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tristatecoog wrote:Bad news is that Memphis, UCF, Cinci and UConn all get two weeks to prepare for the Ponies. SFA gets a few months and UNT hosts Lamar the first week.

Have you looked to see how many games other conference teams have against teams coming off byes?

You know our home schedule is awful when the ticket reps are pumping Uconn as a home game...

I think we might just shatter some attendance records this fall.

I'd say SMU will be preseason favorite in only 5 games on the schedule especially since UCF (the closest program to us) never really bottomed out, and has had consistently good recruiting:

Sagarin:

29. Tulsa
32 South Florida*
43 Temple*
49. TCU
50. Memphis
55. (non-conference) Arkansas St
56. Houston
61. Navy
86 Central Florida
92. SMU
109. Tulane
117 Cincinnati
118 East Carolina*
154 Connecticut

*Not on 2017 Schedule

Arky St. is no gimmie. I expect that to be a good game. Unfortunately.

gostangs wrote:But we should rack up some wins - and frankly that is the most important thing at this point.

Racking up wins but I doubt we'll rack up much in attendance with those foes.

Grant Carter wrote:

tristatecoog wrote:Bad news is that Memphis, UCF, Cinci and UConn all get two weeks to prepare for the Ponies. SFA gets a few months and UNT hosts Lamar the first week.

Have you looked to see how many games other conference teams have against teams coming off byes?

Yes, this graphic made it easy. SMU led with four.

http://www.scout.com/college/houston/fo ... ule-is-out

jimhagle wrote:

gostangs wrote:But we should rack up some wins - and frankly that is the most important thing at this point.

Racking up wins but I doubt we'll rack up much in attendance with those foes.

An upset of TCU will get us ranked, and will bring crowds.

five games in Sept.....one Oct home game

SMU 2017 Football Schedule

SEPT 02 – SFA – HOME
SEPT 09 – UNT – HOME
SEPT 16 – TCU – AWAY
SEPT 23 – ARK STATE – HOME
SEPT 30 – UCONN – HOME

OCT 07 – HOUSTON – AWAY
OCT 14 - OPEN
OCT 21 – CINCY – AWAY
OCT 27 – TULSA – HOME - FRIDAY GAME

Nov 04 - UCF - HOME
NOV 11 – NAVY – AWAY
NOV 18 – MEMPHIS – AWAY
NOV 25 – TULANE – HOME

JasonB wrote:

jimhagle wrote:

gostangs wrote:But we should rack up some wins - and frankly that is the most important thing at this point.

Racking up wins but I doubt we'll rack up much in attendance with those foes.

An upset of TCU will get us ranked, and will bring crowds.

That's a joke right?

JasonB wrote:
An upset of TCU will get us ranked, and will bring crowds.

Yep, just like the last time we beat them

JasonB wrote:

jimhagle wrote:

gostangs wrote:But we should rack up some wins - and frankly that is the most important thing at this point.

Racking up wins but I doubt we'll rack up much in attendance with those foes.

An upset of TCU will get us ranked, and will bring crowds.

Well at least you have a sense of humor

Stallion wrote:I'd say SMU will be preseason favorite in only 5 games on the schedule especially since UCF (the closest program to us) never really bottomed out, and has had consistently good recruiting:

Sagarin:

29. Tulsa
32 South Florida*
43 Temple*
49. TCU
50. Memphis
55. (non-conference) Arkansas St
56. Houston
61. Navy
86 Central Florida
92. SMU
109. Tulane
117 Cincinnati
118 East Carolina*
154 Connecticut

*Not on 2017 Schedule

Everything single team above SMU (plus UNT) went to a Bowl game last year.

Everyone needs to quit obsessing with the schedule and attendance and celebrate the fact that this is going to be a breakthrough year! It really is, so get excited!

mrydel wrote:That's a joke right?

If we are good enough to beat TCU, we will be 5-0 early in the season with some real blowouts, which will draw attention our way. Getting ranked is when Dallas starts to actually notice.