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Don't let him read that - might hate to know the ads aren't working. I used them for a move a few years back - they were great. Had one small break on an old piece of furniture and they took care of everything quickly.

SMU raped my mother and killed my father. If you don't watch family guy or like to pull the trigger on deleting comments early, that post is so gone.....

My parody is no longer even needed - this gets worse everyday. Thanks for the laughs, GMG.com!!!! F the talons. F the band. F the coach. F everyone except me!!!! I'm the best fan ever!

Probably Ohio State beats Texas with an other scores listing in the top corner....

Half the board craps the bed whenever bringing in somone like this is mentioned - he has a questionable past and obviously wouldn't want to prove anything to move back up or anything..... so obviously he couldn't help us or drive interest....

Speaking of groundhog's day, the posts are pretty much consistent year after year too. Today had some nice moments, but you know, there are ton of teams who get to experience the one or two "highs" we get a game 2, 3, sometimes even 4 times a quarter. At least SMU didn't look good either... I hope their bus doesn't lose its AC next week....

One good rant deserves another.... See Plumm, you are passionate and consistent, and God bless you for it. I think I've even seen you post the same criticisms about people changing their tunes after meeting this or that person and being told nice things. What seems to be developing recently is the new breed of NT fan. This fan talks a great game and says all the right things, but is dogged by insecurity. This insecurity cannot be fixed by on field success, so it is translated as bravado, over the top bitterness, or a need to attack the other schools around them. This person might get indignant when schools like Tulsa and SMU are favored over us, or when we appear in the bottom 10, or any other part of our litany of reminders of our embarrassing place in the college football food chain. Then the "ifs" come, "if" we had the money Texas had, or "if" the bandwagon of A&M, or "if" we had the car dealerships of OU, or "if" we had the blue-blooded gay uncle donating at SMU....then our smack talk starts reflecting this sense of wanting to belong, to seem like we have arrived simply because we wished real hard. This fan might donate $250, maybe even $500 and for damn sure they deserve to get theres. Because the other side of this is, since they know the die hard fan base is so small, they want to be rewarded for it. They want the AD to acknowledge them whenever possible, whether its by special meetings, recognition, access, or discounts. Rather than seeing themselves as part of something bigger, its a little more about them. Unfortunately, unless you are one of the 50 or so who gives the big money, you will not get this special treatment from most of the current staff. Its just not in there, um, nature. so then the fan gets bitter about that too, and the depts many short-comings become even more magnified. Every screw up is not just incompetence, but a personal afront. Any casual mistake is a straight kick in the babymaker. The AD becomes a nice outlet for the overall frustration. They post whatever venom they want to and feel fine about it. HOWEVER, if they by chance meet someone from the AD in person and get their recognition they want, they do back flips. You hate Dickey - unless he tosses you a beer at a picnic. You hate Ramon - until he slaps around your landlord. This is not addressed at you at all - you've been nothing but consistent since your state of the program epiphany months ago. I spend most of this time around this board seeking to amuse myself, often at ya'lls expense, but I do want to see this program win. When the few diehards we have seem to spend most of their energy ripping apart what we have to each other, it helps no one. Its funny to sit back and watch, but no one benefits. The entire school has a ton to improve on and has made trememdous strides recently. However, every part of my experience here was 2 or 3 peaks followed by a nice "bush-league" experience with an advisor, financial services, professors, athletics, or dorm life back in the day. The entire university is on its way, but there's just so much neglect and idiocy to fix that it will take years if not decades to address. Talking to professors, staff, other alumns, and students, I get the impression that the same things we complain about with athletics can be said about almost any other part of campus life. Athletics is probably the place where the non-rich fan really has any say. Fans buy tickets, donate, and create the atmosphere. Other than this and our initial enrollment, UNT does not give us much consumer say in matters. for years, the consumer market has shrugged their shoulders at this choice and the university has followed suit. Many of those who attend want a congressional medal of honor for sticking through all the crap we've been put through. Unfortunately, that just won't happen with anyone here. I think someone else said this awhile ago, but if you support the program, the people around it will come and go. We can still laugh at the play calling decisions or the random saturday payoff game asswhippings, but we could also cut out the rants and assignment of blame at other points. i'm not asking anyone to drink the kool aid, but good lord, the two faced fanbase swing is like a deadly virus that can turn us all into the half ass, lazy supporters SMU has. Yes things suck, and I'm sorry the older alumns had to watch us go back to I-AA and then get screwed on some realignments, but it happened. Nothing can change years of crappy leadership. Either make a difference going forward or stick in this passive aggressive fandom mode where you want everything now, get slivers of it, then get more bitter. You ask what I want - I want fans to man up and be fans and quit griping and feeling entitled, I want an admin that doesnt screw up everytime things move in the right direction, and I want to win a conf title, get to the NIT or NCAA in basketball, win 15-20 games in volleyball, have soccer win an NCAA game or two, and all other sports continue to improve as well. That's not status quo. And since that was serious, I'll close with this: balls OO

