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Postby Texasscout96 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:04 pm

A couple of quick questions please:

1) I would like to buy the baseball cap that Coach Jones wore to his hiring press conference. Does anyone know where I can buy that? Does anyone know if the coaches will be wearing an "assigned" cap on the sidelines next fall as part of the coaches' uniform?

2) Who is SMU's sponsor for jerseys and athletic gear? Is it Adidas or am I wrong?

Thanks very much.
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Postby PonyPride » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:58 pm

SMU is now an adidas school - that hat was a Nike hat that was left over from this past season, and therefore won't be sold again.

However, there is a dazzling array of hats here:
http://www.ponyfans.com/catalog/

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Postby Longtime » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:40 pm

Be sure and buy products that have the right Mustang - the one that's on the football helmet.

The pony with the exaggerated curl in the tail and larger hindquarters is not the real thing, but somehow it has creeped into our products and logos.

But at least it's better than the Kick'Em Stangs! logo or, even worse, the cartoon horse flexing his bicep.
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Postby smu diamond m » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:43 pm

I kinda liked the kick 'em stangs logo on the LIDS hats.
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Postby couch 'em » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:48 pm

Longtime wrote:the cartoon horse flexing his bicep.


Nothing wrong with this logo in the proper context.
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Postby Longtime » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:47 pm

OK, I'll agree that "Kick'em Stangs" is acceptable as an alternate logo.

It's just that "Kick'em Stangs" has never been, to my knowledge, a phrase traditionally associated with SMU. Then again, neither has "Pony Up." I've always viewed "Kick'em Stangs" as someone's attempt to copy UT's "Hook'em Horns." We don't have to do everything UT does.

The horse flexing his bicep (or rolling up his sleeve?) is just plain horrendous. Sorry, I will never bend on this one.

Fortunately, it looks like both logos have gone the way of the "Superman" script SMU (Arched script with the S bigger than the M which was bigger than the U) that took hold a couple of years ago.

Give me the classic running horse logo. (the RIGHT horse, that is). I'm open to alternative logos, but they better be good. I'd rather see them bring back some of the logos of the long-ago past than most of the new stuff I've seen. Even a somewhat lame logo looks better once it's been deemed retro-cool.
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Postby PK » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:54 pm

Soooo...shouldn't your avatar sport a proper Mustang? :?
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Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:34 pm

Good one, PK.
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Postby expony18 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:46 pm

PK wrote:Soooo...shouldn't your avatar sport a proper Mustang? :?
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Postby Z-Man » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:50 pm

Hoof 'em 'stangs! Hoof 'em!!!!!
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Postby Longtime » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:53 am

Augh! Ya got me!

I'm speaking of official SMU merchandise, of course. The stuff marketed to the masses. (if you can call the scarcity of SMU merchandise "marketing").

For a personal avatar, I like to be a little different. If everyone here used the official logo in their avatar, all the avatars would look alike, no?

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Postby BrianTinBigD » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:59 am

I prefer this hat:

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The bold Mustangs across the front plus the cool little mustangs across the bill makes this the best SMU hat I have owned.
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Postby Bergermeister » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:07 pm

I am guessing that since you left the "tag" on your cap that you wear it sideways. (?)
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Postby SMU Football Blog » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:50 pm

Saw this hat at Lids yesterday: http://www.lids.com/pid/20107097

I will be picking one up.
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Postby NavyCrimson » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:28 pm

I believe the kick 'em stangs logo goes back to the 40's.
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