Possible QB Transfer

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:34 am

ALEX LIFESON wrote:I've been friends with Matt's family for many years, both his parents and grandparents went to SMU, he has red and blue in his veins. Tom is a talented singer/songwriter. http://www.myspace.com/tomfaulkner

What happened the first time around, weren't we interested?

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:40 am

jtstang wrote:
ALEX LIFESON wrote:I've been friends with Matt's family for many years, both his parents and grandparents went to SMU, he has red and blue in his veins. Tom is a talented singer/songwriter. http://www.myspace.com/tomfaulkner
What happened the first time around, weren't we interested?

No and neither were the Faulkners

Cadillac · Post by **Cadillac** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:45 am

George S. Patton wrote:
No and neither were the Faulkners

Two days ago you said he was hoping for interest from SMU.

-CoS

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:00 am

Cadillac wrote:
George S. Patton wrote:
No and neither were the Faulkners
Two days ago you said he was hoping for interest from SMU.

-CoS

That's correct and it was true. But I found out some information between then and now that made the family thing more of a factor. Put it this way Matt can be interested but that level can be tempered.

Regardless, it's kind of irrelevant because that was during the Bennett era.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:34 am

So he was interested but his parents talked him out of it?? Some good alums....

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:38 am

jtstang wrote:So he was interested but his parents talked him out of it?? Some good alums....

Maybe. But then again, I think we've all heard of the country club atmosphere that Bennett fostered in that locker room. Who knows maybe they met Bennett and came away with the same feeling at SMU Football Blog did. That would be considered good parenting, IMO.

Hey, I was interested in going to the University of Minnesota and my dad - an alum of the U -- talked me out of it.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:05 am

Actually, I take that back. You can be a good alum and not be particularly enamoured with the direction the football team has been going over the past 20 years. It may well be good parenting general.

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:22 am

I would suspect that given their ties to the school, they will do their due diligence on SMU, get a feel for the staff to see if they are or if Jones and his staff are interested.

For all we know, he could end up at SMU or Northwestern State.

Buckethead · Post by **Buckethead** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 3:42 pm

Just think General if you hadn't listen to your dad you could have been a Gopher. Then you could have been on the Gopher fans web site telling them how great CUSA is.

ALEX LIFESON · Post by **ALEX LIFESON** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:42 pm

the general said
"No and neither were the Faulkners[/quote]"

I don't know where you got your information, but, Matt and his family would have LOVED to be at SMU, when he was coming out of high school.

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:58 pm

ALEX LIFESON wrote:the general said
"No and neither were the Faulkners

"

I don't know where you got your information, but, Matt and his family would have LOVED to be at SMU, when he was coming out of high school.[/quote]

That's fine. You go with what you got. And I'll go with what I got. I'm sure both of us are right to some extent.

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:13 pm

George S. Patton wrote:
jtstang wrote:So he was interested but his parents talked him out of it?? Some good alums....
Maybe. But then again, I think we've all heard of the country club atmosphere that Bennett fostered in that locker room. Who knows maybe they met Bennett and came away with the same feeling at SMU Football Blog did. That would be considered good parenting, IMO.

Hey, I was interested in going to the University of Minnesota and my dad - an alum of the U -- talked me out of it.

Your dad was an alum of the University of Miami?

George S. Patton · Post by **George S. Patton** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:06 am

CalallenStang wrote:
George S. Patton wrote:
jtstang wrote:So he was interested but his parents talked him out of it?? Some good alums....
Maybe. But then again, I think we've all heard of the country club atmosphere that Bennett fostered in that locker room. Who knows maybe they met Bennett and came away with the same feeling at SMU Football Blog did. That would be considered good parenting, IMO.

Hey, I was interested in going to the University of Minnesota and my dad - an alum of the U -- talked me out of it.
Your dad was an alum of the University of Miami?

I don't recognize Miami as the U. Up in MSP, everybody calls Minnesota the U. Naturally, that's how I identify it.

Cadillac · Post by **Cadillac** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:12 am

George S. Patton wrote: I don't recognize Miami as the U. Up in MSP, everybody calls Minnesota the U. Naturally, that's how I identify it.

Interestingly in Utah, the University of Utah is known as "The U"

At least that one makes some sense.

-CoS

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:26 am

George S. Patton wrote:
CalallenStang wrote:
I don't recognize Miami as the U. Up in MSP, everybody calls Minnesota the U. Naturally, that's how I identify it.

hmmm. Any time I've been up there, any time a discussion turns to college athletics, the denizens usually bring up Minnesota with a puzzled look and say "Gophers?"