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smustatesmen · Post by **smustatesmen** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:42 pm

Mestengo wrote:Close the stadium club and move all of those people down in the stands.

Interesting idea, but do we enough handicap areas to provide access for all of the wheelchairs with armrest drink holders. Roll Ponies

FIVE-O-FAN · Post by **FIVE-O-FAN** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:43 pm

PonyKai · Post by **PonyKai** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:45 pm

Samurai Stang wrote:Eliminate fraternities. They are competition from within and only serve to divide the student body.

I know that's tongue in cheek, but that'd be eliminating an enormous majority of where SMU's donations come from. Plus, if 100% of both sororities/fraternities showed up, that accounts for around 11-14% of our enormous stadium.

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:08 pm

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:
Samurai Stang wrote:Eliminate fraternities. They are competition from within and only serve to divide the student body.

I know that's tongue in cheek, but that'd be eliminating an enormous majority of where SMU's donations come from. Plus, if 100% of both sororities/fraternities showed up, that accounts for around 11-14% of our enormous stadium.

Dumb. Just stupid. Fraternities have nothing to do with attendance.

SMUer · Post by **SMUer** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:12 pm

SMU1523 wrote:Yeah, I am sick and tired of my fellow class mates not showing up to the damn game... We are on our way to being ranked and still have crappy attendance... Whoever said, "if you win, they will come..." is dead wrong... The person that said we need more die hard fans is right. Sure, every student says there an SMU Fan, but SMU is usually #3 or# 4 on their list depending on what geographic location their from... SMU is my number #1 team, it's not conditional on wins and losses... I'm not one of those people that is like, "well my dad went to Cal or OU so they are my number #1 team. No! F#ck that! Be a die hard fan for your school... The article was right... There are no excuses for showing up if your are a full time undergrad at SMU, because the damn game is free!!! The majority of the student body we have now is worthless... You can not make somebody be a fan... Our only hope is getting incoming classes pumped about their school and their team... Take ownership, because SMU Football is all of ours... It's my school, my team, and I am proud to be from SMU...

We Die-Hard fans are collecting and assembling. Students are more than welcome.

03Mustang · Post by **03Mustang** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:17 pm

Lebanese4Life wrote:Wow, he writes as if the team has been winning for decades and is on the verge of clinching a spot in the National Championship game. Newsflash: This is the first year in a long, long time that our team is actually relevant. This is the beginning and we just need to keep on winning and eventually more and more fans will come. Acting real cocky for a walk on imo..

Newsflash: even if your school's team is not relevant nationally you should still be willing to show up and cheer them on.

That being said, it's good to get a real football player's opinion (seeing as how this guy is just a "walk-on").

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:30 pm

Just a "walk-on"........ Walk-on has nothing to do with it. A successful walk-on program is important part of a college football program. These are the kids that make up part of the scout team. Many of them find their way on to special teams, or even crack the starting line-ups (Will Bonilla, Cam Rogers).

RyanSMU98 · Post by **RyanSMU98** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:47 pm

FWIW, here is a comment from a student to the article posted online:
"Stephen,
I know that it is frustrating to not have the crowd into the games. I went to a high school where all of the alumni lived in the glory days and just sat down the whole game and barely cheered. As a huge college football fan and a student here I feel that our atmosphere is lacking just like you said. However, I don't think you can put this completely on the fans. If you go to schools that are good at football such as Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Penn State, and Oklahoma State they all have something that is a tradition of the football game. OU has the "Boomer Sooner" chant, Wisconsin plays "Jump Around" before the game, Penn State does the same with "Zombie Nation" and OSU with the "Orange Power". At SMU the fans are not allowed to get into the game. Whether it's the band not playing anything up beat, the sound guy not playing relevant songs that get the players fired up on the field, or the announcer getting the crowd into the game. SMU has nothing at the football games where people around the nation can say, "Oh that's what SMU does, we should do something like that." I was here for the last 1-11 season and it was miserable to stay and watch. Even at Oklahoma State when their football was not as relevant as it is now people still stayed at the game because it was fun and had a college-like atmosphere. I am ecstatic that SMU is on the rise and would like to see everyone stay at the game for the entire time. But, until things start to happen at the game where the fans can get excited, not just about winning, I feel like it will stay this way and people will end up going to Barley House at halftime to watch the end of the game."

So, apparently we need a "thing" (and probably people at Barley House doing a better job of checking IDs at the door). This brings me back to my point, and that of others, that there needs to be a more active engagement of the football program with the students as a whole. Corrall just doesn't get it done; we went through the traditions when I went in 1994 (still SWC) and it was a joke. Don't think it has gotten any better since from what I have heard.

LHS81 · Post by **LHS81** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:58 pm

Just a thought. Switch the high pressure soft drink canisters with beer canisters, and load them on the soft drink trucks that deliver to Ford Stadium. By the time people realize what they are drinking, they will call 2 friends, and so on, and so on. Pretty soon Ford Stadium will be sold out, and nobody will want to leave the stadium, until all canisters have been emptied.

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:02 pm

We are back to the alcohol in game thing? Not ever gonna happen. The book store doesn't even sell SMU freezer mugs.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:05 pm

PonyPlayer4 wrote:We are back to the alcohol in game thing? Not ever gonna happen. The book store doesn't even sell SMU freezer mugs.

Bed Bath & Beyond in Austin does

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:08 pm

Austin has SMU freezer mugs? that is amazing

ericdickerson4life · Post by **ericdickerson4life** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:09 pm

Your Bed Bath & Beyond sells alcohol?

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:12 pm

PonyPlayer4 wrote:Austin has SMU freezer mugs? that is amazing

A&M UT SMU Tech and SMU

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:13 pm

I'll have to pick one up on my next drive from SA to Dallas