#84

[ponydawg]

I wonder what number is going to be given to the Bennett Leach "fight" at ford when Tech tried to run up the score?

[Dooby]

PK-have you been elected chief of propaganda. Seriously, do you really think that a victory over a short lived Division 1-AA program at home is one of the Top 90 moments in SMU history. Don't defend the asinine. BTW I'll definitely vote the "Throw-Back" (Blane Smith to Bobby Leach at Tech) over the Pitch(McIllhenney to James at UT) as Number One but I would love to hear someone who was at that 1935 SMU-TCU game describe the insanity of Bob Finley's last munute TD Bomb in one of the greatest games of the Century in Texas.

If you were not alive to see Doak play, you aren't allowed to have an opinion.

[PK]

PK-have you been elected chief of propaganda. Seriously, do you really think that a victory over a short lived Division 1-AA program at home is one of the Top 90 moments in SMU history. Don't defend the asinine.

Nope, not elected...self-appointed. Since the previous high scoring game was also against a 1-AA program named Gramblin, back in the eighties it has as much merit I suppose as anything else. A top 90? Don't know, don't care. I'm sure everyone can come up with their own top 90 and they would all be different. The only ones that really have any significance are going to be the top 20 or 10. I just find it totally amusing that so much anguish is being exhibited over the irrelevant bottom of the list.

[OldPony]

I like the first victory over Hendrix better than the last one in the CB.
BTW- There seems to be a strain arising on this board when discussing the DP to blame the players from 1979-86. These players were no more guilty than players on most other teams that have gotten probations or penalties The players worked their butts off to become bigger, faster, quicker and better and very nearly pulloed of the unthinkable. SmU's players' sins were not what caused the DP. It was the contnuation by alums to cheat, the depth of where the cheatng went into U governance and the fact that there were many repeats of violations from outside of the above time frame. These players should be honored for their performance both on and off the filed (I remember no rapes, beating of women, thefts etc). Put the balme for the DP where it belonged. Squarley on the shoulders of our biggest "boosters" and the weakkneed Presidfent who wouldn't stand up to them. Bill Clements- You don't have enough money to make right what you and your ilk did to our school..

[SoCal_Pony]

PK,

There was a 30-year period…1920 to 1950, when SMU was as competitive as any school in this region outside of UT. This includes A&M, LSU, Arkansas and OU. There was the Jerry LeVias / Chuck Hixson days and then of course, the Pony Express days.

IMO, at a minimum, 80 of the top 90 moments would occur during these above times.

And while the Leach run had more drama, I prefer the Pitch because it represented the beginning of a Dynasty. And PK, I agree with you that Doak’s Heisman and our National Championship Year will battle it out for our top spot. I am simply showing my own bias, but I loved that Pitch.

[PK]

PK,

There was a 30-year period…1920 to 1950, when SMU was as competitive as any school in this region outside of UT. This includes A&M, LSU, Arkansas and OU. There was the Jerry LeVias / Chuck Hixson days and then of course, the Pony Express days.

IMO, at a minimum, 80 of the top 90 moments would occur during these above times.

And while the Leach run had more drama, I prefer the Pitch because it represented the beginning of a Dynasty. And PK, I agree with you that Doak’s Heisman and our National Championship Year will battle it out for our top spot. I am simply showing my own bias, but I loved that Pitch.

You are right about the '20s thru '50s. Of course back then the state schools were not that much bigger than we were in enrollment and things in general were more equal. Since the infamous dp we have had to fight our own administration as well as our competition and as such we have had at least a few moments worth remembering, but I think the late '70s and early '80s will have the majority of the "moments" when it is all said and done. As for the dp years, I thing the pure courage of that first team in '89 full of freshmen who came out game after game and gave their all despite being physically beaten to a pulp is worthy of recognition...it may not be a "greatest moment", but those kids had moxie!

[OldPony]

I think we all loved those kids. They showed heart and promise that SMU did not follow through on and the admin refused to really support getting back to where we could compete. The kids from 89 were a tribute to SMU.

[davidsmu94]

#82 Donte Womack's Suspension for Sweet Love

[DallasDiehard]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Northridge even fields a football team any more.

Doesn't matter. They had a team that day, and our guys put up 58 points. Northridge isn't Oklahoma, but we've all watched enough games that turned out lopsided in the other direction -- that day was fun. Deal with it.

[davidsmu94]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Northridge even fields a football team any more.

Doesn't matter. They had a team that day, and our guys put up 58 points. Northridge isn't Oklahoma, but we've all watched enough games that turned out lopsided in the other direction -- that day was fun. Deal with it.

Please, I was at that game, Northridge was barely Lewisville High

[DallasDiehard]

I was at that game, too. Yes, Northridge was awful. But considering how the last 15 seasons have gone, did you really not enjoy seeing them put up 58 points against Northridge High? I did.

[PK]

Please, I was at that game, Northridge was barely Lewisville High

What??? You didn't leave that game early in disgust because we were beating up on a team no better than Lewisville High School like everyone else was beating up on us? So you were forced to sit through that pathetic game anyway? I didn't see anyone leaving that game that wasn't damn HAPPY to be on the winning side of a lopsided game. I think you are being a little self-righteous here bud.

[GoRedGoBlue]

PK-have you been elected chief of propaganda. Seriously, do you really think that a victory over a short lived Division 1-AA program at home is one of the Top 90 moments in SMU history. Don't defend the asinine. BTW I'll definitely vote the "Throw-Back" (Blane Smith to Bobby Leach at Tech) over the Pitch(McIllhenney to James at UT) as Number One but I would love to hear someone who was at that 1935 SMU-TCU game describe the insanity of Bob Finley's last munute TD Bomb in one of the greatest games of the Century in Texas.

And...the last game at the Rotton Bowl - in order to GET to Ford.

[EastStang]

I am sure that there will probably be 10 moments from the 1910's through the 1970's that will be left off the list because no one making the list remembers them. Will Peruna's amorous advances on Misty make the list? I doubt it, but certainly I would put that much higher than the defeat of Cal State- Northridge. I suspect the defeat of Fordham and the Seven Blocks of Granite will make the list from 1935 (and there will probably be a passing note of Peruna's killing of the Fordham Ram). Will Arthur Wittington's last minute kick-off return to beat Rice make the list in 1975? How about Keith Bobo's second half against Baylor in 1974?

[davidsmu94]

Please, I was at that game, Northridge was barely Lewisville High

What??? You didn't leave that game early in disgust because we were beating up on a team no better than Lewisville High School like everyone else was beating up on us? So you were forced to sit through that pathetic game anyway? I didn't see anyone leaving that game that wasn't damn HAPPY to be on the winning side of a lopsided game. I think you are being a little self-righteous here bud.

Tell you what PK, bud, I'll let you have good feelings about that game all you want. I personally felt much more pride in the early 90s, when we took a lead vs. Wisconsin into the fourth quarter, nearly Beat UCLA, and then got revenge against Houston. That game was a complete waste, didn't do us any good then or in the games after that.