Stupid Money University (SMU) Perpetual Thread of Insanity
 

"SMU announces it has raised $100 million in seven days to help its ACC transition. SMU boosters plan to give more than $200 million to offset the school not getting ACC TV money for nine years."

SMU + Moving to a P5 conference + Unlimited NIL = ???

Texas A&M has tried this, no?

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;19055447]Texas A&M has tried this, no?[/QUOTE]

A&M doesn't have SMU boosters.

We're talking [I]stupid[/I] money.

The poverty line in Highland Park is like $250,000.

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19055496]A&M doesn't have SMU boosters.

We're talking [I]stupid[/I] money.

The poverty line in Highland Park is like $250,000.[/QUOTE]


Endowment:

SMU $2B
A&M $18B


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[QUOTE=NYRE2PECT;19055555]Endowment:

SMU $2B
A&M $18B


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Serious question: Do you think these schools are funding their athletic departments (let alone their players' NIL deals) from their [I]endowments?[/I]

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It's not going to the football team.

[QUOTE=NYRE2PECT;19055555]Endowment:

SMU $2B
A&M $18B


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A&M boosters > SMU boosters


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Stupid Money University (SMU) Perpetual Thread of Insanity
 

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19055573]Serious question: Do you think these schools are funding their athletic departments (let alone their players' NIL deals) from their [I]endowments?[/I]

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It's not going to the football team.[/QUOTE]


Of course they are not using endowment money, but A&M ain’t poor…that’s the point.


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[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19055405]"SMU announces it has raised $100 million in seven days to help its ACC transition. SMU boosters plan to give more than $200 million to offset the school not getting ACC TV money for nine years."

SMU + Moving to a P5 conference + Unlimited NIL = ???[/QUOTE]

That's small potato's.

[url]https://www.evanstonian.net/news/2022/11/10/northwestern-ryan-field/[/url]

On Sept. 28, [B]Northwestern University [/B]announced plans to rebuild its football stadium, Ryan Field. The choice to build a new stadium in Evanston was made after [B][U]a generous [SIZE="5"]$480 million[/SIZE] donation by the Ryan Family[/U][/B] last year

Does this mean Northwestern Should also win a National Title?

[QUOTE=NYRE2PECT;19055656]Of course they are not using endowment money, but A&M ain’t poor…that’s the point.[/QUOTE]

Who said A&M was poor?

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19055680]Who said A&M was poor?[/QUOTE]


You said A&M didn’t have SMU boosters…

Did you say poor, no.

Did what you say is dead wrong, yes.


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[QUOTE=NYRE2PECT;19055683]You said A&M didn’t have SMU boosters…

Did you say poor, no.

Did what you say is dead wrong, yes. [/QUOTE]

Oh, so you're an idiot.

No joke I thought this thread was a joke response to the "Bowman University 2023 Giddy Anticipation" thread lollll

[QUOTE=ThatGuyPal;19055698]No joke I thought this thread was a joke response to the "Bowman University 2023 Giddy Anticipation" thread lollll[/QUOTE]

Would never harsh that mellow. Too many good vibes that are far too rare these days in the hobby.

BUC is the rose growing in the wasteland.

I just don't think stupid money is going to get it done.

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;19055777]I just don't think stupid money is going to get it done.[/QUOTE]

Whether it does or does not, I'm just here for the entertainment value of the original Gold Trans Am school going at it with no limits in place.

2025 4-star QB Keelon Russell commits.

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19061660]2025 4-star QB Keelon Russell commits.[/QUOTE]

A step in the right direction, but from an Alabama fan, they can't get too giddy about stars. Lest we forget Bama's run in the early 10s:

Phillip Sims (#1 Pro Style 2010)
Cooper Bateman (#2 Pro Style in 2013)
David Cromwell (#4 Pro Style in 2014)
Blake Barnett (#2 Pro Style in 2015)

All four combined for 4 Touchdowns and 4 Interceptions at Alabama.

Hell even today Alabama can't figure it out with:

Jalen Milroe (#14 QB in 2021)
Ty Simpson (#4 QB in 2022)
Tyler Buchner (#10 QB in 2021)
Eli Holstein (#12 QB in 2023)
Dylan Lonergan (#16 in 2023)

[QUOTE=foleylion08;19061942]A step in the right direction, but from an Alabama fan, they can't get too giddy about stars.[/QUOTE]

They can absolutely be giddy.

We’re talking about SMU.

[URL="https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/ncaa/smu/smu-athletics-raises-159-million-record-breaking-fundraising-year/287-325d153a-1ab6-4f44-b535-05a6a1ee6985"]$159 million raised by donors.[/URL]

All SMU has to do is apply their strategies from the early 80's and they will be national champion contenders.

Those strategies, which got SMU the "death penalty" are all perfectly legal now. (ok ok I guess inducements are [i]technically[/i] still forbidden but there's just no way to prosecute any school which does that)

I miss the days of recruiting from the prisons or Giving kids cars/Drugs/Women. This money thing is going to ruin recruiting and any integrity college football had. The overall product isn't good enough to overcome these things.

