Top 10 highlights of the 2011 season

Donnell88 · Post by **Donnell88** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:25 pm

10. Zach Line finishes season with 1,224 yards and a 5.9 yard average (in only 10 games) which earns him an honorable mention on the Sports Illustrated All-American team. He got off to a great start in the nationally-televised game against Texas A&M, when he gashed the Aggies for 101 yards in the first 20 minutes.

9. SMU defeats Northwestern State 40-7 as Zach Line scores a school-record five touchdowns.

8. JJ McDermott throws for 357 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-0 road win over Memphis.

7. Ja'Gared Davis forces a fumble in the UTEP endzone and pounces on it for a touchdown to preserve a 28-17 victory over the Miners.

6. Freshman Rishad Wimbley carries for 115 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Mustangs defeat Rice 27-24.

5. Zach Line rumbles for 143 yards and JJ McDermott passes for 322 yards and three tds as the Mustangs jump to a 31-0 haltime lead over Tulane on their way to a 45-24 win.

4. Richard Crawford returns a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and Der'rick Thompson scoots 72 yards on a pass from McDermott, giving SMU a 31-10 fourth-quarter lead over Central Florida on their way to a 31-17 win.

3. SMU accepts an invitation into the Big East, leaving some of us to wonder if they might find the competition a little too stiff until.....

2. Darius Johnson catches seven passes for 121 yards, including a 50-yard touchdown, as the Mustangs down Big East contender Pitt 28-6 in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, featuring a large contingent of SMU fans in a nationally-televised event.

1. The Ponies defeat last year's undefeated Rose Bowl champion TCU as JJ McDermott throws for 349 yards, including a 77-yard first-quarter strike to Terrance Wilkerson, in a 40-33 upset. Darius Johnson added 152 yards in receptions as SMU shocked the Horned Frogs, a team which finished 10-2, including a 36-35 win over fifth-ranked Boise State, their only loss.

smusic 00 · Post by **smusic 00** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:53 pm

Nice.

LHS81 · Post by **LHS81** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 3:30 pm

My #1...

"SMU has had a lot of help from us over the last three or four years to improve their program," Patterson said. "I don’t appreciate being treated the way it is; that’s how we got reciprocated. We’re going to go on about our business, but they’re not going to get the same help anymore ... not about a ballgame, not about conferences, not about anybody. They’re getting no help from Gary Patterson, period

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:34 pm

Darius Johnson making great acrobatic catches in our two best victories. Prime time player

jtoutloud · Post by **jtoutloud** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:28 pm

LHS81 wrote:My #1...

"SMU has had a lot of help from us over the last three or four years to improve their program," Patterson said. "I don’t appreciate being treated the way it is; that’s how we got reciprocated. We’re going to go on about our business, but they’re not going to get the same help anymore ... not about a ballgame, not about conferences, not about anybody. They’re getting no help from Gary Patterson, period

Patterson made himself look foolish after the game. Sounded like a pouting kid that takes his ball and goes home because he is getting beat. Childish

ponyte · Post by **ponyte** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:44 pm

Not exactly on the field, but getting Lee Corso to drop the F bomb on national TV is up there.

LHS81 · Post by **LHS81** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:31 pm

I totally forgot about Corso's F-Bomb. I would rank it up there with Fattersons rage.

SMU89 · Post by **SMU89** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:51 pm

Big East
Signs on game day
New lights

Lots of good stuff this last year

PonyFan · Post by **PonyFan** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:03 am

I'm not positive, but I think the McDermott-to-Wilkerson bomb was 71 yards, not 77.
Either way, it was a thing of beauty!

Another highlight, in my opinion, was watching the Pitt players offering their encouragement to Jared Williams after he got hurt. There are some very classy guys on that team who realized a situation that was bigger than the game. Hats off to them for that.

jtoutloud · Post by **jtoutloud** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:54 pm

I think my favorite moment of the season was during the SMU/TCU game. TCU was making a strong comeback in the 2nd quarter. At half time, the announcers were talking like the game was over now because TCU was starting the 2nd half with the ball and great momentum. Kickoff to start the 2nd half, literally as the are talking about it, Z. Line runs down the field and knocks the ball out of the TCU return man's hands. Mustangs recover inside the 10, momentum swing right back the other way. Suck it announcers.

Then of course the win.. it was a great day.

The PonyGrad · Post by **The PonyGrad** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:40 am

For the record, Tulane was 45-24.

Donnell88 · Post by **Donnell88** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:03 am

Thank you, now corrected.