SMU accepts Sheraton Hawaii Bowl invitation

[El Supremo]

UNIVERSITY PARK – For the first time since 1984, SMU will be playing in college football’s postseason. The Mustangs are headed to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, athletic director Steve Orsini and head coach June Jones announced Tuesday in front of a large group of fans, band members, cheerleaders and administrators at the Hughes-Trigg student center.

SMU, which will face an undetermined opponent on Dec. 24, went 7-5 and completed the biggest turnaround in the nation after winning only one of 12 games last year.

“It’s amazing,” said junior running back Chris Butler. “I knew we had guys who were capable.”

“But it took a long time for these players to smile and joke and laugh,” added Jones.

This season was SMU’s best since 1987, when the NCAA penalized SMU for major rules violations by forbidding the school from fielding a team for two consecutive years. The draconian punishment, known as the death penalty, crippled the program for more than two decades as the Mustangs cycled through five coaches and slogged through eight seasons during which they achieved one or fewer victories. And because of the hardship they suffered, this day meant more, Orsini asserted....

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LET'S HERE IT FOR THE METHODISTS AND THE CHRISTIANS (TCU)!

[KamaAina]

1. And if UH can beat Wisconsin, it'll be payback time!

Remember how the Warriors mailed it in in that Sugar Bowl? Come to find out, A Boy Named June had already packed his bags for the Big D. :grr:

[GaYellowDawg]

2. lol...

The Warriors didn't "mail it in." Georgia just beat the everliving shit out of them because we were a vastly superior team. It would have happened whether June had other plans or not.