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Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby LA_Mustang » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:42 pm

The list of schools we've beaten in a little over two years:

Texas A&M
LSU
California
Clemson
Michigan
Stanford
UConn
Cincinnati
Memphis
Temple

I hope we don't take this for granted. Before LB, our biggest and really only significant wins in basketball or football over a twenty year period were Memphis (bball), TCU (football) and Pitt (football).
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby Blvd_Stang » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:05 am

Amen Brother!

I know a lot of us go back & forth between appreciating the swag & regretting the swag.

Bottom line, we did what it takes to get our our program to a level to compete. We get a couple bigs and we're set up for success for a while if we keep recruiting kids who can keep their grades up.
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Postby smusic 00 » Sun Nov 22, 2015 12:31 am

LA, thanks for that. It's really amazing and I don't think we take this for granted anymore. Enjoy this run, it's gonna be great.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby LA_Mustang » Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:57 pm

Another telling stat:

Number of weeks ranked in the AP Top 25:

SMU football 1988 to 2015: 0
SMU basketball 1988 to 2012: 0
SMU basketball 2013 to 2015 (under LB): 14
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby Grant Carter » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:08 pm

Nice
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Postby Pony ^ » Mon Nov 23, 2015 4:56 pm

can't wait to add gonzaga to that list
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby blackoutpony » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:12 pm

LA_Mustang wrote:The list of schools we've beaten in a little over two years:

Texas A&M
LSU
California
Clemson
Michigan
Stanford
UConn
Cincinnati
Memphis
Temple

I hope we don't take this for granted. Before LB, our biggest and really only significant wins in basketball or football over a twenty year period were Memphis (bball), TCU (football) and Pitt (football).


Don't forget Utah in LB's first year, and a pretty good Wyoming team (twice), that had Larry Nance Jr on it, that went dancing.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby 1983 Cotton Bowl » Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:41 pm

Well, I also remember beating Texas Tech one year at Moody when we had Patrick Simpson and Eric Castro. And I think that same team beat a ranked Purdue squad on the road. Those were both fun wins. But other than that, I think you've pretty much summed up the big wins for SMU athletics over the past couple of decades before the LB era began.
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Postby Terry Webster » Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:50 pm

Don't forget tcu.
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Postby Terry Webster » Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:51 pm

Don't forget tcu.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby Oliver » Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:59 pm

Great thread, truly remarkable what LB, Jank and the staff, David Miller and the CofC, Hart, Turner, et al were able to do. All instrumental in giving us something we couldn't imagine just a few short years ago.

And hopefully a program with sustained success for years to come.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby Fresno Mustang » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:24 pm

Not to mention being extremely relevant on the national recruiting circuit and hosting an espn gameday
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Postby AustinPerson » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:09 pm

Don't forget beating Kansas in football back in 2000. It's one of the most storied programs in football history.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby SoCal_Pony » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:20 pm

LA_Mustang wrote:The list of schools we've beaten in a little over two years:

Texas A&M
LSU
California
Clemson
Michigan
Stanford
UConn
Cincinnati
Memphis
Temple

I hope we don't take this for granted. Before LB, our biggest and really only significant wins in basketball or football over a twenty year period were Memphis (bball), TCU (football) and Pitt (football).


BHop and company defeated a ranked Purdue team on the road.

Absent that win and Michigan last year, was the Stanford win was our biggest OOC road win in 20 years on an opponents court? I was thinking about that last week.
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Re: Thank you, LB and Jank

Postby SoCal_Pony » Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:25 pm

1983 Cotton Bowl wrote:Well, I also remember beating Texas Tech one year at Moody when we had Patrick Simpson and Eric Castro. And I think that same team beat a ranked Purdue squad on the road. [b][/b] Those were both fun wins. But other than that, I think you've pretty much summed up the big wins for SMU athletics over the past couple of decades before the LB era began.


Didn't read this before posting. Yes, Purdue was ranked and on the road.
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