Pony NATE-tion: Mid-season awards and a look ahead

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With the Mustangs coming off a bye week, Nate is back, this time to review some performances from the first half of the season, hand out his mid-season awards and look ahead to the second half of the season.

SMU has quickly risen to become one of the biggest and most remarkable stories in college football this season, due to its 6-0 start that has included some impressive, some dominant and some flat-out wild wins. The Ponies jumped two spots up to No. 19 in both the coaches poll and the Associated Press poll following the bye week as they head into Saturday’s huge matchup with Temple in Dallas. In his second season on the Hilltop, head coach Sonny Dykes has his team bowl-eligible by early October, a feat that has customarily been accomplished by SMU around late November.

First, let’s look at the general preseason outlook. Las Vegas’ over/under on wins for the Ponies was set at six. I viewed them as a five- to seven-win team that had a ton of talent, but a difficult schedule would hold them back. As it has turned out, I was correct, but there were a few things I did not anticipate about this team.

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[BUS]

Beat Temple.
just
Beat Temple

[ojaipony]

Beat Temple.
just
Beat Temple

Are we going to get a Pony NATE Temple prediction?

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Just posted!

Another win predicted

Remember he is now 15-2 S/U