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Is TECH here, or is this a misprint?

http://www.ponyfans.com/features/future/

as originally signed it was not a straight home and home like its listed here. It was a 3 for 5 in Lubbock and I believe the next game is in Lubbock unless the contract was changed.

So we have 5 home games and 7 away? Must be another game on that schedule that is HOME instead of away.

Yep, sadly we start out playing 3 of 4 on the road even if one of them is just up 35.

That schedule is not up to date. It does not include the Sam Houston State game, and it does not account for the dates that we play our conference opponents.

CalallenStang wrote:That schedule is not up to date. It does not include the Sam Houston State game, and it does not account for the dates that we play our conference opponents.

So where can we find a schedule that is up to date?

just went to the Tech website...CONFIRMED we are (as we all already knew) playing at Tech next year. The last game played between the two teams was at SMU, last year we did not play. Thus next year at Tech. The PF.com schedule is incorrect, though, I don't believe it's been updated in quite some time.

I overlooked the number of games, that old schedule has 11 games, not 12. So add the home game with SHSU and we have 6/6=12

And I believe we start with 2 road, then 2 home (ArkSt + SHSU) and of course, NTSU is just up the road...

SMUstang wrote:So where can we find a schedule that is up to date?

9/02 @ Texas Tech
9/09 @ North Texas
9/16 vs Sam Houston State
9/23 vs Arkansas State
9/30 @ Tulane*
10/07 vs Marshall*
10/14 vs UAB*
10/21 @ ECU*
10/28 vs Tulsa*
11/04 @ Rice*
11/11 vs Houston*
11/18 @ UTEP*

no open dates? i hope that changes.

Im sure there is an open date somewhere. Atleast I would hope so.

That is a very difficult way to start off a season, especially if Willis is our qb, since he has no experience at the college level. Going into Lubbock is tough, but if we can make it a ballgame I will be impressed.

MFFL02 wrote:That is a very difficult way to start off a season, especially if Willis is our qb, since he has no experience at the college level. Going into Lubbock is tough, but if we can make it a ballgame I will be impressed.

Call me optimistic, but...

Tech will not beat SMU by more than 20 (since their offense won't be "on a roll" yet). The optimism of holding Tech to a relatively low score (somewhere around 45) will carry into the UNT game, allowing us to defeat the Denton Eagles quite easily. Against SHSU, our talent will be much greater than their's (when was the last time we could say that?) and we will win handily. Arkansas State will be overconfident and undermanned after a good showing in a bowl game behind the play of a QB who will not be there next year. We beat them.

That leaves us at 3-1 going into conference. Assuming we get conference wins against Tulane, Marshall, ECU, Rice, and UH, that puts us at 8-4. Get another win against Tulsa (at home!), UTEP (we beat them this year), or UAB (again, at home) and we will look very valuable to a good bowl, meaning we won't have to play in Lafayette/New Orleans, LA, or Mobile, AL.

All of this adds up to a very successful recruiting class next year and eventually becoming a power in the new CUSA.

CalallenStang wrote:

MFFL02 wrote:That is a very difficult way to start off a season, especially if Willis is our qb, since he has no experience at the college level. Going into Lubbock is tough, but if we can make it a ballgame I will be impressed.

Call me optimistic, but...

Tech will not beat SMU by more than 20 (since their offense won't be "on a roll" yet). The optimism of holding Tech to a relatively low score (somewhere around 45) will carry into the UNT game, allowing us to defeat the Denton Eagles quite easily. Against SHSU, our talent will be much greater than their's (when was the last time we could say that?) and we will win handily. Arkansas State will be overconfident and undermanned after a good showing in a bowl game behind the play of a QB who will not be there next year. We beat them.

That leaves us at 3-1 going into conference. Assuming we get conference wins against Tulane, Marshall, ECU, Rice, and UH, that puts us at 8-4. Get another win against Tulsa (at home!), UTEP (we beat them this year), or UAB (again, at home) and we will look very valuable to a good bowl, meaning we won't have to play in Lafayette/New Orleans, LA, or Mobile, AL.

All of this adds up to a very successful recruiting class next year and eventually becoming a power in the new CUSA.

WOW, you are putting us in a bowl game already and now we are being selective as to which bowl we want to go to?

My point about Tech is that if SMU had started the year say vs UNT then had a few home games, once their offense had started to get some chemistry with a new quarterback I think an upset over Texas Tech would seem plausible....but starting the year versus Tech in Lubbock, I don't think SMU has a chance to win or play a close game...I only hope losing to Tech doesn't discourage the Stangs in their games following Tech...