There's only 3 things that can make you people keep a thread positive for more than 3-4 posts in a row: 1) A player appreciation thread 2) Personal acknowledgement from RV or DD 3) A double digit win Here's to all three

Its true, you are basically the google alert I never made for breaking news. Glad everything turned out okay

Geez - didn't mean anything by it. I just thought maybe you were his dad or something? Kind of like when Baz's mom gives updates....

Are you Gabe's PR guy?

Take it with a grain of salt - at least none of our players are pregnant

How'd you hear about that? Isn't that against Baylor school rules? Hope all those Baylor players running their mouths in the press doesn't blow up in ya'lls face this year...good luck.

Talk good smack then. The problem is not the smack talk quantity, but quality. We're better than this.

I'm not gonna fight you on this, if you think we could have beaten them, more power to you. I wish we could have gotten a shot at Penn State when they had those crappy seasons recently. Obviously we would have beaten them, too Bigger linemen, coaches, size, and team speed don't differ from conference to conference at all. Ask SMU about last year's "crap" A&M team. They make suck, but then can still smoke a small school with a vanilla game plan.

I think its more a talent gap than a coaching gap....but I know one likes to think about that

Would you pick us to beat any of these teams (honestly): 61 TOLEDO MAC 62 MINNESOTA BIG TEN 63 WAKE FOREST ACC 64 CONNECTICUT BIG EAST 65 KENTUCKY SEC 66 KANSAS BIG 12 67 N.C. STATE ACC 68 KANSAS STATE BIG 12 69 HOUSTON C-USA 70 MIAMI (OHIO) MAC 71 HAWAII WAC 72 SAN DIEGO ST. MTN. WEST 73 SMU C-USA 74 BOWLING GREEN MAC 75 MISSISSIPPI SEC 76 STANFORD PAC-10 77 MEMPHIS C-USA 78 MISSISSIPPI STATE SEC 79 OREGON STATE PAC-10 80 COLORADO ST. MTN. WEST SMU is rated too high as well - look at the teams under them. SMU doesn't beat any SEC or PAC 10 teams this year.

nothing like overrating the past to feel better about the current situation....

and I'm in first place!!!

So confusing...

I don't think our profile was high enough in 2001. In 2002, the 6-6 TAMU team announced they would not accept a bowl bid after the season wrapped up - little did they know they should have kept savoring .500. 2003 was a possibility. 2004 was just a mess of a year, but you're right, it could always happen again.

Genius. you've hit on a great new system. Make everyone play one season in the pros for free - then give them a long-term salary based on that year's performance. hope they don't get injured. That's how they do it in the real world, right?

There's only a five percent chance I would even do that for Johnny

It is my fault. I made it look so fun he had to try. I have to come to grips with something -- I'm not a role model. People will imitate what I do. I accept this now. Damn you Charles Barkley, you mislead me all along.

for once - I support you.