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SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby OR-See-Nee » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:22 am

From UH's newspaper, the Daily Cougar

SMU FOOTBALL: Mustangs come to Houston hoping for better results

By David Brooks

Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009

SMU quarterback, and Katy product, Bo Levi Mitchell has the Mustangs Run-and-Shoot offense firing on all cylinders. He returns to the Houston area looking to avenge last season's 44-38 loss to UH.

The SMU Mustangs are looking to bounce back from an overtime loss to Navy this week with a win against former Southwest Conference rival UH.

After Saturday’s 38-35 loss to the Midshipmen – their second overtime defeat of the season – the Mustangs fell to 3-3 on the year. SMU head coach June Jones knows his team is just a few plays away from being 5-1.

“It’s frustrating, you know, and you feel bad for the kids, but the kids are fine,” Jones said in a teleconference Monday. “They’ve done a lot of things we’ve been talking about for a year-and-a-half now, and we’re still getting better.”

SMU led Navy 21-7 at halftime before Navy stormed back to force overtime and eventually win the game. Now, SMU moves on to play a Cougars team that did the same thing to them last year, when UH overcame a 12-point deficit by scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter to win.

Jones doesn’t think last year’s close loss can be used to show a disparity between the teams.

“I don’t think there’s too much to that,” Jones said. “I think Houston came in last year thinking that they were a whole lot better than us, and they were, but that’s why we play the game.”

Jones knows this is a different UH team and doesn’t expect the Cougars to show up flat this year.

“They’re playing with a lot of confidence right now,” Jones said. “They’re a different team than they were last year, and I don’t anticipate that they’ll have any let up come Saturday night. They’re going to be on top of their game.”

SMU has a tough task at hand with the Cougars. The Mustangs lost by 25 earlier this season to Texas Christian, the only other ranked team on their schedule. SMU’s defense, however, which ranks fourth in the Football Bowl Subdivision in total turnovers forced, gives them an opportunity to slow Houston’s No. 1-ranked passing attack.

The Mustangs’ offense, on the other hand, has struggled to execute the Run-and-Shoot that Jones had so much success with at Hawaii. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell has thrown 10 interceptions this year, though he has not thrown any in the last two games. SMU will need a good game from him if it hopes to escape Robertson Stadium with a win.

The Mustangs aim to play in a bowl game this year, and they know they need to win at least one more game on the road to do so. They hope to get that out of the way this weekend.

“We have three road games left this year, and we have to win one,” Jones said. “It’s hard to win, period. Our goal is to get to the bowl game and win a minimum of six games. Hopefully we can win more.”



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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby couch 'em » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:51 am

Couger High Rag wrote:SMU quarterback, and Katy product, Bo Levi Mitchell has the Mustangs Run-and-Shoot offense firing on all cylinders. He returns to the Houston area looking to avenge last season's 44-38 loss to UH.
The Mustangs’ offense, on the other hand, has struggled to execute the Run-and-Shoot that Jones had so much success with at Hawaii. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell has thrown 10 interceptions this year, though he has not thrown any in the last two games. SMU will need a good game from him if it hopes to escape Robertson Stadium with a win.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby tristatecoog » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:05 am

Bravo to David Brooks. Good article.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby BUS » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:20 am

That hit the nail on the head.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby mustangklick » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:22 am

"Firing on all cylinders"...................................How many cylinders does he think we have?
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby Stallion » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:57 am

I think a Daily Cougar is overdoing it-don't you? Maybe once a month if things are slow
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby PerunaPunch » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:04 am

OR-See-Nee wrote:SMU quarterback, and Katy product, Bo Levi Mitchell has the Mustangs Run-and-Shoot offense firing on all cylinders.

The Mustangs’ offense, on the other hand, has struggled to execute the Run-and-Shoot that Jones had so much success with at Hawaii.


Well, which one is it numbnutz?
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby Italian Mustang » Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:10 am

Those contradicting statements must be a part of the UofH "gloabal and metropolitan worldview", whatever the hell that means.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby CalallenStang » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:18 pm

Italian Mustang wrote:Those contradicting statements must be a part of the UofH "gloabal and metropolitan worldview", whatever the hell that means.


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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby HollywoodMustang » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:26 pm

SMU only has hope to win this game because Houston is the #1 passing attack in the nation. Our defense has gotta be salivating.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby Junior » Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:20 pm

HollywoodMustang wrote:SMU only has hope to win this game because Houston is the #1 passing attack in the nation. Our defense has gotta be salivating.


Or crapping their pants.
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Re: SMU Article in the Daily Cougar

Postby Vitale » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:27 pm

PerunaPunch wrote:
OR-See-Nee wrote:SMU quarterback, and Katy product, Bo Levi Mitchell has the Mustangs Run-and-Shoot offense firing on all cylinders.

The Mustangs’ offense, on the other hand, has struggled to execute the Run-and-Shoot that Jones had so much success with at Hawaii.


Well, which one is it numbnutz?

This story obviously was ghost-edited by the girl who "runs" the Daily Campus.
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