2005 Year of the Mustangs!
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:11 pmFellow Ponyfans,
Happy New Year! As fellow travelers on the Road to Recovery for the Pony Nation, it is my sense that 2005 will be a break through year for our Mustangs! We have shared a great deal for the last 15 years and the last three have been a real test of patience and thinking long term.
Since designing and building Ford Stadium and the long term commitment to Phil Bennett and his staff, SMU has placed a very big bet on this strategy in our return to glory. We have a lot to offer recruits, Dallas fans, students and alums.
- New conference focused on traditional and regional schools
- A visible commitment to our program . . . long term
- An opportunity to play, right away, for those who wish to be part of a new FB tradition at a school with a rich FB history.
- Increased flexibility for students and a few JUCOs.
- A young team with several years of experience, earned at a tough price (few wins).
- AND, the PERFECT PLACE for those high school players, who want to perform in Division 1A and DFW, while getting a great degree. Players, who aren't recruited by OU, UT or A$M, who are DETERMINED and DEDICATED to be self-made D-1A student-athletes.
In other words, those young men who will get bigger, smarter and faster in an environment that will support their ambition and reward their own, extra-ordinary efforts to get better and be part of a new winning tradition.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MUSTANGS!
We will win and thrive in 05!
Happy New Year! As fellow travelers on the Road to Recovery for the Pony Nation, it is my sense that 2005 will be a break through year for our Mustangs! We have shared a great deal for the last 15 years and the last three have been a real test of patience and thinking long term.
Since designing and building Ford Stadium and the long term commitment to Phil Bennett and his staff, SMU has placed a very big bet on this strategy in our return to glory. We have a lot to offer recruits, Dallas fans, students and alums.
- New conference focused on traditional and regional schools
- A visible commitment to our program . . . long term
- An opportunity to play, right away, for those who wish to be part of a new FB tradition at a school with a rich FB history.
- Increased flexibility for students and a few JUCOs.
- A young team with several years of experience, earned at a tough price (few wins).
- AND, the PERFECT PLACE for those high school players, who want to perform in Division 1A and DFW, while getting a great degree. Players, who aren't recruited by OU, UT or A$M, who are DETERMINED and DEDICATED to be self-made D-1A student-athletes.
In other words, those young men who will get bigger, smarter and faster in an environment that will support their ambition and reward their own, extra-ordinary efforts to get better and be part of a new winning tradition.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MUSTANGS!
We will win and thrive in 05!