Eric Dickerson: SMU 'doesn't exist'

[StealthEagle84]

"I talked to four former players yesterday, and we all said if they don't want to do anything, just kill the program," Dickerson told 105.3 KRLD-FM in Dallas on Tuesday. "Just stick to academics and basketball and kill that program.

"It's so frustrating for us to watch SMU become nothing but a laughingstock or almost nonexistent. It's almost like it doesn't exist."

ESPN Dallas Article

[That_Guy_Arlo]

Meh, that's kinda crappy of him IMO. Cause god forbid a school have a couple down seasons.

Edited September 10, 2014 by That_Guy_Arlo

[oldguystudent]

What's wrong, Eric? Did the check bounce?

[LongJim]

What a load of bollocks.

[StealthEagle84]

And it gets better. DMN article, "but I guarantee you there are some high schools around the country that could beat them (SMU)."

[Green P1]

What a dick.

[meanJewGreen]

Funniest part of the article-

""I look at TCU, and TCU is a great school. I look at TCU and SMU. ... TCU has got it," Dickerson told the radio station. "They have fans coming to the games and made the total 360, and we're just still sitting on our hands like we don't get it."

SMU education at its finest

[Stan R]

Funniest part of the article-

""I look at TCU, and TCU is a great school. I look at TCU and SMU. ... TCU has got it," Dickerson told the radio station. "They have fans coming to the games and made the total 360, and we're just still sitting on our hands like we don't get it."

SMU education at its finest

Wow, missed that part.

[The Fake Lonnie Finch]

Hmmm. A total 360. So...they're back in the Southwest Conference, Eric, paying Kenneth Davis and whatnot?

[gangrene]

SMU should be proud to have Eric Dickerson involved again in the program he helped kill. Looks like he's trying to kill it again. Thank you Eric...keep on talking and badmouthing SMU football...that's the way to build the program back up and get recruits to think about SMU.

So, if getting blown out by UNT is what defines SMU as the "laughing stock," call in the clowns...because we've got 9 more years left in this series contract. That's reason enought to kill the program.

[greenit]

"I talked to four former players yesterday, and we all said if they don't want to do anything, just kill the program," Dickerson told 105.3 KRLD-FM in Dallas on Tuesday. "Just stick to academics and basketball and kill that program.

"It's so frustrating for us to watch SMU become nothing but a laughingstock or almost nonexistent. It's almost like it doesn't exist."

ESPN Dallas Article

This will be the way SMU gets out of the series knowing our luck.

[StealthEagle84]

I don't see how they get out of a series with us. If they back out, that makes them looked scared and would be a huge win for UNT in my opinion. We could simply tell recruits that they didn't want anything to do with UNT b/c they know we're better.

[VideoEagle]

Huge difference between Craig James, Eric Dickerson and Mike Singletary. The first two picked a school for the payment they could get and when the payments stopped so did any loyalty. Singletary wanted to help Baylor when it was down anyway he could.

[UNTexas]

He should be promoting them instead of kicking them while their down. What a thankless prick.

[NTSUEagle]

It took a good while, but this is proof that jeri-curl rots the Brain, or what little this Sealy SOB had to start with! Wonder how much he's actually paid back, in $$ and not lip service, to his Alma Mater?

[UNT90]

This will be the way SMU gets out of the series knowing our luck.

WE should be trying to get out of the series with THEM, not vise versa.

If there is one thing Sayurday proved, it's that only a few thousand passionate older UNT fans care about SMU. They brought no fans and no competition on Saturday, and will probably continue to do so for the next 9 years. If it benefitted anyone to GTFO of this contract, it's UNT.

And we should make that a priority.

Dear UNT AD,

Stops marketing to 5k or less hardcore fans who are going to be there anyway. Schedule something that casual fans might find interesting.

This clearly wasn't it.

Wait, did I just write an open letter?

No funeral...

Edited September 10, 2014 by UNT90

[Ben Gooding]

I disagree. SMU still beats us out of most recruits that we both recruit. I say hang on to this series and pound the nails in the coffin every year. Make sure that SMU recruits know that there is a superior team right up 35.

[TIgreen01]

I would LOVE it if smu's excuse for backing out of our series was because they disbanded the football program. Not going to happen, but nice to dream....

[oldguystudent]

I would LOVE it if smu's excuse for backing out of our series was because they disbanded the football program. Not going to happen, but nice to dream....

So, you're saying we could end the college careers of two of their quarterbacks, their head coach, and, dare I say it? The entire program itself?

Sweet.

[Green Mean]

WE should be trying to get out of the series with THEM, not vise versa.

If there is one thing Sayurday proved, it's that only a few thousand passionate older UNT fans care about SMU. They brought no fans and no competition on Saturday, and will probably continue to do so for the next 9 years. If it benefitted anyone to GTFO of this contract, it's UNT.

And we should make that a priority.

Dear UNT AD,

Stops marketing to 5k or less hardcore fans who are going to be there anyway. Schedule something that casual fans might find interesting.

This clearly wasn't it.

Wait, did I just write an open letter?

No funeral...

I'm just waiting for the day that we won't have to rely on other team's fans to help fill our stadium up.

[meangreendork]

Wow, missed that part.

Nah, he's right. Jones 180'd it during the win seasons. Then he 180'd it right back around to turning the program into junk.

[ColoradoEagle]

His attitude seems to be in line with most at SMU. While our fan base is ecstatic about competing with LA. Tech, Southern Miss, UTEP, Rice, and even UTSA, their fans want to be in the same conversation as UT-Austin, Baylor, and A&M. Because they're starting to realize that will never happen, their fans are caring less and less.

I was pretty shocked at how few people they traveled to Denton. They're closer to being in the Sun Belt than the Big 12. In the incredibly unlikely event that a P5 conference was choosing between the two schools, it would be UNT no question.

[North Texas Shep]

Dickerson and selfish players like him directly contributed to the down fall of SMU... True, they had help from the donors, but in no way should he ever make statements about the program being dead. He is one of the many at fault for killing it, in the first place.

[scratch1976]

maybe he mad cause he not in college HOF...lol

[TheFranchise]

I heard the tail end of it last night while driving home from work when 105.3 does The Midnight Snack. (Would prefer Farrell for my drive home, but his voice just gives me instant laryngitis).

Am I crazy or did I hear him start basically griping about how SMU isn't "trying hard enough" now with recruiting, and then went on to point out "All the other successful teams are cheating now. Why isn't SMU?"

Then the host was having a good laugh with him about it and then Dickerson said something along the lines of "If you're not cheating, you're not trying."

I swear I remember hearing that.