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[mathman]

Rivals front football page
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/

[Mustangsabu]

Whoever wrote that article though has no idea about Dallas. Relevance in Dallas is dictated by one thing. Wins.

If we win, Jones will have all the attentnio he can handle.

[MrMustang1965]

Rivals front football page
http://collegefootball.rivals.com/

Did Stallion write the article?

[OR-See-Nee]

I love these types of articles.

Look, Dallas is a town that loves winners, bottom line. If JJ can make SMU a winner, people will flock here. No questions about it. Look at the comments from the new posters and the reports about people with no affiliation with the university getting interested in the football team. Folks in this town want to support SMU Football, it's just been so bad for so long, it's hard to come out to every game and watch it.

And while SMU maybe 9th in relevance now, I don't think that will last very long once a competitive program is put on the field.

My gosh, how many other programs have to face this relevance question? Every school in every major market must compete for the sports dollar, that's not something that is unique to SMU and Dallas. And most of the pro programming in this town doesn't compete with the scheduling of an SMU football game.

In a metroplex of what, 3 million, we can find 30k to enjoy the game.

The key to the equation is winning.

[perunapower]

There are 6 million people in the 12 counties designated as the DFW metroplex. (Though I am confused at why it's that large.) I wholly agree, there are more than enough Mustang fan prospects to entice to Ford to visit a game.

[crazy horse]

3 million? Try 6 million in the DFW area. .005% of that metro population fills Ford on Saturdays. Put a good product on the field and there should be no problem filling Ford.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth_Metroplex

Not to mention the hundreds of alums, Methodists and friends of the University within 2 hours of the campus. Heck I drove two hours each Saturday in High School to attend games either alone or with my church MYF group in the late 70s and early 80s.

[me@smu]

Good or bad...if Rivals is writing about SMU then we are alot more relevant than that writer gives us credit for.

JJ will get us turned around and headed in the right direction.

[Mustangs35SMU]

Heck I drove two hours each Saturday in High School to attend games either alone or with my church MYF group in the late 70s and early 80s.

Yep. We drove two hours for every home game.

Family still does it. Now mine is a 10 hour drive, however.

[atl_stangs]

I like how the writer has the Mavs as second most relevent. When I was in school, they barely drew any interest...funny what a change in management and some wins will do for where you rank on the list of relevent Dallas sports.

[smu diamond m]

3 million? Try 6 million in the DFW area. .005% of that metro population fills Ford on Saturdays.

Uhm, 0.005% of 6000000 people is 300. One half percent (0.5%) fills Ford. Thats 100 times your figure.

[MrMustang1965]

3 million? Try 6 million in the DFW area. .005% of that metro population fills Ford on Saturdays.

Uhm, 0.005% of 6000000 people is 300. One half percent (0.5%) fills Ford. Thats 100 times your figure.

There were some games last season that felt like only 300 people were in Ford.

[crazy horse]

3 million? Try 6 million in the DFW area. .005% of that metro population fills Ford on Saturdays.

Uhm, 0.005% of 6000000 people is 300. One half percent (0.5%) fills Ford. Thats 100 times your figure.

Yep, sorry for the mistake, thinking 1/2% and typing something else.

The point is still valid. A very, very small percentage of the entire metro area fills the stadium. If the team is entertaining and winning, there should be no reason that Ford should not be filled.

[LA_Mustang]

I believe the Mavs are easily the second most relevant team in the DFW....here is my order......
1. Cowboys
2. Mavs
3. Stars
4. Rangers
5. Horns
6. Aggies
7. Golf
8. Red Raiders
9. TCU
10. SMU
11. UNT

[SoCal_Pony]

I believe the Mavs are easily the second most relevant team in the DFW....here is my order......
1. Cowboys
2. Mavs
3. Stars
4. Rangers
5. Horns
6. Aggies
7. Golf
8. Red Raiders
9. TCU
10. SMU
11. UNT

The BIG difference LA is that outside of the Mavs and the Stars, SMU is the ONLY team that plays in Dallas.

When you factor in our ticket prices, there is no reason we can't succeed.

[smu diamond m]

I believe the Mavs are easily the second most relevant team in the DFW....here is my order......
1. Cowboys
2. Mavs
3. Stars
4. Rangers
5. Horns
6. Aggies
7. Golf
8. Red Raiders
9. TCU
10. SMU
11. UNT

The BIG difference LA is that outside of the Mavs and the Stars, SMU is the ONLY team that plays in Dallas.

When you factor in our ticket prices, there is no reason we can't succeed.

If you want to bring in the actually physical playing location, you can knock down the 6mil figure closer to 1.25mil or so. There is no where near 6mil in Dallas-Dallas.