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Postby mustangxc » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:49 am

1. We did not lose our coach to Baylor.
2. We made it to a bowl game and locked in a winning season.
3. Aside from Oregon we are the premiere opening in the country and many of the top targets are still available.
4. We're not where we want to be but thank goodness we're not where we were.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby Digetydog » Thu Dec 07, 2017 10:56 am

mustangxc wrote:1. We did not lose our coach to Baylor.
2. We made it to a bowl game and locked in a winning season.
3. Aside from Oregon we are the premiere opening in the country and many of the top targets are still available.
4. We're not where we want to be but thank goodness we're not where we were.


Baylor only won 1 game (they got to play Kansas).
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Re: Silver linings

Postby longbuzzer » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:37 pm

Another silver lining item

We have a short drive to Frisco for the bowl to vent our frustration.

Good restaurants, bars and tailgating there.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

(wouldn't hurt recruiting to party hard in Frisco)
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Re: Silver linings

Postby SMU_Alum11 » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:39 pm

You've already eluded in your comments but we actually have a talented player pool comparatively to when Chad came on for the new coach. The right hire will take us to the next step and hopefully the third coach will feel more cemented if we are playing at the top of the AAC.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby geno » Thu Dec 07, 2017 12:54 pm

mustangxc wrote:1. We did not lose our coach to Baylor.
2. We made it to a bowl game and locked in a winning season.
3. Aside from Oregon we are the premiere opening in the country and many of the top targets are still available.
4. We're not where we want to be but thank goodness we're not where we were.


Well put. Much better than the crepe hangers.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby Bergermeister » Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:42 pm

What's th' deal with all this positivity? Somebody reel in this thread. Very uncharacteristic.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby MV pony » Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:00 pm

There hasn't been a silver lining with the football program in 30 years.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby Stallion » Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:06 pm

The namesake city for the Bowl SMU is in didn't exist 30 years ago

Seriously think back to 1987 and what would you have thought if someone had told you SMU was going to the Frisco Bowl in Frisco Texas
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Re: Silver linings

Postby Digetydog » Thu Dec 07, 2017 5:38 pm

Stallion wrote:The namesake city for the Bowl SMU is in didn't exist 30 years ago

Seriously think back to 1987 and what would you have thought if someone had told you SMU was going to the Frisco Bowl in Frisco Texas


30 years ago, there were brothels in trailers lining 121.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby mustangxc » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:36 pm

mustangxc wrote:1. We did not lose our coach to Baylor.
2. We made it to a bowl game and locked in a winning season.
3. We are the premiere opening in the country and many of the top targets are still available.
4. We're not where we want to be but thank goodness we're not where we were.


http://www.espn.com/college-football/st ... head-coach
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Re: Silver linings

Postby Donnell88 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:46 pm

We lost a head coach whose defence surrendered 66 points, including 32 first downs and 664 yards total offence, to the University of Memphis. They also beat SMU 51-7 in our homecoming game in 2016.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby jimhagle » Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:46 pm

May be finally time for us to elevate an assistant like Oregon did. Been a long time since we did so. I'll take Traylor any day especially since the players really like him and he just might stay here for a long time too.
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Re: Silver linings

Postby HubbaHubba » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:24 pm

Digetydog wrote:
Stallion wrote:The namesake city for the Bowl SMU is in didn't exist 30 years ago

Seriously think back to 1987 and what would you have thought if someone had told you SMU was going to the Frisco Bowl in Frisco Texas


30 years ago, there were brothels in trailers lining 121.

I probably would have made the trip to the game then!
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Re: Silver linings

Postby SMU_Alum11 » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:37 pm

Unless we hire a big time coordinator, we aren't going to get an ESPN article about promoting through the ranks. :lol:
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Re: Silver linings

Postby MV pony » Sun Dec 10, 2017 1:31 pm

One silver lining. We are not Tulane which, as I recall, voluntarily left the SEC!
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