MJavierSMU

Wow. You seem to bring race into a lot of your posts. In my short time on this board, I've read several threads when you bring the topic up out of nowhere. Strange. But since you brought it up, I'll address a few of the many inaccuracies you've posted in this thread. I apologize for using facts to get in the way of your message. 1. SMU is far from the easiest private school in Texas to get into. TCU and Baylor both are easier and have lower SAT/ACT scores and average HS GPAs. 2. Being a 'white dude" as you put it does not make it easier to get into SMU. And SMU is actually less white than its peer privates except for Rice. Baylor and SMU have almost the same percentage of whites, but SMU is more international. Per Forbes demographics for the 2015-16 school year: SMU: White - 65%, Hispanic -12%, Black - 5%, Asian 7%, International/foreign - 7% TCU: White - 74%, Hispanic -11%, Black - 5%, Asian 3%, International/foreign - 5% Baylor: White - 64%, Hispanic -14%, Black - 7%, Asian 6%, International/foreign - 3% Tulane: White - 71%, Hispanic -6%, Black - 9%, Asian 4%, International/foreign - 3% Rice: White - 38%, Hispanic -15%, Black - 7%, Asian 22%, International/foreign - 12% Rice is easily the most diverse of the major privates because it is an incredibly great institution that gets many international students due to its reputation. SMU is second in international students and almost equal with Baylor in overall diversity. TCU and Tulane are the least diverse by quite a bit, but I guess for some reason it is a benefit to be a "white dude" at SMU over other schools..... Lastly, you mentioned in another post in this thread that SMU has "dry businesses around campus." Can you please name one? I'll wait.......... It might take you a while because there aren't any. You're about a decade late with statement. I know haters are gonna hate, but at least know what you're talking about when you throw out supposed facts.

We definitely have been our own worst enemy. We were in great position in 2011 but June quit on us and that set us back at least five years. Glad you had a good time last year. I met a lot of great people from UNT. I am hopeful to make it to the pre-game Saturday but I might have to work during the day. Either way I'll be at the game.

No worries. We're not all bad. It's no differebt than some of the fools on ponyfans. lol l'm looking forward to a good game Saturday.

I liked the super pit and enjoyed the game. Your team had talent but seemed unsure of what to do late in the game.

Sorry, I was a little high with the guess but my point is the official number was obviously tickets sold and not butts in seats. Every school does it that way.

Western Kentucky. That is why I came to this site to ask about the game. And I was not greeted kindly, which really surprised me. I found out that I'm a d-bag, I pop my collar and my rich dad got me into SMU. lol

I never mentioned the national championship. You did. I never mentioned football blue bloods. You did. Our attendance in football is terrible unless we're playing a former SWC rival, there is no denying that. As for cooking up attendance numbers, it is the same practice at every school - UNT, TCU, Baylor, Texas St, Rice or name any other school. They count tickets sold. I went to a UNT basketball game last season and there might have been 500 people in the place but the announced attendance was around 3,000. Y'all act like SMU is the only one who does this. The cheating thing has been beat to death but again, everyone was doing it, SMU just got caught. We deserved what we got but so did UT, A&M, TCU....... SMU and UNT are at the same level of success right now but we are not the same program. We are coming from vastly different places. History does count for something. The value or meaning of that history is debatable. SMU and Rice is a better comparison as being the SAME program. Based on the comments on this board most of the hate of SMU has nothing to do with athletic competition. It seems to have more to do with the broad brush you paint anyone associated with SMU. That alone doesn't make a rivalry. Has one of our games (football or basketball) ever sold out? Two schools located an hour apart and a game has never sold out? That's a rivalry? The TCU game in a few weeks will be sold out, and we are terrible. The TCU basketball game at Moody in November will be sold out, and they are terrible. That's a rivalry because of the history and similarity of the schools.

It could change. I think Littrell was a good hire. Time will tell. One thing SMU and UNT do have in common is there is nowhere to go but up in football.

UNT and SMU may offer some of the same players but how often does it come down to SMU and UNT in the recruit's final group? Pretty sure that is rare. With SMU and Houston it is almost every recruit. And I can't ever remember SMU and UNT after the same hoops recruit. Lately our biggest competition on hoops recruiting has been OU and TCU. When was the last time SMU played UH in anything? Last year, and the year before, and the year before........you play the schools in your conference. Same goes for Rice before we left C-USA three years ago.

I copied and pasted from my other post...... What do you think Morris is gong to say when asked that by a reporter? No, I don't think of them as a rival. It's just another game. Or....no way, we are looking forward to next week against Baylor. Of course not. He would've had the same response if asked that about Texas St or UTEP. It's game week and he's got to get his team fired up. Hell, June Jones used to call everyone a rival.

