Lashlee

[MeanGreenZen]

Lashlee isn’t going anywhere ever if SMU doesn’t want him to.

SMU can spend with anyone. Only reason Dykes left was to coach in the P4.

The ACC F’d up admitting SMU and it is hilarious that SMU is letting them keep their money but is taking their trophy. I can’t stand SMU, but I am impressed with how they have expertly maneuvered this situation. 

The current era of college athletics with unlimited NIL is perfect for SMU. Better make hay while the sun is shining because once there are caps on spending, the Ponies will be sent back to the barn.
 

[NT80]

3 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

And the biggest key is administrative support, which UNT clearly lacks.  Our Board of Trustees has aligned the university to pursue athletics to support the academic mission of the school and we're all pulling the same direction.

“academic mission of the school”. Lol

You think NIL player$ care anything about academics? 

 

 

[wardly]

7 hours ago, SMU2006 said:

If you honestly think what happened to SMU was in any way fair treatment given what other programs were doing at the time (or what has happened in the subsequent 35 plus years since) then are you divorced from reality.  SMU was made an example of and it did absolutely nothing to curtail paying players or offering inducements to high school recruits.  Nothing.  The NCAA has long since acknowledged had they known the fallout from SMU that the death penalty would've never been on the table. 

It took all of one year playing in a power conference to see SMU's potential now that the administration, boosters, and athletic department are all in alignment.

I personally am amazed at what SMU has accomplished this year and give them all the credit in the world. I thought they would be a door mat in the ACC instead of a top 10 program. Congrats! Also the past is in the past and its time to move on regarding  their death sentence. However if you ever get a copy of "A Payroll To Meet " it really makes for interesting reading.

[3_n_out]

1 hour ago, DentonStang said:

And the biggest key is administrative support, which UNT clearly lacks.  Our Board of Trustees has aligned the university to pursue athletics to support the academic mission of the school and we're all pulling the same direction.

This doesn’t seem apparent to our university up to now. 

[NT93]

NIL alone doesn’t win.  I honestly don’t know much about his coaching, but I have to think he’s pretty good.  Benching your returning starter QB in favor of a redshirt freshman was a bold move, but it proved to be the correct one.

[BBA1989]

Sherwood Blunt is back with a vengeance.  

[NM Green]

Maybe Gus got wind that FSU is close to one of the top tier leagues. Lashlee doesn’t strike me like that and I think he hangs out unless a top 2 league member calls. Anyone with the ego of a coach is going to want to land there. Even a tame Lashlee will want to be tested at the best. Perhaps when Tulane and Memphis or South Florida come in as replacements he bolts. SMU is in good shape despite few programs thrilled about sharing a league with them. 

GMG
 

Edited 13 hours ago by NM Green

[untjim1995]

6 hours ago, Censored by Laurie said:

wow. imagine being a billionaire. enough money to help eradicate world hunger and/or own your own sex island...yet instead, here they are, investing in SMU Football. 

This is almost exactly how I felt watching the Aggies decide that $78 million would be better spent on making sure Jimbo Fisher left town than to use those funds to actually help humanity.

[Aquila_Viridis]

SMU has conclusively demonstrated that 'power' and 'ACC' do not go together anymore.

[DentonStang]

4 hours ago, NT80 said:

“academic mission of the school”. Lol

You think NIL player$ care anything about academics? 

 

 

Lol no.  They are here to play football not school.  But the school enjoys being connected with Stanford, Cal, Duke, Wake,  Virginia, etc.  And the >50% increase in applications we've gotten this year. 

[NT80]

1 hour ago, NM Green said:

Maybe Gus got wind that FSU is close to one of the top tier leagues. Lashlee doesn’t strike me like that and I think he hangs out unless a top 2 league member calls. Anyone with the ego of a coach is going to want to land there. Even a tame Lashlee will want to be tested at the best. Perhaps when Tulane and Memphis or South Florida come in as replacements he bolts. SMU is in good shape despite few programs thrilled about sharing a league with them. 

GMG
 

If he ever beats a real team, like Top 10 type team, he may get some looks from a P2 dweller Private school like a Vanderbilt or Northwestern.

[NT80]

10 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

Lol no.  They are here to play football not school.  But the school enjoys being connected with Stanford, Cal, Duke, Wake,  Virginia, etc.  And the >50% increase in applications we've gotten this year. 

Yes, the visibility with football success is good for drawing "real students" to the academics.  I think TCU got like a 200% increase in applications after the National Championship appearance.   

The football players, however, I doubt really care about the academic standards. 

[greenjoe]

I have never heard of or seen anything that suggested that  “the NCAA has long since acknowledged had they known the fallout from SMU that the death penalty would’ve never been on the table.”

Please cite this reference.

And why do ponyfans and cougarfans continue to monitor GOMEANGREEN.COM ?

 

[UNTLifer]

18 hours ago, SMU2006 said: