We've seen Paul Johnson WIN at Ford Stadium

by **ThadFilms** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:51 pm

Paul Johnson vs. Phil Bennett..... fire in the endzone... DMN photographers following Bennett's every move.....

The Bennett era opens with a thud. Navy comes in carrying the nation's longest losing streak and upsets the Mustangs under their new coach.... Paul Johnson.

by **jtstang** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:52 pm

That was not so much an upset as an old-fashioned @ss-kicking.

by **ThadFilms** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:53 pm

jtstang wrote:That was not so much an upset as an old-fashioned @ss-kicking.

True. I was sick after that game. I felt like I had my own @ss kicked.

by **Hoop Fan** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:54 pm

that was no upset, Navy had the better athletes. We couldnt even tackle their quarterback, he was too damn strong.

by **Pony94** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:56 pm

Anyone have the stats on Bennett wins at Ford compared to Johnson wins at Ford?

Did Bennett have 10?

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:56 pm

We had a 7-0 lead.

by **dcpony** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:59 pm

I was at the game too. On the side line PB looked like a deer in head lights. And Navy went at SMU with a "Scorched Earth Policy"...literally.

by **Ponyx2** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:12 pm

I remember going into that game having such high expectations for SMU and our new coach, PB. I remember afterwards thinking "Uh, Oh. What have we got ourselves into?"

by **bigdaddy08091** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:14 pm

Ponyx2 wrote:I remember going into that game having such high expectations for SMU and our new coach, PB. I remember afterwards thinking "Uh, Oh. What have we got ourselves into?"

The same thing we have been getting ourselves into for 20 years. Remove the admin from athletics and lets roll.

by **KnuckleStang** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:14 pm

Hoop Fan wrote:that was no upset, Navy had the better athletes.

Possibly, but I doubt it. The two years before that game (and Johnson), Navy had been 1-20.

by **BRStang** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:16 pm

That was a bad day. At the time, Navy had the longest losing streak in the country. We let them break it on us.

SMU has helped a lot break many records.

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:25 pm

"Scorched Earth Policy"

by **MrMustang1965** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:14 pm

I remember thinking that whole day that it was like being at a Navy 'home game' in Annapolis instead of an SMU 'home game' in Dallas...complete with the F-14s flyover, fireworks, John Phillip Sousa marching tunes, etc. :roll:

by **hunters** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:29 pm

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by **angryfan04** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:43 pm

I remember it took us 3 quarters for us to figure out Navy's unbalanced line - I remember PB saying that they put in adjustments in at half time and kept thinking why not adjust after the first series or after first couple of plays.....

We've seen Paul Johnson WIN at Ford Stadium

We've seen Paul Johnson WIN at Ford Stadium

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