Duke Blue Blood wrote:We also played much bigger names and ranked opponents last year. Lets see what happens with Cincy and Uconn.
But how many excuses can there be?
I'm not comparing SMU 2015 to SMU 2007. I'm comparing SMU 2015 to what we claim to be and what I see around the country night in and night out.
First, it was "they are meaningless non-conference games".
Then Arkansas came to town and it was "well, it's Thanksgiving week".
Then it was a conference game and it was "well, it's still Christmas break".
Then the students were back and it was "well, it's rush week".
So now, the students are back, it's a conference game against our biggest in-state rival, and rush is over.
There weren't even any NFL games or any external distractions to use as an excuse.
If the student section is only going to be full and energetic at the tip for conference games against big opponents when school is in session and rush is not going on, then we need to just accept that and stop claiming we have a great atmosphere and throwing around terms like "Moody Magic".