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CargoGunki wrote:

Rebel10 wrote:Was USC started by the Methodists and UTAH by the Mormons?

Neither of them have religious ties now. SMU still has ties to the Methodist Church plus the name is Southern Methodist University.

Find me where it says they won't take a religious institution. It's all a load of crap and you know it.

Cargo is hated by his Houston brethren and has been banned there

RGV Pony wrote:Well go find it and repost for us

I tried to find it for like 15 minutes. It was probably deleted.

CargoGunki wrote:

ponydawg wrote:Great schedule, y'all are forgetting that in 2019 we will be in the PAC10 so these games make perfect sense.

First off, there is no Pac-10 anymore and the Pac-12 won't take any religious institutions.

Um, it was a joke..........Everyone knows it's the SEC west division that will snag us first.

Its the: SMU should be playing Alabama and Oregon in 2018 vs SMU should be playing UTSA and Incarnate Word.

I'm glad the random people on here aren't in charge of planning our OOC schedule. On one hand people want to stack our schedule with the easiest (and that's relative with our 1-11 record) and on the other we want to prove ourselves with an SEC/Big 12 schedule.

There is nothing wrong with playing Texas State. Until we actually beat someone in OOC our fans shouldn't dictate who and who is not worthy of playing. We should play all the Texas centric games we can as at least it generates interest.

Who is our fourth OOC team in 2017?(UNT,ARK ST,@TCU,?)

I'm not sure why people champion us joining the Pac12 over others. ACC would be way better, imo. The basketball would be ELITE, we could pretty easily get into the upper half of football after some seasons, and geographically, it is no more taxing on the StuAths than the Pacific. Meanwhile, the late night exposure for west coast teams is pretty shotty.

But to stay on topic, I don't mind playing 2 games against TxSt and asserting some dominance against their fans that come from all over the state.

CargoGunki wrote:

ponydawg wrote:Great schedule, y'all are forgetting that in 2019 we will be in the PAC10 so these games make perfect sense.

First off, there is no Pac-10 anymore and the Pac-12 won't take any religious institutions.

Houston's academic reputation would be a much more significant barrier to entry to the Pac-12 than SMU's loose religious affiliation with the socially liberal Methodist church.

So assuming we re-up the TCU series, which Del Conte has made clear he is in favor of...

2019

@TCU
North Texas
@Arkansas St
Texas State


2020

TCU
@ North Texas
@ Texas State
*Open Slot*

I don't love this and UNT but once Chad gets it rolling they should be easy wins and brings a sizable contingent of fans to Ford

Pony Grey Hair wrote:Who is our fourth OOC team in 2017?(UNT,ARK ST,@TCU,?)

If I had to guess, it will be an FCS school

If you want to build a sustaining program then they need to change the SMU and Dallas view to THIS IS YOUR TEAM and you support your team, even in off seasons. Then the continuity will be there. To think winning 6-9 games is going to change and all of a sudden everyone is a fan is not realistic. Do things right on and off the field, stay positive, and it will happen. Can't be done you say? Look no further than BU and TCU, the 2 best athletic programs in the Big 12. Smaller private schools with a semblance of moral values, quality education, facilities and fan support is in! and on half the budget.And to be in one of the great areas of the world is just a bonus.

PonySnob wrote:Hard to see UNT as an "attendance" game:
1989 - 21K -
1990 - 22.7K - away
1992 - 10.2K
2006 - 25.5K - away
2007 - 20.5K
2014 - 22.4K - away

2008 -22,218 (home)

as usual Snob swings and misses. The games against NTSU draw much better than our attendance against even AAC teams. We aren't going to have all of these P5 games to inflate our attendance any more if we lighten our schedule. 25,000 against NTSU under Morris would be a needed pay day because SMU fans have failed to support the program otherwise. Just a fact-a bunch of you season ticket holders can't be bother to attend games against teams you don't care about

Seriously- find another OOC team we can beat consistently that will draw 20K+ to Ford...you can't.

I'm ok with this OOC. I would say add another P5 team for that 2020 vacancy and schedule 1P5, TCU, NTSU and another Texas FCS or FBS school. We already play teams from out of state in the conference. The more TX teams we can play and beat, the better. In fact I would love if we could, moving forward, do TCU, rotate Texas P5 (Baylor, Tech etc), NTSU, and rotate Texas FBS/FCS (Utep, utsa, stephen f..)

East Coast Mustang wrote:Seriously- find another OOC team we can beat consistently that will draw 20K+ to Ford...you can't.

Louisiana Tech
Arkansas State
UTEP
Kansas
Rice
Highland Park