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gostangs wrote:The only positive thing about the Tulsa game is NOT having to go to Frisco.

Missing out on extra practice and a chance to showcase the team one last time on TV is not a positive. That's a loser mentality.

dr rc wrote:

gostangs wrote:The only positive thing about the Tulsa game is NOT having to go to Frisco.

Missing out on extra practice and a chance to showcase the team one last time on TV is not a positive. That's a loser mentality.

Well I disagree - that bowl was no fun last year - it is not worth going to for anyone. Physically our team is limping across the goal line, so not sure what you think we would be showcasing. Recruiting is going well - we don't need another loss this year to hurt momentum.

gostangs wrote:

dr rc wrote:

gostangs wrote:The only positive thing about the Tulsa game is NOT having to go to Frisco.

Missing out on extra practice and a chance to showcase the team one last time on TV is not a positive. That's a loser mentality.

Well I disagree - that bowl was no fun last year - it is not worth going to for anyone. Physically our team is limping across the goal line, so not sure what you think we would be showcasing. Recruiting is going well - we don't need another loss this year to hurt momentum.

I have to agree with this. As lame and oversimplified as it may sound, I think that had something to do with our terrible start: kids were just not motivated to play in a Frisco kind of bowl. What's our path to Hawaii or a Florida bowl?

The only good memory I have of the awful Frisco Bowl was sitting in the bar of the hotel with Mike Ford talking about the good old days (and he bought the drinks!).

In case you didn't notice the only meaningful bowl SMU is ever likely to play in for the foreseeable future would be if we won the AAC Championship and made it into the NCAA G5 Access Bowl slot. Ft. Worth, Frisco are no different than playing FAU's home field or the Bahamas Bowl or that awful field in Tampa against some Sun Belt, CUSA or (if we're lucky) a MWC school or 6-6 P5. Our only other shot at a national recognized victory is during the regular season these days

Yeah. The American bowls are terrible.

If any of the players really mailed it in because they didn't want to go to Frisco again well then [deleted] it all.

FWIW, the AAC has access to bowls in Ft Worth and Birmingham that would at least provide matchups vs P5 teams

Charleston Pony wrote:FWIW, the AAC has access to bowls in Ft Worth and Birmingham that would at least provide matchups vs P5 teams

Well, that's something. And, from a players perspective, playing in Florida or Bahamas is more fun (even if it is a no name bowl). I wish we had a hawaii bowl tie in now that my sister in law lives there.

Stallion wrote:In case you didn't notice the only meaningful bowl SMU is ever likely to play in for the foreseeable future would be if we won the AAC Championship and made it into the NCAA G5 Access Bowl slot. Ft. Worth, Frisco are no different than playing FAU's home field or the Bahamas Bowl or that awful field in Tampa against some Sun Belt, CUSA or (if we're lucky) a MWC school or 6-6 P5. Our only other shot at a national recognized victory is during the regular season these days

Thanks for putting into perspective the obsession on this board that any bowl game is a success. Today there are far too many meaningless bowl games that generate no interest and result in match ups in which there is no interest. The Firsco Bowl is the perfect example along with about 20 other bowls played in towns of no interest with sponsored names barely recognized. The only value is more practice time during finals.

We also have a bowl tie in with the Military Bowl in Annapolis. Its against an ACC team. I suspect this year would be Virginia Tech, Duke or Virginia.

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Yeah. The American bowls are terrible.

If any of the players really mailed it in because they didn't want to go to Frisco again well then [deleted] it all.

We were not going to Frisco again. No idea who will play in that bowl but it wasn't going to be the Ponies.

Mustangsabu wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Yeah. The American bowls are terrible.

If any of the players really mailed it in because they didn't want to go to Frisco again well then [deleted] it all.

We were not going to Frisco again. No idea who will play in that bowl but it wasn't going to be the Ponies.

And you know that how?

SMU will never play in the Military Bowl because it doesn't make financial sense-that's why I didn't mention it. UH has had some decent teams that have been sent to Ft. Worth 4 times in 12 years

geno wrote:

Mustangsabu wrote:

DanFreibergerForHeisman wrote:Yeah. The American bowls are terrible.

If any of the players really mailed it in because they didn't want to go to Frisco again well then [deleted] it all.

We were not going to Frisco again. No idea who will play in that bowl but it wasn't going to be the Ponies.

And you know that how?

I handle some of the legal work for the Frisco Bowl, was talking with the director.

Mustangsabu wrote:

geno wrote:

Mustangsabu wrote:We were not going to Frisco again. No idea who will play in that bowl but it wasn't going to be the Ponies.

And you know that how?

I handle some of the legal work for the Frisco Bowl, was talking with the director.

That's a shame! I thought it would be kinda cool if we made Frisco "our" bowl.