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June Jones and Hawaii
The breakup hasn't gone well. June Jones's SMU team is 1-2, but 0-2 against FBS teams, losing to Rice and Texas Tech by a combined score of 99 to 34 with five touchdown passes and eight interceptions. Meanwhile, Hawaii has taken a bit of a drop since the end of last year. In the last three games against FBS team, Hawaii is 0-3 losing to Georgia, Florida, and Oregon State by a combined score of 142 to 27. Hawaii plays San Jose State next week while SMU hosts TCU.
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It's three games.......

Really. Come on.

I see our recruiting momentum dissolving.

That is ridiculous. Or at least pointless. The only appropriate time to judge how JJ is doing is at the EARLIEST Game 7. We have also equaled our win total from last year, and lost by less away that we did at home to a higher ranked TT team. If people cannot see that we are improving, they should not be writing for a football magazine.

couch 'em wrote:I see our recruiting momentum dissolving.

That's what everyone said after Doherty's first year.

I can't see any improvement. Its certainly not ridiculous. That being said. Its not really important what SMU does this year. It would be nice not to bottom out again this year and actually compete with Division 1A Teams. Modest improvement-say 4 wins could have really helped recruiting.

The problem with the CFN note is that Hawaii is 1-2 and beat Weber State. The Georgia game was the Sugar Bowl. Might be nice if CFN actually looked at the schedule. So them being outscored is also inaccurate.

I'm sorry that you see no improvement Stallion, and I will gladly throw my prostrate form at the base of the altar of the pantheon of football knowledge and insight that you embody, and allow the belfry of your immortal truths ring through my blissful ignorance.

Then I will take my optimism and go home. Smiling.

693 yards given up to Tech
36 points given up to Texas State(Division 1A)
56 points given up to Rice
The offense is less competitive than last year

I really don't see what you are talking about. I think SMU is very lucky not to have lost to Tech by a score of 64-14 or so.

Stallion wrote:I can't see any improvement. Its certainly not ridiculous. That being said. Its not really important what SMU does this year. It would be nice not to bottom out again this year and actually compete with Division 1A Teams. Modest improvement-say 4 wins could have really helped recruiting.

Wow. Already referring to the season in the past tense, are we? We will get to four wins. I predicted five. Sticking with it.

I have faith in Jones to identify and recruit kids to his offensive system, regardless of who else is recruiting them or their ratings. I am not saying Rivals doesn't matter, just that Jones knows what he needs and can go get it; I am sure Junes would love a 5 star receiver. On the other side of the ball, I am more concerned.

Have we improved by:
1) Eliminating turnovers...NO
2) Eliminating stupid penalties...NO
3) Eliminating blown coverages...NO
4) Eliminating crappy looking uniforms...YES

So overall we have made some improvement.

Stallion, there has been some improvement , and then other places we have regressed .

Comparing this year to last year after 3 games, the offense is averaging 6 more points a game, and have five times more TD passes (2 in '07, 10 in '08). BUT we've also thrown twice as many INT's (4 to , our total offense has gained 100 less yards than we did 1 year ago, and we've seen over a 66% decrease in rushing yardage. But we're also 13/33 on third down, last year we were 13/42, up approx. 10%.

On defense, we've given up an average of more than 11 points per game (135 this year, 101 last), and approx. 70 more yards a game, but the defense has forced 25% more turnovers (8 to 6) than this time last year.

Oh, and we're about even on penalties, 19 this year, 21 last.

For some reason when I typed the number 8 it shows a smiley face??

Mustangs35SMU wrote:It's three games.......

Really. Come on.

It's quite funny, isn't it. Sheeple are so predictable. If we win this week, people will be talking up BCS bowl expectations and how we're the greatest team ever.

We're a team that's been bad for a long time who hired just the man to get us out of this mess. We're EXACTLY where anyone with half a brain could have expected us to be. A little perpective, folks.

pretty sure Stallion was talking about recruiting when he refererenced a lack of improvement.