What do you think Morris is gong to say when asked that by a reporter? No, I don't think of them as a rival. It's just another game. No way, we are looking forward to next week against Baylor. Of course not. He would've had the same response if asked that about Texas St or UTEP. It's game week and he's got to get his team fired up. Hell, June Jones used to call everyone a rival. You honestly don't think UH considers us a rival?? We go head-to-head with them for almost every recruit in football and lately basketball. And you don't think Rice considers us a rival?? With UH and Rice we have conference history, recruiting history and a long history of competing on the field and court but they are not our rivals. With UNT we have never been in the same conference. We've rarely played you in football, very rarely played you in hoops and we don't recruit many of the same kids but that is a rivalry?? Okay.

I don't think you can tell someone you're their rival and suddenly it is true. I'm not sure if you are joking about UNT being SMU's biggest rival, or not? But what do you base that on, seriously? If you asked any SMU fan (current student, young alum, old alum) who are SMU's rivals, I don't think anyone would say UNT. And that is nothing against UNT. It's just that we have never been in the same conference and we've rarely played each other. If I had to name SMU's top 5 rivals they would be TCU, UH, Baylor, Rice and maybe Texas Tech since we have continued to play them post SWC. TCU has moved on and they are doing well but we continue to play them every year in most sports and just as important is the schools are very similar - private, compete for the same students, similar student bodies, 40 miles apart and we were in a conference together for over 80 years. Also, despite the recent success of TCU football the all-time records in football and basketball are still close. Football - TCU leads 48-40-8. Basketball - SMU leads 109-89. After visiting your board for awhile now, there are many posters on here who seem to really hate SMU for whatever reason, and I'm not asking why as I've read the many stereotypes posted about SMU over and over. Honestly, before visiting this board I had no clue there was any animosity between the school's fans. Most of my SMU friends I stay in contact with love Denton and have nothing bad to say about UNT. Also, the UNT people I know and work with have never once mentioned that they dislike SMU in anyway. I'm not trying to change your opinion of SMU because I know I'm not going to but I have no idea where all the hate comes from, and we have never blackballed you from a conference since I've been at SMU (mid-2000s). That's a myth.

I was told the out clause is after four years, too. With the expansion mess, I haven't heard anything recently from Morris or Hart on our OOC schedule other than keeping TCU on the schedule. This is our last year with Baylor. One last thing on what we offer to the Big 12. This was just released by ESPN. SMU is the toughest building for opponents the AAC. This saying something in a basketball conference with UConn, Cincy, Memphis and Temple. http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/ http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17200933/american-venues-ranked-according-difficulty Also, I just read about your new AD. I think you guys made a good hire - young, energetic and from a P5 school.

I agree with you. The Big 12 suddenly deciding to expand now is the worst thing for SMU. Unfortunately, we didn't get to choose the timing of the promotion process. We could either sit quietly in the corner and get left behind, or throw a Hail Mary and hope for the best. Of course, we'd prefer this was on the heels of a Houston type season. You're right that our Scout rep's opinion is meaningless but it I have a couple of contacts in the administration and I've never once heard them say anything about SMU trying to keep UNT out of a conference. Plus, we only have one vote like all of the other schools. Now that TCU has made it back to P5, they have publicly stated they would like to have SMU in their conference again. They know there are a lot of benefits of having a true natural rival in the conference.

We have served the probation. Other than a possible APR issue which I've heard will not be an issue, we're fine moving forward. As for the stadium, we can get it to 45-50K by adding a 2nd deck if that is required. Before TCU's success their attendance was no better than ours. Baylor, too, unless they were playing UT or OU. I've stated this before, never heard any truth that SMU has tried to keep UNT out of any conference. Even if we did, we simply don't have the power to blackball a school. In fact, our Scout publisher listed his top two schools today to replace UH and Cincy in the AAC and they were UNT and Marshall. I don't get the UTSA reference, so I guess I've got nothing on that.

I'll argue that we offer zilch. I have no idea why people think SMU basketball is about to tank. It is actually the complete opposite. Our team this year might be our best during this stretch. We have three, possibly four, NBA players on the roster (Shake, Semi, Ben Moore and Sterling Brown who is the brother of former NBAer Shannon Brown). Jank will open the offense up a little more than LB and every game will once again be a sellout. Even though we wont start the season ranked we have been ranked 29 weeks in the past three season and we should add to that. As for the Big 12, l don't think we get in but we offer a top 25 level basketball program with excellent fan support, planned upgraded facilities in football, another game every other year in football and every year in basketball in Dallas, huge corporate sponsorship possibilities and excellent soccer, golf, volleyball and swimming programs, we do offer a little.

