Schools that should drop their football program

[Chop]

List ‘em.

I’ll start it out:

Rice

 

[HornHuskerDad]

U Mass

 

[utahorn]

OU? Wanted to beat the crowd and be first in line. Just kidding.

To me, Rice has always been academics first and athletics second. That is what college is all about. Rice is Baseball with football, etc. being second.

If I recall, their chant was "That's alright. that's ok. you will work for us someday."

 

[ViperHorn]

LIU

 

[mb227]

Just to spite those silly w-sips...Wofford.

 

[nashhorn]

Mercer!!!!!

 

[1sahorn]

To me, Rice has always been academics first and athletics second.

"Why does Rice play Texas?"

 

[YearOfTheSteer]

UConn

 

[everette]

"Why does Rice play Texas?"

"because it's hard" (JFK)

 

[guy4321]

Texas A&M

• no conference championships since 1998
• no national championships since 1939
• only one Heisman since 1958
• not able to manage coaching contracts

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

You stole my answer, guy.

 

[mb227]

You stole my answer, guy.

 

[WorsterMan]

Columbia

San Jose State

Samford

 

[WorsterMan]

Colorado, oh wait!

 

[mchammer]

List ‘em.

I’ll start it out:

Rice

Temple for the win!

 

[DrRad]

Temple for the win!

New Mexico and UNLV

 

[mchammer]

New Mexico and UNLV

New Mexico State!

 

[Chop]

New Mexico State!

Then we'd only be left with two of these guys:

 

[Chop]

So long, it was good to know ya'...

(I think this "Cowboy" leads guided trips of Carlsbad Caverns for Senior Citizens.)

 

[Chop]

"Why does Rice play Texas?"

To put 35,000 extra butts in the seats of Rice's cavernous stadium, of course!

 

[DrRad]

To put 35,000 extra butts in the seats of Rice's cavernous stadium, of course!

Tradition!! Been played 97 times since 1914.

 

[Horn6721]

Not all traditions are worthy of continuing.

 

[DrRad]

Not all traditions are worthy of continuing.

I was just answering the question

 

[Horn6721]

DrR MY mistake
I thought you meant you were in favor of continuing it because of tradition

 

[SabreHorn]

The best tradition of playing Rice is that it seems to make Houston Endowment happy, and they give mega bucks to both schools academic side.

 

[Chop]

"because it's hard" (JFK)

Ooooooooohhhhh, you have no idea.......

 

[1sahorn]

Ooooooooohhhhh, you have no idea.......

Happy Birthday, Mr. President.

 

[Vol Horn 4 Life]

Vanderbilt.

It still amazes me a punter actually hit 11,000+ career punting yards.