The Good Old Southwest Conference!

[PhiI C]

I remember the good old Southwest Conference that won several national championships. When I kept up with it it had mostly Texas teams which consisted of UT, Texas A&M, SMU, Rice, Texas Tech, Baylor, Rice and later Houston. Arkansas was there too. I was sad when it was dropped but realized that it needed to be done because for one thing Arkansas dropped to go to the SEC and Texas lost a lot of recruits because the problem was that other schools could point out to recruits that since they were in Texas they would be playing Texas schools and not hardly ever travel and see the country and Texas was losing top recruits out of state even then and it was worse because they were not only going to OU but Michigan, ND and other schools. That is why it was necessary for UT and others to join the Big 12. Still in its' day it was a great conference and held its' own.

[AggieJohn]

Rip SWC

[AggieJohn]

you were good to me for a while

[SPF25]

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[pirate44]

i loved the old SWC (minus Arkasas). That's when going to the Cotten Bowl was worth it. I saw A&M play Notre Dame the last time. Irish barely beat the Ags. Leland Mcelroy couldnt break away for that final play. but it was an amzing experience.

[AggieJohn]

was taht the game that tim borwn got kicked of of because he tried to get his towel back that the 12 man had stolen

[pirate44]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
was taht the game that tim borwn got kicked of of because he tried to get his towel back that the 12 man had stolen
nope. that was an earlier game. i saw that one on tv. hilareous. this was probably in 1993 or 1994

[AggieJohn]

i remember that that happened and it was supposedly someone that had just won the heisman...

[pirate44]

heres the game i went to
1994 cotton bowl (http://www.aggieathletics.com/bowlgame/index_full.php?pageID=981&SID=MFB)

[AggieJohn]

Cotton Bowl Jan 88--Tim Brown, Notre Dame, but I don't think he got ejected. I Might be wrong. the guy who took it was Warren Barhorst.

this is what i was thinking of

[pirate44]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
Cotton Bowl Jan 88--Tim Brown, Notre Dame, but I don't think he got ejected. I Might be wrong. the guy who took it was Warren Barhorst.

this is what i was thinking of
i remember that game too. how old were you in 1988?

[AggieJohn]

5...i didn't actually see it...i just remember hearing about this semester when people on an aggie board were talking about past bowls