Honolulu Advertiser predicts UH, BSU, or Nevada vs. SMU

[George S. Patton]

You guys better pray it's Hawaii in the Hawaii bowl for a few reasons.

1) Boise will kill ya by 40+
2) Nevada will kill ya by 50+
3) Fresno St. will beat ya by 21+
4) Hawaii will be toss-up.

Idaho is probable the only team SMU may have a for sure win.

For the sake of your program, lets hope you play Hawaii or Idaho. A 50+ loss to either Boise or Nevada will set your program back a few years.

Well, good for you.

[Junior]

You guys better pray it's Hawaii in the Hawaii bowl for a few reasons.

1) Boise will kill ya by 40+
2) Nevada will kill ya by 50+
3) Fresno St. will beat ya by 21+
4) Hawaii will be toss-up.

Idaho is probable the only team SMU may have a for sure win.

For the sake of your program, lets hope you play Hawaii or Idaho. A 50+ loss to either Boise or Nevada will set your program back a few years.

Are you kidding me? Set our program back a few years? A loss of any magnitude would not more than offset the fact that we had the largest turnaround in college football this year.

[San Antonio Mustang]

I would rather play against Hawaii or Boise State. Both games would generate huge publicity and if somehow we pulled off an upset, that would go much further than a win against Nevada.

Agreed

[SMU 86]

I just hope we win whiever we play. That would really boost the 2011 recruiting.

[PonyLove]

You guys better pray it's Hawaii in the Hawaii bowl for a few reasons.

1) Boise will kill ya by 40+
2) Nevada will kill ya by 50+
3) Fresno St. will beat ya by 21+
4) Hawaii will be toss-up.

Idaho is probable the only team SMU may have a for sure win.

For the sake of your program, lets hope you play Hawaii or Idaho. A 50+ loss to either Boise or Nevada will set your program back a few years.

Perhaps you should just concern yourself with beating Wisconsin.

[Oliver]

I really hope it's not Hawaii. I hope Wisconsin kicks their [deleted] Saturday night in Honolulu. And I could give a flip about the marketing angle with SMU playing Hawaii.

IMO, this should not be about June playing his old school mixed in with us returning to a bowl for the first time since 1984. I think that dilutes it.

This should be about SMU rising from the ashes, playing in a bowl game for the first time since 1984 and how much the loyal fan base has waited for it and how Jones got it to turnaround.

I'm in the minority on this, and I don't care if I get blasted for it. The constant Hawaii infiltration on this board is such a beatdown.

In my opinion, the more we can remove ourselves from the Hawaii angle, the better we're going to be. I know it's going to be there in some facet because Jones is moving back there after he's done coaching and his connection to the state vast. But we don't need it thrown in our faces day after day after day.

We need to do our thing. And they need to do their thing. And hopefully, never the two shall meet -- including in a non-conference environment.

I actually agree with this to an extent, playing Hawaii would make for a catchy side plot that might give it more press, but I want this to be about us, this is what SMU fans have waited for and deserve, and it should be our showcase to the country that we're back, or at least on the way. Losing to Hawaii would also be a big disappointment, I dont want any pundits or talking heads saying he would have been better off in Hawaii.

[Stallion]

you don't get the big showcase without the good story. Nobody will watch without a compelling story. SMU v. Hawaii would easily be the best game for SMU publicity wise.

[Oliver]

you don't get the big showcase without the good story. Nobody will watch without a compelling story. SMU v. Hawaii would easily be the best game for SMU publicity wise.

True, maybe I was being a bit of a homer thinking that the rest of the country would care about our 25 year absence from a bowl game and the resurrection of SMU football, I'm just worried about the impression it makes if June goes into Hawaii to play the team he left behind for a better program, and we end up getting beat.

[SoCal_Pony]

Nevada would be the worst opponent IMO.

Underrated yet Good, so a victory over them would not garner much national pub.

Far and away I would prefer Hawaii or ND. Since ND is now out of the picture, Go Hawaii!!!