The either/or season continues

[George S. Patton]

I wonder why there is so much distress from the masses.

We all understand the bottom line of this season. Either Phil Bennett gets SMU to a bowl or he's fired. Not much more to discuss.

Really, I'm at peace with this season and whatever comes of it. Personally, I think it will be the latter, and Steve Orsini already has his list on who he wants to become the new coach.

And should it move in the latter, Phil can't leave here thinking he didn't get a fair shake to get this moving.

[Charleston Pony]

that about sums it up and I think Bennett knew coming in that this year's team would not be as good as last years. The schedule doesn't help, either. Replacing SHSU with TCU meant that last year's 6-6 would be difficult to match.

We had a pretty good DL last year but there was no depth to replace 3 of 4 starters. The Carrington news was simply insult to injury, but the bottom line is that Bennett had his opportunity and this is his roster.

Watching the TTech game, when they posted Bennnett's quote that "he wanted to be the guy to turn this program around"...WANTED TO BE? Not "I WANT to be"? Told me all I needed to know. I think Bennett knows he bought one final year and unless these guys could beat either TTech or TCU and make a bowl, his head coaching career may be over.

I think everyone wanted Bennett to be the guy, but it is becoming clear he won't be. We all think we have the facilities but we need a "pied piper" coach. The college game is about recruiting. Great athletes make coaches look like great coaches. Not saying there aren't coaches out there would could do more than Bennett and his group have done with this roster, but the next caoch is going to have to be a guy who can bring in more/better athletes

The question I have right now is; does this whole team believe the Bennett era is over and if so, how will they respond? Are we going to see a bunch who will fight to the end or are we in for a blowout in Ft Worth and more to follow before season's end?

[Sam I Am]

We don't need to push so hard to get PB out. He knows that he is leaving. Now we will see a lame duck manage a losing season. We've got 9 more games to suffer before we try to start over. As bad as we have been, Duke lost 22 games before winnign on 9/15. Now that is misery we haven't seen yet.