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Flawed logic in my view. It is not a lack of commitment to athletics, it is the inability to raise the level of funds necessary to compete at the highest level.
You really think the average Alabama fan is anymore committed to sports than the average NT fan? If anything, I would say the average NT fan is more committed. It doesn't take near as much effort to support a dominant top tier program as a fringe team with very limited resources and the loses that go along with that funding level.
There are maybe a handful of athletic programs outside of the B10 and SEC that can really compete in D1 football. Most D1 schools are dependent on school and student funds to even field football teams. That is the exact opposite of your expressed point that it is somehow the fault of the administration, students or alumni that schools like NT can't compete.
Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Purdue, West Virginia, Rutgers, Iowa State, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Boston College, and Cal
SMU is below those schools....so if they're not included (they won't be....there's a huge difference between Ohio St, Texas, Bama and those schools) then SMU for sure won't be.
And I'm ok with the Top 40-45 football powers doing their own playoff...as long as the weak links are demoted. It's not a true Power league with the likes of Smut and the schools you name above making the cut.
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