TCU talks about SMU

[ALEX LIFESON]

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
X's and O's

I can't take credit for this, it was originally posted on killerfrogs by a "Frogs McGee". It's a position by position breakdown of the Frogs and Ponies:


Quarterback: Advantage TCU
Running Backs: Advantage TCU
Wide Receivers: Advantage TCU
Tight Ends: Advantage TCU
Offensive Line: Advantage TCU
Defensive Line: Advantage TCU
Linebackers: Advantage TCU
Secondary: Advantage TCU
Kicker: Advantage TCU
Punter: Advantage TCU
Returners: Advantage TCU
Special Teams: Advantage TCU
Coaching: Advantage TCU
Fans: Advantage TCU
Popped Collars: Advantage SMU


Posted by Lyle Lanley at Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2 comments
Hate Week: Bulletin Board Material



Must you really ask why I need to be Hatin'?


I had originally planned to have a hate filled week lined up under my byline on this here blog, but a poorly scheduled work related trip has me out of town until Friday, so this is all I can offer for now. Work - sneaks up on you when you least expect it. To get myself in proper hate week mood, I've downed about 5 cups of coffee this morning and lined up a healthy dose of Mastodon on my lala account. I highly suggest you do the same for the rest of the week.


Anyway, as depressing as it is that our one true rival is a school as lowly and loathsome as SMU, the fact remains that they have and will continue to be the main focus of our hate until we stay in a conference long enough to develop some entrenched rivals - I'm looking at you, BYU. So what better way to get fired up about beating our penny loafer wearing bretheren to the east? Why a little bulletin board material! Now, not all of this is directly hate related, but it definitely gives you some things to think about until Saturday. As usual, these guys think they are as good as we are and fully expect a win... except their head coach. Here we go - complete with bullet points. See what I did there?



•Asked how the SMU offense would respond to playing against the Horned Frogs' defense, Jones said "you hope you throw it to the right color jersey." Yes, that was actually said by SMU head coach June Jones. "You just hope you throw it to the right color jersey?" Is this really his game plan? Is this really all the faith he has in his quarterback? Is this why they pay him $2 million a year? Wow. I mean, say what you want about GPs coaching methods - most ex players will say he was a hard [deleted] but they respected him - but geez. Between him and Wade Phillips, I can't believe either of the Dallas football teams get out of bed on gamedays. Yes, I realize SMU has had some poor QB performances - Bo Levi has thrown 8 INTs thusfar, three going for 6 - but I don't think this is the way to get him motivated for the biggest game of his season. I'm sure the boosters who funded this June Cometh thing loved reading that.





•Bo Levi Mitchell has an infected ulcer that has caused him to lose 21 pounds in two weeks. On one hand, you can look at this development and say, "Wow, the guy is extremely ill yet has gone out and led his team to its best start in 25 years" and on the other you could say, "wow, 2-1 is your best start in 25 years?" Either way, consider this - Bo Levi got slaughtered by Jerry Hughes last year... and now he has to line up against him sans 21 pounds. I don't envy the kid at all. The SMU game last year was a big time coming out party for Hughes with several sacks and a returned INT for a TD. Look for Hughes to once again have an all out manimal performance against this pitiful, pitiful squad. Also, Kelly Griffin might have a warrant out for his arrest after this one. Just sayin' Kelly, if you need a place to lay low for a while...


•"We didn't play to our potential last year, and they pretty much embarrassed us because we weren't up enough for the game," SMU senior OL Mitch Enright said. "But this year, we know that we have a good enough team to beat them. It's a matter of executing, representing SMU and not backing down." Poor, poor delusional Mitch Enright. I admire the confidence, but going so far as to suggest that SMU as a team is better than the #10 team in the country? Sorry pal. Remember those words when Jerry Hughes, Kelly Griffin and a host of backups are picking pieces of this young man out of their facemasks.


•Another June Jones nugget - "We're starting to learn how to win," SMU coach June Jones said. "We're starting to get there. You learn from your mistakes. Hopefully we won't throw the football to them as much as we did last week. We have to get better each week. Hey, at least the man realizes his team is terrible.


