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

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.

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.

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.'"

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.

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

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!