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"It's Ok" 2014

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To keep with the tradition/ superstition of last year (because it worked out well for us)-

I've got my pom poms out and here is my "It's all going to be ok" post of 2014.

Put down the bottles of booze, paraphernalia and knives. I'm concerned for a few of you. Last season didn't happen by accident. We have something special happening within our program. Granted, we didn't get to see that on Saturday in a home opener at the university of Texas with Charlie Strong's first game as head coach.

It's still going to be okay.

Here's why-

1- We have a lot more to lose than SMU and half the teams we will play this year. Our guys want it more. Not only to stomp any ideas of last year being a fluke season- but I think this group understands what it feels like to WIN and it's finally unacceptable to this football team to lose. Most of us didn't think we were going to beat Texas. Nobody thought our quarterbacks were gonna look that awful, but there wasn't much of a surprise with the ending score. We have momentum. The assumptions that last Saturday killed anything good we had rolling with this program are silly.

2- Our defense is arguably the best defense in our conference. We quickly forget that most of the preseason concerns were about losing most of our defensive starters. Our Defensive Coordinator doesn't say much- but we have it on good authority that we are further along this year than we were last year. After watching our first game of this season- I doubt many of us would disagree.

3- Dont make me dig up the Derek Thompson posts of August 2013. We had a brand-new juco SOPHOMORE quarterback make a really bad showing in a very difficult game. Let's be careful not to throw him into the fire before he's even been fairly tested. And if you think that was a fair test of what kind of quarterback he could/ will probably be- How many teams as talented as Texas do you think we will play this year? Have a little faith in the coaching staff that brought you a bowl MVP QB that most of you despised last year. And getting tired of hearing that doesn't make it any less true....

4- If you honestly want to know how far this program has come- go to lunch or dinner anywhere in Denton, Texas. UNT wear is everywhere. If you can't remember how many more Denton HS shirts, sweatshirts and hats you saw than mean green wear just a year ago..... You probably don't live in the Denton area. It wasn't that long ago. I still instinctually want to go and say "GMG" to those people I see out because there were so few of us. Now, they're everywhere and it would be weird.

We have gained more in just a years time than most programs can put up in five (see- SMU). AND yes- I realize most of you were waiting far longer than that so you can save it. People are starting to care again about this football team. It's contagious. Families are starting to view 'going to a game' as a treat rather than just accepting tickets from someone who got them free from their employer and didn't want. That's a huge step to climb. Are we going to be a P5 school in the next 10 years? Probably not. Which is also the same reason that we shouldn't compare ourselves to them and forfeit any hope for a good season after we get squashed by the sexiest school to athletes in Texas.

Keep your pants on. The worst of this year is behind us.

Oh and let's not let this be the sloppiest tailgate ever... Those ponies have been hitting the sauce (only 40 year old Macallan's, I presume) a little too hard. You can feel a bad juju through the computer screen. This may- in fact, be the worst game to start selling alcohol at Apogee. 11 am may be a Godsend.

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"We have a lot more to lose than SMU" actually no, SMU has more to lose because we should be able to handle a CUSA team and a loss to UNT would create a dumpster fire over in PonyNation.

A loss for UNT doesn't mean your season is literally a waste. For SMU it would be.

Agree to disagree.

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"We have a lot more to lose than SMU" actually no, SMU has more to lose because we should be able to handle a CUSA team and a loss to UNT would create a dumpster fire over in PonyNation.

A loss for UNT doesn't mean your season is literally a waste. For SMU it would be.

Yeah..Houston should have been able to handle a peasant CUSA team too, right? CUSA is closing the gap on the AAC faster than you think. GMG
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I was gonna say....I'm gonna be full-on recent alumni drunk by kickoff and I'll be damned if I won't make it hostile for them.

No fighting. That's not nice. I don't want to get tossed out. Though I am 1-0 in matches against UNT people.

I boxed at the Sigma Chi Fight Night in 2011 and beat a UNT student. My walkout music was Peruna(fight song) :D

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"We have a lot more to lose than SMU" actually no, SMU has more to lose because we should be able to handle a CUSA team and a loss to UNT would create a dumpster fire over in PonyNation.

A loss for UNT doesn't mean your season is literally a waste. For SMU it would be.

Who is this guy? A loss to any team is a loss. Yes as a UNT fan, I would be just as mad as any SMwho fan losing to us. No one cares that the AAC is better then CUSA blah blah blah BS. What matters is the fact that we have two teams in the DFW area fighting to gain respect and rep in college football. I'm probably being to forward, but SMU needs to lose. Maybe you guys will fire your coach or drastically change your football program after the shock this Saturday (not that you guys are doing this already apparently). I saw something in 2013 when I graduated from UNT seeing my team pull off a successful season and take home a bowl trophy. I want to see the same thing in 2014, and a loss to SMUt would just prolong us from that again. So no SMU doesn't have more to lose..... We should handle a (Thinks highly of themselves) AAC team. Get out of here with that!

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I was a man. Maybe I was a dragon man. Maybe I was just a dragon. But I was still a Malonish.

I like this guy. Look when the SMU starts out 0-6 and people are burning their June Jones documentary dvd's in protest, you can just keep posting over here and pretend to be a Mean Green fan. Just remember to always bad mouth UTSA.

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I like this guy. Look when the SMU starts out 0-6 and people are burning their June Jones documentary dvd's in protest, you can just keep posting over here and pretend to be a Mean Green fan. Just remember to always bad mouth UTSA.

UTSA did me a solid by embarrassing Cougar High but ok I will hate them :D

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I like this guy. Look when the SMU starts out 0-6 and people are burning their June Jones documentary dvd's in protest, you can just keep posting over here and pretend to be a Mean Green fan. Just remember to always bad mouth UTSA.

I don't hate him. He's a bit creepy, though.

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He's like one of those enigmatic "non-trust-fund" kids who go to SMU. Like a leprechaun, I've heard about them, but never met one.

You're alright by me malonish.

Awww thanks! I was definitely on scholarship :D

Re leprechaun: WHO ALL SEEN THE LEPRECHAUN SAY YEAH

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