•"They are a small private school in this area.," Enright said. "There's nothing different between these schools, it's just that they have established themselves as a perennial top-25 team, and that's obviously the direction we're going. Hmmm... except for our school isn't attended by a bunch of coke heads from the northeast and California, we aren't surrounded by the most pretentious neighborhood in the southern United States which as a result makes the student body even more miserable, we have a competent coaching staff and a real live fan base, we've incubated a program from the inside which breeds consistency and aids in recruiting trust and development rather than stealing another team's coach and system, out football team has a decorated history that isn't highlighted by being the only team to ever have their football season suspended due to dubious activities, we don't play in an armpit conference that will never get respect, nor deserve it, we don't have to resort to gimmickry to have our fans attend games, we don't pretend we're in the SEC and wear ties to games, and lastly but not leastly or finally, we aren't delusional enough to look at a team coming off two consecutive 1 wins seasons as one that is headed towards becoming a "perennial top 25 team." God SMU is garbage. Fill in your additions in the comments.


•The Mustangs locker room as filled with tears after beating UAB to go to 2-0. TEARS!! They cried after the victory. I mean, sure, we've been spoiled with 10+ consecutive years of solid football, but really? I just don't see how anyone can look at this team as a program on the rise. I know it's hard to act like you've been there when you've never been there, but that's just a little far. What a sad, sad team to be a part of.


•Remember 2005. Both teams only have a handful of players in the locker room who were a part of this abysmal blip, but don't think either has forgotten it. We all realize what a huge fluke it was in the first place, but its a thing like that that gives SMU the faith to think they can pull another one. Immediately following the Clemson game, GP already had the team focused on this one so a repeat can't happen. Wade, jr. may have had 2 weeks to prepare for this, but GP could out game plan Mr. "I hope we don't throw the ball to the wrong team" while he takes a crap. I look for a HUGE day for our defense and if we don't have 3 INTs by halftime I'll be disappointed.


There are so many more things I could elaborate on, but alas, it's all the time I have. The good news is that we have a full Saturday of drinking Haterade before the 7PM kick, so I hope to see you all there. Planning to still have a preview of both the game and the Top 25, but no promises on the half assedness of both.


Oh yeah, did I mention we're already a 27.5 point favorite?

[McAndless]

Tell him to have his TCU girlfriend or wife send me her resume. I need another fluff secretary

[SMU 86]

He should proofread his work.

[Alaric]

Pretty funny

[StallionsModelT]

That's pretty funny!

My GOD I hope by some miracle we beat that glorified community college.

[RGV Pony]

yawn.

May I suggest he would have had a little more comedic effect by replacing "popped collars" with "[deleted]"?

[HollywoodMustang]

I lived in Fort Worth my entire life until I decided to attend SMU over TCU. Lemme tell you my story.

I was an intended theatre major. After I auditioned for SMU, I was accepted as well to TCU. I was waitlisted for SMU's theatre program (TCU doesn't audition, so I was already in there). I denied accepting to go to TCU because I told myself "I was better than that". I went so far as to begin scheduling classes at SMU, preferring possibly acceptance at SMU over guaranteed TCU education.

Luckily it all worked out, SMU accepted me into the program, and I got a decent education in both theatre and general classes.


It pains me to see the attitude TCU has about their education because their football team is good. Houston has a decent team this year too, but would any of us trade an SMU education for a Cougar High education? Not a chance.

For the record: I had no problem getting into SMU as a University, I was just waitlisted as a theatre major.
I constantly claim Fort Worth is a much better city than Dallas. I still believe it. But TCU is the lone blemish on an otherwise amazing city.

