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Not if STALLION wrote the articles.

We had to give away tickets when times were good -albeit at a 55,000 seat stadium. I thought that there were about 50,000 SMU alums in the Metroplex. There will be no good crowds of SMU supporters until Dallas identifies with SMU. Better minds than mine have tried to make that happen. Being competitive would help a lot and the small stadium helps too but there needs to be a lot more done to get the casual fan. The game day experience is great except for that few hours that the team actually plays. Games must be competitive with TV games and we just aren't there yet. Unfortunately,I see no reason for the casual fan to go yet.

GRGB, are you female, 27, and blonde, because your posts sound just like my ex-gf.....[deleted], [deleted], [deleted], and you never know when to let something go.

Another issues has been that SMU is the team that many in the local media have loved to hate. Now some of that may be softening of late. That would be nice. So many "home town" teams get homer coverage. That goes a long way to the community identifying with the local school.

Give Phil Bennett much of the credit for bringing about that media attention. I've said for years that we need our head football and basketball coaches to be "cheerleaders" to some extent. An enthusiastic coach who thanks the team's fans for their support and makes them feel they played a part in a team's success...or in our case pleads with them to come out to support the team...can have an impact on boosting attendance and media interest. It's all part of the promotion of SMU athletics.

Hey CP, welcome to the 1000+ club.

LA_Mustang, I hardly EVER [deleted]. What the hell are you taling about.

Are you talking about STALLION? Because all I have said is that if he wishes to continue talking about SMU is such a negative way, then many of us would like him to get information from the SOURCE, rather than from pure conjecture.

Charleston Pony,

Those are the type of things (Bennett chearleading and inroads into the DMNews) that have been actively being pursued by the athletic department. That is an EXAMPLE of what has changed that Stallion does not acknowledge.

PK, I never got a welcome into the 1000 club. Welcome me now, damnit!

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<B>PK, I never got a welcome into the 1000 club. Welcome me now, damnit! </B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I think you may have gotten there ahead of me UNF....so why didn't you welcome me?

Hey, you know what, I think you may be right! Welcome to the club PK!

Sorry, GRGB. I was just kidding around, but it does seem that most of your recent posts have been negative ones about Stallion. Let's quit attacking each other, let everyone speak their mind, and move on.

O-ok, it's not like he is going to call anyway.