With their first bowl appearance since 1984 and after the way they just crushed Nevada tonight with a score of 45-10. In only his secod year, June Jones seems to be the man to turn the program around.
Dec 24, 2009 11:32pm
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Thu, Dec 24, 2009 11:36 PMDec 24, 2009 11:36 PM
It would be nice to see them make some noise
Dec 24, 2009 11:36pm
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Thu, Dec 24, 2009 11:43 PMDec 24, 2009 11:43 PM
No, Notre Dame beat Nevada 35-0 earlier this and Nevada was without their top 2 running backs for this game. Nevada's defense is horrible, their offense wins them games. Their offense is based on those two running backs (each 1,000 yards) plus Kaepernick and can't really run simply on Kaepernick
Dec 24, 2009 11:43pm
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Thu, Dec 24, 2009 11:48 PMDec 24, 2009 11:48 PM
SMU is on the rise, but June Jones is out for a paycheck and won't be there long enough to return them to where they'd like to be.
Dec 24, 2009 11:48pm
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Fri, Dec 25, 2009 12:07 AMDec 25, 2009 12:07 AM
It'd be cool to see SMU turn into a power again
Dec 25, 2009 12:07am
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Fri, Dec 25, 2009 2:16 AMDec 25, 2009 2:16 AM
Agreed
Dec 25, 2009 2:16am
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Fri, Dec 25, 2009 2:59 AMDec 25, 2009 2:59 AM
I don't know whether this all translates into SMU rising up and becoming a dominant football power or not, but I do know that it certainly didn't hurt my football poll entry. i got points for SMU's effort and I just wish I'd have listed SMU as a surer thing.
Dec 25, 2009 2:59am
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Fri, Dec 25, 2009 10:54 AMDec 25, 2009 10:54 AM
not sure I could see SMU being a legit power like they used to be, seeing as they're in CUSA and everything now(not a BCS buster conference) but it'd be nice to see them win 8 or 9 a year again instead of fledgling after the death penalty....
Not sure how long Jones will stay
Dec 25, 2009 10:54am
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Fri, Dec 25, 2009 2:47 PMDec 25, 2009 2:47 PM
Good for SMU. June Jones is proving that coaching matters.
Dec 25, 2009 2:47pm
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Sat, Dec 26, 2009 5:47 PMDec 26, 2009 5:47 PM
SMU is great.
Their women > your women
Dec 26, 2009 5:47pm
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Sat, Dec 26, 2009 9:04 PMDec 26, 2009 9:04 PM
SMU = expensive part of Dallas, like queencitybuckeye said hot co-eds, maybe a little bit overrated academically,
their "powerhouse" football teams of the 80's - incredibly overrated. Other than they bought many of their blue chip recruits, their scheduling was nothing short of pathetic. I think there was one year they didn't play a game outside the state of Texas.
Dec 26, 2009 9:04pm
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Tue, Dec 29, 2009 9:47 AMDec 29, 2009 9:47 AM
Their uniforms are sharp. I'm a fan of them returning to power. Tough recruiting landscape in Texas though.
Dec 29, 2009 9:47am
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Tue, Dec 29, 2009 6:22 PMDec 29, 2009 6:22 PM
I actually heard SMU had a not too shabby recruiting class coming in. Don't know if that's the truth or not but that's what I heard....
too soon?