Stay Classy, SMU!

[ALEX LIFESON]

Did you see that player when he got to the sideline? Not a single coach even spoke to him, they should have reamed his sorry no class a--!

[Ponymon]

Wasn't Jack Pardee U-of-H's coach when they ran up the score on us?

He was either head coach or offensive coordinator, but he was a coach and he loved to run up the score!

[OC Mustang]

Jenkins was the P.O.S. who was the Offensive Coordinator at the time, and it was his imitation of Mouse Davis & two Heisman types that dumped 1000+ yards of total offense on us that day...which is still a NCAA record.

I recall him getting his in 1992 when SMU handed Houston a 41-16 loss at Ownby, and the entire student section took those little rubber footballs that the cheerleaders were throwing up to the crowd and pelted their sorry butts amidst chants of "Klingler-Klinger" to the younger brother of David Klingler, who was the backup in the 95-21 debacle and hung another 50 on SMU the following year.

That has to be as rowdy as I have ever seen a SMU crowd, and it was great because a good chunk of the guys who got pounded 4 years earlier as true freshmen were in that game as seniors. Next to Kenny "Sugar" Rea's boxing exhibition on UT, the UConn win, and the win that SMU laid on TCU in 1992, that has to rank up there with top moments that I have experienced on the Hilltop.

[EastStang]

You take the knee and get out of there. For one thing, you don't want a turnover at that point in the game. You have to play Tulane every year, no reason to give them fuel to take retribution against us. Instead our players are the ones who will want to exact revenge next year for the cheap shot at the end of the game when we were trying to run out the clock. I want us to be known as having class and being good sportsmen. It reflects positively on the University.

[PonyPride]

Wasn't Jack Pardee U-of-H's coach when they ran up the score on us?

Pardee was the coach, although I think Jenkins was his offensive coordinator.

[SMU Football Blog]

You take the knee and get out of there. For one thing, you don't want a turnover at that point in the game. You have to play Tulane every year, no reason to give them fuel to take retribution against us. Instead our players are the ones who will want to exact revenge next year for the cheap shot at the end of the game when we were trying to run out the clock. I want us to be known as having class and being good sportsmen. It reflects positively on the University.

Speaking of which, was I drunk or did Willis take a knee once out of the shotgun? Granted, it was the other end of the field from where I was.

[D]

Speaking of which, was I drunk or did Willis take a knee once out of the shotgun? Granted, it was the other end of the field from where I was.[/quote]

Yes, the first one was out of the shotgun and the second was from under center. I have never seen a team take a knee from the shotgun. Next week we may run the swinging gate before the kneel.

[ReedFrawg]

Ya'll don't think Bennett was thinking about Mike Leach at that point?

exactly my thoughts when i was watching the game... PB has told players, alumni, and fans that he's not going to be a coach that tries to run up the score... thats why he's good for smu... most other coaches in our situation (a team starting to make the turn) would have punched it in especially after the late hit!

I disagree...most coaches would take a knee in that situation. Only a handful (including Leach) would try to score. It's way too risky to attempt anything with less than a TD lead (see BU-UNLV game referenced above). Even with greater than a TD lead, most coaches take the knee.

[BRStang]

Agree completely. I was screaming for them to take a knee, which not only is good sportsmanship, but it protects you from making some fluke fumble and losing the game---which I thought was inevitable for SMU until I actually saw 0:00 on the scoreboard.

[ponyte]

I witness Bear Bryant call a timeout and chew his QB out for trying to score late in an already won game. Alabama was playing LSU in 1975 in Baton Rouge. It was a good game but Alabama simply was too good for the Tigers. Late in the game, with Alabama well ahead (though not a blow out), and Bama had the ball inside the LSU 10, the Bama O tried to score. Bear called a time out, had his QB on the sideline for some “instructions” and the next couple of plays were take a knee. Bear knew how to whip someone’s behind with class.

[me@smu]

Speaking of which, was I drunk or did Willis take a knee once out of the shotgun?

That was the only part of that series I didn't understand...why use a shotgun to take a knee, made it look like we were going to run a play which might expain the psycho tulane player.

[SMU Football Blog]

Speaking of which, was I drunk or did Willis take a knee once out of the shotgun?

That was the only part of that series I didn't understand...why use a shotgun to take a knee, made it look like we were going to run a play which might expain the psycho tulane player.

That is what I thought at the time-the shotgun formation led the defensive player to believe we were running a play. Still, the player "overreacted."

I can understand taking a knee in a shotgun (but I still wouldn't do it), if the offense never runs a play under center. The argument being that it is unfamiliar. But we actually do snap under center from time to time.

[Peruna Knight]

Tech fans are bunch of CLASSLESS JERKS, especially after the way our fans were treated at their game and the way they treated some A$M friends of mine after last year's game in Lubbock.

Along those lines the Tulane fans around me weren't that classy either. They were calling us a safety school..US seriously...well i suppose in a way we are a safety school...when Katrina hit..we saved some of them plus most of their athlectic players..
It just thought i was classless of them to trash talk like that..like i enjoy good clean trash talk during the game..but somethings are uncalled for..especially since the teams, coaches,bands are friends..just uncalled for..

[MustangLaxer]

No matter the team, the situation calls for taking a knee. In terms of trying to win the football game, SMU wasn't even up a touchdown. A returned fumble would have this entire forum demanding PB job for not taking the knee. It also happens to be a 'class act' but that wasn't the primary goal of running out the clock. Baylor/UNLV anyone?