Should we still play them? We don't play USM so why should we play UM when they're in the Sunbelt?
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Should we still play them? We don't play USM so why should we play UM when they're in the Sunbelt?
No.
Guaranteed wins. It'll probably be that anyway for the next five or six seasons, though.
If they get kicked out of the SEC, it'll be because they got the DP which means they could no longer contribute to the SEC financially as football generates probably 90% of revenues. The SEC won't want a cheating institution mooching off the remaining members that can generate revenue.
I anxiously await for the headline on your Dallas Morning News pic to say "Ole Miss football canceled for 2018".
Ain't gonna happen.
It won't happen but if they did by all means play them. I'd really enjoy beating them 80%+ in most sports.
That wasn't the question. The man said IF!!!
I say no. Why give them an opportunity to one up us? They will have nothing if kicked out of the SEC. The Egg Bowl would be even more important to them. We might actually become their real rival.***
Even if they got an invite to the Big 12 they would have lost so much being kicked out of the SEC that I wouldn't want to give them any opportunity to regain their swag.
Schedule them for homecoming so we can beat their brains in every year. I want them to suffer, and nothing pains them more than us being better than them.
I'd play them but it would have to be 4 home games in exchange for 1 away game because face it, they are no more relevant than a SWAC team and maybe not as relevant than USM.
Oh ye of little faith, naive non-believers. Just because it's never happened before in the modern age DOESN'T mean it can't happen with this group who refuses to play by the rules. SMU will soon get to breathe a collective sigh of relief as they will no longer be the poster child for NCAA criminality and punishment.
If I win the lottery I will....about the same. There are just way more threads about this. Total waste of time but I guess it's fun to dream.
How can you be sure they'll stay in Division I? ****
Nah man, I only got 10 vCash because I hedged my bet on whether or not Freeze will be coach to start the year and split my action both ways :)
But in all seriousness, I would normally agree with you in that there's no way they get removed, but we are so far out of the norm with TCUN and this case, and I truly think the NCAA has to hammer them as specified by their new penalty matrix or they become irrelevant and a laughing farce to their constituents.
**** no we don't play Old Misses if they get kicked out. Let em rot!
The only way they can get kicked out (as a charter member) would be a unanimous vote of the other 13 member institutions. It will never happen. And oddly enough, the reason it will never happen is the school that would absolutely benefit the most from them leaving (MSU) would never vote for it to happen because the IHL and maybe even state legislature would intervene and put an insurmountable amount of political pressure to make sure MSU's vote goes the way they want it. And if its Keenum's political pandering ass that gets to issue our vote, he won't need any extra incentive. He'll vote for them to stay and start counting those OM fan votes he picked up when he runs for Senate / governor / etc.