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For those that didn't know
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:03 pmby bigdaddy08091
SMU football has been in a rebuilding era for the past 18 years. With only one winning season since 1987 being an SMU football fan has not been easy. Visit Pony Fans for a clearer understanding of why SMU has to suffer through so many losing football games and seasons. The events that led up to the issuing of the death penalty and how those events still impact the SMU football program today are listed in the timeline below. Most people know that due to recruiting violations in the eighties, the NCAA levied sanctions against SMU. The sanctions came to be known as the college football equivalent of “the death penaltyâ€
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:10 pmby Cadillac
You should probably have just pasted the link Pops.
http://people.smu.edu/adedo/Default.htm
-CoS
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:38 pmby DiamondM75
At least after we dropped the bomb on Japan, we rebuilt their country. When is the NCAA going to rebuild SMU's football program?
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:41 pmby MustangStealth
It's so perfect that the link to the "Full History of SMU Football" is a dead link.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:42 pmby ponyinNC
MustangStealth wrote:It's so perfect that the link to the "Full History of SMU Football" is a dead link.
now that was funny!
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:46 pmby bigdaddy08091
Not that good on a computer. I grew up playing pong and my computer skills are limited to evaluations and checking email at work.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:47 pmby bigdaddy08091
DiamondM75 wrote:At least after we dropped the bomb on Japan, we rebuilt their country. When is the NCAA going to rebuild SMU's football program?
Not NCAA responsibility!
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:09 pmby SMU_is_bowling
REALLY!!!??
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:11 pmby J.T.supporta
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:REALLY!!!??
haha i could have sworn when one governing body goes into a place and destroys it, it normally gives aid to them and helps them back up...
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:12 pmby SMU_is_bowling
I say we sue the NCAA for 20 years of loosing . . . after all, it is all their fault!
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:12 pmby FWMustangGirl
I'll bet the U.S. gov't wishes it had had this genius on staff to save us all the money we poured into that rebuilding.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:13 pmby SMU_is_bowling
i wonder how much we could sue for after 20 years of loosing . . . you figure maybe 10 bowl games, a few conf championships . . . plus interest . . . around 75 million???
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:15 pmby J.T.supporta
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:i wonder how much we could sue for after 20 years of loosing . . . you figure maybe 10 bowl games, a few conf championships . . . plus interest . . . around 75 million???
it would be way more than 75 million i would think...i'd say about 100 million...5mil/year.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:16 pmby FWMustangGirl
I'm sure we could get someone to take the case pro bono.
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Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:02 pmby bigdaddy08091
SMUshouldbebowling wrote:REALLY!!!??
Really! You should know that after 20 yrs of this crap.