Thought I'd share this SMU anecdote
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:10 am
I used to live in Oregon and an old friend from those days is a huge college football fan. Mostly the Beavers and Ducks, but he also loves to visit colleges around the country and take in the football experience in different places.
For the last couple of years, he has made a pilgrimage to Dallas for the season's opening weekend due to the Oregon schools playing in the Cowboy Classic (OSU/TCU last year and UO/LSU this year). In both cases, SMU was playing a road game the following day (TTech and A&M), so we have gone to the Cowboy Classic on Saturday and then to L 1&10 for the SMU game and a burger on Sunday.
Although the Ponies came up short in both games, my friend has really taken to them. He loves the road unis and is a huge Zach Line fan (reminds him of John Riggins). Also, he loved the atmosphere at L 1&10, especially for the Tech game last year.
This year as we were killing time on Sunday morning, he asked to drive over to SMU to take a look. So I took him over there and gave him the 25 cent tour. Suffice it to say, he went bananas. Absolutely loved the campus and the neighborhood. Said he will seriously consider it for his own kids even though they live on the west coast. At the end of the "tour" he asked to go to the bookstore and ended up buying SMU t-shirts and sweatshirts for himself and his family.
I now come to the point. . .I just received this text from my friend and I thought I would share:
"I went to my favorite sports bar in PDX to watch the SMU/TCU game. Wore my new Ponies shirt. The owner told me it was the first time in his 20 years of running the bar that someone had asked for an SMU game. He put the game on and I watched the entire thing, including OT. Several people commented on what an exciting game it was."
So there you go. Mustang nation is expanding its reach!
For the last couple of years, he has made a pilgrimage to Dallas for the season's opening weekend due to the Oregon schools playing in the Cowboy Classic (OSU/TCU last year and UO/LSU this year). In both cases, SMU was playing a road game the following day (TTech and A&M), so we have gone to the Cowboy Classic on Saturday and then to L 1&10 for the SMU game and a burger on Sunday.
Although the Ponies came up short in both games, my friend has really taken to them. He loves the road unis and is a huge Zach Line fan (reminds him of John Riggins). Also, he loved the atmosphere at L 1&10, especially for the Tech game last year.
This year as we were killing time on Sunday morning, he asked to drive over to SMU to take a look. So I took him over there and gave him the 25 cent tour. Suffice it to say, he went bananas. Absolutely loved the campus and the neighborhood. Said he will seriously consider it for his own kids even though they live on the west coast. At the end of the "tour" he asked to go to the bookstore and ended up buying SMU t-shirts and sweatshirts for himself and his family.
I now come to the point. . .I just received this text from my friend and I thought I would share:
"I went to my favorite sports bar in PDX to watch the SMU/TCU game. Wore my new Ponies shirt. The owner told me it was the first time in his 20 years of running the bar that someone had asked for an SMU game. He put the game on and I watched the entire thing, including OT. Several people commented on what an exciting game it was."
So there you go. Mustang nation is expanding its reach!
