The Eyes Of The Mwc Are On Texas

Eagle1855 · January 4, 2011

In about 4 decades Tulsa has been a thorn in UNT's side in most all sports. I'm not sure we could beat them in darts or horse shoes.

Ah yes, but what about in band?

oldschoollefty · January 4, 2011

Ah yes, but what about in band?

Nah, we dumbed down our fight song. The band sucks too. :lol:

TIgreen01 · January 4, 2011

Still one has to wonder which CUSA school may want to take the TCU example of removing themselves from a Southwest Conference-type consortium of schools (cusa) which they think may be holding them back from possible BCS Bowl Buster potential. TCU seemed to gain the advantage almost as soon as they were no longer part of a league which included SMU (and others similar).

Yet TCU started making their Big Time hay once they became a Texas collegiate football island unto themselves with no more traditional ties with schools they'd been with for about 80 plus years in some cases. Seems TCU's break-away from their former ties with CUSA is what some from UNT think might be best for us to move to the next level, a la TCU. We will need some outside help for this to happen which may be another reason to retain Chuck Neinas or someone like him with no emotional or degreed ties with North Texas; albeit there would be ties with North Texas's consultant coffers for certain.

I fear the potential bonding between CUSA and the MWC may take all bets off the table for UNT, though.

If the 'Belt could just start getting some ranked football teams all this would be much easier to fathom as far as thinking there was some kind of upwardly bound future with the league we're presently already a part.

Interesting days ahead...

GMG!

Nope, it's not nearly that complicated. TCU started having success as soon as they got serious about their program again (read: $$). Some in the MWC were glad they left (Wyoming Pres. said as much) b/c TCU was more than doubling half of the MWC school's AD budgets.