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It has been 14 days since the last story about SMU. They haven't done near enough about our recruits or Doherty's interaction with South Dallas.

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Doesn't the same rant get tiresome?
Call/write the DMN.

Ask Stallion. He never tires.

HorsePower wrote:Call/write the DMN.

I have written many letters. Calvin probably reads the board, so this is more effective.

The gripe is valid. The DMN is full of it when it comes to SMU.

I'll make a prediction: If -strike that- WHEN the Mustangs beat Tech in Lubbock on Sept. 2, the DMN will barely squeeze it in at the bottom right hand corner of the Sports front page, just like they did when the Ponies beat Arkansas for the third time in a row about 12 years ago.

I did see that story the DMN ran on UT qb Colt McCoy yesterday. I think he and his dad swam across Lake Travis, fought off a couple of alligators, did open heart surgery on some old man, and then..........our hero Colt climbed some steep jagged mountain, fighting lions and bears to flag down help. Sounds like a great movie of the week to me!

Expect frontpage features of every local UT recruit throughout the fall. After all, UT is now Dallas' hometown team.

What is with all the .. s?

I did see that story the DMN ran on UT qb Colt McCoy yesterday. I think he and his dad swam across Lake Travis, fought off a couple of alligators, did open heart surgery on some old man, and then..........our hero Colt climbed some steep jagged mountain, fighting lions and bears to flag down help. Sounds like a great movie of the week to me!

Sounds like the lyrics to the SouthPark Epic, "What did Brian Boitano Do?"

[quote="The PonyGrad"]What is with all the .. s? [/quote]

My post wouldn't go through, so I kept sending it.

Then they all went through and the only way I could delete them was erase and put something else. Where is the delete prompt when editing??

?? Happened again.

McClown27 wrote:Calvin probably reads the board, so this is more effective.

No it's not. Reporters typically don't decide what goes in and what doesn't go in to a newspaper. He knows, I'm sure, that the readers of this site -- the most passionate PonyFans out there -- would like to see more SMU stories. If his editors read this board, then there might be some validity to the idea. But even then, they're most concerned with what will sell papers. As far as I can tell from the DMN website, the man in charge of college sports is Mark Konradi, and I've never seen anything that suggests he reads this board. Reporters can write all the stories they want, but it's the editors who decide what makes it into the paper.

Lefty wrote:No it's not. Reporters typically don't decide what goes in and what doesn't go in to a newspaper.

Yes, we all know this fact. Calvin has shown that he is a very good journalist, I bet anything he wrote would get in the paper. How about a story like "Bennett Sees Early Recruiting Success."

But even then, they're most concerned with what will sell papers. As far as I can tell from the DMN website, the man in charge of college sports is Mark Konradi, and I've never seen anything that suggests he reads this board. Reporters can write all the stories they want, but it's the editors who decide what makes it into the paper.

What other forum do we have? I have written letters. As for your selling papers angle, the DMN has been losing business for several years. They fail to cover what the local community cares about--i.e. SMU football. Most communities would care that quality football was being played at rock-bottom prices.

McClown27 wrote:They fail to cover what the local community cares about--i.e. SMU football. Most communities would care that quality football was being played at rock-bottom prices.

One winning season in almost 20 years hardly qualifies as "quality football".