The Southwest Conference
Most notably Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Rice, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, TCU, and Texas Tech.
The SWC finally ended in 1995 after Arkansas fled to the SEC in 1990.

Traditions
Sounds of the SWC
Hand Signs

History of the Masked Rider
Creation of Raider Red
Birth of Sic'em Bears

Longhorn Band Traditions Site
The Aggie Ring
Aggie Traditions Timeline
University of Houston Athletic Traditions
SMU Band and Traditions
Halftime scripts from The MOB



Memorabilia
SWC Football Programs

   
Texas - TAMU  Texas - OU  Bowl Games

Humble Schedule Decals
Other Humble SWC Memorabilia
Humble Ads in SWC Football Programs

Bowl Game Souvenirs
SWC Buttons
SWC Pennants

Ad for Humble Decals


SWC Mascot/Logo Project
SWC Logos
SWC Mascot Artwork



History
My SWC Champions Site
Neat Texas OU Look Back
UT's Tower
Amazing Archive of Arkansas Photos
U of H History of the Cougar
Baylor Mascot History
TCU Horned Frog Mascot History

A Look Back at the SWC
SWC Timeline
February 25th
SWC Football Helmet History

Earl vs. Bevo




Earl vs. Rice's Michael Downs

The Story Behind the Play - Revisited

Historical SWC Bowl Games
1954 Cotton Bowl
1957 Sugar Bowl
1961 Sugar Bowl
1969 Cotton Bowl
1970 Cotton Bowl
1973 Gator Bowl
1974 Peach Bowl
1989 All American Bowl
1995 Copper Bowl
1977 Texas OU

Orange Bowl History

Books on SWC Football


Unis
SWC Uni Database - TBD


Broadcasts
All SWC Radio Broadcasters
Humble Football Broadcast History
Kern Tips
Kern Tips Links
Golden Voices of Football
Frank Fallon
Dave Campbell and Frank Fallon inducted into TSHoF
Eddie Barker


1956 A&M-Texas Game Highlights


Articles
Time has run out on the Southwest Conference, but what a time it was
Fronteir Justice (a story about TCU football)
End of an Era: 81-Year Tradition Will Take One Last Breath
10 years later
Silver Taps for the SWC


Links
Awesome SWC Site - Thompsonian











































Mini Blog Comments
Full blog can be read here

Start it off right!
With all the conference mix-ups in the off-season and the continued threat of a possible Big XII demise, it just makes the old SWC that more special. And what a way to start off the college football season...TWO SWC match-ups this weekend!

What was that all about?
TCU wore something completely different than what was advertised. Most notably a lighter pro-comabt helmet - complete with blood stripes??? And pro-combat pants??? It looked like the jersey was the ONLY thing that wasn't pro-combat instead of the only pro-combat uni element. Except the jersey had scaled numbers too - don't remember that from last year. No purple helmet... in fact, hardly any purple - are their colors now black and grey?!?

Uni Update Wrap-up
Baylor continues to be the Oregon of the Big 12 with new green pants (er, shorts) - and they wonder why they get no respect!

Arkansas traded silly jersey side husks for a quite possibly more ridiculous odd-shaped panel... meh, I really hate stupid strips of integrated jersey mesh... But why not go completely bush league and add Oregon-esque name on your pants... er, shorts? I might like the black trimmed sooie pig logo on the shoulders, though - need to see it in action!

Devastating changes to the Aggie unis after such promise with the T star addition above the nameplate. Ridiculous square collar for the sole purpose of displaying the Addidas logo more prominently (blame Nike for that one!) and stupid jersey piping with no sleeve trim - completely ruined the Aggie unis. But the worst of it - the exquisite pants stripes have been replaced with piping.

Previous excitement about an old school white Texas Tech helmet (but looking remarkably like Tuber's old team) rumored to be an alt appears to have disipated. Uni Watch claims it is only being used in practice to combat the heat. Not sure that is true, though. Love the stripes, but feel if a retro was to be considered, the 3D Double T should be replaced by a clean one - actually, I wish they would just do that anyway!

