Future schedules updated

[SMU Football Blog]

Maine, New Hampshire, Georgia Southern, McNeese State, Nichols State, Bethune Cookman, and Western Kentucky.

It should be pointed out that Georgia Southern, McNeese State and Western Kentucky all got their I-A win over Florida International, who was in its first year in I-A.

Ah, vaunted Nicholls State University out of Thibodeaux, LA, dear old Dad's alma mater. Which stellar D-1 foe did they beat?

Well, I was apparently relying on some misinformation. Nichols State and Bethune-Cookman both beat Florida A&M, which was in the process of moving up, but (a) was not there at the time; and (b) is never going to get there now. So that is five of the seven that are pretty suspect.

So, the only "legitimate" victories by a I-AA team over a I-A team are:
Maine over Mississippi State 9-7
New Hampshire over Rutgers 35-24

[MrMustang1965]

Maine, New Hampshire, Georgia Southern, McNeese State, Nichols State, Bethune Cookman, and Western Kentucky.

It should be pointed out that Georgia Southern, McNeese State and Western Kentucky all got their I-A win over Florida International, who was in its first year in I-A.

McNeese State and Nicholls State are in the Southland Conference with Sam Houston State, Southwest Texas State (Texas State University - San Marcos ), Stephen F. Austin State, Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana State.

Div. 1 opponents for Southland Conference teams this year include:

Sam Houston plays Univ. of Houston on Sept. 10 and Texas Tech on Sept. 17.

Texas State plays Texas A&M on Sept. 24 at Kyle Field.

Nicholls State plays Indiana on Sept. 10

[Dooby]

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[SWC2010]

there have been reports on this board that SMU signed multi-year contracts to play first Texas St and then, also or maybe instead of, Sam Houston St.

Sam Houston State will give SMU a run for its money in 2006. And the information that SMU will play Sam Houston State came directly from Coach Phil himself. Sam Houston came within ONE GAME of playing for the Div. 1-AA national title in 2004.

You're funny, 1965...

[MrMustang1965]

I fail to see the humor, SWC2010.

[kats89]

Hey Pony fans. Is 2005 already a bleak outlook that you are looking forward to 2006 already? Some of the comments made by some of you make you sound like the UH bunch to your south.

"Southland Junior Colleges", "JV sports Update"

Keep an eye on the Southland Conf this year. Don't be suprised if we knock UH off. Even though we got a new HC this year, we still have the same OC and the offense has not changed. As a matter of fact, we will probably throw even more.

Two I-AA playoff appearances in the last 4 years, 2004 semi-finalist and 2001 quarterfinalist, finishing ranked #7 2001 and #4 2004 in the nation in I-AA and a preseason ranked #16 for 2005. Better concentrate on this year before looking ahead. It is funny how your own HC Bennett said SMU scheduled Sam Houston & Tx State-San Marcos to get some wins. It could very easily be a Southland sweep.

Good luck this year!

At least you have some levelheaded fans also

[/quote]Sam Houston State will give SMU a run for its money in 2006. And the information that SMU will play Sam Houston State came directly from Coach Phil himself. Sam Houston came within ONE GAME of playing for the Div. 1-AA national title in 2004[quote][/quote]

[Cat79]

If you want to talk about Texas State get it right. Junior Colleges don't offer P.H.D.'s. Texas State has 7 P.H.D.'s and a new engineering school.

We are still playoff eligible on probation because the university turned itself in. Texas State did not get probation from recruiting violations. We received probation due to student athletes profiting off of their books and football extending beyond the allowed practice time.

Laugh it up all you want because we will come to play. Here are the statistics against Baylor last year.


Final Score Baylor 24 Texas State 17

Team Statistics (Final)
2004 Texas State University Football
Texas State vs Baylor (Sep 11, 2004 at Waco, Texas)

TXST BU

FIRST DOWNS................... 13 18
Rushing..................... 7 6
Passing..................... 5 12
Penalty..................... 1 0
NET YARDS RUSHING.............131 97
Rushing Attempts............ 40 45
Average Per Rush............ 3.3 2.2
Yards Gained Rushing........ 171 138
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 40 41
NET YARDS PASSING............. 164 224
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 12-27-0 16-30-2
Average Per Attempt......... 6.1 7.5
Average Per Completion...... 13.7 14.0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS.......... 295 321
Total offense plays......... 67 75
Average Gain Per Play....... 4.4 4.3
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-2 1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 8-52 8-55
PUNTS-YARDS................... 9-325 8-364
Average Yards Per Punt...... 36.1 45.5
Net Yards Per Punt.......... 29.1 43.9
Inside 20................... 0 2
50+ Yards................... 2 5
Touchbacks.................. 0 3
Fair catch.................. 0 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 4-250 5-325
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 62.5 65.0
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 58.2 55.8
Touchbacks.................. 3 3
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 2-13-0 6-63-0
Average Per Return.......... 6.5 10.5
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-46-0 1-17-0
Average Per Return.......... 23.0 17.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 2-6-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 1-9-1
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 28:52 31:08
1st Quarter................. 8:07 6:53
2nd Quarter................. 6:32 8:28
3rd Quarter................. 7:01 7:59
4th Quarter................. 7:12 7:48
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 19 5 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 1-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 3-26 2-19
PAT Kicks..................... 2-2 3-3
Field Goals................... 1-2 1-1

Texas State and Sam Houston will both come to Dallas and give you a game. We scared Baylor last year (if you don't believe it talk to your Baylor brethern-they knew it was a game with Texas State on their end of the field with 1:43 left) and they went on to pummel North Texas and upset Texas A & M after their game with Texas State.

