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IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-2010

Postby One Trick Pony » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:53 am

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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Monkeystang » Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:03 am

Those are some great articles. Can you imagine having a filled stadium like that every game?
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Postby couch 'em » Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:05 pm

Seeing those old pictures makes my knees hurt. The life-long debilitating injuries suffered by those guys in teh dark ages before good sports medicine must have been incredible.
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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Dukster » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:50 pm

Monkeystang wrote:Those are some great articles. Can you imagine having a filled stadium like that every game?


I haven't looked, but what was the stadium capacity? On another point, Doak Walker was simply "greatness." Amazing athlete. Proud he was a Mustang.
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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Rebel_Pony » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:27 pm

Dukster wrote:
Monkeystang wrote:Those are some great articles. Can you imagine having a filled stadium like that every game?


I haven't looked, but what was the stadium capacity? On another point, Doak Walker was simply "greatness." Amazing athlete. Proud he was a Mustang.


Here's a quote from Chapter 6:

"SMU's star player, Doak Walker, became arguably the most widely publicized college athlete in history. With the perspective of time, he would be recognized as one of the best - if not the best - all-time players in college football. During his last three years, 1947 through 1949, attendance was so great that SMU moved its home games from Ownby Stadium to the Cotton Bowl. Even that facility, twice as large as Ownby stadium, turned out to be too small. To accommodate the crowds, the Cotton Bowl's seating capacity had to be enlarged by adding two upper decks, bringing its capacity from 46,000 to about 75,000 by the time Walker graduated. It would often be called 'the house that Doak built.'"
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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Dukster » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:47 pm

Rebel_Pony wrote:
Dukster wrote:
Monkeystang wrote:Those are some great articles. Can you imagine having a filled stadium like that every game?


I haven't looked, but what was the stadium capacity? On another point, Doak Walker was simply "greatness." Amazing athlete. Proud he was a Mustang.


Here's a quote from Chapter 6:

"SMU's star player, Doak Walker, became arguably the most widely publicized college athlete in history. With the perspective of time, he would be recognized as one of the best - if not the best - all-time players in college football. During his last three years, 1947 through 1949, attendance was so great that SMU moved its home games from Ownby Stadium to the Cotton Bowl. Even that facility, twice as large as Ownby stadium, turned out to be too small. To accommodate the crowds, the Cotton Bowl's seating capacity had to be enlarged by adding two upper decks, bringing its capacity from 46,000 to about 75,000 by the time Walker graduated. It would often be called 'the house that Doak built.'"




Great catch, thanks. Ford capacity can easily be increased, when and if, needed. Hope soon.
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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Rebel_Pony » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:05 pm

Here's a link to an article appearing on the SMU homepage about In Honor of the Mustangs:

http://www.smu.edu/News/2011/mustangs-b ... b2011.aspx
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Re: IN HONOR OF THE MUSTANGS: History of SMU Athletics,1911-

Postby Longtime » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:12 pm

Also, the reason the cover photo was selected is that the committee wanted to use a photo that was...


Art by committee. That's so SMU!
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