At Worst 7-5, at best 9-3.

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We lose to Houston and Tulsa
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Schedule will be much harder next year because we will be playing in the SEC.... 8)
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Any of the remaining games is loseable and any are winnable. Look at what happened with TT and OU. Chances are that we will probably win at least two more.
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9-3 with a loss to either Tulsa or Houston but not both.
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Hoping for 10-2, think 9-3 is possible. 8-4 is still a big step in right direction given how much more difficult our schedule is this year vs last.
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I agree. Coming into the year we all thought that this schedule was damn tough - TAMU, TCU, USM, Tulsa, UH all on the road!! That is brutal. Former CUSA champ UCF at home, with only one real cupcake on the schedule.

Tulane and Rice are must-wins though if we think this program has finally risen up. Tulsa and Navy will be hard-fought games that will come down to execution and turnovers. UH will be very tough on our secondary.

Beat Tulsa.
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Not sure where the comments about "porous D" are coming from. With the exception of A&M and 1 quarter of the TCU game, SMU's defense has been really good this season. And even in the A&M game you can chalk up three Aggie TDs to the SMU offense and special teams giving them a short field and putting our D in a really tough spot. USM was blowing people out, but our D stymied them for most of the game.

Is our D good enough to stop Houston? Probably not. But don't sell these guys short. . .they could surprise you. D has NOT been SMU's problem this year; its been a strength.
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10-2 season, championship and bowl win for a top 25 end of season ranking at 12-2
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8-4 and a Hawaii Bowl win (I want us in the Hawaii Bowl so I can go to Hawaii). I would be very happy with those results (and foresee that win-loss record to be the worst we'll have over next 5 years!). USM and UH are very strong teams this year so we won't win CUSA ... next year, though, will be a different story.
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9-3 with trip to Hawaii Bowl. Loss if we have to play Hawaii. Win and very good 10-3 record if we play anyone else in the Aloha State!
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We're a much better team than Hawaii. Like their QB though.

This team looks 8-4. Houston to CUSA championship. And we'll go to Hawaii for the bowl.
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mustang addict wrote:9-3 with trip to Hawaii Bowl. Loss if we have to play Hawaii. Win and very good 10-3 record if we play anyone else in the Aloha State!




I don't know about that, Hawaii's o-line, defense and special teams are awful plus they've been blown out the last 2 times they've played in the Hawaii Bowl.
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I stated earlier that a realistic goal for this team was 8-4 in regular season, and I still think we are on track for that.
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No expectations.
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