dbackjon
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If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
Given SMU's rap sheet and current woes, the death penalty is not out of the question for Basketball. No basketball, no Division 1 sports.
So, who would replace them in the AAC and why?
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stever20
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
um, the penalty has already been handed out. They weren't even eligible for the death penalty.
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11-03-2015 12:20 PM |
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dbackjon
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 12:20 PM)stever20 Wrote: um, the penalty has already been handed out. They weren't even eligible for the death penalty.
There is more out there. SMU dropping athletics is a very real possibility. Them and Hawaii. You heard it here first from a SMU fan.
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11-03-2015 12:38 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
You are not a SMU fan.
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11-03-2015 12:50 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
Rice -- another school from Texas.
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If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
North Texas and Rice, because Cincinnati replaced Louisville in the ACC.
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11-03-2015 12:54 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
UNC
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 12:54 PM)chargeradio Wrote: North Texas and Rice, because Cincinnati replaced Louisville in the ACC.
North Texas wouldn't sniff the AAC. They are a poor FCS/D-2 team cloaked as an FBS team. Rice, with its academics, would be a good fit as they aren't generally too shabby in football.
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11-03-2015 01:17 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
Southern Cal or Auburn, its a toss up
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11-03-2015 01:25 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 12:38 PM)dbackjon Wrote: (11-03-2015 12:20 PM)stever20 Wrote: um, the penalty has already been handed out. They weren't even eligible for the death penalty.
There is more out there. SMU dropping athletics is a very real possibility. Them and Hawaii. You heard it here first from a SMU fan.
Please let this mean they hired Ray Watts. please please please
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
When I saw the troll thread started by an SMU fan about Hawai'i dropping football, I knew this thread would be right around the corner.
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
Has anyone even watched a Rice game? Huge stadium with about maybe 3k fans in attendance if that. Great academic school huge endowment and all. They need to work on getting fans to the games.
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2015 06:52 PM by BIgCatonProwl.)
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11-03-2015 01:50 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 01:25 PM)NBPirate Wrote: Southern Cal or Auburn, its a toss up
Nah, Auburn has already started its transition into an ACC team.
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
They and Hawaii go to the Zombie Football Conference, joining Wichita State, Long Beach State, Pacific, Hofstra, Northeastern, Boston U, UC Santa Barbara and Kansas.
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11-03-2015 02:20 PM |
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dbackjon
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 01:36 PM)Wedge Wrote: When I saw the troll thread started by an SMU fan about Hawai'i dropping football, I knew this thread would be right around the corner.
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11-03-2015 02:43 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
Texas
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11-03-2015 03:31 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 02:20 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: They and Hawaii go to the Zombie Football Conference, joining Wichita State, Long Beach State, Pacific, Hofstra, Northeastern, Boston U, UC Santa Barbara and Kansas.
Gee thanks. Pretty soon DavidSt will have some asinine thread about that very conference being formed.
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11-03-2015 04:48 PM |
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 01:50 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote: Has anyone even watched a Rice game huge stadium with about maybe 3k fans in attendance if that. Great academic school huge endowment and all. They need to work on getting fans to the games.
Rice has had respectable attendance of 18296 (FCS Wagner), 20124 (Western Kentucky), 24409 (Army), and 18010 (Louisiana Tech on a Friday night). It has been accomplished with donors who purchase and donate large blocks of tickets to youth programs, and promotions such as veterans free (Army), and free tickets for kids (Louisiana Tech).
Even with the disappointing play of the team this year (2015 has been a throwback to the SWC days where the fans left the stadium after the Marching Owl Band performance at halftime because the Western Kentucky and Louisiana Tech games were already out of reach), the Homecoming game against Southern Mississippi should have ok attendance. The Thanksgiving weekend attendance for the final home game against Charlotte, though, might be scary.
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 04:48 PM)Kaplony Wrote: (11-03-2015 02:20 PM)Cyniclone Wrote: They and Hawaii go to the Zombie Football Conference, joining Wichita State, Long Beach State, Pacific, Hofstra, Northeastern, Boston U, UC Santa Barbara and Kansas.
Gee thanks. Pretty soon DavidSt will have some asinine thread about that very conference being formed.
Too few teams and no West Texas A&M
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RE: If SMU got the death Penalty and dropped athletics, who replaces them in the AAC
(11-03-2015 12:18 PM)dbackjon Wrote: Given SMU's rap sheet and current woes, the death penalty is not out of the question for Basketball. No basketball, no Division 1 sports.
So, who would replace them in the AAC and why?
The Soviet Union because.....well.....because they are the damn Soviet Union.
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