blackie said:
Thee University said:
Private School Conference
You could build a great conference out of these universities.
South Division
Baylor
TCU
Rice
SMU
Tulsa
USC
Miami
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Stanford
North Division
Villanova
Boston U
Boston College
Wake Forest
Georgetown
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Princeton
Duke
BYU
You might could, but you would have a hard time convincing some of those schools that they wouldn't compete with the "big boys" and would look down on being in such a conference.
My only real source is the DMN, but even SMU has convinced itself they have the resources to compete with any of them....any of them....and they seem to have the big cigars to more than give it a try.
Understood. Pride & ego rise up and convince those fat cigars to keep throwing good money away. SMU is 552-572-54. That dawg won't hunt in the new landscape forming up. And they have a black eye from their Death Penalty days and still are only a .469 program.
SMU is delusional. They can dress themselves up, spend all kinds of $$$ on their program and they are still SMU, a cheater. Most private schools are in similar boats with the exceptions of Notre Dame (.733 all time), USC(.694), Miami (.633 all time), BYU (.586 all time), Stanford (.566), TCU (.545), Baylor .509), Duke (.496), etc. About 7 or 8 of the schools I listed are below .500 programs.
I contend that many if not the majority of the Presidents of these Private Institutions are scared ____less of what college football and basketball have become and don't want to pay the exorbitant price just to field a roster of kids who are not loyal to the school, won't go to class and generally taint the reputations of the university. Call me old fashioned (or crazy/delusional) but I believe a large number of these Private Schools can break away and retool their athletic programs to return back to the original intention of college athletics.
1.6% of college football players make it to the NFL. Better yet…..over 70,000 student athletes compete in D1 football. The NFL draft takes 300-350 players each year. That's .4 to .5% of D1 college football players. Factor in injury risk, competition, performance expectations and academic pressures while in college and that dream of $$$ has a much better chance of coming true by studying more and playing less.
Market the private school education for what it is. Market the private school education as a solid investment in the kid's long-term future. Wake the parents of these kids (mamas) up to the facts.
