Raider15 said:
And your team hasn't looked any better than anyone else's on here.
Geeze tcu may be the best team in the state.
I cannot remember all of us suckling the same year
I has to do with the lens through which you view the world.
A 45-21 W against ULaLa would have never been seen as a bad game. Being down 21-14 at Half was amplified because of the UCLA game.
We weren't expected to beat UCLA, but because we blew such a huge lead, it compounded the optics.
Usually, a P5 game was never scheduled this early, so you would win your pre-season games and everyone would feel good about starting 4-0 or 3-0. You beat PVA&M, ULaLa & UNT/SMU/Rice/Tulsa and you never really knew if the team was good, you just assumed they were.
Also, with the way games are covered now, you get to see how terrible the team is, and late game FGs/TDs don't make the game look better by having more points.
The SWC fell away because the teams were real bad... AND you didn't ever really play anyone.
1996:
Sips: 8-5
TT: 7-5
A&M: 6-6
Baylor: 4-7
That year, A&M lost to SW Louisiana State, aka ULaLa. They went 5-6 that year.
Baylor and Tech are who they were.