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Well, we are 1-3, 1-3. Right where we want to be. This is the big conference opener. They will not expect a strong and motivated SMU team. Our defense showed up and proved it can play and stop people. Our offense was more consistent. Eliminate two mistakes and it is a different game. So what are the analysis/opinions for this week’s game?

UTEP win. UTEP has better coaching and players. Expect a small crowd.

ponyte wrote:Well, we are 1-3, 1-3. Right where we want to be. This is the big conference opener. They will not expect a strong and motivated SMU team. Our defense showed up and proved it can play and stop people. Our offense was more consistent. Eliminate two mistakes and it is a different game. So what are the analysis/opinions for this week’s game?

win. that's it

Predicable answer, BJ.

Ponies showed vast improvement on defense against the Froggies. DeMyron Martin looked determined to run through people. Justin Willis can score on any defense in CUSA. Overrated as he is, Jordan Palmer isn't running the UTEP offense anymore.

Ponies 27
Miners 16

SMUguy wrote:Predicable answer, BJ.

Ponies showed vast improvement on defense against the Froggies. DeMyron Martin looked determined to run through people. Justin Willis can score on any defense in CUSA. Overrated as he is, Jordan Palmer isn't running the UTEP offense anymore.

Ponies 27
Miners 16

I am a big Jwill fan, but I'm sorry, our offense DOES NOT look good. It hasn't looked good all season. Our ground game looked good against TCU actually, but second half we abandoned it.

I think our "vast improvement" on D was more related to TCU's inept offense. TCU is #94 in total offense and #99 in scoring offense. That puts them in in the bottom 21 percent or worse of D1a in both categories.

For comparsions sake, we are #71 in total offense and #89 in scoring offense. And we are #105 and #108 in scoring and total defense, even after our "vast improvement" on Saturday.

UTEP/SMU is a pick 'em on the lines site I just visited, FYI.

SMU 30
UTEP 29

SMU has turned the corner. We could end up at 6-6.

re: "our offense DOES NOT look good"

I certainly know a lot less about X & O's than Rusty Burns, but it appears that all the last second audibles and signals to Justin cause more harm than good.

Pretty much every play the offense is all looking towards the sidelines as the clock ticks down.

I know audibles are common, but why is it that almost every time the SMU offense runs up to the line, we almost never just launch the play?

Wouldn't an occassional play where we call a play and then just snap the ball before the defense has so much time to get set be something of value?

After the huddle breaks and the O-line gets to line of scrimmage you always see Justin standing there looking over to the sideline kind of rolling his hands to "hurry up". Justin seems to have that "come on lets go, get the play called!" look in his eyes.

Do these constant last second changes play any factor in our offense seemingly being out of sink?

Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:re: "our offense DOES NOT look good"

I certainly know a lot less about X & O's than Rusty Burns, but it appears that all the last second audibles and signals to Justin cause more harm than good.

Pretty much every play the offense is all looking towards the sidelines as the clock ticks down.

I know audibles are common, but why is it that almost every time the SMU offense runs up to the line, we almost never just launch the play?

Wouldn't an occassional play where we call a play and then just snap the ball before the defense has so much time to get set be something of value?

After the huddle breaks and the O-line gets to line of scrimmage you always see Justin standing there looking over to the sideline kind of rolling his hands to "hurry up". Justin seems to have that "come on lets go, get the play called!" look in his eyes.

Do these constant last second changes play any factor in our offense seemingly being out of sink?

When does the huddle ever break? They don't use a huddle. What they are running is a hurry up offense. Instead of huddling, once they line up, they are getting the play from the sidelines. Next time that happens, and you see all the players looking at the sideline, you will notice all the skill players look down and get the play from their play sheet they are wearing.

there was one play where we hurried the ball, got the snap off, and completed a nice pass (it looked brilliant). TCU even got stuck with 12 people on the field (the point of the hurry up). Anyway, the point is, it might do more good than not to reduce the confusion at the line.

Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:I certainly know a lot less about X & O's than Rusty Burns

O is the roundish one between N and P in the song and X is the kinda crossed one that you see on Family Feud. Consider yourself caught up with Rusty.

Come and Take It wrote:

Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:re: "our offense DOES NOT look good"

I certainly know a lot less about X & O's than Rusty Burns, but it appears that all the last second audibles and signals to Justin cause more harm than good.

Pretty much every play the offense is all looking towards the sidelines as the clock ticks down.

I know audibles are common, but why is it that almost every time the SMU offense runs up to the line, we almost never just launch the play?

Wouldn't an occassional play where we call a play and then just snap the ball before the defense has so much time to get set be something of value?

After the huddle breaks and the O-line gets to line of scrimmage you always see Justin standing there looking over to the sideline kind of rolling his hands to "hurry up". Justin seems to have that "come on lets go, get the play called!" look in his eyes.

Do these constant last second changes play any factor in our offense seemingly being out of sink?

When does the huddle ever break? They don't use a huddle. What they are running is a hurry up offense. Instead of huddling, once they line up, they are getting the play from the sidelines. Next time that happens, and you see all the players looking at the sideline, you will notice all the skill players look down and get the play from their play sheet they are wearing.

In the past , we have usually not huddled, but one thing I noticed in the TCU game was that, on a number of plays, JW and the O-line huddling up prior to the O-line setting up. Maybe it was because of the noise from the TCU fans that caused us to do this, but we did huddle.

SMU wins 19-15.

Defense continues its upward trend and the offense scores the only touchdown of the game.

I think they have been doing this little huddle thing all this year with the OL and Willis. The receivers stay split. I have no idea what they call in the initial huddle.