Liking the ULM Coach

[DiamondM]

http://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal ... tball-2012

"Absolutely it pisses me off. It infuriates me. Last year Coach Berry walked through the Grove [ULM's designated tailgating area adjacent to the stadium], and one of these tents nearby, the guy had an actual LSU tent and was wearing LSU stuff. Coach Berry stopped, walked over there and said 'LSU's playing four hours south.' I think it's great he did that. It's disrespectful to the players and their families."

Wait, what? The first-year coach of the forgotten directional school said what about who? Isn't that illegal, if not by Napoleonic Code than certainly by some tacked-on amendment from Huey Long?

"It made a little bit of noise when I did it," Berry admits. "But I told [A.D.] Staub I'm going to do it just one time and hopefully we get the message out that that's not good football etiquette. It's something that every other school in this state other than LSU has to battle. I've talked with Sonny [Dykes] over at Louisiana Tech and Mark [Hudspeth] at Lafayette.

I like his attitude. Would JJ ever do that? Highly doubtful. But then again, so far this year, Coach Berry has been able to get his offense to show up for games against more talented BCS teams.

[GiddyUp]

On the same token - It amazes me the amount of UT orange I see on the BLVD

[DiamondM]

My point exactly. Not only does no one discourage it, but our camera guys will actually put people wearing non-SMU stuff on the jumbotron (particularly at basketball games.). Makes me crazy.

It was frustrating to my players. Quite honeslty, and I don't think anyone had ill will or bad hearts, it was just disrespectful. And to act like you're coming in to cheer for us and yet you're wearing somebody else's colors? When I went through the Grove in our very first ball game, I confronted those people in front of our players, any time I saw the LSU colors. And look, I don't have any animosity at all towards LSU. I just want people to be respectful of my guys. I owed it to my guys to do that one time. I was hopeful that in my first year I'd brought it up in the quarterback luncheons that I wouldn't do that, that everyone else would do it for me.

[alamocitystang]

On the same token - It amazes me the amount of UT orange I see on the BLVD

Funny part is a lot of those folks seem to find their way into the stadium...I've seen several on tv

[PK]

On the same token - It amazes me the amount of UT orange I see on the BLVD

Funny part is a lot of those folks seem to find their way into the stadium...I've seen several on tv

We have been saying for some time now that we need all the fans we can get...alumni of SMU or not. If they come to the games and support our Mustangs, I don't care what they wear. Hell, they might eventually get some SMU gear if we can keep them coming back for more.

[Arkpony]

Well, I was surprised the first time I drove up to park for a football game and the group we hired to direct traffic wears white shirts with BURNT ORANGE trim!!! Am the only one that it bothers???

I guarantee you that would not be seen at an Arkansas Game or A&M colors at a Texas Game!

[couch 'em]

On the same token - It amazes me the amount of UT orange I see on the BLVD

You'll see the same during the week on campus

[The PonyGrad]

At the A$M game I saw a guy in an A$M shirt and a TCU cap.

[Oliver]

It pains me to say this, but at this point, we need to welcome anyone on to the boulevard and especially in to our stadium. Need maximum exposure, cannot turn anyone away. We need people to start embracing SMU, not thinking of it as a private club for the elites...need to get greater Dallas on board, and hopefully get kids from places like South Dallas interested in staying home.