(06-26-2020 01:57 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote: (06-25-2020 07:18 PM)SMUstang Wrote: (06-25-2020 06:53 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote: Honestly if the SWC was to rebuild I think SMU would have been left out.
TCU, Houston, Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, USM, CSU, Memphis, Louisville, Cincy, UAB
Excuse me, who is CSU? And how are they and Rice and USM any better than SMU? And UAB didn't even exist when the SWC broke up. That's a typical northeasterner for you, he knows nothing about the schools in Texas.
He's referring to right in the aftermath of the SMU death penalty I believe.
I understand why someone might think SMU would be excluded. Fortunately for SMU, they would not have been left out.
I don't think the cream of the WAC see joining the SWC remaining 4 as an upgrade from a solid, regionally friendly conference to join schools in DFW and Houston. I think SWC 2.0 would've looked something similar to CUSA starting out:
Football: Houston, Rice, TCU, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, Southern Miss, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati
Non-Football: UAB, South Florida, Charlotte, Saint Louis, DePaul, Marquette
I don't think East Carolina gets in right away as a football-only. I don't think Army ever joins as a football-only.
Once UAB and South Florida start football for SWC 2.0...
West: Tulsa, TCU, SMU, Houston, Rice, Tulane
East: Southern Miss, UAB, Memphis, Louisville, Cincinnati, South Florida
Cincinnati, Louisville, South Florida, DePaul, Marquette to Big East still happens. So does Charlotte and Saint Louis to Atlantic 10. Welcome in East Carolina, Central Florida, Marshall, and UTEP. Boom - back to CUSA 2005-2012.