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Guard-ed Optimism: SMU welcomes lineman with Power 5 offers

Postby PonyPride » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:28 am

He was among the Mustangs who walked on Senior Day, and thought his career at SMU was going to end with his graduation. With a year of eligibility left, guard Jerry Saena started getting offers from other schools, including programs in the Southeastern Conference and the Pac-12. But when the Mustangs begin spring workouts, Saena will be there, preparing to take the field for SMU in 2017. Saena visited with PonyFans.com to discuss his decision and his goals for the upcoming season.

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Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:26 am

this is certainly good news; the more experience the better and it will hopefully give the young guys an opportunity to RS
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Postby Grant Carter » Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:48 am

Great article. Thank you.
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Postby Hanging Chad » Sun Feb 26, 2017 12:45 pm

This is fantastic. In the games I saw, I thought he and Brown were the best linemen on the team.
The quarterbacks and running backs have to be ecstatic.
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Postby ALEX LIFESON » Sun Feb 26, 2017 7:11 pm

Great news!
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Postby BUS » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:18 pm

Fan tastic
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Postby ojaipony » Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:48 pm

That gives us 3 solid, experienced OLs to start. Mix in the young pups and that's potentially a great great development. I'm very comfortable with those 3, throw in Todora and Smith with Natour and Hyder in the rotation melikes. Also have Barton, Wilds, Webb. And then the freshmen who have the potential to be better than all of them can redshirt. (Maybe Huhn and Ali get thrown in if really needed due to injury, etc). Good times.
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Postby Stallion » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:24 pm

actually have 5 returning lineman who have started substantial games at SMU
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Postby Junior » Wed Mar 01, 2017 11:58 am

Great to have him back! I had wondered why we let him go from the team with a year of eligibility left.
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Postby PerunaPunch » Mon Mar 06, 2017 1:59 pm

Junior wrote:Great to have him back! I had wondered why we let him go from the team with a year of eligibility left.

Concur with this. I felt last year that Saena finally came into his own and became one of our better OLs. Was a real head-scratcher to see him walk with the seniors last year. Very, very glad to have him back. Now, if we can only add Matt D to the list of returning seniors, I'll be truly happy.
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Postby JoeKidd » Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:36 pm

Saw him at the MBB Conference Championship game on Saturday and told him I was glad we had him back for his senior year.
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