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SMU: Mitchell throws; Butler's available
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Freshman quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell resumed throwing today as expected. Mitchell sat out the practice earlier in the week after aggravating his right shoulder injury at UTEP.

"He's still a little sore, but I needed him to get some reps today so that he can have some more time over the weekend, and then we'll get four or five good days of throwing next week," coach June Jones said.

Sophomore running back Chris Butler, who owns the Mustangs' longest run from scrimmage this season (38 yards), will be available for the season finale against Southern Miss on Nov. 29. He has missed the last four games with a leg injury.

Butler is the Mustangs' leading rusher with 157 yards in seven games, including a 95-yard performance against Tulsa.


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You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

from the title I was afraid that he was only going to be available for his American History II final.

Though given the number of strikes out there, he may be up in the air on that

-CoS

You know its a mess when your leading rush only started like 2 games all season and played in maybe 3 or 4

We would have beat Tulsa and Houston had he been around in my opinion

He is our only true back

George S. Patton wrote:You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

Sounds like one good game. You have to have a running game to compete out side of the Mac & CUSA

SMU21TCU10 wrote:You know its a mess when your leading rush only started like 2 games all season and played in maybe 3 or 4

We would have beat Tulsa and Houston had he been around in my opinion

He is our only true back

According to Bobbi Roquemore's article, he had 95 yds of rushing against Tulsa. Was that the game in which he got injured?

Yes.

[quote="George S. Patton"]You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!![/quote]

McKinney and Martin both have more than 157 yards. Not a great deal more (173 and 165), but Butler isnt actually our leader.

The XtC wrote:

George S. Patton wrote:You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

McKinney and Martin both have more than 157 yards. Not a great deal more (173 and 165), but Butler isnt actually our leader.

It might be the worst SMU running attack......ever!

One Trick Pony wrote:

George S. Patton wrote:You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

Sounds like one good game. You have to have a running game to compete out side of the Mac & CUSA

You have to have a running game to compete in any conference - Ball States win this week was a running back banging it down the field on the last drive then the pass for the final td.

The XtC wrote:

George S. Patton wrote:You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

McKinney and Martin both have more than 157 yards. Not a great deal more (173 and 165), but Butler isnt actually our leader.

Nice work by Bobbi to miss that little fact. She's been an absolute dud of a beat writer. And I'm not talking about the amount of coverage we should be receiving during a 1-10 season. That has nothing to do with it.

The development of the beat has been very poor. I would have loved to have read about Jones dealing with this first-year flop. I would have loved to hear from Orsini and Co. about the first year frustration and season tickets sales and whatnot.

You can still develop a beat and be dedicated to find good stuff out of it. I feel like I've learned nothing about this team from her.

Instead, we got half-a$$ notes off a press release and the occasional lazy-a$$ feature.

Good thing I stopped buying the DMN about 6 years ago. Congratulations to Jim Maroney for running that thing into the ground.

Heck, it's gotten to the point where I don't even check out the DMN anymore for whatever. Or I forget to because I know they've mailed it in down there.

Actually in many respect Butler is our best RB statistically:

22+ yards per game vs. DM at 15 and McKinney less than 16
And yards per rush is more telling.
CB 6.28, DM 3.84, and McK 4.02.

I'm pumped. Chris DOES give us a credible running game provided his leg is okay. He has the quickness and power to get the job done. I was surprised that Jones didn't give him more opportunities to carry the ball earlier in the season. I think that the Tulsa game opened his eyes to Chris' potential. Hope he has a GREAT game!

George S. Patton wrote:

The XtC wrote:

George S. Patton wrote:You know you're running game is a mess when your leader is at 157 yards. Geeesh!!

McKinney and Martin both have more than 157 yards. Not a great deal more (173 and 165), but Butler isnt actually our leader.

Nice work by Bobbi to miss that little fact. She's been an absolute dud of a beat writer. And I'm not talking about the amount of coverage we should be receiving during a 1-10 season. That has nothing to do with it.

The development of the beat has been very poor. I would have loved to have read about Jones dealing with this first-year flop. I would have loved to hear from Orsini and Co. about the first year frustration and season tickets sales and whatnot.

You can still develop a beat and be dedicated to find good stuff out of it. I feel like I've learned nothing about this team from her.

Instead, we got half-a$$ notes off a press release and the occasional lazy-a$$ feature.

Good thing I stopped buying the DMN about 6 years ago. Congratulations to Jim Maroney for running that thing into the ground.

Heck, it's gotten to the point where I don't even check out the DMN anymore for whatever. Or I forget to because I know they've mailed it in down there.

Appreciate your support, Bobbie has been better than what we had...she has actually been fairly decent.