SMU Hits the DMN Society Pages w/Peppard.....

[ponyscott]

Well, well, well......Dallas Morning News Society column writer Alan Peppard usually writes about the celebs that hit town and the society folks who are out and about for those who don't know.....The actual headline this morning is 'Kalikimaka very mele for June'

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... d/stories/


Alan Peppard on June Jones, Gerald Turner and SMU Mustangs

12:00 AM CST on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] [email protected]
Over at SMU, look for white smoke from the chimney to signal that the trustees have named football coach June Jones as pope, president, grand vizier of University Park and any other title that suits him.

Among the achievements of the Mustangs' football season was getting an impressive group of SMU supporters to fly to Honolulu to watch the team play on Christmas Eve in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl.

On Dec. 23, SMU president Gerald Turner hosted a reception for Mustangs fans at the Sheraton Waikiki with SMU athletic director Steve Orsini and SMU vice president of development Brad Cheves.

Among those who came over from the Royal Hawaiian next door were J.P. Morgan/Bear Stearns stockbroker Don Donnally and Dallas businessman Richard Collins, one of the original members of the Circle of Champions who committed $100,000 annually for five years to entice Coach Jones to Dallas.

Other Circle of Champions members who made the trip include Dallas insurance exec Randall Goss and his wife, Krickett, and Houston's Paul Loyd (as in SMU's Loyd All-Sports Center).

Dallasite and Conference USA President Britton Banowsky also crossed the Pacific for the game. (Britton's dad, Bill Banowsky, is a former president of Pepperdine and the University of Oklahoma.)


SMU's zone coverage

How does one fly to Hawaii for a Christmas Eve game and still celebrate Christmas in Texas? The magic of time zones.

That evening, "I caught an 8:15 flight out of Honolulu," says Mr. Donnally. "I landed in Dallas at 7:30 a.m. on Christmas and walked in the door of my house at 9:30 a.m."


Pickens' horse cents

Madeleine Pickens, wife of billionaire T. Boone Pickens, paid to have FedEx fly the two live mustangs that she donated to SMU last year to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl to be part of the game festivities organized by her Saving America's Mustangs Foundation.

"These two mustangs are named Felio and El Compadre and they came from Nevada," says Mrs. Pickens. "The guy on the FedEx plane said it was the nicest pair of horses he had ever moved around."

Those horses were from Nevada, where the Interior Department is about to conduct a controversial mustang roundup.

And who did SMU thrash 45-10 in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl? Oh yeah, the University of Nevada, Reno. Ouch, the knife smells like irony.

[ponydawg]

Those horses were from Nevada, where the Interior Department is about to conduct a controversial mustang roundup.

Is that considered irony?

[RumFirePony]

Alan forgot to mention that I was there...but I guess "impressive group of SMU supporters" covers it. I love the fact that people are jumping on the SMU bandwagon as I have seen an increase in people wearing SMU gear around town. I hope SMU can capitalize and carry it forward next year.

[SMU Kilmer]

Like the name, RumFirePony... didn't like he bartabs.

[RGV Pony]

isn't this the first time we've seen some CofC folks outed? Wonder if that's cool with them...

[mustangbill67]

Probably since it was on the society page. Someone had to tell Peppard.

[mustangbill67]

Those horses were from Nevada, where the Interior Department is about to conduct a controversial mustang roundup.

Is that considered irony?

I think so since I believe it is the Nevada ranchers, who are using BLM land for cattle grazing for next to nothing, who want to get rid of the Mustangs.

[ponyte]

This is great. When was the last time SMU football was considered a society event?

[mr. pony]

This is great. When was the last time SMU football was considered a society event?

Get used to it.

[mrydel]

Those horses were from Nevada, where the Interior Department is about to conduct a controversial mustang roundup.

Is that considered irony?

I think so since I believe it is the Nevada ranchers, who are using BLM land for cattle grazing for next to nothing, who want to get rid of the Mustangs.

So how did Bo Levi come by all this land in Nevada?

[Stallion]

Will Cowpoke and Maybell attend Calyx or Idlewild this year-whichever I'm sure they will be followed by Cowboy Hippie Michael Martin Murphy playing "She Ran Calling Wildfire".

[Junior]

So how did Bo Levi come by all this land in Nevada?

gunfight?

[couch 'em]

"These two mustangs are named Felio and El Compadre and they came from Nevada," says Mrs. Pickens. "The guy on the FedEx plane said it was the nicest pair of horses he had ever moved around."

Wild Mustangs! Our impressive mascots!

[mustangdm]

"These two mustangs are named Felio and El Compadre and they came from Nevada," says Mrs. Pickens. "The guy on the FedEx plane said it was the nicest pair of horses he had ever moved around."

Wild Mustangs! Our impressive mascots!

The only real irony in that article.

[smusic 00]

Don't look now, but on the Hawaii Bowl webpage there is a picture of our "mascot" posing with the team....ugh.

www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com