OK You people who say the pony is not going away...

by **ponyboy** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:49 pm

jt, how about you manage your (low) expectations and allow everyone else to manage theirs? Having a little optimism for the season ain't a crime.

GO MUSTANGS!

by **PlanoStang** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:47 pm

My worst nightmare. :shock:

by **jtstang** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:03 pm

ponyboy wrote:jt, how about you manage your (low) expectations and allow everyone else to manage theirs? Having a little optimism for the season ain't a crime.

GO MUSTANGS!

You are so wrong, sunshine--I have NO expectations. What is this now, your sixteenth year in a row of bowl predictions for SMU? If that ain't a crime, it ought to be.

by **ponyboy** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:06 pm

I'm not here for a fight, jt. Just questioning your neurotic need to constantly remind everyone to have low expectations. It hurts NOTHING for a fan to come on here and act like, well, a fan. Maybe there are exceptions, but I suspect that most fans don't need your life lessons on reasonable expectations every time they post something hopeful.

Sometimes it's like you and Stallion are a one two punch designed to bring down everything fun about SMU athletics. I for one am a little tired of it.

by **jtstang** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:10 pm

ponyboy wrote:Sometimes it's like you and Stallion are a one two punch designed to bring down everything fun about SMU athletics.

Can't speak for Stallion, but other than the Boulevard, what exactly is fun about SMU athletics? We are astonishingly bad. We are the school that the good teams look to when they want to schedule a patsy. We are perpetually less than mediocre. What, I ask again, is fun about that?

by **Dutch** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:20 pm

what are you talking about? we're great at mens' track & field.

nevermind. I forgot about Title IX

by **Dooby** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:58 pm

High expectations hurt when you fail to meet them. "Expectations" means what is expected, which usually results in disappointment when it is not met and suggests somethign went awry. It is one thing to expect something of yourself. But it is unfair to create expectations for others, particularly if somebody's job and reputation is on the line.

Perhaps it is a question of semantics. I am optimistic about this team, but by no means am I predicting a winning season. Anyone that has been predicting bowl games each year for the past 10 years or so should reconsider his methodology.

Should we expect more from this team? Sure. But what has this university done to deserve those high expectations? Not a damn thing.

by **NavyCrimson** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:39 pm

take a look @ this on ebay -

a great poster of our 1935 national championship team with a picture of "Mr. Ed the talking horse" in the corners!!

it looks like a horse commercial for feed!!!

so ridiculous looking!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 23797&rd=1

by **ponyboy** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:14 pm

Dooby wrote:High expectations hurt when you fail to meet them.

Agreed. I'm just setting forth the radical notion that we allow fans to decide individually their own levels of optimism rather than having our legal crew lose a testicle any time anyone dares to cheer on their team around here.

by PK » Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:39 pm

Well it's a little better, but the "secondary mark" is still getting top billing. Thankfully they didn't use that mounted trophy horses head like they did on the auction stuff.

by **jtstang** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:02 pm

jeez, PK, the top billing is the helmet with the mangled running horse logo (mangled as in a dark blue background). Now your just being silly.

by PK » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:56 pm

jtstang wrote:jeez, PK, the top billing is the helmet with the mangled running horse logo (mangled as in a dark blue background). Now your just being silly.

JT, stick to what you know...no expectations. You may not give a sh*t and that is your preogrative, but I happen to be very concerned with where this logo/mark thing is headed...so live with it.

by **Stallion** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:15 am

oh no Ponyboy is getting all "badass" on us-it must be late July. This too will pass by October 1.

by **91Stang** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:00 am

I hope ponyboy keeps it up. His optimism is sometimes a refreshing break from some of the negativity here.
Keep it up, ponyboy! We're with you.

by **jtstang** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:25 am

PK wrote:You may not give a sh*t and that is your preogrative, but I happen to be very concerned with where this logo/mark thing is headed...so live with it.

And blowing this molehill up is yor prerogative--just don't misinterpret things--the helmet is at the top of that ad, and the running horse appears twice in it.

When Baylor kicks our @ss opening day, it's not gonna have anything to do with the "secondary" logo. You're a smart guy, PK--this program's got bigger fish to fry.

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