Lying underneath the overwhelming positives about SMU potentially — and finally — joining a Power Five conference is a question some fans have pondered: Are...
There are potential negatives worth considering when talking about the Mustangs moving to the Pac-12.
Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff talks with SMU athletic director Rick Hart as they watch from a suite during an NCAA men’s basketball game against Temple at Moody Coliseum on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Dallas.
Gasp. Negatives? How could there be? SMU has craved a return to prominence for nearly four decades now. Heading west andPush your chips in the pot and go all in. This is Texas, after all, so there’s no need for SMU to fold ‘em.Therein lies the gamble and the risk.. Since then, it’s felt like an inevitably in public discourse that SMU, as well as San Diego State, would eventually join the Pac-12.
“I don’t think it’s a matter of if, I just think it’s a matter of when the Pac-12 extends the official invite to SMU ... at this point,” Brett McMurphy, the reporter who broke the news of Kliavkoff’s visit, told On3 on Feb. 14.: "I don't think it's a matter of if, I just think it's a matter of when the Pac-12 extends the official invite to SMU ... at this point."
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