PonySnob wrote:Didn't realize that TCU had theirs back in 2007. Well before they were getting huge dollars from their conference affiliation. At least we have some nice new fountains and gazebos on campus!
TCU didn't regularly have 8-10,000 at their games either and all those facilities were built by private contributions. The question remains do SMU ALUMNI have the appetite to pay for P5 facilities. Its been a question in my mind for sometime. Its not my money so I can't really say I blame our alumni for not donating to the long shot SMU has to make the P5-but I also don't misdirect the criticism to the school and President who never made that promise in the first place. I'm thankful for the facilities we got and hopeful that we get the IPF
"With a quarter of a tank of gas, we can get everything we need right here in DFW." -SMU Head Coach Chad Morris
When momentum starts rolling downhill in recruiting-WATCH OUT.
PonySnob wrote:Didn't realize that TCU had theirs back in 2007. Well before they were getting huge dollars from their conference affiliation. At least we have some nice new fountains and gazebos on campus!
TCU didn't regularly have 8-10,000 at their games either and all those facilities were built by private contributions. The question remains do SMU ALUMNI have the appetite to pay for P5 facilities. Its been a question in my mind for sometime. Its not my money so I can't really say I blame our alumni for not donating to the long shot SMU has to make the P5-but I also don't misdirect the criticism to the school and President who never made that promise in the first place. I'm thankful for the facilities we got and hopeful that we get the IPF
And, I would be remiss if I didn't add that our new Natatorium is still in need of more donations.
PonySnob wrote:Didn't realize that TCU had theirs back in 2007. Well before they were getting huge dollars from their conference affiliation. At least we have some nice new fountains and gazebos on campus!
TCU didn't regularly have 8-10,000 at their games either and all those facilities were built by private contributions. The question remains do SMU ALUMNI have the appetite to pay for P5 facilities. Its been a question in my mind for sometime. Its not my money so I can't really say I blame our alumni for not donating to the long shot SMU has to make the P5-but I also don't misdirect the criticism to the school and President who never made that promise in the first place. I'm thankful for the facilities we got and hopeful that we get the IPF
And, I would be remiss if I didn't add that our new Natatorium is still in need of more donations.
PonySnob wrote:Didn't realize that TCU had theirs back in 2007. Well before they were getting huge dollars from their conference affiliation. At least we have some nice new fountains and gazebos on campus!
TCU didn't regularly have 8-10,000 at their games either and all those facilities were built by private contributions. The question remains do SMU ALUMNI have the appetite to pay for P5 facilities. Its been a question in my mind for sometime. Its not my money so I can't really say I blame our alumni for not donating to the long shot SMU has to make the P5-but I also don't misdirect the criticism to the school and President who never made that promise in the first place. I'm thankful for the facilities we got and hopeful that we get the IPF
And, I would be remiss if I didn't add that our new Natatorium is still in need of more donations.
I am speaking with someone directly with the athletic office tomorrow about it.
Most of you on here just comment to complain or troll. It wasn't that hard to find a more direct answer. I assume it has not been scrapped. If there are setbacks, hopefully we will find ways to overcome them.
