Straight From Horse's Mouth

[Stallion]

SMU initiated request for Cowpoke and Maybell


http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Masco ... 09092.html

[Dooby]

Astonished anyone would actually believe it happened any other way.

[RGV Pony]

Three quick points:

1) Love the swath of empty seats shown in the photo
2) Now SMU looks like an even bigger bunch of tools, since NBC 5 went to Maddie and said "hey...did you call them or did they call you?"
3) Nothing screams small time when YOU are the one ASKING for a gift to be made to YOU. Pretty much guarantees all SMU got was the two horses, the costs incurred to care for them, and a big to-do about nothing. And even if the family THOUGHT about donating some $ to the school, I'm sure they want to distance now that the event is over.

[Stallion]

now there's a Hot Sports Opinion.

[StallionsModelT]

I hate our fans.

[Wuba]

The first sentence says they were never intended to replace Peruna...

[Mustang75]

"Because they are the Mustangs, and they did want a Mustang," she said. "They came to me, I didn't go to them -- SMU asked me to find them a Mustang

Who is they? Dr Turner or JJ or coach Schoolfield or Orsini? Wonder who?

[VarsityShop]

The philanthropist who donated two mustangs to Southern Methodist University says she didn't intend for them to replace the current mascot. Madeleine Pickens, the wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, said she just wanted to give Peruna, the university's Shetland pony, some friends. "Oh no," she said. "He's too cute. How could you replace Peruna?"

So there you have it. And another major player in this stating there was never ever a plan to replace Peruna.

[mr. pony]

SMU initiated request for Cowpoke and Maybell


http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Masco ... 09092.html

As reported here two weeks ago -

from cusa-fans.com:
Pickens, who made the gift through her National Wild Horse Foundation, said she was very pleased by the SMU fans’ response. "I think what you saw was an extraordinarily enthusiastic crowd. You saw what happened when the horses came out. [The crowd] went crazy. When the horses bowed it brought the house down."

Pickens said SMU approached her about finding the school "a real mustang."

"I said, ‘Sure.’ Not only did I bring them one, I brought two. It’s sort of like, you don’t want to lose your quarterback. So, just in case one’s having a bad day … we’ve got the back-up quarterback!"

[Billy Joe]

I do not see why some are making a big deal out of this. Peruna is still the official mascot. If the Mustangs were going to replace Peruna as the mascott then I could see why this could present a problem for a lot of people.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

So there you have it. And another major player in this stating there was never ever a plan to replace Peruna.

So I guess the horse nuts will add her to the list of
"Everybody's Lying" to connect their kooky dots!

[mr. pony]

I do not see why some are making a big deal out of this. Peruna is still the official mascot. If the Mustangs were going to replace Peruna as the mascott then I could see why this could present a problem for a lot of people.

The questions of note are:

*did somebody WANT to get rid of Peruna and WHO was that?
*did it all go away only AFTER the uproar?
*and IF the WHO is JJ, will he be happy not get his way on this?

[bagice]

I do not see why some are making a big deal out of this. Peruna is still the official mascot. If the Mustangs were going to replace Peruna as the mascott then I could see why this could present a problem for a lot of people.

Not as big a deal now, but many of us feel that if we did not raise such a stink and threaten to turn off the money spigit then they would have replaced Peruna, at least at football games.....June had every intention of having these horses replace Peruna on the field and lead the team at the beginning.

It all changed, however, BECAUSE we made it into a big deal. Ms. PIckens and the university are now just trying to do damage control "ohh..ermmm...we were never going to replace Peruna..eh..mmm, yeah"

[mr. pony]

I do not see why some are making a big deal out of this. Peruna is still the official mascot. If the Mustangs were going to replace Peruna as the mascott then I could see why this could present a problem for a lot of people.

It all changed, however, BECAUSE we made it into a big deal. Ms. PIckens and the university are now just trying to do damage control "ohh..ermmm...we were never going to replace Peruna..eh..mmm, yeah"

You nailed it, brother.

[couch 'em]

The philanthropist who donated two mustangs to Southern Methodist University says she didn't intend for them to replace the current mascot. Madeleine Pickens, the wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, said she just wanted to give Peruna, the university's Shetland pony, some friends. "Oh no," she said. "He's too cute. How could you replace Peruna?"

So there you have it. And another major player in this stating there was never ever a plan to replace Peruna.

If they admin lies about one aspect, how can you trust them in another?

Well..... we know why YOU do it, they pay you to.