SMU to host Northwestern State in 2011

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU To Face Demons In 2011
Mustangs To Host Northwestern State

Oct. 27, 2010

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU and Northwestern State will face off on Sept. 17, 2011, the two schools announced today. With the game signed, SMU's 2011 opponents are finalized. SMU's 2011 schedule will now consist of home games against Navy, Northwestern State, Rice, Tulane, UCF and UTEP, and road games at Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Texas A&M (Sept. 3), TCU (Oct. 1) and Tulsa. Conference USA game dates will be set next spring.

The opportunity for the Mustang-Demon game arose after SMU and Baylor agreed to drop their 2011 game due to the new nine-game Big 12 schedule.

Northwestern State is coached by former Mustang letterwinner and alumnus Bradley Dale Peveto. Peveto, who is in his second season at NSU, played from 1982-86 at SMU, where he was a safety, special teams star and team captain while the Mustangs went 43-14.

Future SMU schedules through 2016 are available here.

For tickets to all SMU Athletic events, call the SMU Ticket Office at 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263).

[SmooBoy]

I am truly ecstatic

[Stallion]

maybe one of the worst if not the worst home schedules ever from an attendance standpoint. Navy and UTEP are the only game which from a historical perspective would likely draw 20,000+ Its going to be difficult to average 20,000 per game

[SmooBoy]

What the fork?

"Fork 'em" is a hand gesture and slogan used by students at Northwestern State University in their celebration of sports teams. The gesture is performed by curling the ring and middle fingers under the thumb against the palm, and extending the pinky and index fingers – identical in fashion to the University of Texas "Hook 'em Horns" gesture.

[ReedFrawg]

On the bright side, the road schedule is quite strong!

From SMUMustangs.com:

SMU To Face Demons In 2011
Mustangs To Host Northwestern State

Oct. 27, 2010

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU and Northwestern State will face off on Sept. 17, 2011, the two schools announced today. With the game signed, SMU's 2011 opponents are finalized. SMU's 2011 schedule will now consist of home games against Navy, Northwestern State, Rice, Tulane, UCF and UTEP, and road games at Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Texas A&M (Sept. 3), TCU (Oct. 1) and Tulsa. Conference USA game dates will be set next spring.

The opportunity for the Mustang-Demon game arose after SMU and Baylor agreed to drop their 2011 game due to the new nine-game Big 12 schedule.

Northwestern State is coached by former Mustang letterwinner and alumnus Bradley Dale Peveto. Peveto, who is in his second season at NSU, played from 1982-86 at SMU, where he was a safety, special teams star and team captain while the Mustangs went 43-14.

Future SMU schedules through 2016 are available here.

For tickets to all SMU Athletic events, call the SMU Ticket Office at 214-SMU-GAME (214-768-4263).

[RE Tycoon]

maybe one of the worst if not the worst home schedules ever. Its going to be difficult to get to 20,000 per game

My first thought as well. You have to hope UTEP is having a good year, because they can bring a decent crowd and Navy should have good attendance as usual. Other than that, very slim picking with NWST, Rice and Tulane. Not to mention the CUSA East school.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Cool! When was the last time we played a Big Ten school?

[Charleston Pony]

better start promoting now and giving away tickets for those games with NWS, Rice, Tulane and UCF

[bubba pony]

never heard of them. had to look them up. just embarrassing.

[Charleston Pony]

SMU has sent some guys to NW State through the years...started with the Texas Top 100 QB who didn't translate to Division I-FBS talent (Meeks?)

[CalallenStang]

Hopefully we've bought a win and not made a horrible mistake. Anyone know anything about the NSU program?

[Charleston Pony]

didn't they beat TCU several years back in what was a stunning upset at the time?

[mustangbill67]

Seems we always struggle against the Southland Conf.

[Junior]

funny, but i have three really good friends from NW State. We always kidded about an SMU-NWS matchup.

[skyscraper]

I predict lots of attendance threads during the 2011 season.