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Happy Birthday to a SMU Legend

Postby tmustangp » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:47 am

Forrest Gregg was born on this day in 1933
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Postby SmooBoy » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:03 am

Since I know he reads this site every day :roll: I also wish Coach a wonderful 73rd!
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Postby Big10Ponyfan » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:14 am

Many happy returns
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Postby OC Mustang » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:41 am

I was born yesterday (10/17) in 1969.
Oh yeah...I'm not a legend.
Darn.
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Postby Big10Ponyfan » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:44 am

OC Mustang wrote:I was born yesterday (10/17) in 1969.
Oh yeah...I'm not a legend.
Darn.
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Not even close
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Postby Mustang1991 » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:31 pm

OC, at least you're a legend among those who count: the kids in Pop Warner football you coach, including CJ. Keep up the good work!
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:13 pm

Forrest Gregg is cool. Happy birthday, FG.
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Postby that's great raplh » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:34 pm

FG rocks - lookup signed Packers memorbilia and its only brett and fg
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I remember when

Postby Sam I Am » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:53 pm

I remember when Forrest Gregg was a football hero as a player for SMU. We had plenty back then. More importantly, I remember what he brought to SMU as the head coach and AD when SMU resurrected football after the DP - respect and hope for the future. If only Pye had not run him off, we might have survived the breakup of the SWC. Happy birthday coach. Your memory is as dear to me as Doak's.
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Postby MrMustang1965 » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:48 pm

I will always remember this quote by FG at this year's kick-off luncheon: "SMU can win! SMU will win!"
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Postby couch 'em » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:19 pm

Not to rain on the parade, but he also said it would be "a lot less than ten" years to return to the Cotton Bowl when he was hired. Too bad he was way off on that one.
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10 years under FG adn we would ahve been in the Cotton Bowl

Postby Sam I Am » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:42 am

If SMU had given FG ten years, the ponies would have been in the Cotton Bowl. Maybe, just maybe, the SWC would have survived with a strong SMU program under Greg.
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