Honolulu Advertiser: SMU hopes to be here for holidays

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From the Honolulu Advertiser:

SMU hopes to be here for holidays
By Ferd Lewis
Advertiser Staff Writer

Most of the players on the Southern Methodist University football team didn't know "Mele Kalikimaka" from "Waimanalo Blues," but it hardly mattered Saturday in Dallas.

All the plastic lei-bedecked players knew as a recording of "Mele Kalikimaka" was piped through the Ford Stadium public address system immediately at the conclusion of their 35-31 victory over Texas-El Paso was that it was, well, — in the words of one — "Hawaiian music" and they had just taken a big step toward spending Christmas Eve at the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl.

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Actually, they'd taken a big step toward winning the West and hosting the conference championship.