Opting out of bowl game

[GHammond]

Mike Ford...one hell of a Soph campaign...led the nation in two or three categories that year, ‘78, got hurt early in 1979, and as they say, the rest is history.

[peruna81]

What other great players had Mustang careers derailed or interrupted by injury? Charles Waggoner comes to mind...outstanding Frosh year.

Aye...

Mike Ford's knee bending wonky is another.

[ponyte]

Mike Ford. One of, if not the best, pocket QBs in SMU history and could have been a one of college's greatest. Career destroyed by a cheap shot TCU artist. Late hit after the throw was gone in an intentional hit to blow up Mike's knee. It was so bad that the coaching stafff deleted the play from game film the next year when we prepared for TCU.

Wags was one of the hardest working backs in '79. He should have never been returning kickoffs except the team was so decimated by injuries that we literally had nobody else.

[smuaustin1971]

Was Aldrick faster than Rod Jones?

[peruna81]

Mike Ford. One of, if not the best, pocket QBs in SMU history and could have been a one of college's greatest. Career destroyed by a cheap shot TCU artist. Late hit after the throw was gone in an intentional hit to blow up Mike's knee. It was so bad that the coaching stafff deleted the play from game film the next year when we prepared for TCU.

Wags was one of the hardest working backs in '79. He should have never been returning kickoffs except the team was so decimated by injuries that we literally had nobody else.

I hit Ford on a safety blitz in high school...He was solid, never saw the hit coming, shook it off and rifled the ball 30 yards downfield. I felt like I had broken my neck.

He was bigger than three of our offensive linemen. A good guy, and a cannon of an arm.

[EastStang]

Another injured running back who shined was Shan-derrick Charles. Unlike Alabama, we can't just plug in another 5 star.

[JasonB]

Another injured running back who shined was Shan-derrick Charles. Unlike Alabama, we can't just plug in another 5 star.

A healthy Shanderrick would have been our LT. He was that good. Running for over 200 yards in a couple of games with how bad that team was, it was truly amazing.

[Charleston Pony]

Another injured running back who shined was Shan-derrick Charles. Unlike Alabama, we can't just plug in another 5 star.

A healthy Shanderrick would have been our LT. He was that good. Running for over 200 yards in a couple of games with how bad that team was, it was truly amazing.

Shanderrick's performance at SMU brought more attention to his little bro who managed to stay healthy longer and had a pretty nice career

[Ikus]

Another injured running back who shined was Shan-derrick Charles. Unlike Alabama, we can't just plug in another 5 star.

A healthy Shanderrick would have been our LT. He was that good. Running for over 200 yards in a couple of games with how bad that team was, it was truly amazing.

Slow down. He was really good, but he put up those numbers against bad teams.
Sure wish he had stayed healthy, though.

[ponyboy]

Don’t need an LT when you’ve got an ED.

[sail420s]

What other great players had Mustang careers derailed or interrupted by injury? Charles Waggoner comes to mind...outstanding Frosh year.

Shanderrick Charles