Charleston Pony wrote:Most who made a prediction thought SMU would win easily and obviously either had no idea how good this FAU team was or just don't pay attention to college football outside of the southwest region. I may have been inspired by 11 who thought anything less than a 3 TD win would be an embarrassment and felt this bowl game was "beneath us". The truth is they may have given SMU one of the toughest matchups outside of the Memphis Cotton Bowl game. I just hope the rest of the AAC teams do well in their games to salvage a little respect for the conference.
It’s amazing how after over 3 decades of futility, any SMU player, student or alumni can think any bowl is “beneath them”.