It's articles like this. . .

by **1983 Cotton Bowl** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:02 am

. . .that make me grateful that our President is R. Gerald Turner. This lady sounds like an idiot. Tried to play power politics and got slapped down.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/con ... -are-wrong

I know that there are those on this board who have issues with Turner. I've stated before that I think those opinions are misguided. Irrespective of that, however, I think we can all agree that Turner is a professional when it comes to PR and media relations. He doesn't get himself into public pickles like this. Plus, I get the impression that both Turner and Orsini are highly respected by their peers. Between the two of them, I am very comfortable with the leadership at SMU as all of this unfolds.

by **Dutch** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:05 am

"That isn't the question now."

by **PonyKai** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:09 am

"It's really, really wrong, and I haven't done anything to hurt anybody." Sounds like a five year old saying they didn't punch their brother.

by **ponyte** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:14 am

There are two types of funding. Funding generated by advantageous conference alignment and funding from the state pockets. Looks like the USF president is getting a refresher course on which funding is the more important to the old Chemistry department. Politics do play a role even when football is king.

by **skyscraper** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:15 am

Wow, she comes off really poorly.

by **2ndandlong** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:20 am

These inquiries by state officials are a lot like what we saw here when state senators asked Dodds and the UT president if he blocked SMU from joining Big 12. Or not, not.

by **MustangStealth** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:29 am

She must have gone to the same seminar as the Tech guy.

USF: "We aren't blocking UCF. We're just saying that we should not add any more schools from Florida."

Tech: "Nobody vandalised the buses with paint and manure. It was shoe polish and stink bait."

by **Dutch** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:32 am

women...... :roll:

by **JesuitPony** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:37 am

Dutch wrote:women......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weBbZ11d5LM

by **SMU 86** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:05 am

Didn't we block UNT from C-USA?

by **smupony94** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:06 am

SMU 86 wrote:Didn't we block UNT from C-USA?

No, we pushed LaTech over them as we had been a conference with LaTech. They like to believe we did, but we had no pull with our new conference.