SMU Has New Bona Fide Country Star

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:38 pm

OK he's been around for awhile but anyone notice that SMU alumnus Jack Ingrams' "Whereever You Are" is climbing up the Country Western Charts.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:49 pm

Heck of a nice guy too

smulite · Post by **smulite** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:13 pm

I met him after one of his concerts in Houston one time. He was a ery nice guy.

LakeHighlandsPony · Post by **LakeHighlandsPony** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:50 pm

Jack and I attended Camp Longhorn way back when we had hair and a flat belly.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:47 pm

LakeHighlandsPony wrote:Jack and I attended Camp Longhorn way back when we had hair and a flat belly.

ha, wonder if we were counselors together that's how I met him

Lamont_Cranston · Post by **Lamont_Cranston** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:52 pm

Hey, SMU Mktg. Dept: Get Jack to play a concert AFTER one of the home games next season to get a larger crowd! BUT...you don't attend the concert unless you come to the game. No one's allowed into the stadium after the game.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:00 pm

You might be actually on to something Lamont

Pony Fan · Post by **Pony Fan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:01 pm

Lamont_Cranston wrote:Hey, SMU Mktg. Dept: Get Jack to play a concert AFTER one of the home games next season to get a larger crowd! BUT...you don't attend the concert unless you come to the game. No one's allowed into the stadium after the game.

Great idea, and they would have never thought of it.

Pony_Fan · Post by **Pony_Fan** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 11:03 pm

He's a good dude. He used to strum at Adair's and Green Elephant. Now he's big time - Billy Bob's and getting noticed.

Not a bad idea - I am sure he would probably do it if they asked....

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:48 am

Pony_Fan wrote:Not a bad idea - I am sure he would probably do it if they asked....

yeah, for his normal appearence fee. probably somewhere in the $10,000-$15,000 range. there's a lot of support that goes into putting on a show from management to crew. at our attendance rates, that would be a dollar out of every ticket.

Great idea in "theory", but Jack is not in the charity business, and has bill to pay, more mouths to feed than just his own. and he certainly doesn't OWE it to SMU.

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:40 am

1. Appearance fee is probably less than you think.

2. Pretty sure SMU tried this before with Pat Green, didn't they?

DiamondM75 · Post by **DiamondM75** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:42 pm

How obsured is this idea. Have a C/W star? play after the game is really going to increase the crowd size? What are you folks smokin. Do you think for one minute this will attract the students? Do you think this will increase the crowd for the game? And then require game attendance to see the concert? OK so I show up with 5 mins left in the 4th, so I can see a free concert, that is if I am a C/W fan, which I am not. What if I want to leave before the concert? Are you going to block the exists?

This is probably the stupidist idea I have seen on this board in a long, long time.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:30 pm

I say let Hacksaw Jim Duggin have a postgame match with some other geezing WWE wrestler. Now that will pack them in.

MustangIcon · Post by **MustangIcon** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:43 pm

Diamond,

I am hoping your comments were sarcastic. I think that would be a great idea depending on what the costs would be. You will get your normal basketball crowd and you will draw in some amount of fans (how many remains to be seen) who are there to see the concert. It would obviously be better than our normal attendance. If it could be done on the cheap, it is an idea that is worth looking into at very least.

FYI students will come. Regardless of whether people want to admit it or not: SMU's student body has a large faction of conservative white kids from the south. These kids like country music. When CCR played at "Mane Event" there was a rather strong turnout. Unfortunately in other years "Mane Event" has been a bust bc of guests such as Coolio, 112, Juvenille and I hear this year they passed over Jimmy Buffett in favor of another rapper whose apperance fee is greater (forgot who it is this year).

Your dismisal of an innovative idea without even considering it is stupid and short sighted.

Post by **PonyPride** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:57 pm

I'd rather see Kenny Mayne (ESPN) come down to Dallas and do a Mayne Event like he does on their NFL pregame show.