DentonStang

The top 10 is not parity, but overall transfers have increased parity. Look at all the upsets all across football the last two weeks. I'm not sure if it will affect the top 10-15 teams or not, but everyone else is coming closer together

I recommend NIL and transfers

Really not far off from the Boulevard last Saturday.

This is such a weird argument to make in a serious, non-humorous way. Although we do have some land in City of Dallas, yes, most is in UP. But UP/HP is entirely surrounded by Dallas. It's not like being you claiming Lewisville, it's like if you had a house over in the unincorporated area by Bonnie Brae and Roseland. Are you going to say you don't live in Denton (except to the tax man and code inspector)? Really?

And the next day TCU is embarrassed nationally by Deion, Baylor loses TxSt, Tech loses to Wyoming. It's been a good week in Ponyland.

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Embarrassing was sending checks in SMU envelopes and accepting an interview about it. That was embarrassing and dumb The rest of it.... no. It was just being competitive. We were explicitly targeted. Read The Pony Trap by Dave Blewett. It does a great job comparing the huge discrepancy in punishment for the same infractions between UT and SMU (and TCU), and the direct personal and political links between the NCAA enforcement apparatus and UT.

Since we're talking about watching, you may be interested in hearing SMU mega donor Bill Armstrong discuss your future opponent LaTech, as well as one of the ultra-premium wines from his personal Vineyard. https://youtu.be/uFFkeRmVrG4?si=mj0sBQ5-mYUdYLrK

Could you? I'd like to hear you say "billions" and "billionaires".

Only the Southern Methodists. I'll leave it ambiguous whether we mean all Methodists that are southern or if we only want the Southern Methodist denomination

Here's a great article on how the ACC move went down. Doesn't sound like attendance was part of the discussion https://sports.yahoo.com/inside-smus-pursuit-of-the-power-five--its-a-couple-hundred-million-dollars-im-not-losing-sleep-over-it-125139541.html

You have "North Texas" on your jersey. Who's geographic aspirations are more reasonable?

Nobody has to like the SMU addition but suggesting Memphis is a better option destroys all credibility

Nothing specific yet. We expect it to be a similar deal to UH UCF Cincy. They are $14M over 18 years. Something in the ballpark of $20M-$25M paid out over a long window, say 15-20 years. It's not been a big topic of discussion as the funds were raised several years ago and sitting in the special conference expansion war chest.

You can do better. Look at Texas State. No way they are money whipping people. You could do the same. https://247sports.com/college/texas-state/Season/2022-football/TransferPortal/?institutionkey=24240

I agree. I'm expressing outrage Finebaum would imply that FSU are more likely to leave after the vote. Silly. If they could leave they would leave, with or without the additions. The additions did nothing on that front.

All kinds of reasons. Homesick. Change in family situation. Change in position or head coaches. Just doesn't like position coach. Doesn't like the offense/defense. Grad transfer. Change in destination schools coaches and want to play for them. Current team is not good and wants to win. Contributing now but recruited over with someone even better. Personal beef with teammates (imagine WR and doesn't get a long with QB thus never gets targeted) And yes, direct tampering

Finebaum is unhinged. Does he really think adding teams will be the difference between FSU etc trying to leave vs staying? They've been talking about leaving for quite some time already.

We have found transfers that are making an impact on their current team make an immediate impact. Players that are riding the bench transferring to get their opportunity usually need some time to adjust.

1. Attendance was definitely about 20k..... for the bulk of the 2nd quarter after people finished rolling in off the boulevard and before they left at halftime. I toughed it out but can't blame them for leaving. Not a cloud in the sky. Brutal. 2. We have never claimed to have widespread support in Dallas. I've never heard an SMU fan claim this in my life. This is a ridiculous UNT strawman argument. Again, it's in your DNA to take attendance shots at SMU and the fact that we've never claimed great attendance just passes through your ears without registering. UNT:"You are short!" SMU:"Yes, I am 5'4". It's an issue. I might point out you are also 5'4" but wearing tall heels." UNT:"But I thought you were sooooo taaalllllllll! See! You aren't tall! You are so short! Midget over here! 5'4" dwarf!"

This is such an interesting and completely foreign viewpoint. I just don't understand it. You bring in players. They are either from high school or from another college. That's the difference? It would be disruptive to them the roster completely over every year, but to get started? I don't understand the distinction. The disruption in that scenario is desired. Purge the loser culture and players and start fresh.

I have to admit, there's something endearing about the commitment to attendance snack from a school at that average lower attendance than SMU despite having an undergrad population big enough to fill the stadium by itself. It's more like a UNT tradition than actual snack talk

If you want transfers you need NIL. Have you donated?

I don't understand what y'all were expecting. You were a .500 CUSA team in your first game with a new coach... vs a P5 team. Very unlikely you could immediately win that even if you had.big NIL. Takes time to build.

I will happily accept free wins. Thanks