I tend to agree- let's take a look at the last time we were finishing a transition and starting a new era (again)... We were absolutely juiced for the Houston game, and kept up with them keeping the score at 20-17 end of first half- we just didn't have the horsepower to keep up with them because they were 13-1 and one of the best stories in college football that year. I wholeheartedly feel that we had SMU dead to rights last year (listening to the game from Afghanistan didn't give me the same S.A. as some of you guys), but stupid play calling and lousy personnel management over the course the game and the entire season damned us.
SMU isn't far ahead of us. Talent wise, yeah, we're short, but the cupboard is not nearly as bare as some on here think. I usually err on the side of reality with splashes of optimism, and I do feel that we will soil the mattress a few times this year, but I am extremely confident we will win this game. It will be ugly at times, and we will get into a shootout, but I think we have the goods to win a shootout.
UNT- 45
SMU-38