[QUOTE=Seahawks fan;19534641]I miss the days of recruiting from the prisons or Giving kids cars/Drugs/Women. This money thing is going to ruin recruiting and any integrity college football had. The overall product isn't good enough to overcome these things.[/QUOTE]
My favorite is Eric Dickerson who took the Trans Am from A&M, and then went to SMU. :D:D:D:D

[QUOTE=Fenway55;19533489]All SMU has to do is apply their strategies from the early 80's and they will be national champion contenders.

Those strategies, which got SMU the "death penalty" are all perfectly legal now. (ok ok I guess inducements are [i]technically[/i] still forbidden but there's just no way to prosecute any school which does that)[/QUOTE]

Just don't buy recruits cheeseburgers and you're golden.

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;19534766]Just don't buy recruits cheeseburgers and you're golden.[/QUOTE]

You can cheat but don’t buy burgers :)!

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19055573]Serious question: Do you think these schools are funding their athletic departments (let alone their players' NIL deals) from their [I]endowments?[/I]

Harvard's got a $50+ billion endowment. It's not going to the football team.[/QUOTE]

Then members wonder when I term selected group or elitist and the power of pimping out the system.

Don't look now, but there are now THREE Blowout threads where you can discuss the latest Pony news.

(This thread, the ACC thread, and the Everything thread)

The only other team that can say the same are the Buckeyes. Pretty good company.

We’re getting closer!

Tomorrow's game against Boston College:

"[B]The same plane that led the D-Day invasion[/B] on the beaches of Normandy in France will be a part of the flyover over Ford Stadium on Saturday, thanks to a lot of hard work and a little bit of luck." - [URL="https://x.com/SMUFB/status/1857485105515896855"]X.com[/URL]

Now that's pretty cool.

Indiana hires the James Madison head coach Curt Cignetti and are sitting at #4 in the Nation. SMU has the resources to change it’s program around. They could attempt to go after Deion Sanders after his son’s are done and Sanders is back in Texas or Cignetti us earning I believe $4.2 Million a year, triple it.

These blue and black jerseys look unnatural.

SMU also working on a top 10 recruiting class in basketball.

Is SMU a actual top 12 best team in the Nation. I realize they have stupid money to spend on athletes or is it a schedule that has allowed them the opportunity to be this close to gaining a nod?

I dearly love the title of this thread.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/QabPmFZ.png[/IMG]

Way to go Pony Boys.

[URL="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/boston-colleges-bill-o%E2%80%99brien-calls-smu-fans-worst-he%E2%80%99s-ever-experienced-acc/9f7c83d86b1932f941130a98"]"Boston College's Bill O’Brien Calls SMU fans 'the worst' he’s ever experienced"[/URL]

“I’m just going to tell you, their fans behind our bench… they were atrocious. The worst,” O’Brien said on his weekly podcast with Jon Meterparel. “I’ve been in the SEC, I’ve been in the NFL. I’ve never seen anything or heard anything like what was coming out of their fans’ mouths behind our bench. I mean, it was bad.”

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19711849]Way to go Pony Boys.

[URL="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/boston-colleges-bill-o%E2%80%99brien-calls-smu-fans-worst-he%E2%80%99s-ever-experienced-acc/9f7c83d86b1932f941130a98"]"Boston College's Bill O’Brien Calls SMU fans 'the worst' he’s ever experienced"[/URL]

“I’m just going to tell you, their fans behind our bench… they were atrocious. The worst,” O’Brien said on his weekly podcast with Jon Meterparel. “I’ve been in the SEC, I’ve been in the NFL. I’ve never seen anything or heard anything like what was coming out of their fans’ mouths behind our bench. I mean, it was bad.”[/QUOTE]

To be fair, BOB is a turd sack and a half.

SMU punches its ticket to the ACC championship game in its first season.

The odds now favor SMU making the college football playoffs.

[QUOTE=TheFrenzy;19712653]SMU punches its ticket to the ACC championship game in its first season.[/QUOTE]It would be hilarious if the ACC Championship team is a team not even getting a conference share until 2032. :coffee::coffee::coffee:

Is it going to happen?????

Full disclosure: I want to see SMU make the playoffs.

That said, could you imagine the legal drama we would get if the CFP committee does something screwy and the army of oil industry lawyers from the school still bitter over being given the "death penalty" got to take the NCAA to court?

Just a few hours away......

SMU (11) at Penn State (6)

SMU has made the College Football Playoff in its first season as part of a P4 conference.

Called it.

Called it.

Called it.

[URL="https://x.com/SMUFB/status/1865812399024230411"]SMU's CFP post.[/URL]

I will be rooting for the Ponies against Frames Janklin.

I voted yes.

[QUOTE=hairysasquatch;19729449]I will be rooting for the Ponies against Frames Janklin.[/QUOTE]

If Tanner McKee ends up doing anything in the NFL, maybe it means my prognostication luck is changing.

Crossposting here because the ending is [I]glorious.[/I]

[youtube]l6Nq8gs8hSw[/youtube]

[URL="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/41136586/smu-football-acc-death-penalty-return-2024"]'Oh, s---, here come all the billionaires': How SMU came back from the dead - ESPN[/URL]

I voted no today because that would have been my vote back then

:cry:

Frauds.