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Big Announcement 9/24

Postby SMUfrat » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:49 am

What is the big announcement they tweeted about??

Any guesses?

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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby SMUPhil » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:08 am

SMU2BigEast?
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby SMUPhil » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:13 am

Actually, it's on the main SMU twitter, and appears related to the centennial. Nothing about it on the athletics twitter account.

Second, they tweeted earlier about "the giants are coming", with this super creepy weird video. Perhaps that's the "big" news? Giant paper mache figures of Doak, Herky, Kathy Bates, and other famous SMU alums?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQ_IPlKSoA
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby Arkpony » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:25 am

Homecoming Parade?
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby MustangStealth » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:43 am

CANNONBALL!
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby StallionsModelT » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:44 am

June Jones statue.
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby leopold » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:49 am

MustangStealth wrote:CANNONBALL!


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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby SmooBoy » Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:51 am

StallionsModelT wrote:June Jones statue.


Matt Davis - Chad Morris statue
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby PonySnob » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:15 am

SMUPhil wrote:SMU2BigEast?


SEC or Big 10?
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:18 am

The "giants are coming" video gave me nightmares.
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby Stallion » Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:18 am

On campus Chauffeur service so kiddos don't have to walk so far to class

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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby SMUfrat » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:36 am

ugh.

SMU has a tendency to over hype super lame announcements.
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby Brooklynhite » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:52 am

My guess is the capital campaign probably topped $1 Billion.
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby Greenwich Pony » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:00 pm

That's probably it, and that's a big deal but I really wish they'd stop this "Big Announcement" stuff. It almost feels like crying "Wolf" at times. I'm starting to roll my eyes every time I see this now. I'm not so much excited as annoyed. "Big Announcement" should be reserved major donors, a med school, a new research facility, a new (and improved) conference, IPF/Swim center, a huge increase in our USNews rankings (HA!)... something of that magnitude. It's not that we don't occasionally get things of that magnitude, but when mixed in with the other stuff (Sports memories? Really?) it loses it's punch and makes us look dumb. And while hitting a billion is a big deal, it's been done before elsewhere AND we were supposed to do that anyway with this new campaign. If the "Big Announcement" is that we hit our intended goal, that seems anticlimactic.
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Re: Big Announcement 9/24

Postby Bergermeister » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:04 pm

New fountain?
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