I for one am totally intrigued with SMU coming to the ACC

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Maroon Baboon

There's gonna be an Arms Race of epic proportions in Texas, and I'm here for it. 75 million to buyout Jimbo? Wow. Makes Fuente's buyout look like my check out bill at the Salvation Army. ** Edited by Maroon Baboon at 11/12/2023, 2:41:33 PM

Posted: 11/12/2023 at 02:37 PM ET

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Does SMU have more money than Texas A&M? -- Sunsetunderground Nov 12, 2023 at 02:29 PM ET

Sunsetunderground • 11/12/23 02:29 PM ET

$75 million just to go away is obscene -- ren_hoek Nov 12, 2023 at 09:44 PM ET

ren_hoek • 11/12/23 09:44 PM ET

100% correct. -- Atlee Hokie Nov 12, 2023 at 10:18 PM ET

Atlee Hokie • 11/12/23 10:18 PM ET

I've had smoldering resentment over the hypocrisy for a while now. -- ren_hoek Nov 12, 2023 at 11:05 PM ET

ren_hoek • 11/12/23 11:05 PM ET

is capitalism really at play? I would say a monopoly more likely -- DallasHokie98 Nov 17, 2023 at 09:45 AM ET

DallasHokie98 • 11/17/23 09:45 AM ET

yeah, it's just silly. College coaches are making more than NFL guys. -- reestuart Nov 13, 2023 at 03:36 PM ET

reestuart • 11/13/23 03:36 PM ET

Yeah -- MrBayAreaHokie Nov 13, 2023 at 02:23 PM ET

MrBayAreaHokie • 11/13/23 02:23 PM ET

The players getting paid IS capitalism.......** -- TerryD Nov 13, 2023 at 09:50 AM ET

TerryD • 11/13/23 09:50 AM ET

No doubt!!** -- Stech Nov 13, 2023 at 12:16 PM ET

Stech • 11/13/23 12:16 PM ET

I would think twice before donating to a program that did that. -- tarheelblue Nov 12, 2023 at 09:48 PM ET

tarheelblue • 11/12/23 09:48 PM ET

Termination buyouts are typically funded by super-donors and approved by -- 33laszlo99 Nov 13, 2023 at 12:41 AM ET

33laszlo99 • 11/13/23 12:41 AM ET

When we went to Churchill Downs last week -- LaneRat Nov 13, 2023 at 09:42 AM ET

LaneRat • 11/13/23 09:42 AM ET

Not surprised. -- RJHokie Nov 13, 2023 at 09:56 AM ET

RJHokie • 11/13/23 09:56 AM ET

SMU and A&M....... -- 2hhoop3 Nov 12, 2023 at 04:04 PM ET

2hhoop3 • 11/12/23 04:04 PM ET

But what SMU was doing before is now legal -- EDGEMAN Nov 13, 2023 at 11:53 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 11/13/23 11:53 AM ET

I for one am totally intrigued with SMU coming to the ACC ◄ -- Maroon Baboon Nov 12, 2023 at 02:37 PM ET

Maroon Baboon • 11/12/23 02:37 PM ET

and many fans are aghast with the Fuente's buyout -- Mercury Nov 12, 2023 at 04:37 PM ET

Mercury • 11/12/23 04:37 PM ET

Take it from Wikipedia: SMU endowment $1.9 Billion, TX A&M $18+ Billion -- 33laszlo99 Nov 12, 2023 at 02:55 PM ET

33laszlo99 • 11/12/23 02:55 PM ET

I thought I read A&M has Millionaires but SMU boosters are Billionaires** -- Sunsetunderground Nov 12, 2023 at 03:51 PM ET

Sunsetunderground • 11/12/23 03:51 PM ET

A&M has 500k+ living alumni...SMU about 1/4 of that** -- cburgroop Nov 13, 2023 at 07:18 PM ET

cburgroop • 11/13/23 07:18 PM ET

yet they could never finish better than 4th in the AAC. I'm skeptical.** -- reestuart Nov 13, 2023 at 11:19 AM ET

reestuart • 11/13/23 11:19 AM ET

What about this season? They look pretty darn solid, are 8-2 and have the -- 133966Hokie Nov 13, 2023 at 11:36 AM ET

133966Hokie • 11/13/23 11:36 AM ET

It's no coincidence they've gotten better since Cincy and UCF left. -- reestuart Nov 13, 2023 at 11:37 AM ET

reestuart • 11/13/23 11:37 AM ET

The saying is -- mrcaniac Nov 12, 2023 at 04:00 PM ET

mrcaniac • 11/12/23 04:00 PM ET

Thanks. I also read there is more money within 10 miles of SMU than -- Sunsetunderground Nov 12, 2023 at 04:07 PM ET

Sunsetunderground • 11/12/23 04:07 PM ET

Death penalty zapped interest from the Dallas non alums -- cburgroop Nov 13, 2023 at 11:51 AM ET

cburgroop • 11/13/23 11:51 AM ET