Until a couple of years ago, a recruit had to be admitted to the school before he could take an official visit.

I hope everyone at UNT is doing well and having a nice summer. After the HUGE day for your conference mate I thought I'd stop by your board to see the reaction but there's nothing?? W Kentucky landed 2017 5-star center Mitchell Robinson today. He's a top 20 player in the class. And W Kentucky got an invite to the 2017 Battle for Atlantis, SMU did as well. The eight schools are Arizona, Nova, NC St, Tennessee, Purdue, SMU, N Iowa and W Kentucky. This is huge for your conference because each school gets $2 million for participating. Anyway, great day for W Kentucky and a good day for C-USA. Sorry, I thought I was posting this on the bball board. I'm not sure how to move it....

Well, I hate to hear that. Sorry for your unpleasant visit. I wouldn't think wearing UNT gear would have mattered. I had no clue there was any animosity towards SMU from UNT people until I visited this board. I only asked that because visiting fans during a football game at just about any school will catch a little grief but on just a regular visit, that's strange.

Fair enough but was it during a football against UNT, or just a regular visit on a school day?

Again, I said there's still a lot of room for improvement at SMU, and at similar universities like TCU and Baylor but I can only speak to my experience. I've got plenty of black friends who also loved their experience at SMU but you make it sound like SMU is full of racist, hateful people based on a few isolated incidents reported in the media. I bet if I did a little research I could find reports of racial incidents that have occurred at UNT, and at TCU, and at Baylor. A couple of weeks ago a group of students from Dallas visiting A&M were harassed by A&M students based on their race. Does that make everyone at A&M a racist and College Station a cesspool? Sorry, I know that example does not help your SMU/Dallas hate argument but I thought it was worthy to bring up. I just find it funny that someone constantly condemning a group for their supposed hateful ways does nothing but throw out hate himself. Kind of ironic, huh?

Wow. In the few times I visited this board over the past year and a half your posts have stood out, especially if the topic is SMU and/or Dallas with the supposed racism and lack of culture. There is a definite common theme and agenda with your posts. As a middle-class minority I had a great experience at SMU and living in Dallas. Most all private schools still need to improve with diversity but I never felt out of place and neither did my close group of friends. That was my experience but apparently you know more about racism at SMU than I do because you bring it up, A LOT. I'm sure I'm not going to change your opinion of SMU or Dallas because message board bullies rarely back down. So continue your hate message and good luck with it. BTW, I've enjoyed my trips to Denton and UNT, great college town and a great school. The only times treated poorly were my few trips to this board and a couple of people with rude comments at the Super Pit recently (I was wearing my SMU basketball hat). But most UNT people were very friendly and we had a great time at the game.

Honest question, where did the serious hate for SMU from some of the people on this board come from? I really don't understand it. I get that some of you may have run into a few d-bags at one of our games, or just had a bad experience with something SMU but wow some of you are bitter. There are a-holes, d-bags, sorry people at every school, and there are also really good, smart people at every school. As much as I dislike TCU, I don't pigeonhole the entire school. You can judge and stereotype all you want. That's up to you. Anyway, back to the sports discussion. Dallas cares about a winner. And currently Dallas definitely cares about SMU basketball. It shows in the people going to the games and the tv ratings. Similar to FW with TCU football. Another question, where did I ever say SMU is great? One of your posters claimed the greatest success SMU has had in football and basketball was a result of cheating. That is absolutely untrue and I just pointed it out examples of each. I don't see how that is me puffing my chest out about anything?

I was told Hart and Del Conte have agreed to extend the series. It just hasn't been announced. Del Conte is on record saying as long as he is the AD, TCU will play SMU every year. Baylor and Tech are the two we are trying to get moving forward. The D2 schools you mentioned are sprinkled in to get a supposed easy win, but that isn't always the case, see James Madison. It's not tough at all getting schools to come to Ford. They see it as an easy win and the chance to play in front of Dallas area recruits. It's the compete opposite with Moody. It is next to impossible right now for us to get a P5 school to do a home-home. Arkansas, Michigan and Gonzaga (not a P5 but an elite bball school) are the only three during Larry's tenure to visit Moody and we are having a lot of trouble finding takers moving forward.

The coach is a legend, who is like a father figure to Allen Iverson, so yeah, it definitely gets SMU second looks from elite recruits. As for Larry's history, you must not be aware of what happened at UCLA or Kansas. This recent article tells the story that most don't know, or don't want to know, about those stops. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2616242-banned-from-the-ncaa-tournament-larry-brown-and-smu-fight-to-regain-their-pride