smustatesman wrote:GRGB wrote:mustangxc wrote:Plenty of people were complaining about him not embracing our traditions, wearing black etc. even while we were winning. It just got a lot louder once the ASU thing happened.
I agree. But what are those sacred traditions you speak of?
Oh, here they are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhQxBaNnAo
That youtube film is funny, in that number 10 tradition, the SMU ring, was designed by me in the spring of 1973. I had it made by the owner of the SMU Book Store in The Umphrey Lee Student Center. As I recall, the owners name was McCatrney. After my parents had bugged me for months to order a class ring for my 1974 graduation, I approached Mr. McCartney and told him I wanted the gold "SMU seal charm" placed on the top of a plain shank as my school ring. At the time the school rings looked like an NFL championship ring, a colored stone on top with a mustang on one side and your grad year on the other. He did as I asked and said it would cost approximately $125.00. When I picked it up, he gave it to me for $5.00. It seems the rep from Balfour had seen it and went ape sh_t over it. I'm sure McCartney made some good coin selling the design rights to it, and using its design as a prototype for other universities.
So......fancy that, I'm a SMU tradition maker........Ya'll can kiss mah ring....Ha,ha,ha,ha,
Forgot to post - great story.
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