SMU postgame notes

[PonyPride]

SMU Postgame Notes
September 25, 2008
At Tulane 34, SMU 27

Emmanuel Sanders (115) and Aldrick Robinson (106) both went over 100 yards receiving for the second time this season (other was vs. Texas State)

INDIVIDUAL

Derrius Bell
- Had his first career forced fumble
- Had a career-high 9 tackles

Will Bonilla - Butkus Award Candidate
- played in his 37th career game with 14 career starts
- had 7 tackles

Pete Fleps
- Had his first career fumble recovery

Bo Levi Mitchell
- Had 3 TD passes (now has 12 on the season)
- This is his third game this season with three or more TD passes
- His 45-yard TD pass to Aldrick Robinson is his longest TD pass of the season
- Terrance Wilkerson was the fifth receiver to catch a TD from Mitchell this season

Thomas Morstead
- Had 9 points and now has 178 for his career, moving into 7th at SMU
- Had 4 punts for 169 yards; season average is now 45.0
- Career punting average is now 44.4, which is first at SMU and tied for first in C-USA
- Made multiple field goals for the first time this season and the 10th time in his career

Aldrick Robinson
- Had 4 receptions for 106 yards
- His 45-yard TD reception was his sixth score of the season, it was also his longest TD catch
- This was his second 100-yard receiving game of the season (172 vs. Texas State)

Emmanuel Sanders
- had a season-high 9 receptions for 115 yards
- Had his 7th career 100-yard receiving game, his third this season
- now has 2055 career receiving yards to move into 5th at SMU
- now has 159 career receptions to move into 5th at SMU
- He now has 23 career receiving TDs, moving into 2nd at SMU (record is 25 by Emanuel Tolbert, 1976-79)
- His TD catch gives him 138 career points to move into 19th at SMU

Justin Smart
- Had his first career interception, returning it 35 yards
- Had a career-high 12 tackles

Terrance Wilkerson
- Had his first career TD reception

Youri Yenga
- had 1 sack, now has 3.5 for the season and 6 for his career
- He has been in on at least one sack in four of five games this year

[J.T.supporta]

Smart was solid the whole game. one of the only bright spots the whole game on D. him and yenga are beasts

[Mustangs35SMU]

Smart was solid the whole game. one of the only bright spots the whole game on D. him and yenga are beasts

I do like Yenga. A whole lot.

[SMU21TCU10]

Smart was solid the whole game. one of the only bright spots the whole game on D. him and yenga are beasts

smart was ok

[SMU21TCU10]

I thought Bell was hitting Hard

[ThadFilms]

Hey those notes are great.... did we end up winning?





D'oh!!!!

[The PonyGrad]

Well, we won the second half.

Given how I thought this would go, it did for one half (or worse.)

After that maybe the light switch did turn on?

We are starting to show that we can play football. There may be hope.

[FWMustang]

Bell has made some great plays close to the line of scrimmage, fighting thru blockers to make tackles.

I hope they at least peeked around the corner if not turned it last night. the D looked good in the 2nd half, but they were in Run the Ball & Clock mode. Not many chances of passing.

[diamond_tom]

Did Morstead have 4 or 9 punts? 4 sounds right to me.

[Stallion]

Smart was OK in the second half when Tulane inexplicably decided to run the ball every play. Don't think the issue with Smart is being able to handle runs between the tackles. Also how good could the play of the MLB be when a guy runs for 208 or whatever it was.

[PK]

Pride...you forgot to mention Thomas Morstead breaking his record for yards rushed on one play. He ran pretty fast considering no one was actually chasing him from behind.

[mrydel]

Did Morstead have 4 or 9 punts? 4 sounds right to me.

4 punts, 9 points

[Nacho]

Stats are for losers

[Mustang22]

Man, I need to start looking at the SMU postgame notes ONLY from here on out ... they seem so positive ... I would've thought we won 30-0, looking at those.

[mathman]

Stats are for losers

Then why are you even reading this thread??