2006 schedule finalized

by **RGV Pony** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:09 pm

Well damn. I just got through planning my travel to take me through Dallas and to New Orleans and Lubbock for the fall, and one of the home games I had planned for was the weekend of UAB. No can do on Tuesday.

Anyone know which game is homecoming?

by **NickSMU17** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:21 pm

Wins and weather are the two keys for attendence for this game. If we are having a good year, and the weather is nice, a good crowd will show.

Also, the promotion department will have to put in some extra time, some great ideas have been talked about ( i.e. opening the boulevard for trick or treating) We should also reach out to the lower income areas of dallas, and get those parents in non-safe areas to bring their children to SMU for safe trick or treating and kids free admission with costume.

It would also be nice for the faculty to help out for once and encourage kids to attend the game by offering something.

by **mrydel** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:29 pm

RGV Pony wrote:Well damn. I just got through planning my travel to take me through Dallas and to New Orleans and Lubbock for the fall, and one of the home games I had planned for was the weekend of UAB. No can do on Tuesday.

Anyone know which of those games is homecoming?

My guess would be Marshall but they might consider Halloween. That would get us a good crowd for the first half anyway.

by **RE Tycoon** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:55 pm

Treadway21 wrote:CS: You should dress up as John Blutarsky for the game.

I will take that under advisement.

by **Metropolis777** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:00 pm

Y'all are missing the real bright spot of this whole thing. The 2006 schedule sets up for an 9-3 regular season! I kept a close eye on y'all last season and the program really has the talent to run wild on a weak CUSA.

L @ Texas Tech
W @ North Texas
W vs. Sam Houston State
W vs. Arkansas State
W @ Tulane
L @ UTEP
W vs. Marshall
L @ East Carolina
W vs. UAB
W vs. Houston
W vs. Tulsa
W @ Rice

9-3 (6-2) Might just be playing in the CUSA Championship.

by **EastStang** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:11 am

Have the sorority/fraternity contest. If the women dress slutty so much the better after all some Hollywood talent scout might be watching the game and young impressionable high school guys will see the slutty hot co-eds and say, wow, SMU is where I want to go. Now, the flip side is that ma and pa may decide that's not the place to send their daughters, but we'll deal with that one later on. I like the Haunted House idea. Get each fraternity or sorority to create a room for the haunted house. A prize for the best room. Just make sure that every room is not the Texas Chain saw guy, that always should be saved for the last room to chase the kids out of the house. Free admission and candy to kids in costume. You could really get a decent crowd. If they need advice, get the Dallas Jaycees to help them. Most Jaycee chapters have hosted a haunted house and know how to create a corny scarry halloween treat.

by **mrydel** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:29 am

The one other thing I would do is to try and contract with CUSA to play an SMU game every year on Halloween at Ford, just like the Cowboys do every Thanksgiving in Irving. Make it a tradition and build it up to where it becomes one of the "things to do" each Halloween for families in the area. Bill it as the "First Annual Halloween Classic". I really think we can take what could be a disaterous crowd situation and build it into a great advantage.

by **BUS** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:43 am

Mydrel - send that idea to Shawn Hilbrand ( last name is close ) Marketing guy.
He will listen.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:15 am

Really, the best way to play it in my book is the carnival idea. But a carnival alone is worthless; there are several that night anyway, most sponsored by churches or schools. But if you could get HPUMC to do a carnival with SMU, now you are talking. Because you get a built in crowd of people that will absolutely show up. $5-$10 admission gets ou in; includes a ticket to the game. Even if just one out of four walks into the game, that would probably be a couple of thousand. Make it easier for some season ticketholders with kids to go to the game.

Space: You take over the unused nonalcoholic tailgaiting area and the practice fields.

Security: practice fields already gated. Extra police would cost money.

parking: a real problem. Mrs. Baird's and bus them?

Oh, and yes, tell the sorority girls to dress slutty.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:19 am

RGV Pony wrote:Well damn. I just got through planning my travel to take me through Dallas and to New Orleans and Lubbock for the fall, and one of the home games I had planned for was the weekend of UAB. No can do on Tuesday.

Anyone know which game is homecoming?

Homecoming is Marshall, I believe. Ark. State is going to be parents' weekend, not that you care.

by **Hoop Fan** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:37 am

SMU Football Blog wrote:Really, the best way to play it in my book is the carnival idea. But a carnival alone is worthless; there are several that night anyway, most sponsored by churches or schools. But if you could get HPUMC to do a carnival with SMU, now you are talking. Because you get a built in crowd of people that will absolutely show up. $5-$10 admission gets ou in; includes a ticket to the game. Even if just one out of four walks into the game, that would probably be a couple of thousand. Make it easier for some season ticketholders with kids to go to the game.

Space: You take over the unused nonalcoholic tailgaiting area and the practice fields.

Security: practice fields already gated. Extra police would cost money.

parking: a real problem. Mrs. Baird's and bus them?

Oh, and yes, tell the sorority girls to dress slutty.

Yep, I was thinking about a joint effort with HPUMC also. That is really about the only way to make this work. Its definitely the place to start.

by **HorsePower** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:09 pm

BUS wrote:Mydrel - send that idea to Shawn Hilbrand ( last name is close ) Marketing guy.
He will listen.

[email protected]

by **mrydel** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:36 pm

BUS wrote:Mydrel - send that idea to Shawn Hilbrand ( last name is close ) Marketing guy.
He will listen.

I did and he replied, correctly I might add, that the fact that Halloween flucuates days of the week on which it occurs, virtually makes an annual deal impossible. Hopefully we can just make this one unforgettable.

by **PonySoprano** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:52 pm

I am curious as to how this Tuesday night game came about. Did ESPN go the the Conference and say that as part of our TV package with them, they want a Tuesday night game and told the Conference to pick one?

Do we get any financial benefit from TV (I sure hope so, but I doubt that we will - I assume TV revenues are split amongst the conference members).

The more I think about this, I am convinced that this is not a good idea. I do not see any upside to this.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:05 pm

PonySoprano wrote:I am curious as to how this Tuesday night game came about. Did ESPN go the the Conference and say that as part of our TV package with them, they want a Tuesday night game and told the Conference to pick one?

Do we get any financial benefit from TV (I sure hope so, but I doubt that we will - I assume TV revenues are split amongst the conference members).

The more I think about this, I am convinced that this is not a good idea. I do not see any upside to this.

We are on national TV. It is an opportunity. We have to make the most of it. SMU could have refused, I suppose, but then we'd be criticizing them for that.

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