Throwback uniforms for Tech game?

[Longtime]

How about we bring back the 1982 uniform look for just one game: the opener against Texas Tech. It's the 25th anniversary of Bobby Leach's miracle kickoff return in Lubbock.

Bring back Leach and the other key members of that play and have them walk through a re-enactment for the ESPN cameras the day before. They can show it during the game telecast. I guarantee you, ESPN would love it - they're probably anticipating a need for a lot of filler if the game's a blowout.

Then we can auction off the 1982 throwback unis to help defray the cost (and maybe make a profit). But not until after the season: the throwback look might catch on, especially if we beat Tech.

Iowa State is wearing throwbacks in its opener to celebrate its 1977 Peach Bowl appearance. SMU wearing 1982 throwbacks from the Dickerson-James era easily tops that.

At the very least, our team will be wearing white helmets for what should be a Labor Day scorcher.

[mrydel]

Maybe we could call it "The War at Ford".

[Treadway21]

Throwbacks are cool. We could then use a 1948 throwback next year to celebrate the 60th of Doak winning the Heisman. But I would prefer us to use some variant of the 80's uniforms permanently.

[mr. pony]

This is great idea. Especially, the reenactment for ESPN.

[OC Mustang]

This is great idea. Especially, the reenactment for ESPN.

Waste of money. Just want to win in the uni's we've got.
Then, throwbacks, star wars, don't care what the team wears.
Just want to win.

[LakeHighlandsPony]

This is a great idea!!

[Mustang98]

Great idea! Would it be expensive to get throwback uniforms for one game? The re-enactment would be sweet. Can we also squeeze in Dickerson's dropped football and "lucky bounce" right back to him as he strolls into the endzone? I would pay triple the price of the game ticket to see Leech and Dickerson do their thing. The re-enactment could be done on Sunday and the Mustang Club could charge admission. Then we would get gate money the very next day for the Labor Day game.

[RGV Pony]

I really don't want to sound like an anti-sunshiner, but a re-enactment of one play? Maybe I'm out of line but doesn't it seem a little silly to call ESPN up and pitch such a thing? Especially if it was the day before...on gameday, 2/3 of our own stadium will be full of Raider red, and I think it would be tough to get that same 10-12k of our own faithful out there a whole day before just to 're-enact' one play?

[Stallion]

SMU could try to reenact that play 100 times and couldn't pull it off again. To Bobby Collins credit SMU practiced that play each week during the season and legend has it never worked in practice. Maybe it would be better to show the replay.

[jtstang]

SMU could try to reenact that play 100 times and couldn't pull it off again. To Bobby Collins credit SMU practiced that play each week during the season and legend has it never worked in practice. Maybe it would be better to show the replay.

It actually did not work very well in the game right either. The best theing that happened on that play was when the guy who threw the lateral (Blaine Smith?) muffed the kickoff and couldn't get the handle in it immediatley, because it made the outside coverage guys converge on him in the middle of the field.

[Treadway21]

It actually did not work very well in the game right either.

I seem to recall it scored a touchdown, and JT, Leach scoring untouched is the best thing that happened in the play.

Now even our great teams of the past can't get anything right. Stallion, tell use how Doak's team screwed up the last drive against TCU in 47. Johnson went to Halliday with 20 seconds left, but of course, they wouldn't have been able to pull that off if they tried a 100 times, either, right.

http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-fo ... ts-31.html

[Stallion]

Doak Walker missed the extra point in closing seconds so it ended in a tie

[smu diamond m]

Back in my day...

I think everyone around here would be happy to find an excuse to wear the 80s uniforms. Except a couple of us.

[Longtime]

RGV: It wasn't my idea to stage the re-enactment before a crowd. I'm thinking it should be shot the day before in an empty Ford, with the participants describing what they remember of the play. Adding the Dickerson fumble-to-himself is a great idea and only adds to the lore of that game.

If I were doing it, I would do the re-enactment on Sunday, when ESPN is here setting up and looking for footage for a package to put together, as they usually do. Then show it (plus video of the actual play, of course) during a TV timeout in the first first or second quarter. ESPN could show the re-enactment and interviews either in pregame or during another break in the action.

Remember, the Leach kickoff return happened a week before the much more famous Cal-Stanford play, with all the laterals and the Stanford band guy getting run over. That Cal-Stanford game was televised, which helped spread replays of The Play all over the country. SMU-Tech in '82 wasn't televised and very few people have seen Leach's kickoff return. It only recently resurfaced on YouTube. You see the Cal-Stanford play at least once every football season.

And no, it's not silly to pitch this idea to ESPN. They've done much sillier things before - remember, it will be Labor Day with not much else going on. Besides, can a network that keeps Lee Corso employed take itself seriously?

[Thumper]

That would be a fantastic idea, and there's talk that a set of throwbacks will be included in part of the new uniform package (although maybe not this year - hearing conflicting stories on this...)