Bloomberg: SMU Football's Second Coming

Water Pony · Post by **Water Pony** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:48 pm

Bloomberg report:

"How one college football program bought its way back from the dead"

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/sm ... 02011.html

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:50 pm

With a Rice MBA ad right on top

ponyscott · Post by **ponyscott** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:54 pm

Idiot Anthropology professor comment..'.Ford Stadium is used only 6 times a year and we could hold classes up in those sky boxes....'.....clueless.

redpony · Post by **redpony** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:10 pm

Love the pic with Keylan in front of the team.
I wonder if the anthropology prof is related to our spanish prof. :roll:

GO PONIES!!!

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:14 pm

Jin Hopkins is truly one of SMU's great history-not anthropology-professors-I consider him one of the Top 3 I ever had-but in 1987 at an all school debate on the future of SMU athletics he got up and suggested that SMU drop Football and instead field a rowing team and have regattas at White Rock like when he attended Oxford. From Day 1 this was an attack by a segment of this school on the heritage and tradition of the school.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:17 pm

Jim has been teaching since the 60's?

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:31 pm

I'm not that old-I graduated in 1981-but I've been following SMU Football since I was about 4 years old because my Mother was the head of the SPANISH Department among other things-but I'd like to point out she rarely missed a game for about 30 years since the Spanish Department is taking some shots here today.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:33 pm

Where have you been this week

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:35 pm

writing summary judgment briefs

MustangSTATS · Post by **MustangSTATS** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:35 pm

ponyscott wrote:Idiot Anthropology professor comment..'.Ford Stadium is used only 6 times a year and we could hold classes up in those sky boxes....'.....clueless.

The entire tutoring center is housed in Ford. Ford is not just used for only 6 FB games. Apparently prof is clueless about athletics and her own students. Seems like the same cliche counter argument they always look to add to a sports article to make it seemed "balanced."

smustatesmen · Post by **smustatesmen** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:14 pm

Jim Hopkins went to Cambridge, not Oxford. If you had ever punted on the Cam, I don't think rowing regattas would come to your mind. His bio tells us he matriculated from O.U, attended Cambridge, and receive his PHD from UT. I guess he's embarrassed where he achieve his Masters as it isn't listed. He and his wife sound like a couple of pieces of work. If you look at their SMU blurbs they come off as pompous a$$holes. So glad Pye encouraged and drew these type of individuals to teach and do research at SMU. They come off as pseudo intellectuals. Don't mean to rant, but am tired of these people who wouldn't like to see us become another Stanford.

skyscraper · Post by **skyscraper** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:21 pm

The profs sounds like pointy-head academia morons.
For some reason there is a contingent of people at SMU who think it's either or when it comes to academics and athletics.
It can be both.

MustangSTATS · Post by **MustangSTATS** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:27 pm

skyscraper wrote:The profs sounds like pointy-head academia morons.
For some reason there is a contingent of people at SMU who think it's either or when it comes to academics and athletics.
It can be both.

Professors that think it is either them or athletics are ones that cannot generate their own grants/funds.

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:39 pm

I wonder if any of these "brilliant know it all" teachers realize how much positive p.r. the players generate for SMU? Not just for what happens on the field but what they do through out the community.

RunningStang · Post by **RunningStang** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:58 pm

Not to mention the donations. I like what Steve Orsini says about college athletics being the front-porch to the college experience.