A face from SMU's past

by **Rayburn** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:53 pm

That avatar is the product of one night playing on the computer with one of my sons. We love logos and we made that one up ourselves by copping the horse and diamond pic from another school.

Here's another SMU logo we made up:

by **Bergermeister** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:46 pm

If you know your horse mascots, you'll know that mustangs are always (almost) depicted with their heads UP (like the Hayden Fry helmet logo)... heads DOWN is for Broncos.

by **Rayburn** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:55 pm

Well, that is interesting to know. In fact, both my avitar and the above logo were lifted from schools that had Broncos as their mascots: Santa Clara for the avitar and Pan Am (I think) for the above.

Is that to depict the natural movements of these beasts, is it symbolic or is it meant to differentiate one from the other?

by **jtstang** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:56 pm

Bergermeister wrote:If you know your horse mascots, you'll know that mustangs are always (almost) depicted with their heads UP (like the Hayden Fry helmet logo)... heads DOWN is for Broncos.

Maybe he's basing it on the position of our players' heads after the majority of their games over the last few years.

by **NavyCrimson** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:01 pm

RAYBURN...

where did u get that logo?

the only place i've seen it was on this board & some old smu stuff /

i remember that dave smith (or someone) brought that logo back during his short reign in the early 70's

thx in adv

by **PlanoStang** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:17 pm

NavyCrimson wrote:RAYBURN...

where did u get that logo?

the only place i've seen it was on this board & some old smu stuff /

i remember that dave smith (or someone) brought that logo back during his short reign in the early 70's

thx in adv

Here is the one from the Dave Smith era. Probably for his first season
in 73.

by **Rayburn** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:14 pm

I found that logo on the Internet awhile back and fixed it up a bit. It was from an old decal and had a bunch of scuffs on it, so I cleaned it up and attached the letters to make it my own.

Plano's decal is nice. I love the diamond shaped SMU and the features on Peruna are sharp.

by **NavyCrimson** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:45 pm

now this 'tradition' & it sells!!!!

i've always believe that behind every logo, there is a little bit of historical or symbolic importance, fact or whatever of why 'that' logo is depicted a certain way -

that's what is lost on all this new $%%$#!!!!

by **PlanoStang** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:11 pm

Rayburn wrote:I found that logo on the Internet awhile back and fixed it up a bit. It was from an old decal and had a bunch of scuffs on it, so I cleaned it up and attached the letters to make it my own.

Plano's decal is nice. I love the diamond shaped SMU and the features on Peruna are sharp.

I posted the above decal on my previous post on here a few months ago
I believe. Maybe in response to one of your posts. I'm thinking you cut
out the kicking pony, and cleaned it up a bit to use as your avatar for
awhile.

by **MrMustang1965** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:38 am

Original SMU Mustang Bobblehead bought at the Cotton Bowl, circa 1961. Sorry about the glare from the flash on the SMU jersey. This bobblehead is in pretty good condition considering its age. The head spring is a little rusted and there's a little chipping of the paint around the shoes but, other than that, it's in good shape. Note the one bar face mask! The helmet does not have a Mustang on it. :evil:

by **PlanoStang** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:10 pm

Bumper sticker promoting Ron Meyer's first year as coach in 1976 with the then brand new white helmet.

by **PlanoStang** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:01 pm

Found this in my Dad's SMU stuff. It is on the back cover of a March
1950 Limbo Magazine put out by the then 'SMU Campus' newspaper.

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:40 pm

Cool pic, planostang! Ken Grantham went on to have his own dealership in the DFW area. I think it was a Ford house.

Van Winkle Pontiac dealership was on Oak Lawn Ave. in the building that was - until last week - occupied by Park Place Mercedes/Lexus. The building is now vacant.

by **Rayburn** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:46 pm

Van Winkle? That's not Rob Van Winkle step father, is it?

by **MrMustang1965** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:51 pm

Rayburn wrote:Van Winkle? That's not Rob Van Winkle step father, is it?

Dunno. The son of the owner of Van Winkle Pontiac went to high school with me at HP in the early to mid-70s. He always drove a new Firebird. :roll:

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