Will SMU make Bowl

by **indianmustang** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:22 am

Right Now at 2-2
With UCF,UH,NAVY,tulane all tough games

by **redpony** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:38 am

don't forget cincy. they will not be a push over.

by **indianmustang** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:51 am

247 PROjection

First Responder Bowl

Projected matchup: SMU vs. California
https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/C ... 94143038_5

by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:05 am

My expectation is that this team finishes 5-3 and limps into a bowl game at 7-5 but might need to go 4-2 in Ford for that to happen. Will be a big challenge with Navy, Cincy, Houston & Memphis at home this year. Finishing 6-6 would not shock me but I still think this team is good enough to have a winning record in AAC play.

by **SoCal_Pony** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:53 am

Legitimate Goals for SMU entering the season were playing in a AAC Championship game, being AAC Champions, & playing in a NY6 game.

The rest, such as Frisco Bowl vs Fenway Bowl vs Boca Raton Bowl pales in comparison.

Our odds of achieving our Legitimate Goals have diminished since game 1.

At a minimum, THE MOMENT winning the AAC becomes unrealistic, Preston Stone should get every snap at QB. I don’t care the outcomes, although i think he can handle things quite well. We simply need more of Preston Stone.

TM and 7-5 and the Myrtle Beach Bowl vs PS 5-7 and no bowl game???? I’ll take Preston and the experience he gains…truth is i think Preston can get us to Frisco, at a minimum.

by **Screck** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:46 pm

I agree with SoCal Pony. Time for Preston Stone era TM has seen the top of the mountain;no higher for him to go.

by **indianmustang** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:08 pm

Dec. 17 Frisco

Wyoming vs SMU
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... edictions/

by **JasonB** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 6:36 pm

SMU lost to two very good football teams. Maryland is obviously for real. TCU had slipped on defense with no QB play, and the new coordinator fixed the defense and Duggan is way better.

We are way better than Navy, Tulsa, Tulane, and South Florida. So, yes, we will make a bowl game. The question is whether we can not beat ourselves against UCF, Houston, Cincy, and Memphis. The first of those teams that we beat, this think will start rolling. The question is how long it takes to happen.

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:42 pm

JasonB wrote:We are way better than.....Tulsa.....

Tulsa is one of those teams that gives us trouble at home no matter what. I don't think we've won in Tulsa in the last 13 years? Yes we "should" beat them, BUT. Just sayin

by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:53 pm

Tulsa and Tulane will both be really tough road games. Both are very competitive

by **Hilltopper** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:26 pm

Haven't seen Tulsa, but Tulane is much-improved.
Yes, we'll make a bowl.

by **PonyTime** » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:32 am

I just hope the bowl game we go to has quality concession stands with efficient lines and lots of options to choose from :-)

by **redpony** » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:47 am

Please not the Frisco bowl. If we get to a bowl game we deserve something better than a 20 mile drive to the north.

by **DanFreibergerForHeisman** » Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:13 am

The Frisco Bowl is ours to lose.

by **geezerdonk** » Mon Sep 26, 2022 12:32 pm

SMU football continues to be the apotheosis of mediocrity and the pinnacle of futility. It looks like they will probably squeak out a 6-6 record and get the invite to the Toe Nail Fungus Bowl in Apia, Samoa on the day after Thanksgiving (2:00 a.m. CST) and get bulldozed by the Ruptured Wombats of the Quasi-Occidental Institute of Vacuum Cleaner Repair.