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Aloha! SMU Headed To Hawaii
Mustangs Returning To Sheraton Hawaii Bowl

Nov. 26, 2012

HONOLULU (SHB/SMU) - SMU has accepted an invitation to play in the 2012 SHERATON HAWAI`I BOWL, Sheraton Hawai`i Bowl Executive Director David A. K. Matlin announced today. The Mustangs, winners of four of their last six, will represent Conference USA and will meet a team from the Mountain West on Christmas Eve at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium.

"The SMU Mustangs finished their season strong by handing C-USA's West Division champion, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, their first conference loss," said Matlin. "Coach Jones and the Mustangs represented themselves well as our 2009 C-USA representative and we are looking forward to welcoming the Mustangs and their fans back to Honolulu for the 11th-annual SHERATON HAWAI`I BOWL."

"This bowl berth is a tremendous reward for our football team," said SMU AD Rick Hart. "We're excited about this opportunity and look forward a tremendous experience and great game in Hawaii."

SMU Head Coach June Jones added, "Having been affiliated with this bowl since its inception, I know that it is one of the best bowl experiences in college football. I'm very excited for our players, staff and fans. This is a special experience."

SMU will be making its 15th bowl appearance and third bowl appearance in Honolulu (1984 Aloha and 2009 Sheraton Hawai`i). Under Jones, SMU will be making its school-record fourth consecutive bowl appearance.

In the 2009 SHERATON HAWAI`I BOWL, the Mustangs raced out to a 31-0 halftime lead en route to a 45-10 victory over Nevada. SMU, which was making its first postseason appearance in 25 years, amassed 534 yards of total offense and held Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick to just 23 yards rushing and 177 yards through the air.

The 2012 SHERATON HAWAI`I BOWL will be played on Christmas Eve (Monday, December 24) at 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST/3 p.m. HST and will be telecast by ESPN from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.

For full bowl info, click here.

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Brad Sutton
Associate A.D./Public Relations
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
214.768.1651

SMU, the only Division I athletic program in Dallas, Texas, sponsors 17 sports and has been ranked as the top school in its conference for 11 of the last 15 years in the Director's Cup overall athletic rankings. More information about SMU and its coaches, student-athletes and teams is available at http://www.SMUMustangs.com.

Glad the kids get the reward of a trip to Hawaii.

On a sidenote, it will be sad to see Zach Line, Taylor Reed, and JaGared Davis suit it up for the last time. Where this program was when they got here and where it is now is pretty remarkable. Thank you to the seniors who restored SMU football back to respectability.

Webmaster wrote:I hear it's a done deal. Press release forthcoming from SID presumably.

Yes ESPN reported it a while back by Brett Murphy and they have the rights to the bowl. You should have posted the link as well. LOL.

StallionsModelT wrote:Glad the kids get the reward of a trip to Hawaii.

On a sidenote, it will be sad to see Zach Line, Taylor Reed, and JaGared Davis suit it up for the last time. Where this program was when they got here and where it is now is pretty remarkable. Thank you to the seniors who restored SMU football back to respectability.

Amen brother. Thanks to the Seniors - 4 in a row!

Its the one that they started with as Fr. Glad they get to end it with the same bowl. And we are undefeated out there.

If the opponent is Fresno St we should be undefeated after this one as well. Tulsa barely beat Fresno St and we beat Tulsa soundly.

SMU 86 wrote:If the opponent is Fresno St we should be undefeated after this one as well. They barely beat Fresno St.

Was it a scrimmage?

PK wrote:

SMU 86 wrote:If the opponent is Fresno St we should be undefeated after this one as well. They barely beat Fresno St.

Was it a scrimmage?

Excuse me Tulsa barely beat Fresno St but we soundly defeated Tulsa. SMU should take Fresno St to the woodshed.

It'll be fun to watch us during bowl season again. Wish we were competing for something a little bigger but uninterrupted bowl seasons was beyond my wildest dreams a few years ago. On to the Big East and bigger and better things. Pony Up!

Interesting tweet from Beaudine. I guess he would have said the same thing if they had succeeded at placing him at ASU. LOL.

Eastman & Beaudine ‏@EastmanBeaudine

Congrats to E&B placement @CoachJuneJones & SMU Mustangs on 5-3 conf record & bowl eligibility! @YouGotWho @AD_RickHart @SMUMustangs #PonyUp
Retweeted by Rick Hart

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Guys, we lost to freaking Rice and Tulane. Fresno State's three losses are to Oregon, Tulsa, and Boise State. They will be the best team we have played since TCU. Maybe June can re-create some Hawaii magic.

We also lost to Baylor, A&M, and TCU so ease realize we have the ability to lose to good teams also.

SMU will put a beat down on them. June likes Hawaii and will have them ready to play.

mrydel wrote:We also lost to Baylor, A&M, and TCU so ease realize we have the ability to lose to good teams also.

I think lose is a loose word there. I believe it would be more suitable to say demolish, destroyed, humiliated etc