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ECM

ECM

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FROGLEGHOP said:
Forgoing TV $ for 9 years is a winner? Seems like the stepchild willing to be somewhat abused for a time before being totally accepted into the family.
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I can pretty much guarantee you that Boise State, Memphis, San Diego State and Tulane would've accepted the exact same offer that we did. They did not have an offer, though.
 
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PO Frog

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ECM said:
Oh hey friends!

Once every other year, myself and the Mustang Nation are forced to travel 40 minutes west to see how the other 99% lives. If you thought we were arrogant and insufferable before, well I'm not sure if you heard but we were just invited to a POWER THREE conference and now we really think our stuff don't stink. You guys share a conference with Houston and Tech? Gasp. We will be comingling with our academic peers (Duke, Stanford, UVA) as well as other football powerhouses who, like us, have won multiple national titles (FSU, Miami, Clemson). Yeah, we're hot, we know we're hot, and we know that you know that we're hot.

Fortunately or unfortunately, this will be one of the last Skillet meetings for the foreseeable future since TCU decided to kill off a 100+ year rivalry because they're scared of losing to SMU. I'm sure you're all excited for Arkansas State and whatever other body bag games you muster up in the years to come. I'm disappointed in all of you, but I will not belabor the point.

As for the game, as usual, we don't really know much about these teams in late September. SMU made short work of Louisiana Tech (38-14, 31-0 at half) and Prairie View (I don't even remember the final score it was so bad). Our one test so far was at Oklahoma. We outgained the Sooners but couldn't sustain drives; it was 14-11 OU in the fourth quarter and yours truly was talking smack in the stands before OU scored two late TDs to seal the game and win 28-11. Is Oklahoma any good this year? I don't know. Dillon Gabriel and their offense was not impressive. Their defense was; Brent Venables knows what he's doing on that side of the ball. I honestly have no idea who in college football is good this year through three weeks.

As for the Ponies...

Offensively, Tanner Mordecai is out (transferred to Wisconsin for a 13th year of eligibility) and former 4-star Preston Stone is in after waiting his turn for two years. He's managed the offense pretty well so far without doing too much. I thought Lashlee played it very safe with him at OU and I'll be interested to see if he opens up the offense more for him on Saturday. The running back group features two former 4-star RBs in Jaylan Knighton (Miami transfer) and LJ Johnson (A&M transfer) as well as former 5-star Camar Wheaton (Alabama transfer). It's been somewhat of running back by committee so far; Wheaton missed the first game due to suspension and Knighton missed the last game. Despite the pedigree this group really hasn't impressed me so far this year; I thought our OL would be more dominant run blocking given the competition we've faced so far and that there's three seniors and an experienced junior center starting. I would imagine that Knighton and Johnson will get the majority of the carries on Saturday. As for the receiving corps, we have a bunch of guys that look good on paper but we're still waiting for a dog to emerge. In recent years we've had a Courtland Sutton, James Proche or Rashee Rice that we can go to when we needed a big play; this year, no one has really emerged yet. That may have to do somewhat with Lashlee's conservative play calling to date but we need someone to step up sooner rather than later. Jordan Kerley (#1) would be the most obvious candidate.

On the other side of the ball, this is the best defense SMU has had since the death penalty. It was atrocious last year and we responded by bringing in thirteen defensive contributors in the portal. Standouts include Miami transfer DLs Jordan Miller and Elijah Roberts, Temple transfer LB Kobe Wilson and Stanford transfer DB Jonathan McGill. We held OU in check for 3.5 quarters despite a blocked punt and an extremely untimely turnover. I don't expect this to be a 40-30 something game like it's been in recent years.

Lashlee loves to use establish the run game to set up downfield shots and I would say that will be the key to this game for SMU. If we can run the ball effectively, sustain drives and keep our defense fresh, I like our chances. If you guys can bottle up our run game like OU did and we have to rely on Stone throwing the ball 40 times with TCU sitting back and not having to respect the run, then we're probably in for a long day.

I've gone back and forth on how I think this one ends but given how well TCU's defense has played the run this year I have a hard time picking the Ponies until I can see more consistency from our downfield passing game. I will say 31-27 TCU. Let's hope I'm wrong!
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Power 3 is funny.
 
Frog-in-law1995

Frog-in-law1995

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ECM said:
Oh hey friends!

Once every other year, myself and the Mustang Nation are forced to travel 40 minutes west to see how the other 99% lives. If you thought we were arrogant and insufferable before, well I'm not sure if you heard but we were just invited to a POWER THREE conference and now we really think our stuff don't stink.
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Awkward Season 4 GIF by The Office
 
SwissArmyFrog

SwissArmyFrog

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What is lost on our guest is that trolling must be *good* for it to be...well, good. I started to read, but it soon became clear that the poster was trying way too hard, and when readers see that a poster is trying too hard, the troll attempt becomes utterly boring.

ECM said:
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Fred Garvin

Fred Garvin

I service the entire Quad Cities Area
Where is the video showing the SMU football team when Liberty gets announced for the Fiesta bowl and SMU is announced as playing in the .......checks notes....... Fenway Bowl VS Boston College?

I guess this is what happens when you buy your way out of your conference. They give you its worst bowl tie-in. It could not have happened to a more deserving school.
 
bc puckett

bc puckett

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Fred Garvin said:
Where is the video showing the SMU football team when Liberty gets announced for the Fiesta bowl and SMU is announced as playing in the .......checks notes....... Fenway Bowl VS Boston College?

I guess this is what happens when you buy your way out of your conference. They give you its worst bowl tie-in. It could not have happened to a more deserving school.
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Hopefully they give their truck driver better directions this year.

fansided.com

Look: SMU football equipment truck gets stuck between bridges on highway

SMU football is heading to Fenway Park for their bowl game but the Mustangs' equipment truck hit a bit of a snag on the highway trying to get there.
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Brog

Brog

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Do I have this right? SMU is out $200,000,000 to get into the Atlantic Coast conference, and FSU is the undefeated champion of that "major" conference, and they just got dumped by the selection committee?
 
Frog-in-law1995

Frog-in-law1995

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Brog said:
Do I have this right? SMU is out $200,000,000 to get into the Atlantic Coast conference, and FSU is the undefeated champion of that "major" conference, and they just got dumped by the selection committee?
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They’re only “out” about $70M (what they would’ve received staying in the AAC the next 9 years), but yes.
 

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