(01-19-2018 02:49 PM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  

(01-19-2018 06:11 AM)exowlswimmer Wrote:  

(01-18-2018 06:00 PM)GO Coogs GO!!! Wrote:  That's a broad stroke you're only applying to UH. Everyone that was in the SWC (yes save Rice and if you can believe Baylor) has been guilty. Looking at years while member of the SWC this is how it played out. Of course all schools save Rice have been on probation at some point either pre or post SWC. Also violations did occur at some of the schools but time was served outside the SWC.

http://www.footballgeography.com/college...probation/

Arkansas: 1 year, 1964
Houston: 4 years, 1977, 1989-1991
SMU: 15 years, 1964-1965, 1974-1976, 1981-1982, 1985-1990
TCU: 3 years, 1986-1988
Texas: 3 years, 1964, 1982, 1987
Texas A&M: 7 years, 1956, 1966, 1988-1990, 1994-1996
Texas Tech: 1 year, 1987

Basically the point is unless you're calling everyone out you have no business calling anyone out.

Sore subject Cougar? This discussion was on the Houston market and save Rice and my grad school alma mater UH, none of the other schools you want to indict are in Houston!

Nope not sore, it is what it is. Our history (as does nearly every other FBS school) has its highs and lows.

Just pointing out it wasn't an isolated case at UH. It was a problem league wide and I would argue nationwide both then and now.

The real argument should be why some schools got away with the same stuff that some of us got charged with (cough...... Texas) and didn't get probation. In fact if I recall correctly Texas was the school that turned us in but thanks to an Alum on the board it both got the attention it deserved (UH) and what it should have deserved errrr ignored (UT)........

But as I said that's a whole other conversation not really relevant to this discussion.

I respect Rice just think major college football has passed them by. There is a window as some have mentioned but it's narrow and getting smaller so unless Rice steps up its game yesterday/right now time will have officially passed them by when it comes to football.

The same can be said for any non P5 school to be honest but the the chopping block starts at the bottom of the G5 and then at the bottom (in terms of value) in each league and moves up from there.

The facts are that the stuff SMU, TCU, A&M and UH did was outrageous. UT's was very trivial. The normal claim by those who get on probation is that Enormous State University (fill in the name) didn't get looked at closely. What you did was just tell a lie. The things they got charged with were very different.