PonyFans.comBoard IndexAround the HilltopFootballRecruitingBasketballOther Sports

The Ford Morgue

This is the forum for talk about SMU Football

Moderators: PonyPride, SmooPower

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby East Coast Mustang » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:07 pm

UCF could be a Top Ten team by the time we play them Dec. 7 (don't see them losing to USF or Rutgers), and we might be playing them for a shot at a bowl game, assuming we can win one of two against USF/Houston. We should promote the hell out of that game...when is the last time a Top Ten team played at Ford? 2010 TCU was up there, cant remember what they were ranked when they played us that year at Ford. Regardless, it doesn't happen very often.

Get all the youth groups, church groups, whatever groups out for that one. Students have exams, but I'd like to think some might be able to justify a three hour study break to watch the game against a highly ranked opponent.

It would've been really cool if UCF had beaten South Carolina (they lost 28-25) and were undefeated going into this game.
2005 PonyFans.com Rookie of the Year Award Recipient
User avatar
East Coast Mustang
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 7432
Joined: Sat May 21, 2005 8:35 am

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby jpe747 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:09 pm

If DART is chosen as transportation someone has to get the kids to DART...just sayin'.
User avatar
jpe747
Heisman
 
Posts: 1095
Joined: Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:07 pm

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby sbsmith » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:30 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:UCF could be a Top Ten team by the time we play them Dec. 7 (don't see them losing to USF or Rutgers), and we might be playing them for a shot at a bowl game, assuming we can win one of two against USF/Houston. We should promote the hell out of that game...when is the last time a Top Ten team played at Ford? 2010 TCU was up there, cant remember what they were ranked when they played us that year at Ford. Regardless, it doesn't happen very often.

Get all the youth groups, church groups, whatever groups out for that one. Students have exams, but I'd like to think some might be able to justify a three hour study break to watch the game against a highly ranked opponent.

It would've been really cool if UCF had beaten South Carolina (they lost 28-25) and were undefeated going into this game.



TCU was #4 when we played them in 2010. Ford had an overflow crowd for that one on a Friday night. UCF might be in the Top 10 at gametime but they're still an irrelevant team in this region so there won't be much of a walk-up crowd. No significant amount of their fanbase is likely to travel 1000 miles for this one when they'll already have the conference title and BCS bid locked up. Throw in likely weather problems (cold, overcast, windy, rainy) and we'll be fortunate to have 10K butts in seats for that game.
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security

-Benjamin Franklin
sbsmith
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 9540
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:21 am
Location: Dallas

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby 03Mustang » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:54 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:It would've been really cool if UCF had beaten South Carolina (they lost 28-25) and were undefeated going into this game.


Sadly, I still can't see us drawing more than 10k for that one as our generally apathetic "fanbase" doesn't consider an SMU-UCF game to be worth their time no matter what. I would love to be proven wrong, but nothing in the last 10+ years gives me any hope for that.

We solidified ourselves as a joke over the past 3 decades with the population at large and that's going to take a long, long time to turn around.
03Mustang
PonyFans.com Legend
 
Posts: 4238
Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:47 am
Location: Allen, TX

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby 78pony » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:11 pm

UCF. Commuter school that 75% of everyone outside of the southeast does not know even exists.
78pony
Heisman
 
Posts: 1243
Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2003 3:01 am
Location: Dallas, TX

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby feelthehorsepower » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:29 pm

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/smu ... 116aaa.pdf

I think 15k is closer to our real fan base at this moment. It's the true average, not counting Tech coming to visit.

Next year our avg attendance will be skewed (A&M and TCU play at Ford...probably around 30k people will come out of the woodwork)
User avatar
feelthehorsepower
Heisman
 
Posts: 1518
Joined: Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:38 pm
Location: Ponytown, USA (Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex)

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby East Coast Mustang » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:31 pm

That A&M game at Ford will not happen.
2005 PonyFans.com Rookie of the Year Award Recipient
User avatar
East Coast Mustang
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 7432
Joined: Sat May 21, 2005 8:35 am

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby feelthehorsepower » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:44 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:That A&M game at Ford will not happen.


Who are we playing then? Some FCS team?
User avatar
feelthehorsepower
Heisman
 
Posts: 1518
Joined: Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:38 pm
Location: Ponytown, USA (Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex)

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:45 pm

feelthehorsepower wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:That A&M game at Ford will not happen.


Who are we playing then? Some FCS team?



that's usually who you get with last minute scheduling changes
Charleston Pony
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 28960
Joined: Thu Sep 21, 2000 3:01 am
Location: Stonebridge Golf Club, NC

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby 03Mustang » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:46 pm

78pony wrote:UCF. Commuter school that 75% of everyone outside of the southeast does not know even exists.


And what do you think other teams say about us when we come to town?
03Mustang
PonyFans.com Legend
 
Posts: 4238
Joined: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:47 am
Location: Allen, TX

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby RGV Pony » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:47 pm

03Mustang wrote:
78pony wrote:UCF. Commuter school that 75% of everyone outside of the southeast does not know even exists.


And what do you think other teams say about us when we come to town?


They say we never should've fired Jeff Bower and that its hard to believe Brett Favre was a qb here
User avatar
RGV Pony
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 17269
Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:01 am
Location: Dallas

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby East Coast Mustang » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:53 pm

feelthehorsepower wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:That A&M game at Ford will not happen.


Who are we playing then? Some FCS team?

Probably. Hopefully a local FCS team like Stephen F. Austin who will bring some fans of their own.
2005 PonyFans.com Rookie of the Year Award Recipient
User avatar
East Coast Mustang
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 7432
Joined: Sat May 21, 2005 8:35 am

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby feelthehorsepower » Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:59 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:
feelthehorsepower wrote:
East Coast Mustang wrote:That A&M game at Ford will not happen.


Who are we playing then? Some FCS team?

Probably. Hopefully a local FCS team like Stephen F. Austin who will bring some fans of their own.


Stephen F. Austin is fun to have at Ford. Their fans are cool and they do show up. They're purple too so we can practice beating a team that wears purple before TCU comes to our house
User avatar
feelthehorsepower
Heisman
 
Posts: 1518
Joined: Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:38 pm
Location: Ponytown, USA (Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex)

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby sbsmith » Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:00 pm

RGV Pony wrote:
They say we never should've fired Jeff Bower and that its hard to believe Brett Favre was a qb here




:lol:
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security

-Benjamin Franklin
sbsmith
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 9540
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:21 am
Location: Dallas

Re: The Ford Morgue

Postby Treadway21 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:22 pm

SMU2007 wrote:Shocked that winless UCONN team didn't bring more fans to the stadium to see if we could get that elusive 4th win of the season.


Ha. This attendance thing is hard to figure. Two teams one with a losing record and one from the far northeast win no wins and people wonder why there is only 10k people there and everyone is watching the score board for the scores of the relevant team. Yeah I don't get why our stadium isn't packed and loud.

Get a grip people. Win some games against tech and TCU then let's talk about it.
An atheist is a guy who watches a Notre Dame-SMU football game and
doesn't care who wins.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
User avatar
Treadway21
PonyFans.com Super Legend
 
Posts: 6586
Joined: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:14 pm
Location: Dallas, TX

PreviousNext

Return to Football

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 19 guests