[One Trick Pony]

Yada Yada

[CalallenStang]

Here's what I got out of all of that:

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
X's and O's

Quarterback: Advantage TCU
Running Backs: Advantage TCU
Wide Receivers: Advantage TCU
Tight Ends: Advantage TCU
Offensive Line: Advantage TCU
Defensive Line: Advantage TCU
Linebackers: Advantage TCU
Secondary: Advantage TCU
Kicker: Advantage TCU
Punter: Advantage TCU
Returners: Advantage TCU
Special Teams: Advantage TCU
Coaching: Advantage TCU
Fans: Advantage TCU
Popped Collars: Advantage SMU


Posted by Lyle Lanley at Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2 comments
Hate Week: Bulletin Board Material



Must you really ask why I need to be Hatin'?

SMU rejected me!

Anyway, I really, really thought I was entitled to get in, given that I've heard others say that the school is a "country club school," but I got REJECTED!!!! WHY???? WHY????

At least TCU's football team is good. Still, it's not enough to cure my extreme case of Hancock envy. THEY REJECTED ME!!!! WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME? WHY DID I HAVE TO GO TO A SCHOOL THAT ISN'T EVEN IN THE TOP 100? WHY COULD I NOT GO TO A GREAT SCHOOL WITH A NICE CAMPUS? THEY REJECTED ME! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[Big Frog II]

I lived in Fort Worth my entire life until I decided to attend SMU over TCU. Lemme tell you my story.

I was an intended theatre major. After I auditioned for SMU, I was accepted as well to TCU. I was waitlisted for SMU's theatre program (TCU doesn't audition, so I was already in there). I denied accepting to go to TCU because I told myself "I was better than that". I went so far as to begin scheduling classes at SMU, preferring possibly acceptance at SMU over guaranteed TCU education.

Luckily it all worked out, SMU accepted me into the program, and I got a decent education in both theatre and general classes.


It pains me to see the attitude TCU has about their education because their football team is good. Houston has a decent team this year too, but would any of us trade an SMU education for a Cougar High education? Not a chance.

For the record: I had no problem getting into SMU as a University, I was just waitlisted as a theatre major.
I constantly claim Fort Worth is a much better city than Dallas. I still believe it. But TCU is the lone blemish on an otherwise amazing city.

A theater major, how impressive. Which Starbucks are you working for in LA?

[ReedFrawg]

I lived in Fort Worth my entire life until I decided to attend SMU over TCU. Lemme tell you my story.

I was an intended theatre major. After I auditioned for SMU, I was accepted as well to TCU. I was waitlisted for SMU's theatre program (TCU doesn't audition, so I was already in there). I denied accepting to go to TCU because I told myself "I was better than that". I went so far as to begin scheduling classes at SMU, preferring possibly acceptance at SMU over guaranteed TCU education.

Luckily it all worked out, SMU accepted me into the program, and I got a decent education in both theatre and general classes.


It pains me to see the attitude TCU has about their education because their football team is good. Houston has a decent team this year too, but would any of us trade an SMU education for a Cougar High education? Not a chance.

For the record: I had no problem getting into SMU as a University, I was just waitlisted as a theatre major.
I constantly claim Fort Worth is a much better city than Dallas. I still believe it. But TCU is the lone blemish on an otherwise amazing city.

Riiiight....let's talk sports.

[Big C]

I am a SMU theatre alum. A program that accepts 20 something students from 1500 to 2000. Among the elite in the country including Yale, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon to name a few.
Funny thing is I was accepted to TCU as well. Although I never applied. How about that?

[ReedFrawg]

I am a SMU theatre alum. A program that accepts 20 something students from 1500 to 2000. Among the elite in the country including Yale, NYU, and Carnegie Mellon to name a few.
Funny thing is I was accepted to TCU as well. Although I never applied. How about that?

Anyone wanna talk football...anyone???

[OC Mustang]

If this was a psychology class, this Lyle Lanley dude would be accused of "compensating"...kinda like the size 7 shoe-wearing 5' 1" 120lb 45 year old accountant who wins the Ferrari at the El Dorado Casino in Shreveport, LA. What a [deleted] tool.

[Junior]

I guess sucking [deleted] all day puts one in a bad mood.