Official SMU-Marshall Game Thread

[Jetnfast]

Awesome job Stangs! I woke up this morning in the middle east hoping for a win. After watching the crappy ESPN ticker that showed the same T25 scoreboard over and over I went over to the internet cafe to see that we pounded Marshall. Simply Awesome!

Cheers,
Jetnfast

[Dukster]

Too bad tulsa won today...hopefully usm dominates Houston and ecu plays as terrible as they did today next week against us

ECU doesn't defend the run well, we can exploit them but JJ will have to make a concerted effort to run the ball (hopefully we finally see the Wildcat, be the perfect time since ECU isn't prepared for it).

Let's see, we're fixing to play the 12th game of the year, biggest game since the DP, and we're going to use a formation we haven't used all year? I don't think so. Let's use the Wishbone as well. Maybe we can run the offense that we've been using the entire season and execute it better.

[sbsmith]

Too bad tulsa won today...hopefully usm dominates Houston and ecu plays as terrible as they did today next week against us

ECU doesn't defend the run well, we can exploit them but JJ will have to make a concerted effort to run the ball (hopefully we finally see the Wildcat, be the perfect time since ECU isn't prepared for it).

Let's see, we're fixing to play the 12th game of the year, biggest game since the DP, and we're going to use a formation we haven't used all year? I don't think so. Let's use the Wishbone as well. Maybe we can run the offense that we've been using the entire season and execute it better.

The way Kyle is playing we're not going to see any better execution of the R&S than we've seen the past few games. Either we adapt to take advantage of ECU's obvious weakness (even Rice could do that) or we'll lose. Dowdy-Ficklen isn't an easy place to play, we get down early and let the fans get loud and we'll get ran out of that stadium.

[Dukster]

Is that right, Coach? I didn't realize Kp played defense. He should have recognized that fake punt in El Paso. He should have out-jumped the alley-oop receiver as well. He also should put more pressure on the opposition's QB to pressure them into turnovers. He should have known AR would run the wrong route and shouldn't have thrown the INT. To the casual observer, the QB play is easy to critique. To those who've never played the position, their eyes are drawn to the QB.. They don't recognize that this game requires 11 to play together. Snaps to one side or almost over the QB affects timing, but the casual observer wouldn't pick this up. I understand, you buy your ticket and have a right to [deleted], but be smart enough to recognize it's not 1 guy that shoulders the responsibility of a 6-5 season. Before the season, many expected this team to go 8-4. They win this week, which isn't hard to comprehend, and they fall 1 game short. However, they would have over-achieved by winning the West and playing for the conference championship and going to another bowl. BTW, I hope you actually go inside Ford to watch the game and not a Boulevard critic.

[sbsmith]

Is that right, Coach? I didn't realize Kp played defense. He should have recognized that fake punt in El Paso. He should have out-jumped the alley-oop receiver as well. He also should put more pressure on the opposition's QB to pressure them into turnovers. He should have known AR would run the wrong route and shouldn't have thrown the INT. To the casual observer, the QB play is easy to critique. To those who've never played the position, their eyes are drawn to the QB.. They don't recognize that this game requires 11 to play together. Snaps to one side or almost over the QB affects timing, but the casual observer wouldn't pick this up. I understand, you buy your ticket and have a right to [deleted], but be smart enough to recognize it's not 1 guy that shoulders the responsibility of a 6-5 season. Before the season, many expected this team to go 8-4. They win this week, which isn't hard to comprehend, and they fall 1 game short. However, they would have over-achieved by winning the West and playing for the conference championship and going to another bowl. BTW, I hope you actually go inside Ford to watch the game and not a Boulevard critic.

I understand it's a team game (plenty of blame to go around for SMUs underachievement this season) but as QB Padron is under a microscope especially in an offense like the R&S. Kyle has been inconsistent passing the ball all season long and the passing offense has suffered because of it.

[ponyte]

Just a quick final note.... I watched this game on my laptop at a bar called Pancho McGuillicuddy's in Williams, AZ.

Yes, I said it...

Pancho McGuillicuddy's

An irish pub/mexican restaurant.

Dude,
What are you doing in Williams? After catching a train to the Grand Canyon, the only thing Williams is good for is a ...