The Orphan Bowl: SMU vs. Pitt

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The Orphan Bowl: SMU vs. Pitt

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Just borrowing the line in how it was labeled.

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Going to be fun to watch Jones and Dodge battle it out in a game of "Whose Offense Sucks Less?".
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BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 7, 1 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN3)

Todd Graham's compass had a late magnetic malfunction and he headed due west, leaving Pitt after one so-so season for Arizona State. If Graham ever gets fired by ASU, let's hope the school cans him the same way he informed the Panthers players of his decision to ditch Pitt: by text message.

Anyway, that means Pitt will set a Big East record for Most Head Coaches In 13 Months. They've gone through Dave Wannstedt (looking pretty good right now, isn't he?), Michael Haywood (fired after 16 days), interim coach Phil Bennett, Graham, interim coach Keith Patterson and whomever they hire to replace Graham.

Maybe it will be SMU's June Jones, who supposedly was all set to leave the Mustangs for Arizona State -- until ASU pulled its offer.

Let's just call this game The Orphan Bowl.
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On the bright side we will be the only bowl game on that day.There should be lots of eye ball on the game
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NomAnor wrote:On the bright side we will be the only bowl game on that day.There should be lots of eye ball on the game


Hopefully there will be some Mustang red to be seen among the panther blue.
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BIGHORSE wrote:
NomAnor wrote:On the bright side we will be the only bowl game on that day.There should be lots of eye ball on the game


Hopefully there will be some Mustang red to be seen among the panther blue.

i wonder how many full time fans SMU has now and how many we had say 8 years ago
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There are some military folk in the Bham area. Maybe we could do what we did with Hawai'i, I think, and invite some military personnel to the game and give them SMU t-shirts to wear.
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NomAnor wrote:
BIGHORSE wrote:
NomAnor wrote:On the bright side we will be the only bowl game on that day.There should be lots of eye ball on the game


Hopefully there will be some Mustang red to be seen among the panther blue.

i wonder how many full time fans SMU has now and how many we had say 8 years ago


Hard to say, I'm sure we have lost some and gained a few as well.
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