Down But Not Downtrodden, SMU Looks to Get Back to Work
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:18 amhttp://grantland.com/the-triangle/smu-mustangs-june-jones-tom-mason-eric-dickerson/
good article in Grantland today:
"Contrary to what you may have read lately, there’s no black cloud looming over Southern Methodist University. Ominous music doesn’t waft over campus. Unsettling groans don’t emanate from the statue in Doak Walker Plaza. Students walking past Gerald J. Ford Stadium1 don’t quicken their pace or hide their faces in shame. Inside, tumbleweeds don’t drift across a lonely, ashen field. SMU players don’t avoid eye contact. They’re not gaunt, or pale, or in any apparent need of blankets.
On the contrary: On Thursday, the Dallas morning is clear and cool, and the only sounds are of pads popping and horns blaring to signal the end of another practice. It’s a little more than 48 hours before kickoff against Metroplex rival TCU, an annual collision known locally as the “Battle for the Iron Skillet,†and the Mustangs are optimistic.".....
good article in Grantland today:
"Contrary to what you may have read lately, there’s no black cloud looming over Southern Methodist University. Ominous music doesn’t waft over campus. Unsettling groans don’t emanate from the statue in Doak Walker Plaza. Students walking past Gerald J. Ford Stadium1 don’t quicken their pace or hide their faces in shame. Inside, tumbleweeds don’t drift across a lonely, ashen field. SMU players don’t avoid eye contact. They’re not gaunt, or pale, or in any apparent need of blankets.
On the contrary: On Thursday, the Dallas morning is clear and cool, and the only sounds are of pads popping and horns blaring to signal the end of another practice. It’s a little more than 48 hours before kickoff against Metroplex rival TCU, an annual collision known locally as the “Battle for the Iron Skillet,†and the Mustangs are optimistic.".....
