You’ll Have To Forgive SMU Fans..They’re New To All Of This

[Pony64]

https://www.thedailystampede.com/2019/9 ... onny-dykes

"Unless you were a women’s basketball fan in the 90s, what joy has SMU athletics ever given to any fan under the age of 50?"

A bit harsh.

[leopold]

That's one long page of truth.

Besides, there's this one line:

"No one settles for SMU because they couldn’t get in to Texas or Oklahoma. You go there because you want to go there"

[mrydel]

Overall it really is not a bad read. Can’t argue with any of it.

[Pony64]

Overall it really is not a bad read. Can’t argue with any of it.

Some truths yes, but "Unless you were a women’s basketball fan in the 90s, what joy has SMU athletics ever given to any fan under the age of 50?" is nonsense.

[smupony94]

Has USF ever won anything?

[mrydel]

When they first moved into FBS they skyrocketed to a pretty high level. Coach Leavitt took them to a #2 ranking. They faltered a little and then Leavitt was fired for supposedly hitting a player. They started a downhill slide and have never fully recovered.

[sbsmith]

Has USF ever won anything?

Nope

[EastStang]

Its been a long time since we were relevant in the football scene. I know we've had some moments in soccer, 3 Final Four appearances, Golf and Tennis, but that doesn't count in Texas. Football is where you get braggin' rights. So, we have finally gotten some swagger. Let's go out and beat USF this week and keep the line moving. If we start winning, we will develop fans. We had a generation of fans from the Doak Walker, Kyle Rote, Ray Berry, Dandy Don era, but they're now using walkers or dead. We had some fans from the Pony Express Era, but that was soon followed by the death penalty and they wandered away. So, hopefully things will be Sonny on the Hilltop and we'll get some new fans.

[Pony ^]

Interesting they had to write an article explaining our incredible history of sucking. Tell us something we don't know....

Also confused someone from USF downgrading athletics at another institution. Acting like they have the success of Texas.

USF?? Lol

[Pony ^]

That's one long page of truth.

Besides, there's this one line:

"No one settles for SMU because they couldn’t get in to Texas or Oklahoma. You go there because you want to go there"

But seriously, who on this planet CAN'T get into Oklahoma???

[One Trick Pony]

“They’re reluctant to bring former [Pony Express era] players back to campus ... “

That’s just bullsh.

Bring him back

[ponyte]

Finish strong and give the team and fans something to savor.

[Dukie]

“Unless you were a women’s basketball fan in the 90s, what joy has SMU athletics ever given to any fan under the age of 50? I’ve lived in the DFW area for 17 years and only on two occasions have I noticed any buzz about SMU athletics, locally or nationally. One was for “Pony Excess,” which doesn’t count.”

Oh, it counts, meathead.
Clearly you think SMU was alone in paying some players back then.

Beating Texas in Austin in ‘80 AND ‘82 was - and always will be - glorious.

And destroying them at Texas Stadium in ‘85. But you’re off-message in that precious few folks under 50 remember those...

[SmooBoy]

I think that's why the fan 'under age of 50' was pointed out, since the earliest you could have attended SMU to experience your fandom was the mid-to late 80's.

That being said, I very much enjoyed the Cotton Bowl against Pitt, the TU beatdowns, and the Pony Express as a 10 to 13yo, and my memories of those teams will never fade.

[Dukie]

I’m very appreciative of USF giving us some nice bulletin-board material for this game...