Froggie Defense
Unfortunately, TCU has decided to remain with part of the Nike pro-combat douchebag uni - except, of course, for the best part (the pants - silly to some, one of the only fun things to come out of Nike Pro-combat douchebaggery - and the blood spitting stripes on the helmet).

I love that star T!
The aggies have added the star T logo to their jersey above the nameplates.































































































































Virtual SWC

2010 SWC Matchups
Rice - SEP 4 - Texas
Tech - SEP 5 - SMU
TCU - SEP 18 - Baylor
Tech - SEP 18 - Texas
SMU - SEP 24 - TCU
Rice - SEP 25 - Baylor
Rice - OCT 2 - SMU
Tech - OCt 9 - Baylor
A&M - OCT 9 - Arkansas
Rice - OCT 16 - Houston
SMU - OCT 23 - Houston
Texas - OCT 30 - Baylor
A&M - OCT 30 - Tech
Baylor - NOV 13 - A&M
Texas - NOV 25 - A&M
Tech - NOV 27 - Houston

Virtual SWC Records
1 - Texas - 0
1 - Tech - 0
0 - Arkansas - 0
0 - Baylor - 0
0 - Houston - 0
0 - Texas A&M - 0
0 - TCU - 0
0 - SMU - 1
0 - Rice - 1

Overall Records
1 - Arkansas - 0
1 - Baylor - 0
1 - Houston - 0
1 - Texas - 0
1 - Texas A&M - 0
1 - TCU - 0
1 - Tech - 0
0 - SMU - 1
0 - Rice - 1
* Denotes a Bowl Game


In the Wash
From a uni standpoint, Texas = tried and true. I give Tech a pass because their Under Armour look is actually appropriate for their style - as much as I would love to see pant and helmet stripes come back (and I really don't like the red jersies paired with the white pants). SMU has some solid aspects - and of course, bonus points for the stripes! Aggies took the biggest hit this year - had perfection last year and pretty much scrapped it.

Kudos
09.01.10 - You do have a most interesting website - Bob J

11.24.09 - Fantastic website, btw -- I remember the SWC fondly...and sometimes not so fondly ;) -Jason S

11.01.09 - I found your SWC link and forwarded it to 20 friends from the UofArkansas. You have done a wonderful job. Very best regards, Uof A Razorback 66-72 -David E

10.29.09 - I just stumbled across your website... it's great!! -Eric

10.13.08 - Susan, I love your web-site, SWCFootball. -Jay B

09.03.08 - I had to chuckle when I read that SMU is going back to their "roots" by sporting white helmets. If they truly wished to go back that far, they'd wear all red (leather or plastic). As a native San Antonian, I remember their uniforms from the Doak Walker-Kyle Rote-Pat Knight era: red helmets (no stripes), red jerseys (no stripes), white numerals, and gray pants. No blue at all to be seen. (For what it's worth, in the 1940s I watched many a high school game with Rote and Knight in the backfield for the Jefferson Mustangs.) Much to my father's annoyance, each football season I'd plaster the windows of the family car with those Humble Oil giveaway pennants in SWC team colors. As I recall they were placed on the outside of the windows and made for difficult removal (once the season was over, that chore was mine). Keep up the good work. -Warren Thompson, Lebanon PA

09.03.08 - BTW, Susan, that’s an amazing site on SWC you have. Good work. -Justin in AR (via Uni Watch)

07.04.08 - I love your SWC site. I've put up a season-ending wrap the last two years: the final SWC standings, using Jeff Sagarin's rankings. Hope you'll check it out. Go Owls! -John Cunyus

SWC Football Archives
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

In Memory
This website is in memory of my father, Bill Freeman, who gave me my passion for the SWC.



































































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Mostly Older SWC Gas Station Giveaways
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Susan N. Freeman
susan@southwestconferencefootball.com
snf@susannataliefreeman.com
susan.n.freeman@boeing.com

LAST UPDATE: 5 SEP 10