Quoner

We have an eagle eye for horse parts?

Thank you sir - and the Texas committ in the other thread was 100% in jest. I bet FFR backs me up on it though.

Big deal - I hit 1,000 without a raging hard-on for Texas - that should count double. Just kidding. I love you.

Oh and one more SMU alum weighs in: I've Been Trying to Post All Day About that Billboard http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/08/2...that-billboard/ But other SMU folks did it for me. The billboard has been a topic of discussion lately between me and my friends, most of whom are former Mustangs (like me). Consensus: It's terrible. I hate "We don't tailgate. We boulevard." This implies "boulevarding" is better than tailgating, which if you've done it, you know it's not. (I know some people will disagree with this and I will concede that it is getting better. However there still aren't enough people doing it and it's still just a little too civilized to really be fun, IMO.) On a side note, I was at a meeting at the Hilton Anatole yesterday where a conference for the 2007 Mustang football team was taking place. While seated at the Terrace restaurant, we had a good view of all the new players in their brand spankin' new jerseys. They all looked about 5-foot-5, maybe 165 pounds. Hopefully these were just the freshman? Go, Ponies. posted by Sarah Eveans | August 22nd, 2007 1:08pm | filed under Local News

http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2007/08/2...ses/#more-11212 "Pony Up" Needed to Hold Its Horses This morning I stumbled upon SMU football's new campaign. My simple question about a silly arrow led to much email, the majority of it agreeing with me that the Pony Up is confusing at best. And it's not one of those ad campaigns that fosters enjoyable confusion. In fact, as the anonymity-requesting SMU-affiliated FrontBurnervian writes after the jump, the Pony Up campaign is bad, bad, bad. Here's what s/he had to say: I'm a member of the SMU community and am embarrassed by the Pony Up campaign. I don’t even want to think about what they paid the Richards Group for that campaign – which is sticking an arrow pointing up next to the Mustang logo. I could have come up with that for a lot less than what they paid the Richards Group, I’m sure. So, to recap on this campaign: 1. SMU has the perception of being elitist. Campaign message: “We don’t tailgate, we Boulevard.” Grade: FAIL 2. SMU is still overcoming the whole “pay to play” thing from 80s. Campaign message: “Pony up.” The phrase “pony up” is usually used in terms of money. Grade: FAIL 3. SMU has the perception of having crappy football. Campaign message: “Those days of being a darkhorse are over.” I beg to differ – if anything, this is the first year they’re a darkhorse, since they have some potential this year. I don’t think having six wins in one season is going to earn you the title of being something other than a darkhorse. Grade: FAIL S/he isn't alone: I agree. There's a small banner hanging over the intersection of Northwest Highway and Boedeker, of all places. The "Pony Up" arrow makes it look like they're selling Mustang tickets at NorthPark or something. And this: There are also banners hanging all over downtown with the same pony and arrow design. I was also thoroughly confused, although it did seem to be pointing to the entrance to the Tollway, which could get you to the stadium. The thing that really bugs me about this campaign, though is the design of the arrow. Have you noticed how oddly drawn it is? What’s wrong with straight lines? Am I missing something? To me, it says “Pony Weird Arrow-like shape.” I noticed in the previously linked to story about the campaign that Richard Sweet, the athletic department's director of marketing responsible for Pony Up, returned to his job at Southwest Airlines "just as the rollout began." Smart move, Sweet. posted by Adam McGill | August 22nd, 2007 12:37pm | filed under Sports, Advertising

Can someone translate this into something that makes sense?

Me and T-Greek. Even though I'm not welcome at Ford anymore.

This may be out of line, but do you type you posts on a Concord or something? your formatting scares me and makes me question my life.

Hung like a horse?

http://tysports.blogspot.com/2007/08/hope-...-for-worst.html

Come on - we all know Dickey tossed those interceptions for him.

Remember when Drew Bledsoe started the first Cowboy's game last year even though Parcells was already trying to figure out how to rationalize putting Romo on the field? just sayin'.... I'll cheer for whoever is back there - unless it's Playmaker. Then I'll just golf clap politely while covering myself in baby oil.

Let's trade him to another school. That bum. He really lets me down when I sit on my ass and watch him do stuff.

Quoner does too.

Oddly enough, both Tim and Tracy have won the same amount of playoff series...

My office needs interns. You could travel with me. It would be an adventure. - like a sexy hamburger or something.

Now you're speaking my language.

I personally signed off on the new uniforms. They saw my unique brand of flippancy mixed with grab-assery and decided I was the type of player they needed on their team.

I'm sorry, did you just suggest someone break Plumms computer? That is a threat sir.

But if I don't talk about this, who will?

I predict 6 pages at least

Get off that huge limb....

Thoughts?

Yeah, just like the Rangers did with David Dellucci... Oh wait, they didn't move past it, played the music and the fans liked it? My bad.

Here's a little known fact: This thread caused Katrina.