MGB: UNT, SMU extend football series

[GTWT]

15 hours ago, Aldo said:

There are other - quality - G5's out there.

Yes.  But SMU is close.  It has name recognition.  The game is winnable.  Plus I abhor the snotty jerks.  SMU tops my list of non-conference games.

[Cerebus]

15 hours ago, Aldo said:

Meh it's a one sided affair. We bring way more folks to their stadium than we they bring to ours.

There are other - quality - G5's out there.

Funny, they seem to think we are getting the better end of the deal.

[Hunter Green]

6 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

Funny, they seem to think we are getting the better end of the deal.

Of course they do. Pompous bastards.

[Ryan Munthe]

I wish that SMU would bring fans but I'm just glad the series continues.

[emmitt01]

They're doing literally all they can in the fan department.

 

LEAVE BRITNEY, ummm I mean smu, ALONE!!!

[Cerebus]

13 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

I wish that SMU would bring fans but I'm just glad the series continues.

When SMU sends their fans, they're not sending their best.  They're sending douches who have a lot of problems, and they're bringing those douche problems to us.  They're bringing drugs.  They're bringing $30k millionaires.  They're date rapists.  And some, I assume, are good fans.  

[Matt from A700]

Now let's start winning these games!

[Hunter Green]

1 hour ago, Cerebus said:

When SMU sends their fans, they're not sending their best.  They're sending douches who have a lot of problems, and they're bringing those douche problems to us.  They're bringing drugs.  They're bringing $30k millionaires.  They're date rapists.  And some, I assume, are good fans.  

+1

[Aldo]

1 hour ago, GTWT said:

Yes.  But SMU is close.  It has name recognition.  The game is winnable.  Plus I abhor the snotty jerks.  SMU tops my list of non-conference games.

Name recognition to folks who saw the pony express happen (ie, winning), and people who live in DFW.

SMU's "prominence" quickly fades outside of DFW (as someone who grew up elsewhere).

Don't get me wrong, it's a fun series for locals and I get revved up watching it, but if we're talking about name recognition, there are better mid majors out there.

[Green Lantern]

Nice to get a 7th home game every other year for the foreseeable future!

[97and03]

2 hours ago, Aldo said:

Name recognition to folks who saw the pony express happen (ie, winning), and people who live in DFW.

SMU's "prominence" quickly fades outside of DFW (as someone who grew up elsewhere).

Don't get me wrong, it's a fun series for locals and I get revved up watching it, but if we're talking about name recognition, there are better mid majors out there.

I think we need to win over DFW before we worry about elsewhere. Even if we only win over NT alumni in DFW we can fill our stadium 7 times over.

[Cr1028]

2 hours ago, Aldo said:

but if we're talking about name recognition, there are better mid majors out there.

Other than Boise and UH, who are you referring to?

Edited February 28, 2017 by Cr1028

[MeanGreenTexan]

7 minutes ago, Cr1028 said:

Other than Boise, UH, and Louisville, who are you referring to?

Louisville = P5 (ACC)

[Cr1028]

3 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

Louisville = P5 (ACC)

[KRAM1]

6 hours ago, Cerebus said:

When SMU sends their fans, they're not sending their best.  They're sending douches who have a lot of problems, and they're bringing those douche problems to us.  They're bringing drugs.  They're bringing $30k millionaires.  They're date rapists.  And some, I assume, are good fans.  

Huh?

[emmitt01]

8 minutes ago, KRAM1 said:

Huh?

Don't worry, he MEANT to say the illegal ponies...the ones who cheated*

 

 

*No, really, he did...promise

[Aldo]

4 hours ago, 97and03 said:

I think we need to win over DFW before we worry about elsewhere. Even if we only win over NT alumni in DFW we can fill our stadium 7 times over.

That's definitely true, but if we beat someone like Memphis (which I like in our future schedule for us) at home, that seems like a more impactful than a win over a 1-, 2-, 5-win team over the past 3 seasons. (For reference, Memphis went 10, 9, and 8 wins in that span).

4 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

Other than Boise and UH, who are you referring to?

Memphis (already scheduled), USF, SDSU, Tulsa (heh heh), Temple to name a few.

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My major malfunction isn't that we are scheduling SMU. It's that it's such a long series, in combo with Army, prohibiting us from scheduling a more diverse array of opponents.

[Cr1028]

40 minutes ago, Aldo said:

Memphis (already scheduled), USF, SDSU, Tulsa (heh heh), Temple to name a few.

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My major malfunction isn't that we are scheduling SMU. It's that it's such a long series, in combo with Army, prohibiting us from scheduling a more diverse array of opponents.

I get what you are saying but none of the teams listed would put more butts is in Apogee than Army and SMU. Now I'm all for scheduling the teams you listed, especially Tulsa, over Incarnate Word and the like. I'm not sure any of the teams you listed are more recognized than SMU though. Maybe as recognized but not more recognized. Don't forget SMU has been in the news more recently than pony excess. June Jones quitting, Larry Brown controversy, Chad Morris being wooed by Baylor, etc. Also, they still play TCU annually.

[MeanGreenTexan]

14 hours ago, Cr1028 said:

I get what you are saying but none of the teams listed would put more butts is in Apogee than Army and SMU. Now I'm all for scheduling the teams you listed, especially Tulsa, over Incarnate Word and the like. I'm not sure any of the teams you listed are more recognized than SMU though. Maybe as recognized but not more recognized. Don't forget SMU has been in the news more recently than pony excess. June Jones quitting, Larry Brown controversy, Chad Morris being wooed by Baylor, etc. Also, they still play TCU annually.

Especially here in the Metroplex.   Maybe on a National scale, sure...  but here in DFW, no.

[GrandGreen]

One of the few things I think RV got criticized for that I don't think was warranted was his scheduling of Army and SMU.  They are exactly the kind of programs, NT currently needs on its schedule.   NT has not shown they can consistently beat either one, but both should be winnable games.   SMU and TCU are the best opponents NT could possibly have in terms of local access.  Army is a national name that will always draw some interest.

Those wanting to upgrade the schedule for higher level competition, are way ahead of the program.    

[HoustonEagle]

1 hour ago, GrandGreen said:

One of the few things I think RV got criticized for that I don't think was warranted was his scheduling of Army and SMU.  They are exactly the kind of programs, NT currently needs on its schedule.   NT has not shown they can consistently beat either one, but both should be winnable games.   SMU and TCU are the best opponents NT could possibly have in terms of local access.  Army is a national name that will always draw some interest.

Those wanting to upgrade the schedule for higher level competition, are way ahead of the program.    

Could not agree more. 

[TreeFiddy]

As it turns out, the smoo series was not scheduled for 10 years and it did not handcuff us from future schedule flexibility.  It was a simply a 4 game series with additional language about good faith negotiations to extend.  It appears both sides have looked at the landscape and determined that the series is mutually beneficial and decided to extend another 4 games.  

I look forward to the next 4 games.

[GreenMachine]

On 2/28/2017 at 8:10 AM, Cerebus said:

When SMU sends their fans, they're not sending their best.  They're sending douches who have a lot of problems, and they're bringing those douche problems to us.  They're bringing drugs.  They're bringing $30k millionaires.  They're date rapists.  And some, I assume, are good fans.  

Some people would get banned for a subliminal post like this.

[Cerebus]

1 hour ago, GreenMachine said:

Some people would get banned for a subliminal post like this.

I banned myself for the afternoon.  

[Christopher Walker]

On 2/28/2017 at 6:36 AM, oldguystudent said:

Dammit, Wren!  DO SOMETHING! /s

Do people not know what /s means?