We looked at flights there, but they were twice as expensive 😭

We’re working on it! Got any ideas for merch?

Love the hats

Thanks for the boost!

Hey, you got a solid win, throw me a bone

@@TheMustangMood OK, you are right. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to SMU fans! May you have a great 2025.

They were super nice! Great people in Happy Valley.

@@TheMustangMood I hope you guys come back!

That was only one of us… the rest of us disagreed lol

@BenDeLeon915 Yeah, and I heard him walk that statement back a little right after I commented. Also, perhaps "ludicrous" was a bit harsh, lol

Disagree on some points. The first missed TD was an unforced error. The second pick 6 was a completely unforced error. No one in the vicinity, QB has to throw it away. If SMU goes up 7-0 early a lot changes. PSU couldn’t move the ball in the beginning but we spotted them 14 points which made it a lot easier for them to call plays and a lot harder for us

But of course we agree your DL against our OL was a mismatch. But we have ways to scheme out of that that went away once we were down 14 and 21 because we had to pass which made it easier for them DL to pin their ears back and rush

We’ll be back!

I'm a PSU fan. I don't think he was saying SMU was better. There was an actual ESPN analytics stat that showed SMU's odds of winning dropped significantly on 4 different plays. So if they only had a 40% chance of winning, it was reduced down to 4% by the last of those 4 plays. That's the difference between a chance and no chance. It's no different than saying the biggest games for PSU to reach the playoffs were USC and Minnesota. Those poor quality losses would've been more significant than losing to OSU and Oregon as we now know.

@@heartbreak25 correct. We didn’t expect to win nor thought we 100% would have without those turnovers. But we are saying every other part of our team looked even or fairly even to PSU, so it would’ve been a close game. I think we still would’ve lost but it would’ve been less than a 10 point loss and a lot more competitive than the score line made it look

​@@BenDeLeon915 That's where I disagree a bit. There is a clear talent disparity between PSU and SMU. There's a reason why PSU is 33-1 in every game they've been favored since 2022. And that 1 loss is when 8 starters opted out of the Peach Bowl but it wasn't disclosed beforehand. There's a reason why PSU is only one of 5 teams to have at least 6 players drafted in 7 consecutive NFL drafts. When a team is at a talent disparity, there's still a more than 0% chance of winning, but it takes a near-perfect game. The amount of paths PSU had to win was significantly more than the amount of paths SMU had to win. PSU is at a talent disparity against OSU and Oregon. That doesn't mean we can't win, it just means we have to play at our best. That means we can't fail to score inside the 5-yard line or throw 2 INTs. And if we do win, it doesn't say PSU was even to either team, it was that we had our day. Without a running game, what were SMU's paths to winning? SMU runs a one-read passing offense, and PSU took away that option early. Then they kept trying to bootleg with Jennings to avoid the pass rush, and that didn't work because SMU's WRs couldn't get open. You have to give credit to PSU's defense because the INTs weren't tipped passes or dropped balls. It was PSU players taking to their coaching and making plays. And on offense, both QBs struggled with passing in the conditions, but PSU still ran for nearly 200 yards and 3 TDs. The place where SMU performed well all game was your D-Line challenging our O-Line. They won some one-on-one matchups outright. But Allar is risk-averse in these types of games so he wasn't going to make bad plays under pressure. So if your D wasn't going to cause turnovers, then I don't know what else your O had in the clip to make it a game for 4 quarters. Maybe it's 31-17 final score?

@@heartbreak25 I think that’s a fair assessment. I agree we would need a near-perfect game to win. I’m just disappointed we didn’t force Allar or your offense to make plays to win. Because I think there’s still some question marks over how good the QB is, but we kinda gave them the game with the TOs and the offense didn’t have to do anything. Definitely agree with the talent gap, I just think we have very good schemes which cam at times make up score some of the talent gap, so that’s why I think we had a chance

Thanks for the listen! Y’all have an amazing home environment and a great fan base.

I can’t wait for you to look like a fool on Saturday.

Just you wait 😌

@@TheMustangMood I TOLD YA lmfaoooo

OH WOW THIS IS LITERALLY EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

Hahahaha, good stuff. I hope we can get a matchup again in the future.

You’ll see

@@BenDeLeon915 I saw.

@@Lenker25 you saw that we did the exact same thing versus Clemson times 2? They didn’t dominate us, we have them the game with a meltdown from our QB. They didn’t beat us, we beat us. Yeah, you saw that

@@BenDeLeon915 Sure. Whatever makes you feel better, pal. If that's what you saw, you either don't know ball or you're lying to yourself. That was JV vs Varsity football.

@@Lenker25 very insightful response lol. There’s a talent gap as a still G5 roster v P4 roster, so you SHOULD make it look like varsity v JV. If you watched the game you’d see it was an even take outside of two pick 6s in the first half, plus another INT in the red-zone and a missed TD in the first half. With 2/4 of those things literally any team would lose, including another “varsity” team as you say, much less all 4. So yeah, I’m comfortable saying we had a shot if our QB doesn’t self-destruct. Sure, it’s a what-if game and doesn’t matter, but I’m proud of what my school did this year. And I’m proud that everyone outside of the QB showed up and played hard, even if the score line doesn’t show it

This is a fair comment. Jennings does hold on to the ball too long and it leads to fumbles and picks. It also leads to crazy plays as he is a big risk taker. Reminds me of Manziel but less rushing and more scramble to throw. I think if he has 2 turnovers you are right it’s a 2+ score game and it will heavily depend on his game.

You are right I haven’t watched much big 10 (mostly SEC and ACC). Maybe Pitt isn’t as good as Wisconsin. But I do think the Big 10 is extremely top heavy and I think that is hard to dispute.

Our big 10 knowledge is very limited lol, been a busy season with little time to be more in-depth hehe

SMU>TX>PSU>SMU

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