Mike Rawlings calls for Big XII to add SMU

[leopold]

https://www.facebook.com/MayorMikeRawli ... 5120009981

About time the city figured it would be a good thing and say something.

[Water Pony]

Well stated and justified too. Thanks, Mayor!

[shadowman]

Facebook post is nice, but if he really believes what he said, he needs to do more. Send a letter to the Big 12, then call a press conference, or at least shoot an email/voicemail to the DMN letting them know that the City of Dallas wants SMU in the Big 12 and have communicated that. Although probably wouldn't mean much, at least we can claim some political figure is promoting us like Houston has.

[JoeKidd]

Glad to see the Mayor lobbying for us, but agree that he needs to write a formal letter to Big XII to get a meeting and if that doesn't work call a press conference. It would definitely bring more fans and dollars into the Big D.

[leopold]

Christ, isn't the Big XII offices in Dallas? All he has to do is walk down the street.

[smupony94]

Christ, isn't the Big XII offices in Dallas? All he has to do is walk down the street.

Las Colinas is not Dallas

[Nacho]

DMN LOL
they would rather die than support us.

[Pony Boss]

Don't buy their paper or subscriptions.

[Oldmins]

Christ, isn't the Big XII offices in Dallas? All he has to do is walk down the street.

Las Colinas is not Dallas

But in the media, anything within 75 miles of downtown Big D is considered "in Dallas". Witness the comments by the announcers during games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Tarrant County).

[Nacho]

las Colinas is a subdivision in irving. it is not a city.

[PonySnob]

Christ, isn't the Big XII offices in Dallas? All he has to do is walk down the street.

Las Colinas is not Dallas

But in the media, anything within 75 miles of downtown Big D is considered "in Dallas". Witness the comments by the announcers during games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Tarrant County).

Only 42 miles from downtown Dallas to the TCU campus.


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[Oldmins]

Las Colinas is not Dallas[/quote]

But in the media, anything within 75 miles of downtown Big D is considered "in Dallas". Witness the comments by the announcers during games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington (Tarrant County).[/quote]

Only 42 miles from downtown Dallas to the TCU campus.


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And strangely enough, during the telecast of the TCU/Baylor game held at Amon Carter stadium last year, one of the "color" commentators said that "...the weather here in Dallas is not good for football..."

[shadowman]

Dallas Morning News did pick it up, it got a bit buried with all the Rangers trades going on, but still is there with a headline that sounds more important than the story may actually be:

http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college ... smu-big-12

[RyanSMU98]

Saw on Twitter that Fox 4 picked it up as well. And for those of you asking "why doesn't he contact the Big XII directly?", how do we know he hasn't. I get the sense that for every one mention you see in the press, there's at least a dozen other conversations going on that you'll never know about (unless you are in that elite $$$ class, and I sure and hell am not).

[malonish]

I reside in McKinney and that is still "Dallas"