Pony NATE-tion: team awards and season outlook

[PonyPride]

PonyFans.com is proud to have 18-year-old Nate as a guest columnist. This week, Nate looks at Saturday's opener at Arkansas State, and at the season overall.

Feel free to post comments and constructive criticism, ask him questions, and/or give suggestions for upcoming columns! (He can be followed on Twitter at @Pony_NATE_tion.)
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Pony NATE-tion: team awards and season outlook
Who must step up for Ponies to succeed in 2019?

After a long, arduous offseason, football is finally back, and we can all celebrate. After an overall encouraging 2018 season ended with a bad taste in the mouths of SMU players, coaches and fans, the Mustangs have a clean slate and is geared up for 2019. In 2018, SMU finished 5-7, losing its 12th game to an anemic Tulsa team, a game in which the effort was so poor that Head coach Sonny Dykes felt it necessary to publicly rip his team.

“I told our players after the game we got exactly what we deserved,” Dykes said after the game. “We deserved to ..."

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[AusTxPony]

Nicely thought out as usual. I agree for the most part, that offenses will start slow, but expect Buechele and SMU to put it together later in the game and pull out a win. I do think the score will be lower for both teams, though, with their defenses as good as projected.

[ponyte]

Pretty good scoring prediction.