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Postby f4shionablecha0s » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:28 pm

Why don't we schedule one game a year at the Cotton Bowl during the fair? This seems like a no-brainer to me. (and we all know the SMU marketing dept has no brain) We may not sell out the stadium, but whatever. It would be a lot of fun. We could try to schedule a big-name opponent to make the place a bit more full.

Thoughts?
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Re: State Fair

Postby RGV Pony » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:30 pm

Id be all for it if it was vs Notre Dame and it counted as an away game for us
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Re: State Fair

Postby BUS » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:35 pm

As a 50 year old Mustang and offspring of two Mustangs... SMU used to always have games during the fair. But please note, all games were at the Cotton Bowl in the 60's and most of the 70's.

Fair games were special. We would tour the exhibits and look at cars, eat different foods and check in with the livestock people we knew. ( Dad had BBA and was in the dairy bidness)

Great fun.

If we could shedule the that crappy university game or a tt/baylor game during the fare... it would work. Otherwise, no go due to the other teams travel numbers.

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Re: State Fair

Postby Wuba » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:04 pm

Because it was so fun when we played there in the 90s?
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Re: State Fair

Postby skyscraper » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:26 pm

I love the Fair.
I love the Boulevard, too though.
I wouldn't want to give up a Boulevard for a State Fair game, IMO.
Plus, we haven't reached the critical mass to even come close to filling up our own stadium, much less even the lower bowl of the Cotton Bowl.
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Re: State Fair

Postby Bergermeister » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:03 am

f4shionablecha0s wrote:Why don't we schedule one game a year at the Cotton Bowl during the fair? This seems like a no-brainer to me. Thoughts?

Been there, done that. The only time (since the early 50s) we had a enough people to resemble a D1 football crowd was about 1977, 1978 or whenever Mustang Mania (Ron Meyer) was in effect. I attended a Rice game at the CB with 6,000 in attendance - can you imagine what it would look like with an SMU "crowd" in a 90,000+ seat Cotton Bowl? No thanks... too early to try it. Sell corny dogs at Ford instead.
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Re: State Fair

Postby fivemon » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:16 am

Bergermeister wrote: Sell corny dogs at Ford instead.


I like that idea, how about a fair day at ford with all the good eats of the fair.
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Re: State Fair

Postby DiamondM75 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:38 am

fivemon wrote:
Bergermeister wrote: Sell corny dogs at Ford instead.


I like that idea, how about a fair day at ford with all the good eats of the fair.


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Re: State Fair

Postby jtstang » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:41 am

Fried Frito pie!!!!
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Re: State Fair

Postby ponyte » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:52 am

The last thing we need is to have 16,000 in a 72,000 stadium. Like that would impress our recruits. We need our recruits to see a state of the art stadium (Ford) and not some relic.

Parking sucks, crowds suck and the student section would be as empty as the upper decks and end zones.

And for us out of towners, the State Fair just doesn’t send goose bumps up our spines.

We need to impress recruits and Ford offers a much more impressive venue than the Cotton Bowl.

We have a proud history and we should remember and celebrate that history. But we shouldn’t try to relive it cause kids these days want new, not very old.
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Re: State Fair

Postby ponydawg » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:00 am

IF we ever had a game against a bigger school at the cotton bowl, I hope we wait for Texas OU to move to Jerry World.
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Re: State Fair

Postby peruna11 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:03 am

I like state fair day at Ford. We only get 6 (hopefully 7) boulevards a year... I wouldn't want to give one up for that concrete dinosaur.
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Re: State Fair

Postby DiamondM » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:07 am

The first day of the fair is the TCU game. I suggest everyone take off work, defy the 1 pm Boulevard opening time, and cook some fair food on the Boulevard. That's what we intend to do. Price is Right on the Boulevard.


If the marketing department were doing their job, they'd already be advertising the fair food contests on the Boulevard.
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Re: State Fair

Postby PK » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:20 am

DiamondM wrote:The first day of the fair is the TCU game. I suggest everyone take off work, defy the 1 pm Boulevard opening time, and cook some fair food on the Boulevard. That's what we intend to do. Price is Right on the Boulevard.


If the marketing department were doing their job, they'd already be advertising the fair food contests on the Boulevard.
What marketing department?
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Re: State Fair

Postby fivemon » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:31 am

PK wrote:
DiamondM wrote:The first day of the fair is the TCU game. I suggest everyone take off work, defy the 1 pm Boulevard opening time, and cook some fair food on the Boulevard. That's what we intend to do. Price is Right on the Boulevard.


If the marketing department were doing their job, they'd already be advertising the fair food contests on the Boulevard.
What marketing department?

we have a marketing department? :?:
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