Comments on: Poor, Poor SMU Ponies

By: EB

EB — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:28:04 +0000

Now I am sure I’m going to get slammed for mispelling the. Pease excuse me.

By: EB

EB — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:26:42 +0000

GMOM, stop hating on SMU. you obviously live in HP. Do you have any idea how much revenue SMU brings on for the area? A LOT. Having a college nearby your hometown is generally a huge asset and that stretches across teh country. Not everyone who goes to SMU is a “snobby brat” and you know it, so stop sounding dumb. Just because you and your fellow HPers raised some “snobby brats” who choose to go to college a foot away from their parents doesn’t mean that everyone there is like the some of the awful kids that HP produces.

By: GMOM

GMOM — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:04:17 +0000

Adam, couldn’t have said it better. CC – what explains so much? Your statement “but it continually and consistantly ranked in the top tier of many aspects”…many aspects? Well, name them, that was a really fuzzy statement. Top tier of “snobby brats”? Oiy!!!

By: EB

EB — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:31:53 +0000

Tons of people from “beyond the five-state region” know about SMU, I am from California and tons of smart and hardworking kids I know are coming to SMU every year from all over the State. Thats just totally wrong. And if you choose to go SMU after HPHS then obviously you signed up for 13th Grade. Give me a break and get out of your backyard.

By: CC

CC — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:15:18 +0000

Cowboy- What a good comeback! Wow I’m seriously impressed. I bet you learned that at good ole’ UT, huh? You are sooo smart.
Gmom- This explains so much!

…and as for all of this “poor SMU” bs, who cares? What’s wrong with supporting a great school? Maybe we don’t have the best football team, and maybe it is full of snobby brats, but it still is continually and consistently ranked in the top tier of many aspects.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:11 +0000

No knock to HPHS, by the way. Best high school in the country, as far as I’m concerned. I’m just saying college is supposed to be a step beyond.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:28:45 +0000

I think the counterpoint here is that despite great strides in the past 20 years, SMU is still regarded as a joke school/party school by a lot of people, and beyond the five-state region, hardly anyone has ever heard of it (until recently, of course, what with the Bush Library situation). I started out as an undergrad there myself, but it was just HP 13th grade, not really a collegiate-level experience, so I headed down to UT. But that was 20 years ago, and like I say, great strides have been made at SMU since then, but the university leaders should have concentrated on maintaining that conservative internal growth strategy, based on merit and academnics, and not jumped for the gaudy external jewelry of the Bush Library like a fish for a shiny lure. It will only serve to drag SMU’s reputation downward again.

By: Cowboy 85

Cowboy 85 — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:46:13 +0000

Which means, Mustang Mania from way back, that your maids must be smarter than you.
Hook ‘em!

By: Mustang Maniac from way back

Mustang Maniac from way back — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:35:05 +0000

Yes but our maids went to UT.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:32:15 +0000

As a rule what? Unlike many schools in the Southwest, student athletes at SMU or TCU cannot major in hospitality, sports management or health. They have to pony up to the curriculum of all the other students.

The numbers don’t lie. The APR grade cards of D1 schools just came out and TCU, SMU rank the highest in this neck of the woods.

Football Mens BB Womens BB
Baylor 938 928 967
Colorado 929 873* 957
Iowa State 927 869* 975
Kansas 919 981 930
Kansas State 935 880 963
Missouri 939 957 995
Nebraska 941 927 981
Oklahoma 942 911* 973
Oklahoma State 935 957 914
Texas 942 929 974
Texas A&M 932 912* 948
Texas Tech 928 928 987
TCU 959 922* 943
SMU 945 965 969
North Texas 917 924 979
UT-Arlington 929 912
National average 934 928 960