Players want to go to an out of town Bowl

Treadway21 · Post by **Treadway21** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:54 pm

lwjr wrote:
Treadway21 wrote:Something odd has been going since S Miss.

Mutiny?

I have no idea; the players seem very loyal to JJ. The team is better than what they showed. Not sure what is wrong, can't put my finger on it.

lwjr · Post by **lwjr** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:55 pm

Probably frustration of offense not producing.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:56 pm

mr. pony wrote:
Mitch McConnell wrote:The players don't need to contribute to the adversarial relationship that June Jones is creating with the SMU fan base.

You nailed it, Mitch. I believe Jones has been doing that for some time.
Wouldn't be surprised if he knew about the Daily Campus letter from the walk-on beforehand.
Quite strange.

Mr. Pony, you have been wanting Coach Jones fired since we did not go to the bowl you wanted SMU to go to. Anything negative about Coach Jones you will agree with so your post does not surprise me.

sbsmith · Post by **sbsmith** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:04 pm

SMU 86 wrote:I think Cole Beasley represents many players on what he said and I think they deserve it.

Laken Litman tweet:
Asked if he had a bowl preference, senior WR Cole Beasley said: "Somewhere not in Dallas." #SMU was in Armed Forces last year & lost.

Poor baby, better get the guys together and root like hell for Hawaii these next 2 games. Maybe June can bring some leis and choreograph a haka.

SMU 86 · Post by **SMU 86** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:06 pm

They can go to the Military or Beef O'Brady's Bowl.

skyscraper · Post by **skyscraper** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:34 pm

smupony94 wrote:Supposedly there is some horse trading going on to get LaTech in Ticket City Bowl

McMurphyCBS Brett McMurphy
Louisiana Tech accepts bid to San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

Done deal.

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:37 pm

I would have liked to go there

skyscraper · Post by **skyscraper** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:39 pm

SDSU will bring the Poinsettia Bowl tie-in with them to the Big East, hopefully.

ojaipony · Post by **ojaipony** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:21 pm

It's a strange position to take indeed (I think most teams would prefer to play their bowl game at home b/c of the enormous home field advantage). However, I think players like Cole (who've been here when we went 1-11) see bowls as sort of like Disneyland -- meaning it should be very special and they play in Dallas all the time (practice, games, etc) that a bowl is more "special" when played somewhere else, especially if it were somewhere like Hawaii (or Pasadena!) ;-)

I'm sure he was just giving his opinion and is very grateful.

Anyway, yes, they should have thought about that after laying down against Tulsa and playing [deleted] against Navy but would probably still be looking at a similar situation. Not to mention the BS attendance at home (if playing a big school like BYU I don't think we will have home field advantage if we played at home for our bowl game which is absolutely pathetic - I put that on our school's marketing ... we are just not reaching deeper into the greater DFW market ... can't be a money thing, can it?

Bottom line: these players shouldn't really care about school support at this point. The bowl is all about putting your talent on game tape. Focus on your game and PLAY [deleted] both sides of all the ball all 4 quarters!

I'll be there regardless. Go 'Stangs!!

SBR Pony · Post by **SBR Pony** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 10:45 pm

Fingers crossed for New Orleans!

PonySnob · Post by **PonySnob** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:51 pm

MustangSTATS wrote:Most importantly a bowl means more time to practice and develop young players.

Didn't seem to help very much this year.................

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:02 am

Yeah well I would have liked the players to not [deleted] down their legs when we traveled to Tulsa, Usm, and at home to navy. Quit [deleted] w the anywhere but Dallas bs

sacklunch · Post by **sacklunch** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:49 am

sbsmith wrote:
Poor baby, better get the guys together and root like hell for Hawaii these next 2 games. Maybe June can bring some leis and choreograph a haka.

I thought this was pretty funny

Insane_Pony_Posse · Post by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:04 am

Does this ticket broker know something we dont?

http://www.ballparks.com/tickets/ncaafootball/smu_mustangs_new_orleans_bowl_tickets.htm

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:19 am

can't blame the players for wanting to play somewhere other than Dallas. This is supposed to be a reward for them. Hawaii or New Orleans, but I don't see Hawaii beating BYU so better hope for the Big Easy