Southwest Conference Rises - Poll
by RMHorn on Oct 23, 2011 4:57 AM CDT
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PrintThe old Southwest Conference isn't looking too shabby these days:
- Houston #18 (7-0). L's - None; Notable W's - None
- Arkansas #8 (6-1). L's - Alabama #2 (8-0); Notable W's -Texas A&M, Auburn #38* (5-3)
- Texas A&M #16 (5-2). L's - Oklahoma St #4 (7-0), Arkansas ; Notable W's -Baylor, Texas Tech, SMU
- Texas Tech #22 (5-2). L's - Texas A&M, Kansas St #12 (7-0); Notable W's -Oklahoma #9 (6-1)
- Texas Christian #28* (5-2). L's - Baylor, SMU; Notable W's - None
- Southern Methodist #35* (5-2). L's - Texas A&M, Southern Miss #25 (6-1); Notable W's -TCU
- Texas #26* (4-2). L's - Oklahoma St #4 (7-0), Oklahoma #9 (6-1); Notable W's -BYU #34* (6-2)
- Baylor #29* (4-2). L's - Kansas St #12 (7-0), Texas A&M; Notable W's -TCU
- Rice (2-5). L's - Southern Miss #25 (6-1), Texas, Baylor, Tulsa (4-3) , Marshall (3-5); Notable W's - Purdue (4-3)
I'd hazard to say they're having their combined best records ever this late in the season (43-18. NOTEWORTHY: The only current conference non-conference losses ALL of these teams - including Rice, six total - have are to other former SWC opponents!!). With four teams in the top 25, and four other teams currently receiving votes (*unofficial ranking from "others receiving votes" in USA Today coaches poll) it should be interesting to see how many will finish the season ranked and if every team besides Rice will be going bowling.
Of the old SWC teams not on our schedule (Houston, Arkansas, SMU & TCU), which ones can you honestly say UT would have a better than 50-50 chance of defeating this season in their house? And same thing goes for the schools we will play (TAMU, TTU & Baylor)?
It will be interesting, and hopefully not too disappointing to see how we stack up against the other three we'll see for sure, in this, another challenging season for Longhorn faithful.
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this is exactly why...
Big XII needs to do everything they can to get as many of those old SWC teams BACK into the fold. Missouri is actually doing us a favor by letting us look closer to home to rebuild this conference into something it should be, a real Texas based powerhouse!!! SMU, UH, & Rice should all be getting phone calls from Big XII now…and I would LOVE to see us pilfer the Razorbacks from the way too full of themselves SEC! If I’m Arky, I’m seeing the addition of A&M, and Mizzou as a bad sign of a huge log jam in the middle of that conf. And if Big XII wisely follows thru with equity in 1st and 2nd Tier rights then the $$ will easily be close to whatever SEC thinks they can promise.
I love the post, RMH!
From an old SWC fan, it’s great to see all the Texas boys doing well – including Arkansas – especially after TTech rubbed 0U’s noses in their own sooner poop last Saturday. I don’t necessarily agree that it’s in the best interests of the Big XII* to just “take everybody” – and I certainly don’t think we have a prayer’s chance of getting the Hogs to leave the SEC – but it’s great to see all these former longtime SWC members going through some great eras. Long live Texas High School football and the impact it makes on an annual basis in big-time college football.
Now that Houston is officially looking for a new conference
it would make sense to look at them seeing that we have had so many games against Houston or Rice since Mack Brown came to Texas. I think he even mentioned that he liked playing a series with a Houston school for the alumni and recruiting.
We have had 13 games against either Rice (10) or Houston (3) over the last 14 years (only 2009 is void of a Bayou game). But, oddly, we have only ONE game (2015) currently scheduled in that area through 2020.
Bad Blood Between UH, UT
Last time they played there was something that happened down in Houston that pissed off UT officials and fans. Don’t remember what exactly, but I remember reading it awhile back. Comments like they’d never play again were kicked around.
Only Three Games Left to Mess Up Perfect SWC Non-Conf
Mountain West’s TCU plays Independent BYU (6-2) this Friday in Dallas
Conference USA’s Rice plays at the B1G’s Northwestern (2-5) in a few weeks
Conference USA’s SMU plays Independent Navy (2-5) in Dallas in a few weeks
All winnable non-conference games by these former SWC teams. It’d be nice to see that sweep, finish the season with all former SWC teams perfect against their current conference non-conference, non-former SWC opponents on their schedules (pre-bowl games).
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