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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby footballdad » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:52 pm

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Hoop Fan wrote:good comments by Yenga. Everyone is piling on, but I saw some bad luck on top of it all against TCU. Not punching in that touchdown hurt badly. By the way, TCU looked offsides on the 4th down play coming off the right edge, but no call. Could have been called, should have been called. Then, when our defense stopped them on downs only to have the personal foul called for continuing without the helmet was brutal. How does the helmet come off to begin with, refs? Its happening way too much throughout football to be coincidence. Then the bumping into the kick returner play, that was more bone headed than anything, but still was an unlucky back breaker. I thought our guys came with good effort on Saturday, but when the floodgates opened, they couldn't stop it. This group of kids has had alot of bad luck to start the year, starting with whatever went on with June to a brutal schedule that no one could have predicted when the contracts were signed 3-5 years ago. Baylor and A&M are massively explosive top 5 type teams who borderline sucked 5 years ago relatively speaking. TCU is still one of the fastest teams in America, then we get ECU out of the gate. This team is shellshocked obviously. Give them some support and see if they can compete in the AAC as the season goes on.

Any good points on the UNT game?


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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby Rebel10 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:53 pm

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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby Hoop Fan » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:54 pm

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Hoop Fan wrote:good comments by Yenga. Everyone is piling on, but I saw some bad luck on top of it all against TCU. Not punching in that touchdown hurt badly. By the way, TCU looked offsides on the 4th down play coming off the right edge, but no call. Could have been called, should have been called. Then, when our defense stopped them on downs only to have the personal foul called for continuing without the helmet was brutal. How does the helmet come off to begin with, refs? Its happening way too much throughout football to be coincidence. Then the bumping into the kick returner play, that was more bone headed than anything, but still was an unlucky back breaker. I thought our guys came with good effort on Saturday, but when the floodgates opened, they couldn't stop it. This group of kids has had alot of bad luck to start the year, starting with whatever went on with June to a brutal schedule that no one could have predicted when the contracts were signed 3-5 years ago. Baylor and A&M are massively explosive top 5 type teams who borderline sucked 5 years ago relatively speaking. TCU is still one of the fastest teams in America, then we get ECU out of the gate. This team is shellshocked obviously. Give them some support and see if they can compete in the AAC as the season goes on.

Any good points on the UNT game?


didn't see anything good at UNT, no. Talking about TCU, every game is a new game, especially with June gone. One other thing i do recognize about the TCU game is its pretty tough when you are undermanned to play TCU the week after the Aggies which as bad as we played still had to have us banged up. i'm not excusing anything but we got enough people piling on, i'm just raising some other stuff including the bad luck we all saw in the first half of TCU. when it rains it pours.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby Dark Horse » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:56 pm

jimhagle wrote:Hard to believe Patterson left so many starters in till the end to try to get the shutout no doubt.

Is that really hard to believe?
Seems pretty typical of Patterson.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby PK » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:41 pm

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Hoop Fan wrote:good comments by Yenga. Everyone is piling on, but I saw some bad luck on top of it all against TCU. Not punching in that touchdown hurt badly. By the way, TCU looked offsides on the 4th down play coming off the right edge, but no call. Could have been called, should have been called. Then, when our defense stopped them on downs only to have the personal foul called for continuing without the helmet was brutal. How does the helmet come off to begin with, refs? Its happening way too much throughout football to be coincidence. Then the bumping into the kick returner play, that was more bone headed than anything, but still was an unlucky back breaker. I thought our guys came with good effort on Saturday, but when the floodgates opened, they couldn't stop it. This group of kids has had alot of bad luck to start the year, starting with whatever went on with June to a brutal schedule that no one could have predicted when the contracts were signed 3-5 years ago. Baylor and A&M are massively explosive top 5 type teams who borderline sucked 5 years ago relatively speaking. TCU is still one of the fastest teams in America, then we get ECU out of the gate. This team is shellshocked obviously. Give them some support and see if they can compete in the AAC as the season goes on.


Hard to believe Patterson left so many starters in till the end to try to get the shutout no doubt.

Pretty sure he did not want the game outcome to be less than what UNT did to us.
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Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby HarvCrimYaleBlue » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:42 pm

Dark Horse wrote:
jimhagle wrote:Hard to believe Patterson left so many starters in till the end to try to get the shutout no doubt.

Is that really hard to believe?
Seems pretty typical of Patterson.


TCU already had two bye weeks and likely needed real playing time to ramp up for conference play.

If SMU had a glimmer of offense then the game would have been close, meaning TCU didn't look all that impressive.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby FriscoPMG » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:58 pm

HarvCrimYaleBlue wrote:
Dark Horse wrote:
jimhagle wrote:Hard to believe Patterson left so many starters in till the end to try to get the shutout no doubt.

Is that really hard to believe?
Seems pretty typical of Patterson.


TCU already had two bye weeks and likely needed real playing time to ramp up for conference play.

If SMU had a glimmer of offense then the game would have been close, meaning TCU didn't look all that impressive.

What starters were out there "til the end?" I saw pretty much all backups out there for the entire 4th qtr.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby ponyte » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:45 am

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ponyte wrote:Challenge accepted.

As a former player and a successful player, I will gladly come back and talk to the team.

I will help out in whatever capacity I can.

Just let me know when and where and what you want me to convey to the team.



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Shoot the man a note or give him a call. Can't hurt for these guys to hear some wisdom from the past.


My email as follows:

Dear Coach Mason,

I am Clement Fox and was the starting TE for the 1980 Pony Express.

We met briefly at the Lettermen’s reunion. I had express a disappointment meant that you didn’t have time for me to ‘buy’ you a beer and the next day we shook hands as you and the ten alkyd down the Blvd towards the stadium.

I very much support you and your staff’s efforts and always support SMU football teams and their players.

I noticed recently that you asked for former players to return and provide any wisdom they could to the team.

I am your servant. Let me know how I can help and if it is within my capabilities, I will.

Best of luck in conference play and I look forward to sending you a congratulations note on your first win very soon

Yours truly,

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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby mrydel » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:51 am

I also emailed him. Warned him about inviting you to speak in that it would be a pitch fest.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby Stallion » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:51 am

Mason has you penciled in for next SMU v. Texas football game
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby malonish » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:16 am

ponyte wrote:My email as follows:

Dear Coach Mason,

I am Clement Fox and was the starting TE for the 1980 Pony Express.

We met briefly at the Lettermen’s reunion. I had express a disappointment meant that you didn’t have time for me to ‘buy’ you a beer and the next day we shook hands as you and the ten alkyd down the Blvd towards the stadium.

I very much support you and your staff’s efforts and always support SMU football teams and their players.

I noticed recently that you asked for former players to return and provide any wisdom they could to the team.

I am your servant. Let me know how I can help and if it is within my capabilities, I will.

Best of luck in conference play and I look forward to sending you a congratulations note on your first win very soon

Yours truly,

ponyte, the man that threw the block that myrdel has to hear about over and over.


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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby PerunasHoof » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:20 am

mrydel wrote:I also emailed him. Warned him about inviting you to speak in that it would be a pitch fest.


If you don't mind, please keep us posted on whether he gets back to you. Thanks to both you and Ponyte for getting in touch with him.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby mrydel » Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:20 am

"team walked"

I know how to interpret Ponyte.
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Re: Mason responds to ex-player criticisms

Postby malonish » Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:16 am

mrydel wrote:"team walked"

I know how to interpret Ponyte.


He is an M.D. therefore nothing he writes may be legible. I forgot for a moment.
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