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SMU has been an inconsistent high wire act all season long. Saturday night, in Tulsa, the Mustangs had theirs cut out from under them in a 28-24 loss that all but knocks them out of contention for the AAC title game. SMU Unravels In Tulsa Numbers can often be made to look like whatever someone […] READ MORE
SMU is 7-1 and with only three games left in the regular season the Mustangs are in control of their own fate for a shot at the AAC championship game. That get’s us to SMU’s next “toughest” game in the 2020 season, The Tulsa Golden Hurricanes. SMU’s Next “Toughest” Game But in Sonny Dykes fashion, […] READ MORE
Even when Temple led early in the game, the outcome felt like an inevitability that was just around the corner. That corner was the halftime locker room. SMU came out in the second half and put a beatdown on the Owls with a 47-23 win in Philadelphia. Temple scored on the first play of the […] READ MORE
There is work to do. There is always work to do. But Saturday’s win at home over Navy was as close to a complete game as SMU has played this season. Yet head coach Sonny Dykes says even at 6-1, there is still much for the Mustangs to learn. First of all, there was balance […] READ MORE
Welcome back to the college football conference race, SMU. After last week’s loss to Cincinnati, SMU head coach Sonny Dykes said he would see what kind of character his players and coaches had. They had character with plenty to spare in a 51-37 win over Navy at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas Saturday night. […] READ MORE
Picking up the pieces after a loss can be a delicate balancing act for coaches. Their team goes into a game riding high, and then comes out not riding anything but bruised and battered egos. It leaves SMU looking for a character check. SMU went into last week’s home game against Cincinnati with a 5-0 […] READ MORE
All season long SMU head coach Sonny Dykes has been concerned about the inconsistency of the Mustangs offense. That inconsistency Saturday night cost them an undefeated season, the top spot in the ACC, and likely the Group of Five spot in a New Year’s Day bowl game. Converting on only seven of 20 third down […] READ MORE
The SMU Mustangs are 5-0 overall. They are 2-0 in the AAC race. Yet, there is still the sense that they have not even come close to reaching where they can be. Especially if you listen to head coach Sonny Dykes. SMU Looks To Elevate Its Game The Mustangs are coming off a three-point overtime […] READ MORE
Football is a game of what have you done for me lately. Just a few minutes earlier, SMU kicker Chris Naggar hit the right uprights on a 58-yard field goal attempt that would have beaten Tulane at the end of regulation. But on the first series of overtime for the Mustangs, Naggar hit a 34-yarder […] READ MORE
On the surface, this week’s SMU game at Tulane looks like a mismatch. The Mustangs are 4-0, sit at #17 in the AP Top 20, and have the best overall record in the AAC conference. Tulane is 2-2 overall and 0-2 in conference having just lost to Houston in the Cougars’ first game of the […] READ MORE