Go Texas State!! Go Cats!!

[Cat79]

Sam Houston and Texas State are both in the top 25 of I-AA

Sports Network's I-AA College Football Poll
Team (First-place votes) 2004 Record Points Previous Rank
1. James Madison Dukes (49) 13-2 2,333 1
2. Furman Paladins (21) 10-3 2,251 5
3. Montana Grizzlies (14) 12-3 2,215 2
4. Eastern Washington Eagles (11) 9-4 2,053 8
5. Southern Illinois Salukis (3) 10-2 1,842 9
6. Georgia Southern Eagles 9-3 1,841 10
7. New Hampshire Wildcats 10-3 1,731 6
8. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 9-3 1,698 11
9. William & Mary Tribe (1) 11-3 1,547 3
10. Delaware Blue Hens 9-4 1,538 7
11. Northwestern State Demons 8-4 1,431 17
12. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-4 1,102 25
13. Hampton Pirates 10-2 1,076 13
14. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 9-3 963 15
15. Massachusetts Minutemen (1) 6-5 869 NR
16. Sam Houston State Bearkats 11-3 712 4
17. Cal Poly Mustangs 9-2 681 16
18. Montana State Bobcats 6-5 671 NR
19. Harvard Crimson (1) 10-0 661 13
20. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 9-2 658 14
21. Wofford Terriers 8-3 502 18
22. North Dakota State Bison 8-3 421 23
23. Texas State Bobcats 5-6 308 NR
24. Hofstra Pride 5-6 299 NR
25. Grambling State Tigers 6-5 293 NR
Others receiving votes: Lafayette (268), Appalachian State (261), South Carolina State (256), Alabama State (242), Villanova (191), Portland State (167), Coastal Carolina (149), Penn (140), Stephen F. Austin (96), Southern (88), UC Davis (85), Bethune-Cookman (80), McNeese State (57), Brown (54), Western Illinois (47), Eastern Kentucky (44), Northeastern (39), Northern Arizona (35), Maine (28), Western Carolina (15), Murray State (12), Eastern Illinois (10), Alabama A&M (9), Northern Colorado (7), Florida A&M (7), Gardner-Webb (6), Drake (5).


As of August 8, 2005, at 01:17 PM ET

[TxSt06]

Wow, you SMU people are delusional. Ya'll actually think that you wouldn't get your butt kicked by any of the 16 Playoff teams in I-AA last year? Get a clue!!! Montana, JMU, Delaware, Sam (as much as I hate to admit it), and probably EWU would murder SMU. I stated in a earlier post aobut how I like SMU, that has now changed. I hope you rich [deleted] never recover from the DP. Come on down to the Southland and see where you finish.

[Sam I Am]

Once again SMU is a target of the wannabes. UNT used to haunt our board as they tried to get parity with anybody outside the Sun Belt. Now the Southland Conference wannabes are carping at SMU because they think they have a chance to beat somebody that used to have a name. The down side of playing these schools is that you having nothing to gain except padding the schedule, and a lot to lose if you are among those very few schools that actually lose to a Div. 1-AA school. I wish we hadn't scheduled these teams.

[kats89]

Once again SMU is a target of the wannabes. UNT used to haunt our board as they tried to get parity with anybody outside the Sun Belt. Now the Southland Conference wannabes are carping at SMU because they think they have a chance to beat somebody that used to have a name. The down side of playing these schools is that you having nothing to gain except padding the schedule, and a lot to lose if you are among those very few schools that actually lose to a Div. 1-AA school. I wish we hadn't scheduled these teams.

Might as well play us and other Southland Conf teams, because when the NCAA gets rid of the I-AA nomenclature, we could all be playing in the same conference.

[RGV Pony]

TxSt06: Classy.

[Stallion]

Thanks Jim and Phil-great to hear from the illustrious fans of Sam Houston State Park & Penitentiary and Stephen F. Austin State Monument. Maybe if we fire both we can cancel these games-I'm serious

[Hoofbeat83]

geez. who let the dawgs (and the bearkats and the bobbycats) out?

is this what we have to look forward to for the next few years? ntsu is starting to look better all the time.

shoo fly(s) shoo! any 'fan' who converts from support to disdain and profanity because of a message board post or two is no 'fan' we needed in the first place. get lost.

[MrMustang1965]

any 'fan' who converts from support to disdain and profanity because of a message board post or two is no 'fan' we needed in the first place. get lost.

who was that?