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6. SMU: In examining the track record of June Jones, who is now in his sixth season, it is worth remembering how awful SMU was before he arrived. Between the 1987 "Death Penalty" and 2008, the Mustangs had exactly one winning season with a few one-win seasons mixed in and even an 0-12. So all in all, Jones has been a wise investment, even though it cost a significant amount of money – he makes $1.825 million per season, according to USA TODAY Sports' salary database – to lure him from Hawaii. But on the scale of things that make for miserable fan bases, paying a premium for mediocrity wears thin after awhile. Though the schedule hasn't been kind to SMU this season, Saturday was the third consecutive drubbing by an FBS opponent. After leading TCU 10-7 at halftime, the Mustangs got outscored 41-7 in the second half. Ouch. Jones has taken SMU to four consecutive bowl games, which is admirable, but there hasn't really been a breakthrough season as of yet, which has led to some frustration. It also didn't help that Jones was set to accept the Arizona State job before negotiations fell apart at the last minute, forcing him back to SMU. Let's see if the Mustangs can collect some wins in the American Athletic Conference and get back to a bowl, but for now, it's hard to see a lot of positive trends.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... x/2891411/

National Writer on SMU coach June Jones: ‘Paying a premium for mediocrity wears thin after awhile’

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com ... hile.html/

Nuts! I expected them to put out a special issue that moved us higher since the courage shown by USC AND UCONN. Here we come #4!

stc9 wrote:6. SMU: In examining the track record of June Jones, who is now in his sixth season, it is worth remembering how awful SMU was before he arrived. Between the 1987 "Death Penalty" and 2008, the Mustangs had exactly one winning season with a few one-win seasons mixed in and even an 0-12. So all in all, Jones has been a wise investment, even though it cost a significant amount of money – he makes $1.825 million per season, according to USA TODAY Sports' salary database – to lure him from Hawaii. But on the scale of things that make for miserable fan bases, paying a premium for mediocrity wears thin after awhile. Though the schedule hasn't been kind to SMU this season, Saturday was the third consecutive drubbing by an FBS opponent. After leading TCU 10-7 at halftime, the Mustangs got outscored 41-7 in the second half. Ouch. Jones has taken SMU to four consecutive bowl games, which is admirable, but there hasn't really been a breakthrough season as of yet, which has led to some frustration. It also didn't help that Jones was set to accept the Arizona State job before negotiations fell apart at the last minute, forcing him back to SMU. Let's see if the Mustangs can collect some wins in the American Athletic Conference and get back to a bowl, but for now, it's hard to see a lot of positive trends.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nc ... x/2891411/

He echos some thoughts on this board.

Certainly echoes my thoughts

That's like, Wolken's third objective SMU-related article in a row. I think he's turned a corner.