I dont understand the Texicans

[TexasMan]

Once again establishing your inexperienced youth.

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

I don't ignore anyone.

Now I'm your enemy? LOL! I thought Nebraska "moved on" and doesn't care about us anymore, remember?

If I'm nothing more than a disney level troll, then why keep responding to me? What does that make you?

 

[TexasMan]

pardon the interruption......but have you read the husker trivia board...i dont like all these people blaming the swc on texas just because of this big 12 crap.....the swc fell apart because of many things....some i posted arguing with corn train for a bit......

SMU had some to do with it as well.

 

[Red_Alert]

pardon the interruption......but have you read the husker trivia board...i dont like all these people blaming the swc on texas just because of this big 12 crap.....the swc fell apart because of many things....some i posted arguing with corn train for a bit......

I'll admit I have limited knowledge of the intricasies of the SWC. In all reality I have to include Baylor, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech as common denominators in the failure of 2 major conferences as well. However, A&M is an asset to another conference. Baylor and Tech are soon to be fighting for BCS survival.

The SWC has failed, The Big XII has failed. The BIG 10, SEC and PAC 10 have survived and grown.

 

[Red_Alert]

Now I'm your enemy? LOL! I thought Nebraska "moved on" and doesn't care about us anymore, remember?

If I'm nothing more than a disney level troll, then why keep responding to me? What does that make you?

Your owner.

 

[tech_iceman]

SMU had some to do with it as well.

and Arkansas

 

[bone3421]

so you wont go read it ....its only 2 post and will enlighten you

 

[TexasMan]

Your owner.

Burn.

 

[Boomer]

I don’t know all the ends and outs of the SWC's failure as it relates to the Texas schools but I do know Arkansas left early because Broyles couldn’t get a commitment out of Austin. Arkansas was in a very unstable position and had to leave because they were afraid Texas was going to bolt and leave them high and dry. Key word is unstable or lack of stability.

 

[bone3421]

Ironically, the SWC's original strength became its fatal weakness. In the '90s, large athletic programs couldn't meet multimillion-dollar budgets, much less thrive, without significant television revenue from football or basketball. The SWC had neither.

By 1994, league members realized a break-up was inevitable. The SWC was torn and tarnished by football recruiting scandals and NCAA probations, which hit all Texas members except Baylor and Rice in the '80s and saw SMU's program suspended for two years when hit by the NCAA "Death Penalty." The conference was further weakened in 1992 when Arkansas withdrew. A charter member and the SWC's only non-Texas school, Arkansas jumped to the more prosperous, more diverse and more widely-spread Southeastern Conference......pasted from article fyi

 

[bone3421]

In an earlier era, the SWC and SEC enjoyed similar prestige and success. Now the SEC had left the SWC far behind. It produced national contenders annually and TV paid big money to cover its games. The 9-state SEC, boasting 18 percent of the nation's TV sets, delivered a much larger audience to watch a network's coverage – and its commercials. The all-Texas SWC had only 6.7 percent of the nation's TV sets------same article