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So for you early 1980's alumni, the SWC to recruits today is like the Korean War to you, and the pony express is WWII.

excellent point. if you are about 36 or under, you have only known smu as one of the worst d1 teams.

couch 'em wrote:If someone is old enough to remember pony express, let's say age 12 at the time, they are now in their mid 40s.

To everyone younger we have a tradition of being, literally, one of the worst DI-A schools.

I am 38 and I remember well, went to all of the home games, but obviously that is not typical.

Sorry, but SMU should be higher on the list. Much higher, in my mind. Consider what was listed under the "pros" of the top-ranked (barf) job at Texas: "Texas offers the complete package: Great school in a great town with great tradition. Also, it’s located in a state that treats high school football like a religion."

OK, SMU is a great school, in a great city, and with great tradition, albeit tradition from a little further back, and is in the same state that treats high school football like a religion. We have a gorgeous campus, and while we're not in the same conference or play with the same budget, etc., SMU is leaving and joining a conference in which the team has a chance to win.

I'm not saying that makes it a top 10 job or anything, but it's better than 74.

Grant Carter wrote:

couch 'em wrote:If someone is old enough to remember pony express, let's say age 12 at the time, they are now in their mid 40s.

To everyone younger we have a tradition of being, literally, one of the worst DI-A schools.

I am 38 and I remember well, went to all of the home games, but obviously that is not typical.

Agreed. I'm about to turn 35 and remember going to Texas Stadium games with my dad when SMU was the best game in town; and then going to the 1989 season and beyond games when I decided that SMU was a very cool school to go to.

I've always felt that instead of showing a video of football players marching across Dallas Hall lawn and throwing a football into outer space, we should have an intro that emphasizes our tradition: show clips of all our greats and transition each clip into plays of them in the pros.

smusic 00 wrote:

Grant Carter wrote: I am 38 and I remember well, went to all of the home games, but obviously that is not typical.

I'm about to turn 35 and remember going to Texas Stadium games with my dad

I'm 46 and when SMU's 1980 season rolled around (the first indication that we really were going to be good), I was 14 years old. I idolized those teams and was crushed when the DP was handed down my sophomore year at SMU.

SMUer wrote:I've always felt that instead of showing a video of football players marching across Dallas Hall lawn and throwing a football into outer space, we should have an intro that emphasizes our tradition: show clips of all our greats and transition each clip into plays of them in the pros.

There you go, off making sense with something smart, simple, and easy.

SMUer wrote:I've always felt that instead of showing a video of football players marching across Dallas Hall lawn and throwing a football into outer space, we should have an intro that emphasizes our tradition: show clips of all our greats and transition each clip into plays of them in the pros.

Submit this to the marketing team. Oh wait...

SMUer wrote:I've always felt that instead of showing a video of football players marching across Dallas Hall lawn and throwing a football into outer space, we should have an intro that emphasizes our tradition: show clips of all our greats and transition each clip into plays of them in the pros.

And/Or have a notation inside the stadium bowl of our national and conference titles, Doak's Heisman, etc.

74. SMU
SMU's location and recruiting base are the only reasons why the Mustangs aren't lower as brand recognition, tradition and fan base support are basically non-existent.

Our positon is relatively high, considering the ineptitude of our administration. The lip service given to it by our president. The broken promises made to coaches and boosters. How long would Deloss last if he came out with such a "milk toast" comment about the Big East and our "disappointment"?

Coaches have come and gone over the past years, but unless this administration really is committed to athletics, we will only fall in the rankings. Have we even given the thought to a contingency plan for the conference, formally known as the Big East?

I do disagree with the commitment of our fans, we have taken it in the chin for 26 years, put up with the worst product for 25 years, with always the same excuses, yet we are still loyal to the program.

The positive of this report is that the rankings don't have to remain the same. If the school, alumni, fans, ad, coaches and players come together the ranking will improve over time. One needs look no further than Fort Worth. On the other hand, if the fans, students and alumni choose to play the "poor ole me" card and live in the distant past of the glory days in the SWC then nobody else around the country is going to care that you choose to be mediocre and believe me no power conference is going to want a school not bringing success and money to the coffers. And there is nothing wrong with choosing a lower level to compete. It is just a shame to waste so much potential.