Going for an easy win in 2018

[Pony^]

SMU to host Houston Baptist in 2018

SMU will host Houston Baptist at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas on Sept. 22, 2018. The game will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Houston Baptist is a member of the Southland Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Huskies started their football program in 2013 and have an overall record of 6-22.

http://www.fbschedules.com/2016/08/smu-host-houston-baptist-2018/

[smupony94]

About time we beat a Houston school

[PonySnob]

Operation sellout!!

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

About time we beat a Houston school

Hope so!

[MustangStealth]

Operation sellout!!

Operation Desperation

[leopold]

I wasn't in favor of this until I was reminded of the rest of the non-conference schedule:

Saturday
Sep. 1 Mean Green at North Texas Mean Green
Apogee Stadium, Denton, TX TBA ---
Saturday
Sep. 8 --- TBA --- ---
Saturday
Sep. 15 Wolverines at Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI TBA ----
Saturday
Sep. 22 Huskies Houston Baptist Huskies
Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX TBA ---
Saturday
Sep. 29 Horned Frogs TCU Horned Frogs

So, we have one opponent who should be favored against us in Michigan, one who we are somewhat on par with in North Texas, one who we should be the pants off of in Houston Baptist, and our traditional cross-town rival in TCU.

All-in-all, a decent, rational schedule for the likes of us.

[mrydel]

Haven't we already dropped the Michigan game? If not I would bet it will be.

[ponyinNC]

That Michigan game has a payout over $1M. Why would we drop it?

[smupony94]

That Michigan game has a payout over $1M. Why would we drop it?

Ucf is getting $1,800,000 so we should be close to that too

[JasonB]

Look, we get national attention for double digit wins. Everyone makes fun of the Baylor creampuff non-conference, and it keeps them out of the national championship. But nobody would even be talking about them if they weren't 10-0. That is how Baylor did it, and that is how TCU did it back when they were initially building the program. Once TCU was winning double digits, then they amped up the non-conference to play on the national stage.

Going 4-0 or 3-1 every year before conference play starts pretty much guarantees a bowl, gets people talking, and ramps up the chance of a big win season. Once SMU shows they can handle the creampuffs, then amp up the non-conference. Until then, we are best off racking up the wins however possible and getting excitement up.

[mrydel]

That Michigan game has a payout over $1M. Why would we drop it?

Not saying we should, I thought we already had.

[Pony Boss]

SMU dropped the Michigan game.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Going 4-0 or 3-1 every year before conference play starts pretty much guarantees a bowl, gets people talking, and ramps up the chance of a big win season. Once SMU shows they can handle the creampuffs, then amp up the non-conference. Until then, we are best off racking up the wins however possible and getting excitement up.

I agree regularly going 4-0 or 3-1 in the preseason is a necessary first step.

[Oldmins]

Has anyone checked with Incarnate Word of San Antonio? If we could combine Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word and maybe Texas Lutheran with Southern Methodist, we could claim the ecumenical championship of Texas. Of course there's still Lubbock Christian College.

[vielsiehorsepower]

Look, we get national attention for double digit wins. Everyone makes fun of the Baylor creampuff non-conference, and it keeps them out of the national championship. But nobody would even be talking about them if they weren't 10-0. That is how Baylor did it, and that is how TCU did it back when they were initially building the program. Once TCU was winning double digits, then they amped up the non-conference to play on the national stage.

Going 4-0 or 3-1 every year before conference play starts pretty much guarantees a bowl, gets people talking, and ramps up the chance of a big win season. Once SMU shows they can handle the creampuffs, then amp up the non-conference. Until then, we are best off racking up the wins however possible and getting excitement up.

This game is 2 years into the future. Pardon my idealistic nature, but I'd like to think if HCCM is still around or if one of his disciples took over that by 2018 this roster is talented enough that there wouldn't be a 48-3, 56-3, 46-14, etc. It would seem the team would be good enough to put up a respectable game by then.

And yes, no one would be talking about Baylor if they weren't 10-0, you're right. But when Baylor goes 10-0 and the talking they're doing about them is that they had too easy of a walK to 10-0. Apparently the committee is not impressed by beating up on the actual little sisters of the poor. Huh. Go figure