Our new mustang will lead the team onto the field
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:19 amhttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... e596c.html
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, October 2, 2009
By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] [email protected]
Philanthropist Madeleine Pickens' crusade to protect America's wild mustangs has some famous Texans setting aside lesser ideals like fealty to their own alma maters.
On Wednesday, she hosted a press conference at SMU to announce that her National Wild Horse Foundation would sponsor a pregame and halftime show called "Salute to the Mustangs" at the Oct. 17 game between SMU and Navy.
Joining her on the dais was her husband, T. Boone Pickens, who has spent much of his billion-plus fortune to bring top-notch football to neighboring Oklahoma State. Also present was Roger Staubach, who made his first trip to Dallas in 1962 to play SMU as quarterback of an undefeated Navy team. "We lost that game and ended up 9-1," he said.
"One of my life's passions is to protect and save America's wild horses," Madeleine said. "What better place to get out the word than in Dallas at the home of the Mustangs."
Boone and Madeleine are presenting SMU with a trained mustang, which pleases head coach June Jones. "My team wants to come out behind a mustang," he said.
The Oct. 17 spectacular will feature a salute to the armed forces with paratroopers dropping into Gerald Ford Stadium to deliver the game ball and a performance by Michael Martin Murphey, composer of "Wildfire."
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, October 2, 2009
By ALAN PEPPARD / The Dallas Morning News [email protected] [email protected]
Philanthropist Madeleine Pickens' crusade to protect America's wild mustangs has some famous Texans setting aside lesser ideals like fealty to their own alma maters.
On Wednesday, she hosted a press conference at SMU to announce that her National Wild Horse Foundation would sponsor a pregame and halftime show called "Salute to the Mustangs" at the Oct. 17 game between SMU and Navy.
Joining her on the dais was her husband, T. Boone Pickens, who has spent much of his billion-plus fortune to bring top-notch football to neighboring Oklahoma State. Also present was Roger Staubach, who made his first trip to Dallas in 1962 to play SMU as quarterback of an undefeated Navy team. "We lost that game and ended up 9-1," he said.
"One of my life's passions is to protect and save America's wild horses," Madeleine said. "What better place to get out the word than in Dallas at the home of the Mustangs."
Boone and Madeleine are presenting SMU with a trained mustang, which pleases head coach June Jones. "My team wants to come out behind a mustang," he said.
The Oct. 17 spectacular will feature a salute to the armed forces with paratroopers dropping into Gerald Ford Stadium to deliver the game ball and a performance by Michael Martin Murphey, composer of "Wildfire."
