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Post by fischer on Dec 13, 2010 15:27:11 GMT -5
huh? what you said is pretty opposite of what happened according to the show. Mike, there was a reason Arkansas couldn't compete in the SWC during that time. They weren't as dirty as they are now. |
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Post by cowtownmike on Dec 13, 2010 15:36:31 GMT -5
huh? what you said is pretty opposite of what happened according to the show. Mike, there was a reason Arkansas couldn't compete in the SWC during that time. They weren't as dirty as they are now. Couldn't compete? I seem to remember competing fairly well back then. Course we didn't have the advantage of offering the Trans A&M to kids. |
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Post by fischer on Dec 13, 2010 16:07:40 GMT -5
Haha I'm sure ark was clean as s whistle
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Post by The Real Doyle on Dec 13, 2010 16:41:57 GMT -5
That was the first time I had heard trans A&M, I had a chuckle. Just imagine if he had gone to A&M, championship maybe? I agree that shmu had it coming because they surely were paying above and beyond what anyone else was doing.
Never knew that shmu was the reason the SWC went under either.
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Post by cowtownmike on Dec 13, 2010 16:44:14 GMT -5
This just in:
Marty B. says Aggies 34 lsu 27.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Dec 13, 2010 18:55:27 GMT -5
And yes, watched every bit of it. I still think they were all doing it to the same extent. SMU just got the short straw. Please don't shed a tear for SMU. They deserved what they got. That's like saying Murderer A doesn't deserve the death penalty because Murderer B got away with their crime. My cousin dated a guy who was a freshman in '89 and he got paid! Not very much but he still got paid. The film also left out the mini-scandal from 2000. Sure, SMU was at the wrong place at the wrong time (three major newspapers competing for quarters) but that doesn't excuse what they did. |
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Post by P. Marf on Dec 13, 2010 18:57:30 GMT -5
There he is!
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Dec 13, 2010 18:59:54 GMT -5
Turd James is still a piece of shit.
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Post by P. Marf on Dec 13, 2010 19:02:54 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by fischer on Dec 13, 2010 19:26:12 GMT -5
Stubbs brought up the main thing working against smu as opposed to the Aggies and whorns.
The Dallas Times Herald was competing with the Dallas Morning News and didn't care who they hurt or what program they brought down to get their story. It was cutthroat.
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Post by sully on Dec 13, 2010 20:18:57 GMT -5
Just watched it again, or the first part anyway. They talked about everyone paying, and even A&M even paid more than SMU for Mark Lewis.
But, then they roll into SMU setting the standard, up to another level. We are both right.
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Post by sully on Dec 13, 2010 20:21:47 GMT -5
Also talked about Coach Meyer being a great recruiter, and outrecruiting other schools, regardless of cash
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Post by fischer on Dec 13, 2010 21:38:08 GMT -5
The funny thing is, they never won a title, and A&M, among others, narrowly escaped penalties. I still think the NCAA used SMU as an example, without having to punish the bigger schools. Wrong. A&M, along with over half of the rest of the conference went on probation during this era. SMU got caught paying players while on probation and then got caught trying to cover it up. I don't think they were necessarily out bidding everyone else. then they roll into SMU setting the standard, up to another level. You contradict yourself right here. |
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Post by fischer on Dec 13, 2010 21:39:15 GMT -5
I agree with you about Meyer being a great recruiter. That has nothing to do with anything we are talking about.
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Post by sully on Dec 13, 2010 22:19:47 GMT -5
Prove it...
I know I contradicted myself. I was partly wrong before.
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