SMU has made a concerted effort and commitmwnt to play in the highest division of the NCAA. Playing one game against Montana St does not change that just like A&M playing Lamar does not change their NCAA status either. According to the NCAA, Division I is the highest level of college athletics. If you and other decide to arbitrarily break it into tiers, should SMU be penalized for that?
Media coverage is not dictated by NCAA classifications. It is dictated by consumer interest. The media does not "owe" us anything. The media will cover when the interest is there. The interest will be there when we play at the level THE CONSUMER is interested in - BCS level football.
