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re: Did SMU going down and the breakup of the SWC help out LSU?

Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:16 pm to
Posted by twill5050
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2007
39 posts
Posted on 12/13/10 at 9:16 pm to
I believe the demise of the SWC helped LSU, but it's one of probably several factors. Don't know the exact number of top recruits we get out of TX now, versus the 80's, but it seems to be on the rise. To the extent the breakup of the SWC hurt A&M and increased LSU's ability to recruit better in A&M's back yard (Hou. and East TX), then yes the two are related. But I don't think we ever really recruited much against the others UH, Baylor, TCU, TT, etc. for top TX recruits; mainly the Ags and UT.

The Pony Excess piece on ESPN is pretty good. Hard to believe how corrupt things were then. Surely it still exists but one has to believe (or hope) the magnitude of the cheating is significantly less now.
Posted by Moot Point
Georgia
Member since Feb 2009
225 posts
Posted on 12/13/10 at 10:14 pm to
A guy who played RB for Florida told me Mike Archer slipped him an envelope full of cash on the coffee table on his recruiting visit to his home. Still didn't get the guy.

It worked out anyway, the guy didn't do much.
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