SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:43 amThink the line is fairly accurate. Cover or no cover?
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:43 amRe: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:46 amCover
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:54 amThey better cover
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:04 amAgree with Patton, if this team has improved as we expect we had better win by 4TDs (though it is the first game.)
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:16 amFrom Rivals
Stephen F. Austin at SMU, 8 p.m.
THE BUZZ: SMU is billing its opener as a "white-out game." Usually, those are reserved for big games. But given SMU's poor play the past couple of decades ... Expect a ton of passes: June Jones is SMU's coach and SFA QB Jeremy Moses threw for 4,026 yards and 41 TDs last season.
THE LINE: No line. THE PICK: SMU 41-26.
Stephen F. Austin at SMU, 8 p.m.
THE BUZZ: SMU is billing its opener as a "white-out game." Usually, those are reserved for big games. But given SMU's poor play the past couple of decades ... Expect a ton of passes: June Jones is SMU's coach and SFA QB Jeremy Moses threw for 4,026 yards and 41 TDs last season.
THE LINE: No line. THE PICK: SMU 41-26.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:17 amWe need to cover by double to really make the sellout as effective as it could be as an advertising tool.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:19 amSMU 52
SFA 20
SFA 20
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:22 amGiven our untested new defense and the fact that we struggled to beat a D 1-AA team last year, I would be hesitant to predict a 3 TD win by SMU. We may be that much better but based on our last two years, I would not predict a SMU team to be a 3 TD favorite (and when was the last time we were a 3 TD favorite???). I would predict a 6 point win assuming SMU has the ball last.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:42 amLine is big because were playing a D-1AA team. It'd be very telling if we only win by 6 points at home...
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:44 amponyte wrote:Given our untested new defense and the fact that we struggled to beat a D 1-AA team last year, I would be hesitant to predict a 3 TD win by SMU. We may be that much better but based on our last two years, I would not predict a SMU team to be a 3 TD favorite (and when was the last time we were a 3 TD favorite???). I would predict a 6 point win assuming SMU has the ball last.
The 1-AA team we played last year, Texas State, was one of the best 1-AA teams in the country. SFA was one of the worst.
Texas State beat SFA 62-21 last year.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:08 pmMy official prediction: SMU 63 SFA 21. At least before trash time starts.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:53 pmcover...the spread should increase, seeing as SMU fans have more of a gambling bank roll than our plumber opponents
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:55 pmI hope the majority of predictions are closer to reality than mine. I could think of nothing better than the temptation to leave with the students (halftime) because we are so far ahead.
With a 2-22 record with some very unimpressive wins, I am a bit more cautious until I see what the team has and how they perform.
With a 2-22 record with some very unimpressive wins, I am a bit more cautious until I see what the team has and how they perform.
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:02 pmWhy would you leave at halftime if we have a big lead?
Re: SMU -19.5
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:07 pmBIGHORSE wrote:Why would you leave at halftime if we have a big lead?
If, and that is a big if, we are well ahead and it appears that we, within a reasonable doubt, will win, then it gets me started down the road that much sooner.
That said it would be a temptation not a certainty that I might leave. M<y tendency is to stay regardless of lead or deficit till the bitter end.