BigPonyFan

Thank you! As I've posted recently, I really do hope for good things to happen to UNT. PLEASE stop with the over-bloated sales pitch on why UNT is something that it isn't. UNT is making GREAT progress and UNT folks should be very proud. Be comfortable in your own skin and stop looking for SMU to slight you. By the way Green Mean, please feel encouraged to become a regular on Ponyfans. You're a great and sensible poster!!! Good luck this weekend UNT!

Napolean Complex?? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=napoleon%20complex

The symmetry just might hold there! Don't know. :-)

Thank you, that's a good general response for what I meant (and perhaps a good variant of what I should have said). Again, good luck guys.

Guys, not a dig or backhanded slap at UNT at all. You're saying "if X" hadn't happened. Well, if SMU hadn't been left out of the Big 12, things would be different too. We're just at slightly different stages of the rebuilding process. I really do wish you guys well. Good luck!

I've been lurking in the shadows for some time, but I finally had to break down and set up an account. I honestly wish UNT well as your school navigates realignment. As I've posted on Killerfrogs, I hope good things for all of the local schools. With that said, I hope many of you start to warm to the changing demographics of the "typical" SMUer. 20 years ago it was a bunch of trust fund babies running around Dallas like they owned the world (which, many actually do/did). Today, almost half of SMU students were/are graduate students or scholarship undergraduates. It's a drastically changing demographic that will hopefully be supportive of all DFW folks. I'm not going to lie, there are still thousands of overly-well-to-do students attending the school (I think that is forever), but I'm hoping all of the "SMUt", "SMOO", etc. labels start to subside a bit. There are MANY MANY SMU fans that wish UNT well -- honestly. Last, while we would love to have more of you guys visit Ponyfans, please consider how SMU fans perceive the SMU program before you post comments like "SMU and UNT will soon be in the same conference". Frankly, that would be like me going onto some Big 12 school’s board and saying the same thing to them. I should expect to draw some negative comments (perceptual gaps are involved). There may be a day in the future when UNT and SMU is a good rivalry. For now though, let's just focus, as citizens of DFW, on helping all of teams get better. I hope to see some of you on Boulevard for a game! Good luck guys!

A lot here to respond to. As far as Houston, those numbers are just flat wrong. I was at the game. Regardless of the actual numbers, it was very cold, raining, and tornado warnings were issued. My wife called me when the warnings were issue and I grabbed the kids and hit the road. It was a miserable day. SMU has fan issues for sure (20 years of irrelevance will do that), but the Houston game last year was no accurate gauge.

That's hard to say. 23k scanned, 22k came in with high water mark around 20k. Average was likely around 17k. Not making excusses, but Dallas had A LOT going on that day. We need start recruiting our UNT friends to help!!! :-)

23k scanned, but certainly not 23k in the stands for the full game.

Correct. Nothing is expected tomorrow due to bball media day (but you never know). As a Mustang fan, I and many Mustangs wish you the best of luck. Please just let SMU back into CUSA when the BE dies and we're homeless!