I just read the AP gamestory and looked at that stats. I'm sure there are some doomsayers on other threads who rolled out "same old SMU" or something like that
That's 2007 and earlier thinking. Snap out of it you, PANIC MONGERS.Anyway, it sounds like to me Jones took the blame for calling the play that led to Navy's pick that led to the game-winning score. He said, "We went to the well once too often.'' Sounds like he said he should have called it if the ball was in a better spot. And I guess we got a really dumb penalty after we got the ball back.
But as he said, they were trying to win the game rather than play for the tie. I don't know what Navy's timeout situation was, but I could see Jones doing that when you go on the road. And because that's his bag. He took a gamble and lost and that's what you're getting with June every week.
It's disappointing to lose a game it sounded like we had control of in the first half. From my perspective, the momentum really shifted when Navy hit that long pass deep at their end that led to their first score.
Look. SMU showed its mettle in the face of adversity when it fell behind, gutted it up and got a touchdown to tie and then held and forced a punt to give itself a chance. We made a mistake. Heck we were fighting to get do something with the hook and lateral thing when time ran out.
We have a pretty good group of competitors on this team who are going to give Jones everything they have for four quarters -- and we haven't seen that in awhile. The effort is there every week. Combine that with a better talent pool coming in and then it looks even better.
Our players are mentally tougher than some of our fans. Again, don't show me what kind of football team you are when it's going great. Show me what you got when it's not going well and how you respond to it. I think we'll do fine in getting ready for Houston because the kids see it and know they're getting better.
We're not there yet but I am enjoying watching this journey. I hope you are too.
