Glad to see we are adopting a \"win NOW\" attitude...

[HixsontoLeVias]

....why else would we be starting and seriuosly looking at two Juco QB's (around for another year or two) VS. going with a young Soph with 3 years of playing time left..? This strategy tells me the "we are young, we are fresh, just wait until '06, we expect to lose our first 3 plus games, etc., etc." mind set is slowly fading away....GOOD!! Quite frankly, I was growing a bit tired of this mentality, especially considering the conference we "compete" in, yes, I know BSU and FSU are ranked, but, week in week out, SJSU, Rice, Hawaii, UTEP, Tulsa, La Tech should not freak us out.....my hats off to Coach B and his staff for attempting to find ways to win some games, let's hope it continues.......Go Ponies...how 'bout an upset!! Long Live Keith Bobo...

[PonySnob]

I think that in 2005, SMU fans should be able to expect positive results on the playing field. The team might still be somewhat on the young side, but it will not be lacking for experience. I believe that we only lose one starter on each side of the ball this year.

[Corso]

And this allows another year for Phillips to soak up the new offense, so he'll be even better when he recovers from his injury.

Go Ponies!

[The PonyGrad]

....why else would we be starting and seriuosly looking at two Juco QB's (around for another year or two) VS. going with a young Soph with 3 years of playing time left..? This strategy ..

Your argument seems to imply that the JC QBs were chosen to play over Phillips. Of course, Chris sat due to injury, not by design.

Having said that I do not belive that Bennett has changed anything. He wanted to recruit JCs from the get go. He also wanted to build a program for the long term that recruits and red-shirts as many freshmen as possible.

[SWC2010]

....why else would we be starting and seriuosly looking at two Juco QB's (around for another year or two) VS. going with a young Soph with 3 years of playing time left..? This strategy ..

Your argument seems to imply that the JC QBs were chosen to play over Phillips. Of course, Chris sat due to injury, not by design.

Having said that I do not belive that Bennett has changed anything. He wanted to recruit JCs from the get go. He also wanted to build a program for the long term that recruits and red-shirts as many freshmen as possible.

PG, the injury may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for both Phillips (long term) & the team (short term). Phillips get to watch & absorb from the sideline (what most FR/SO QB do in D-I), while the team gets the QB experience & maturity from the 2 JUCO.

The fact that Bennett recruited 2 JUCO QB's make me think he had such plans (but Chris had the better Spring workouts & held the #1 position)