Bennett in DMN: SMU Appeared a "Step Slow"

by **Stallion** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:31 pm

oh really? Well here is an idea that will make SMU a step fast---replace all the walk-ons running 4.6s and put in the athletes who run 4.4 or better. Seriously, there is no excuse now not to get these young guys in the lineup somewhere somehow like Henderson, Turner, Devin Lowery, and Columbus Givens. Sorry but not only did SMU look a step slow-many of the starters ARE A STEP SLOW!

by **Nacho** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:36 pm

I am now calling for Phillips to play also. Go for it. Nothing to lose. Play like you want to win.

by **jtstang** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:18 pm

SMU has appeared a step slow. That's like saying the surface of the sun is a tad tepid.

by **huntnfish** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:31 pm

if you are a step slow, then you are a step slow, nohting you can do about it but recruit faster kids- however, there is no excuse for the lack of emotion our team plays with- I have seen more exciting practices

by **jkflamebo** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:09 pm

how in the hell did we beat tcu and get [deleted] pounded by tulane and a&m? i saw the game and what are team did to the frogs, whytf can't they do that day in and out? if i was dd or boof, i'd start screamin at the entire offense right about now...or just scream at ol' rusty and/or phil.

by **jtstang** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:11 pm

jkflamebo wrote:how in the hell did we beat tcu and get [deleted] pounded by tulane and a&m? i saw the game and what are team did to the frogs, whytf can't they do that day in and out? if i was dd or boof, i'd start screamin at the entire offense right about now...or just scream at ol' rusty and/or phil.

TCU was obviously a fluke. It had much more to do with TCU's slump after a big OU win than anything SMU was able to pull together that night.

by **Nacho** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:39 pm

Exactly right JT. Also they were looking forward to Utah on Thursday. We were simply a small bump in the road to them. They didn't seem to have any kind of coherent game plan for us. Our guys were fired up for that game but TCU was completely flat also.

by **Charleston Pony** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:04 pm

TCU may have overlooked us, but come on guys...you saw that game, right? That was a different SMU team than we've seen in the other games. B*A*L*L*S TO THE WALL that nght. These guys have some talent...as Stallion says...just need to get the right guys on the field. We should be able to compete with several teams on the remaining schedule. Whether we will obviously remains to be seen.

by **Col. Nathan R. Jessep** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:32 pm

FLUKE?????????????????

Sorry, I try not to get too emotional here, but:

[1] TCU beats Utah with an illegal pick on the last pass play in OT. Announcers & ESPN highlights showed it repeatedly.

[2] The most loyal Purple Frog knows Rodgers was fumbling as he went into the endzone against BYU. From the photo of the DMN, the damn ball is coming loose as his front foot & entire body lunges at the 1 yd line.

2 correct calls and they're f$$$ing 1-3.

by **jtstang** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:44 pm

Col. Nathan R. Jessep wrote:FLUKE?????????????????

Yes. Look at Baylor, A&M and Tulane games and decide otherwise, and you will lose all credibility. Just like most, including me, lost when we thought things were looking up after TCU.

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:56 pm

Anyone else like our chances, if we met TCU this weekend?

by **Dark Horse** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:12 pm

Nope. But our win over them was not a fluke. We beat them, they didn't just roll over. We blocked, allowing DeMyron Martin room to run, and the defense smacked Tye Gunn all day (and it didn't hurt that Lonta Hobbs got banged up.) They weren't at full strength, and we played a terrific game. Sure, maybe TCU had a bad game, but they're not that great, either. If we played again, of course I'd bet on the little froggies after our performance Saturday. But if we played every game like we played against them, we're talking about being 3-1, too. We have more talent than we've had in the past. Now we need to muster some consistency -- from game to game, from play to play -- to go with it.

And some blocking on offense and special teams would help, too.

So, now that that's out of the way .... BEAT MARSHALL!

by **SWC2010** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:47 pm

jtstang wrote:
Col. Nathan R. Jessep wrote:FLUKE?????????????????

Yes. Look at Baylor, A&M and Tulane games and decide otherwise, and you will lose all credibility. Just like most, including me, lost when we thought things were looking up after TCU.

Wrong, JT. Best team won_

TCU beat OU on THAT day... SMU beat TCU on THAT day.

The deserving teams won (both times).

You're showing you Purple stripe, otherwise.

by **ReedFrawg** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:52 am

Our WR was open on that "pick" play either way. The defender would not have gotten to him. At any rate, we still could have won the game in another OT period. We had outplayed them the last quarter and a half as well as the first OT (they went three and out).

At BYU, the call was reviewed. What more do you want? We had two plays overturned against us earlier in the game and at least one of those (the fumble by BYU) seemed far from conclusive.

And if you want to talk about penalties, how about the phantom pass interference call against TCU that kept alive the final drive by SMU? SMU certainly deserved to win that game (and it was no fluke), but there are questionable calls in every game and one call does not determine the outcome. Sounds like sour grapes.

Col. Nathan R. Jessep wrote:FLUKE?????????????????

Sorry, I try not to get too emotional here, but:

[1] TCU beats Utah with an illegal pick on the last pass play in OT. Announcers & ESPN highlights showed it repeatedly.

[2] The most loyal Purple Frog knows Rodgers was fumbling as he went into the endzone against BYU. From the photo of the DMN, the damn ball is coming loose as his front foot & entire body lunges at the 1 yd line.

2 correct calls and they're f$$$ing 1-3.

by **jtstang** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:37 am

SWC2010 wrote:Wrong, JT. Best team won_

If you think SMU is better than TCU you should see a shrink.

Bennett in DMN: SMU Appeared a "Step Slow"

Bennett in DMN: SMU Appeared a "Step Slow"

I beg to differ...

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