C-USA West Tie-Breaker???

SMU1523 · Post by **SMU1523** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:25 am

Suppose we win out in conference play, beating Houston (I know a complete long shot)... If us and Houston both have 1 conference loss, would we go to the championship because we beat them??? I am trying my best to sound positive and salvage the season... I know there is no shot at the Top 25 anymore...

CalallenStang · Post by **CalallenStang** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:29 am

SMU1523 wrote:Suppose we win out in conference play, beating Houston (I know a complete long shot)... If us and Houston both have 1 conference loss, would we go to the championship because we beat them??? I am trying my best to sound positive and salvage the season... I know there is no shot at the Top 25 anymore...

Yes, the first tie-breaker is head-to-head

Football4ever · Post by **Football4ever** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:29 am

Yes, if we beat them and have the same conference record we would go

RyanSMU98 · Post by **RyanSMU98** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:31 am

Yes, if we win out we have the best record in the West and go to the championship (we'd be tied with UH with one loss in conference and own the head-to-head). Probably against USM who looks like they will come out of the east. We might get a rematch after all is said and done!

SMU1523 · Post by **SMU1523** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:32 am

So your telling me there is a chance???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX5jNnDMfxA

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:42 am

See the Silver Lining Awards thread. We win out, we are in the Championship. You have to factor Tulsa in the mix also.

skyscraper · Post by **skyscraper** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:35 pm

Still control our own destiny, as they say.
One week at a time, though. Beat Tulsa.

PonyPlayer4 · Post by **PonyPlayer4** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:54 pm

USM up tempo got to us a little. I can't imagine what Tulsa and Houston are going to do.

SMU1523 · Post by **SMU1523** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:06 pm

PonyPlayer4 wrote:USM up tempo got to us a little. I can't imagine what Tulsa and Houston are going to do.

At least we got another shot at a ranked team... 2 out of 3 wins over ranked opponents wont look too bad!

redpony · Post by **redpony** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:37 pm

i don't think we need to worry about a tie-breaker. if we play cougar high like we played last night they will hang 50+ on us. It really bothers me that our coaching staff has yet to figure out an effective defense against teams that run the hurry-up offense. We saw the same problems last year and have seen it again this year.

GO PONIES!!!

NickSMU17 · Post by **NickSMU17** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:55 pm

If the d plays like they did last night and creates 2 turnovers we will beat Houston....

Loss was not on the d last night they played excellent vs a very potent offense...

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:10 pm

Defense played acceptable-could have still won with the usual offensive production. But a key difference in the game was 3rd/4th Down Conversions

USM 9/15
SMU: 4/14

That helped Southern Miss run 23 more plays than SMU. SMU only ran 59 plays-very low

Charleston Pony · Post by **Charleston Pony** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:10 pm

SMU still controls it's own destiny and would probably face USM again in Hattiesburg for the CUSA championship if we win out. That's the goal at this point