I have a hard time believing that SMU, in its first game with the Run-n-Shoot and with a true freshman under center, is gonna come out firing on all cylinders tonight on offense.
Jones and staff probably are better than Bailiff and his guys but as a long time assistant at one of the premier programs in the country told me once:
"It ain't the Xs and the Os -- it's the Jimmys and the Joes."
Rice has a pronounced edge at QB with Clement and will have the best player on the field in Dillard. Throw in the Rice Stadium atmosphere and imtimidation and I'm not expecting to walk out of Rice Stadium with a victory.
Should be an entertaining game though.