DMN Live Chat with JJT on SMU

[StallionsModelT]

JJT: Love your work. How impressed are you with what June Jones is doing at SMU? Also SMU returns 19 starters next year. Do you think SMU has the chance to be the next BCS buster ala TCU?

Wednesday December 1, 2010 1:07
1:11 JJT: June is doing great job. It's yet another confirmation that coaching matters. A coach with a great system comes into a moribund program and turns it around in three seasons. It also shows why SMU needs to find a new hoops coach Matt Doherty is a nice guy and he's done a good job of raising money, but that program is absolutely, positively awful - and it doesn't have to be. SMU needs another 2-3 years before June can really get his system going. Once he can start a red-shirt junior at QB and that guy throws for 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns - think Texas Tech under Mike Leach - the Ponies will have arrived.

[NickSMU17]

Why not a true Junior who can do the same thing?

If we aren't ranked at the end of next year I will be disappointed...

[ponydawg]

Why not a true Junior who can do the same thing?

If we aren't ranked at the end of next year I will be disappointed...

Coach himself said we are still a year and half recruiting wise away from the depth we need to be top 15.

[NickSMU17]

I bet the team goal for next year will be to win conf usa and finished ranked...next logical step...

[StallionsModelT]

Team goal next year will be to go undefeated.

@ Aggy
@ TCU
@ Houston

Those game decide the season.

[that's great raplh]

And so will nine or 11 others.

[sbsmith]

JJT: Love your work. How impressed are you with what June Jones is doing at SMU? Also SMU returns 19 starters next year. Do you think SMU has the chance to be the next BCS buster ala TCU?

Wednesday December 1, 2010 1:07
1:11 JJT: June is doing great job. It's yet another confirmation that coaching matters. A coach with a great system comes into a moribund program and turns it around in three seasons. It also shows why SMU needs to find a new hoops coach Matt Doherty is a nice guy and he's done a good job of raising money, but that program is absolutely, positively awful - and it doesn't have to be. SMU needs another 2-3 years before June can really get his system going. Once he can start a red-shirt junior at QB and that guy throws for 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns - think Texas Tech under Mike Leach - the Ponies will have arrived.

Kaiser should be that guy in 2013.

[PonySnob]

Kaiser should be that guy in 2013.

Hope he is able to get some playing time next year........and not due to Kyle being injured.

[The PonyGrad]

Team goal next year will be to go undefeated.

@ Aggy
@ TCU
@ Houston

Those game decide the season.

@Tulsa!

Lot of tough road games.

[Harry0569]

Team goal next year will be to go undefeated.

@ Aggy
@ TCU
@ Houston

Those game decide the season.

@Tulsa!

Lot of tough road games.

Not to mention, we play the "good" teams in the C-USA East. USM, UCF I believe are in there.

[The PonyGrad]

Team goal next year will be to go undefeated.

@ Aggy
@ TCU
@ Houston

Those game decide the season.

@Tulsa!

Lot of tough road games.

Not to mention, we play the "good" teams in the C-USA East. USM, UCF I believe are in there.

And one of those are on the road.

[sbsmith]

Team goal next year will be to go undefeated.

@ Aggy
@ TCU
@ Houston

Those game decide the season.

@Tulsa!

Lot of tough road games.

@ Southern Miss too

[Pony_Fan]

from all the comeback games by opponents (when we were up by at least 2 TD's), it's clear we need more depth on O and D. Next year's schedule is too tough. Kyle's Senior year (2012/13) I am hoping we'll be in the Top 20 with some badass WR's.

[ponyinNC]

we make a bowl next year with that schedule, I will be happy

[sbsmith]

from all the comeback games by opponents (when we were up by at least 2 TD's), it's clear we need more depth on O and D. Next year's schedule is too tough. Kyle's Senior year (2012/13) I am hoping we'll be in the Top 20 with some badass WR's.

Gotta replace the whole o-line in 2012. Kyle will probably be running for his life. With Baylor, A&M and TCU for our OOC games it's hard to see us being ranked unless we run the table in C-USA.