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Message: [QUOTE="ECE '76, post: 4726385, member: 8656"] I just watched a youtube cast that said Stanford has a $1 Billion sports endowment. Yes, just for the sports programs. Same video said SMU has donors putting up $200 million to run the Ath Dept for 5 years, w/ no $ from the ACC at all for 5 years. Cal, yes, you should be very worried about. They are the most in debt Ath program in the country. SMU is worse than BC in terms of game attendance, TV draw, fan interest in their locale, stadium size (32,000 !), or ability to help ACC recruiting in their state. SMU is 10 spots lower than SU in the US News list. Pretty much all they have are big donors, a bad history, and no cost to the ACC for 5 years. Wake Forest 2.0 Texas version - which means they're perfect for when SU ends up with the ACC leftovers in 2036 w/ Wake, BC, Pitt, Louisville, and probably Duke. Reading all these other posts, I hope SU is never in a league w/ UNLV, Memphis, Rice, or App State. [/QUOTE]