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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 318967, member: 439"]
SMU never recovered because they never had the power structure behind them that PSU does.  SMU was a second fiddle program vs Texas and some of the other Texas schools.  The few big boosters they had (who were super wealthy) and the coaching staff decided that they were going to go balls out and try to compete with Texas.  So they started paying players and stealing big time recruits.  They looked like a power player for a few years, but it was always just a house of cards.  Once they were outed, and the program shut down, the boosters and support network disappeared.  When that happened, SMU went back to being what it was prior to the improprieties, an insignificant program among the other Lonestar schools.  SMU also lost out when the BIG 12 was formed.

PSU would not disappear like SMU.  The roots run too deep.  They will always have rich and powerful alums to help make them relevant again.  And they will have the B1G $$$ and exposure.  A totally different set of circumstances.
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