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Top 25 in everything we do is a great long-term goal. Whether we ever reach it or not, I'm not sure, but I do like setting a high standard. However, I cannot begin to tell you all how happy I would be if could just return to a time of stabilized respectability.

I am tired of people finding it funny or "cute" that I follow SMU football. I don't enjoy knowing that the first time we make a bowl game will be our program's greatest success in 20+ years.

If we were perennial contenders for the CUSA west crown and we had a legit chance of making a bowl each and every year I would be happy. Basically, if we could have the same level of success that UH has had over the last 5 seasons (4 bowls and 1 CUSA championship in 5 seasons) I'd be ecstatic. This year, sitting at 2-3, they still stand a good chance to become bowl eligible which would make it 5 of 6 seasons.

Think of that level of success (which albeit is not the be all end all) but at SMU on our beautiful campus and in our amazing stadium. How much more exciting would the Blvd. be? How much more would each one of us anticipate the start of each upcoming season? I love SMU football so much as it is right now, I cannot imagine how amazing it would be to actually have some semblance of tangible results to be excited about.

Maybe I'm mailing it in, but what I wouldn't do to just be respectable and be one of the bigger fish in the small CUSA pond. So, what are YOUR expectations and hopes for our program. What would make YOU happy?

No expectations

JTStang
circa 1947

I hope to not suck.

I hope to get to the point where my five year old no longer says "game this weekend? Cool! Stars? Dirk? Tigers?" and when told "Ponies," he responds "awwwwww. They always lose!"

smupony94 wrote:No expectations

JTStang
circa 1947

I hope that is a cumulative number of posts and not a year.

If 40 is the new 30, then SMU is the new Chicago Cubs.

Short term goal is just to be competitive again, like we were last year! Though we were 1-11, at least we had a chance to win in 9 of the games.

Longterm goal is Top 25, but that will have to wait until the next decade.

I expect my beer to be cold and I hope I can't remember the fourth quarter.

Have Faith!

June Jones is a Excellent Coach and he needs time to rebuild.
SMU is a bigger task than he took on at Hawaii; they weren't coming out of the Death Penalty,

Just keep being a fan!!! Pony Up!!

ponyte wrote:I expect my beer to be cold and I hope I can't remember the fourth quarter.

I quit drinking to get in shape and now I am awake in the 4th quarter so my blood pressure is sky high so I think that is actually worse than being passed out drunk

My hopes remain as they have since TCU: Pull 2 wins out of our collective asses. Now that the team has noticed that there are plays on the front AND back sides of each page of the playbook, we might get there.

-CoS

I'd quote former Secretary of Agriculture Butz about what helps you achieve happiness, but instead I'll wax theological, "Fear God and keep his commandments." Eccl. 12:13.

I like long walks on the beach and prefer world peace

Year Expectations

1980-84 National Champions

1984 SWC Champions

1984-1990 Get into the Big Twelve

1990 Win the WAC and go to a bowl

2001 Win CUSA and go to a bowl

2002 Beat TCU

2003 Beat Texas

2004 Schedule Texas

2005 Become bowl eligible

2006 Replace the coach

2007 Replace the coach

2008 Be competitive and sign a good class

I hope I get paid sometime soon.

abezontar wrote:I hope I get paid sometime soon.

I have forgotten what that is like.