the 2009 schedule

by **Hoop Fan** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:55 am

hadn't really focused on the 2009 schedule until now, but its real weak. Is this going to be the weakest home slate SMU has ever had? Nothing even close to a marquee game or opponent that will draw. I know we are in perpetual rebuild mode, but its a little like Doherty...if you are gonna tee up a schedule like this, you better win your share and approach at least a .500 record. JJ can't go 3-8 this year.

by **Mustang22** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:04 am

not the biggest home advantage when 27 people show up for a game.

by **smupony94** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:27 am

Doherty lines up weak schedules and can't win

by **Mustangsabu** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:29 am

I think I would agree that this is not an overly tough schedule, but it depends how we do in the opening weeks. I think a little momentum could take this team a long way, btu if we get stuffed by UAB for example, it could shatter confidence and lead to us losing more games that, in the right mind set, we could win.

SFA we have to beat. UAB, WSU and TCU are a key stretch of away games. If we can win one of these it would be great, even better if it is UAB.

I am hoping to get to the UAB game myself, time to check another state off the list.

by **LA_Mustang** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:33 am

neither the football or basketball programs can complain about the lack of attendance - no bowl in 25 years and no NCAA tourney in 16 years. Just start winning

by **Dooby** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:39 am

1. I go to SMU games to watch SMU play; I really don't care who the other team is. 1 win against so and so may feel better than a win against this and that, but a loss sucks just the same.

2. What right do any of us have to call any team or any part of the schedule weak? SMU has won 2 games in two years. SMU did not beat a 1-A team last season.

3. I will worry about SMU's strength of schedule when SMU needs to worry about SMU's strength of schedule and not before.

4. A loss is a loss. A win is a win. I prefer the latter.

5. I will never understand why some of you on here want SMU to schedule body bag games. The perverse desire to have oneself kicked in the groin repeatedly makes little sense to me.

6. You schedule soft while rebuilding to instill confidence and get experience. Don't ask me, ask every coach that has ever rebuilt a team from scratch. That was in some Calvin Watkins Dallas Morning News article from 2004. He interviewed a bunch of coaches that have turned around programs, including some guy named June Jones. But what the hell does that guy know?

7. If we go bowling, no one on the outside looking in will know or care who we beat or who we lost to.

8. This schedule is harder than it looks. The Washington State and the I-AA team are the only games you can [deleted] about. Navy is solid bowl team with solid fan base and TCU is TCU. That Wash. State game has the potential to be a disaster of epic proportions. They play Hawaii the week before at home. Regardless of whether they win or lose that game, Wash. State will have had a complete primer for June Jones' offense adn the opportunity to correct every mistake. As for the 1-AA game, see points 1-7.

by **One Trick Pony** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:15 pm

UAB will tell us all we need to know about this year.

by **Mustangsabu** » Wed May 20, 2009 1:01 pm

One Trick Pony wrote:UAB will tell us all we need to know about this year.

I would tend to agree.

by **Insane_Pony_Posse** » Wed May 20, 2009 2:49 pm

2009 = 5 Wins

by **EastStang** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:36 pm

I hope we get 5 wins. SFA and UAB are winnable. WSU, Marshall, Rice, Tulane and UTEP are tougher. ECU, Navy, UH, Tulsa even tougher. TCU, wow.

by **Mustangsabu** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:39 pm

I think this year we beat either UH or Tulsa, we always play them tight. 5 wins is my target.

by **Stallion** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:03 pm

Our glorious "non-losing" season of 2006 was the easiest schedule in SMU History. Non-conference and CUSA was a cakewalk.

http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-fo ... -2006.html

by **Cadillac** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:57 pm

Stallion wrote:Our glorious "non-losing" season of 2006 was the easiest schedule in SMU History. Non-conference and CUSA was a cakewalk.

http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-fo ... -2006.html

Lol, I remember going into the SDFU game wondering how badly we could lose to a 1aa team. But wow, I'd say that is even easier than the 2009 version. Line it up like the die roll in Risk and you get:

2006 - 2009
Tech - TCU
UNT - Navy
ArkySt - WaSt.
SDFU - SFA

TCU could be a real beast this season, I don't even want to think about the Navy rematch... pray for sunny weather I guess.

-CoS

by **SMU21TCU10** » Wed May 20, 2009 6:19 pm

Cadillac wrote:
Stallion wrote:Our glorious "non-losing" season of 2006 was the easiest schedule in SMU History. Non-conference and CUSA was a cakewalk.

http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-fo ... -2006.html

Lol, I remember going into the SDFU game wondering how badly we could lose to a 1aa team. But wow, I'd say that is even easier than the 2009 version. Line it up like the die roll in Risk and you get:

2006 - 2009
Tech - TCU
UNT - Navy
ArkySt - WaSt.
SDFU - SFA

TCU could be a real beast this season, I don't even want to think about the Navy rematch... pray for sunny weather I guess.

-CoS

navy would beat UNT 60-0

by **Mustangs35SMU** » Wed May 20, 2009 9:22 pm

Cadillac wrote:2006
UNT

Still haven't gotten over that one.

I don't think I've ever been more pissed about a loss in my life.

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