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Sunsetunderground OP
Sep 02, 2023 at 08:24 AM ET
SMU dormant billionaire boosters lining up to dominate area recruiting.
Great article on SMUs potential in the ACC. SMU alums are the bosses of Texas and Texas A&M mega boosters.
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marcbvtgm
SMU is being used by the ACC to buy time.
And SMU is using the ACC to buy time until it finds its eventual landing spot…which will probably be the private school spin-off of the ACC in 2033-ish.
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HokiesACC2004
TCU on steroids
reestuart reestuart
LOL. They’ve been lurking in the woods for 30+ years to pounce at the
chance of competing in a conference that makes no sense to them. Never mind they could have been doing it before and ended up in a conference that does make sense.
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HokiesACC2004
The other Texas schools didn't want them on equal footing
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mancunian
This is a perfect environment for these guys.
No rules, no one in charge.
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HokiePail
I hope they step up. The Acc needs it.
Tuckahokie Tuckahokie
All hat and plenty of cattle
MrBayAreaHokie MrBayAreaHokie
what did the Japanese say after Pearl Harbor?
something like “We have awoken a sleeping giant”
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ren_hoek
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Sorry, couldn't resist
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ombandit
I think it was, we have AWAKENED a sleeping giant
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Va AandM
Adm Yamamoto. Didn't end well for him
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HokieNoVA
Sleeping tiger
MrBayAreaHokie MrBayAreaHokie
ahhhhhh
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Mercury
If they can neuter texas and a&m acc 1 sec 0
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EDGEMAN
That isn't going to happen.
There are a lot more millionaires and billionaires who graduated from aTm and Big TX than SMU. Exponentially more.
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HokiesACC2004
No but they do have a chance to be better than the other Texas schools
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HOO86
Does anyone know if Rice has them too?
Not sure because Houston is oil like Dallas.
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Mercury
Never did— smu always had billionaires
In sec days they matched Texas and a and m They were nil before it was legal In the seventies they were warned and still did it again. The gov of Texas was a smu grad. And worked it. Acc has a lot of these wealthy institution who if they want write a check to match sec . But these are academic institution
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Vippie1
Anyone thinking SMU and Stanford don't have a higher football ceiling than
VT are fooling their selves. They may not have large passionate fan bases , but they they have large passionate wallets that can stroke checks.
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HokiesACC2004
I agree
HokieAl HokieAl
More money does not equal more success. Texas and A&M are perfect examples
Pylons Pylons
Doesn't equal it; facilitates it though
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Vippie1
So you think VT has a higher ceiling than Texas and TAM?
Just because they shoot their selves in the foot occasionally? I love your optimism but I'm gonna be rooted in the real world. Smu has next tcu or baylor written all over them.
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EDGEMAN
Please use "aTm'
Easier to recognize.