The Weather and Wind

by **that's great raplh** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:10 pm

i was there

there was no way we were gonna win - everything was agianst us

the wind was chaotic

by **KnuckleStang** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:16 pm

My cellphone shorted out. Oh well at least I bought their insurance plan.

by **Canadian Mustang** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:32 pm

i've never been so wet in my life

by **mr. pony** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:46 pm

Are we really blaming a four-touchdown loss on the weather?

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:40 pm

I just got back at 6:00pm as well. Mercy, you can tell people about the weather, you can watch it on the tube, but, unless you were there, and and stayed to the shivering end, you couldn't understand how miserable that day was. WOW!

by **Chuck Norris** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:36 pm

acarty wrote:i've never been so wet in my life

I know you were fishing but TWSS

by **Top 25** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:50 pm

I was there, and the reports are totally accurate. A huge wind and an amazing amount of driving rain.

No passing team would have had a chance in that mess.

by **LA_Mustang** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:52 pm

Top 25 wrote:No passing team would have had a chance in that mess.

do we have any running backs on scholarship?

by **SMU2007** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:04 am

oh well, even if the weather hurt our chances of putting up points you'd think we could have put together a defensive performance that wasn't quite that awful.

by **mathman** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:45 am

Agree it was miserable weather. Wife and I stayed to the bitter end and it was a total mess. I never felt like we were ever going to get anything going. The rain would come down in light sheets blowing sideways. No excuses for the defense. Horrible start to the game and never seemed to come up with an answer. We knew the QB was going to run with it and let him. With all that said, I think we win the last 3

by **EastStang** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:58 am

The only chance that we had to win was by outscoring them. Our defense was not going to stop their option offense. In that weather, we had no chance. Once BLM threw his first pass and it was blown back, I knew we were in trouble. And then when Moorstad's punt was blown backward, you knew the conditions were beyond awful. It would have been better if JJ had just played the scout team and ran their offense right back at them with JW at QB. No passing team was going to win in that weather. Even when we had the wind at our backs, touch passes are very difficult and with a wet ball, hard passes would be dropped. I am surprised we got the yardage we got.

by **jimhagle** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:51 pm

If we had taken the qb out of the equation and laid him on his you know what a few times he would have had to start pitching the ball and they would have probably had some problems as well. But we all know none of that happened. JJ should have been more flexible on offense but our o-line makes that hard to do.

by **Billy Joe** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:13 pm

Typical SMU 'sunshiner' excuses. Wet, dry, sunny, cloudy, SMU gets beat by Navy 10 out of 10 times. You folks are witnessing 20 years of anti-competitive policies. SMU is clearly one of the worst teams in all of Div. 1-A.....no excuses...just facts.

by **Charleston Pony** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:10 pm

miserable conditions might be an understatement; had to be there to appreciate that weather.

Still a fun trip; it will be better in 2 years for the return visit. Could not possibly be worse.

by **Come and Take It** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:31 pm

The only chance that we had to win was by outscoring them.

Isn't that what every team tries to do? I can't think of a time a team won a game by scoring fewer points than their opponent.

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