OT: SWC nostalgia

[anderson]

Just figured some other folks who frequent this forum may also be old SWC fans and would be interested in a San Antonio Express-News series about the SWC. They provide some good analysis of the politics and how it's sorted out for different schools.

The Great Texas Football Rebellion, San Antonio Express-News (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA081405.1N.SWCcover.6f064a1d.html)

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/images/2005/2005swc-logo.jpg

[bford]

REP Given! Those are some great articles...thanks....I'm a Tech Alumni, so it's interesting to see how everything went down.

rock

bford

[anderson]

The recent news in the paper about Robertson Stadium reminded me of this part of the story about UH (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA081405.5N.SWCrice.houston.1ca3fe7.html): Bill Carr, the Cougars' AD a decade ago, contends that the only reason the SWC invited UH into the fold in the first place was to put limitations on them, to prevent the school's success as an independent in football and basketball from overshadowing theirs.

That attitude prevailed in the formation of the Big 12, Carr said.

"It's an extraordinary move, when three state universities take that action and leave behind a fourth," Carr said. "That did irreparable damage to the University of Houston."
:D

[ElJefe]

The recent news in the paper about Robertson Stadium reminded me of this part of the story about UH (http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA081405.5N.SWCrice.houston.1ca3fe7.html): :D
It amused me greatly.