(02-10-2018 11:31 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(02-10-2018 11:18 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-10-2018 10:24 AM)esayem Wrote:  

(02-08-2018 07:18 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-08-2018 03:06 PM)esayem Wrote:  So I looked up which teams kept playing each other after the SWC departures and I found:

Arkansas played SMU every year in the 90’s with some games at Little Rock.

Texas and Texas A&M pretty much just kept Rice on the schedule here and there.

Baylor played the others the most.

Texas Tech had a few series with the others.

I read one article where I believe it was the A&M AD who said they’d never play the Dallas schools again. What’s the deal with Texas and Texas A&M swearing off SMU and TCU? In the immortal words of T Swift “baby we got bad blood.”

A&M hasnt played Houston since the end of the SWC. I think that could be a fun game for both and I think the local Ag fans would love it. Play the Houston game in NRG. Lots of Aggies in Houston that dont have season tickets and would be up for a one time special game in air conditioned NRG. But the game doesnt happen and its entirely because the Ag's have zero interest in the concept.

Yeah, it is bizarre that Texas and A&M have avoided some of their old conference mates for so long. They'll play Rice, but none of the others unless they have to, like TCU joining the Big XII.

*Would Herman schedule Houston?

Apparently not. We we were willing to waive the Herman buy out for a football series and were told no.

This is very common. E.g., here in Louisiana, LSU does their best to avoiding scheduling ULL, ULM, LA-Tech, none of the myriad FBS schools that are within easy driving distance.

For them, there's zero upside, only downside. Texas surely feels the same.

But Houston and TCU were former SWC members like Texas and A&M, unlike Louisiana Monroe and Louisiana Lafayette in relation to LSU. That was kind of a low blow to Houston, Quo.