Gene Stallings

[EconPony'10]

What an incredible speech that was at the Luncheon today

[Bergermeister]

Outstanding. Good story on SMU vs A&M national TV game against Hayden Fry... Ines Perez to Levias for the win.

[Rebel10]

Did they show the new unis at the luncheon?

[smuaustin1971]

That SMU vs A&M game was my first game as a freshman [1967]. I was there and it was fun.

[PoconoPony]

It truly was a great and amazing game.

[SMU89]

Great luncheon. Saw video cameras. Any chance available somewhere?

[ponyscott]

Stallings was absolutely the greatest today...brought tears to my eyes..he CAN INSPIRE.

[Statler]

Coach Stallings is a great man.

My grandfather was a yell leader at a&m in 1918. When he died, Coach Stallings wrote a hand written letter to my grandmother saying how sorry he was that her husband had passed away. I cannot express how much that meant to her.

[ponyscott]

Coach Gene Stallings at the SMU football kick off today and recited this poem...powerful



The Dash Poem

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The Dash
by Linda Ellis copyright 1996

I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone,
from the beginning…to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth
and spoke of the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash .....between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
that she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own,
the cars…the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend...... our dash.

So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
and more often wear a smile,
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read,
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they say
about how you spent..... YOUR dash?

Copyright Linda Ellis

[Bergermeister]

Did they show the new unis at the luncheon?

Same uniforms. Don't need new ones.

[SMU 86]

Did they show the new unis at the luncheon?

Same uniforms. Don't need new ones.

Yes we do imo.

[SMUer]

The presentation and speech were great but why were we sitting with Texas Tech players?

[Bergermeister]

The presentation and speech were great but why were we sitting with Texas Tech players?

The 4 at our table play for SMU. At least they said they did.

[SMUer]

You wouldn't know it by their black, grey and red warm-ups...