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Postby expony18 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:41 am

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Postby PlanoStang » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:12 pm

Spray paint our practice helmets RED :!:

Put white pony decals on them :!:

Wear them at homecoming :!:

Going retro for one game might fire people up :!:

I'd like to beat at least one Div 1A team this year :!:


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Postby PK » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:39 pm

PlanoStang wrote:Spray paint our practice helmets RED :!:

Put white pony decals on them :!:

Wear them at homecoming :!:

Going retro for one game might fire people up :!:

I'd like to beat at least one Div 1A team this year :!:


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Much better shade of blue in that photo than what we are using right now.
SMU's first president, Robert S. Hyer, selected Harvard Crimson and Yale Blue as SMU's colors to symbolize SMU's high academic standards. We are one of the few Universities to have school colors with real meaning...and we just blow them off.
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Postby NavyCrimson » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:21 pm

I'm in!!! YES!!!

Long Overdue!!!

Perhaps we should start a campaign to raise the necessary $$$ to purchase retro unis & helmets for the team; & they can wear the unis a couple of times annually at home & away?
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For some strange reason, one of the few universities that REFUSE to use their school colors: Harvard Crimson & Yale Blue.
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Postby Bergermeister » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:58 pm

"Colored"?
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Postby Dylan08 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:03 pm

If a Div 1 football player gets up for a game because of change in helmet color then he doesn't belong on the roster.
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Postby FWMustangGirl » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:35 pm

Dylan08 wrote:If a Div 1 football player gets up for a game because of change in helmet color then he doesn't belong on the roster.


Precisely.
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Postby expony18 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:03 pm

Dylan08 wrote:If a Div 1 football player gets up for a game because of change in helmet color then he doesn't belong on the roster.
you are crazy if you don't think 90% of Div. 1/2/3/Pro/High school/ etc. care about how they look when they play. so all of the ponyfans can get fired up about new jersyes/helmets but players can't? they did it as sort of a "throwback" look, I personally have no problem with players being motivated by what they are wearing, especially if it has to do with the history and tradition of the program...

sidenote:
here is a great link to the history of CUSA helmets

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/cusa.htm
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Postby docabel » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:39 am

How about retro to the point of single bar helmets, or better yet no facemask? That really shouldn't affect our defense, since all we do is flail and grab at the runners with our arms.
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Postby mrydel » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:46 am

docabel wrote:How about retro to the point of single bar helmets, or better yet no facemask? That really shouldn't affect our defense, since all we do is flail and grab at the runners with our arms.


Face mask penalties got us 30 yards on our first drive against Houston. Face masks are one of our most potent weapons. Do not take them away.
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Postby jtstang » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:45 am

docabel wrote:How about retro to the point of single bar helmets, or better yet no facemask? That really shouldn't affect our defense, since all we do is flail and grab at the runners with our arms.

Our flailing is underrated.
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Postby mrydel » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:48 am

jtstang wrote:
docabel wrote:How about retro to the point of single bar helmets, or better yet no facemask? That really shouldn't affect our defense, since all we do is flail and grab at the runners with our arms.

Our flailing is underrated.


and why do the runners have our arms?
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Postby Water Pony » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:30 pm

Why Knot?

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Postby PK » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:28 am

Knot???? Your Navy background is showing.
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Postby davidsmu94 » Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:19 pm

I say we paint our helmets pink until we win another game
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