SMU2007 wrote:I'm not saying we should permanently have a cupcake schedule, but at this point in time WE CANNOT COMPETE WITH BCS TEAMS. You are absolutely delusional if you think losing by 40 points to A&M, Baylor etc. does anything whatsoever for our program. Now if we have to continue to schedule them so that we are able to play them years down the road, that is completely reasonable.
Until we are at a point where we are good within our sh*t conference, I think trying to schedule multiple Big 12/SEC teams is fairly dumb. Trust me, I want us to beat the relevant teams as much as anyone, but the fact of the matter is, we just aren't good enough and getting dominated for the first few games of the season doesn't exactly bring in fans or recruits.
The real problem is that we have a lazy recruiting staff unwilling to put in the work to bring in players capable of being competitive with the teams people care about. Until that happens, I vote no to losing multiple games by 6+ touchdowns. And the problem is, whether you are beating southwest montana state technical institute or losing to baylor, a&m, etc. by 40+ points - no one gives a crap about your program.
Remember our team is adapting to becoming a pass heavy offense. We do a pretty good job taking the ball down the field and I believe by 2017-2018 we will have a Texas Tech-Baylor type offense. We have to focus on Defense...because that's really our achilles heel! Having a lethal defense is what has kept TCU from not being blown out (20-17 vs OU, 20-10 vs Tech) and their defense won our game to keep us at 10 points on the half.
SMU defense has allowed TTU to put 41 points on us
SMU defense has allowed mediocre TCU to put 48 points on us
SMU defense has allowed Texas A&M to put 42 points on us
SMU defense has allowed Rutgers to put 55 on us
SMU defense has allowed an FCS team score 30 on us
Defense anyone? TTU has always had an explosive offense and a shotty defense...this year they stepped up and kept TCU at 10, us at 23.
