Popular Culture
President John F. Kennedy referenced Southwest Conference with the question, "Why does Rice play Texas?" in his September 12, 1962 "Moon Speech" delivered at Rice Stadium.
In a 1982-83 episode of the soap opera Dallas, the character Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy) said he had been "All-Southwest Conference" in football.
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