I've Got a Treat for the Oldtimers (2 in Fact)

[mrydel]

Man, that is a really small OL we had. Averaged about 250? It's amazing how much bigger players have gotten.

My redshirt soph year I was 197 and the second largest player on defense.

[Stallion]

SMU was pretty big for the time period-and Meyer was ahead of his time-as he said he wasn't looking to recruit the best high school athletes-he was looking for NFL guys. Also impressed by guys like Reggie Dupard getting a bunch of carries at FB and kick-return and he made a huge play on punt defense. 3rd team RB-good depth I'd say. Anthony Beverley was also contributing as a freshman-such great depth in Offensive Line-usually SMU rotated the 2nd string OLine for a series each half-all of them.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

For those kickers out there don't forget it was all downhill for Texas after Raul Allegre totally over-celebrated the FG.

[Stallion]

Yeah he beat us the year before 9-7 in Dallas with the same ole jump-and I actually think the 1981 team was SMU's best team. We kicked the [deleted] out of everybody in 1981 while we had to survive 5-6 comebacks in 1982. We had graduated a ton a great talent like All-Americans Harvey Armstrong, John Simmons plus Byron Hunt, Rickey Bolden who all played in the NFL plus All SWC Eric Ferguson and Perry Hartnett. That's some major talent.

[Topper]

As far as our OL was concerned, we actually got much bigger by the year of the DP. Dave Richards and some of those mega sized guys were on the roster. I specifically remember an NFL broadcast announcer commenting on the Chargers' offensive line that season. He said "they are almost as big as SMU's"

[AusTxPony]

Enjoyed the game, thanks for posting. Is Brewer, Texas QB, the father of Cade or Charlie or neither?

[ALEX LIFESON]

Yeah he beat us the year before 9-7 in Dallas with the same ole jump-and I actually think the 1981 team was SMU's best team. We kicked the [deleted] out of everybody in 1981 while we had to survive 5-6 comebacks in 1982. We had graduated a ton a great talent like All-Americans Harvey Armstrong, John Simmons plus Byron Hunt, Rickey Bolden who all played in the NFL plus All SWC Eric Ferguson and Perry Hartnett. That's some major talent.

I thought that quite a few times myself, about the 1981 team being better than the 1982 Squad.

[masterbeater]

Back in the day when the Mustang Band could play Peruna continuously during SMU scoring drives (since outlawed by the NCAA). They had a freshman designated as the Peruna counter, and his/her job was to count the number of times the fight song was played in each game. They were playing at a ridiculous approximate 200 beats per minute at the end of the game. Good times!

[Stallion]

Enjoyed the game, thanks for posting. Is Brewer, Texas QB, the father of Cade or Charlie or neither?

Yes Brewer is the father of Charlie Brewer-and married Rob Moerschell's sister who started at QB the prior year and was returning punts in this game

[SoCal_Pony]

Yeah he beat us the year before 9-7 in Dallas with the same ole jump-and I actually think the 1981 team was SMU's best team. We kicked the [deleted] out of everybody in 1981 while we had to survive 5-6 comebacks in 1982. We had graduated a ton a great talent like All-Americans Harvey Armstrong, John Simmons plus Byron Hunt, Rickey Bolden who all played in the NFL plus All SWC Eric Ferguson and Perry Hartnett. That's some major talent.

What I remembered about our D was its incredible team speed which limited the amount of big plays against us. Opposing RB might break free for a 30-yard gain, but against most defenses it would have been a 70-yard TD run.

[Dukie]

I'd forgotten how late so much of the scoring happened in that game. And that Broyles called Peruna "Purina."

That was a million years ago, ugh.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I'd forgotten how late so much of the scoring happened in that game.

Oh I know it was so much tighter than I remembered

[Mustang1980]

While reliving Pony Express glories, we'd be remiss to leave this play out .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiF9KXnIcwE

[mrydel]

Never seen that version before.

[BUS]

Coming from a TT perspective - How sad.
But for Bobby - YeeHaw!!!
How sweet.