SMU adds ANOTHER grad transfer!

[Harry]

Info courtesy @GMG24 - this makes 16 grad transfers for SMU since last we visited with them in Apogee including Texas QB Shane Buchele who is eligible for our game...

 

[RiseUNT]

If I were one of the 21 SMU fans I would be worried.

[PlummMeanGreen]

If they start adding these  mid-season might be time to start talking about DP 2.0❓

GMG!

PS:  Watch the NCAA Rules Committee start studying having a maximum number of these you can have for one academic year.  

[SigmaGreen]

Once we beat them next month, it won’t really matter about all these grad transfers. They will give possibly a 1 season spike but that is all.

[RiseUNT]

To depend on production from this many newcomers is ridiculous. To accept this many transfers shows what the coach thinks of his team. 

Edited August 15, 2019 by RiseUNT

[Mean Green 93-98]

5 hours ago, RiseUNT said:

To depend on production from this many newcomers is ridiculous. To accept this many transfers shows what the coach thinks of his team. 

Absolutely.  And it shows he has no interest in building for the future--using 16 ships from a class on players that will all be gone before next season.

[Harry]

Sorry guys but the UAB deal last year really burned my britches.  UAB had the deck stacked against us.  Was not fair.

[FirefightnRick]

I’m wishing more and more that this was the first game of the year now.

 

Rick

[TheColonyEagle]

Arkansas State is going to pound them week 1

[RiseUNT]

5 hours ago, Harry said:

Sorry guys but the UAB deal last year really burned my britches.  UAB had the deck stacked against us.  Was not fair.

They had years to practice together and come together as a team. 

[DeepGreen]

5 hours ago, Harry said:

Sorry guys but the UAB deal last year really burned my britches.  UAB had the deck stacked against us.  Was not fair.

Harry, I was about to say the same damn thing.  smut did a study on how UAB won last season, with older players.  Now smut has caught on, using the stupid NCAA transfer rules, stacking the player inventory with P5 talent.  At least on paper.

Edited August 15, 2019 by DeepGreen

[meanrob]

Do you think Littrell is better than Dykes? 

Fine better than what’s his name? 

If the answer is yes to both, then we should win. 

[GMG_Dallas]

5 hours ago, Harry said:

Sorry guys but the UAB deal last year really burned my britches.  UAB had the deck stacked against us.  Was not fair.

Like another poster said, they had years to train and practice together. This SMU team is a mix of random players who barely know each other and have barely practiced together. Will they be scary good by the end of the season? Probably. But when we play them they'll still be figuring out each of their roles and gaining chemistry. I'm not too worried. Now if 80% of these guys have 2 years to play then they'll be good next year. It's late to be bringing in transfers for this season.

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, meanrob said:

Do you think Littrell is better than Dykes? 

Fine better than what’s his name? 

If the answer is yes to both, then we should win. 

I wish it were that simple.

[agw0038]

Generally speaking, i think grad transfer are a good thing. They can sure up some areas of weakness and possibly put you over the top. But 16 in one season is too many. It makes me think they're not very good. 

[meanrob]

4 hours ago, greenminer said:

I wish it were that simple.

I understand the outcome isn’t that simple but give me those two advantages and I’d win the majority of the time. 

[NM Green]

I feel we are going to go to Dallas and pound them.  They will raise our profile by playing strong at the end of the year.

Show up in Green it’s going to be an awesome Victory on the Hilltop! 

GMG

[GreenN'walinsVet]

all these guys left for a reason.  can a couple be good, yes...but i would wager at least half are worth a dang anymore and that why they ended up transferring

[El Paso Eagle]

Question- where the hell are these hitting their scholarship counts?

Edited August 15, 2019 by El Paso Eagle

[TheColonyEagle]

4 hours ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Question- where the hell are the hitting their scholarship counts?

Good question. Why do they have so many available scholarships?

[TheColonyEagle]

6 hours ago, meanrob said:

I understand the outcome isn’t that simple but give me those two advantages and I’d win the majority of the time. 

I’m not gonna put words in Rob’s mouth....but I think what he’s saying (and I 100% agree) is there is NO excuse for Seth Littrell to get beat by SMU this season. We’re a better team. We have a better QB. I fully expect a 4th year head coach to out coach another G5 team in the 2nd year of basically a rebuild. He has 16 grad transfers for crying outloud. What does that tell you? Meanwhile we’ve evidently been improving our recruiting every year, have a system in place and have the best QB in the state of TX. 

My expectation is Seth Littrell will beat SMU. Anything less should be considered a severe disappointment from this coaching staff. 

But I’m not worried. 

[TheColonyEagle]

Anyone not as lazy as me have any research on the last few years and teams that are heavy grad transfer? Do they win? It doesn’t really work with Jucos.....

[greenminer]

6 hours ago, meanrob said:

I understand the outcome isn’t that simple but give me those two advantages and I’d win the majority of the time. 

Nope.  The history of the game suggests the people in the trenches are more important, and there’s just so many unknowns going down the SMU’s roster.

[greenminer]

4 hours ago, TheColonyEagle said:

I’m not gonna put words in Rob’s mouth....but I think what he’s saying (and I 100% agree) is there is NO excuse for Seth Littrell to get beat by SMU this season. We’re a better team. We have a better QB. I fully expect a 4th year head coach to out coach another G5 team in the 2nd year of basically a rebuild. He has 16 grad transfers for crying outloud. What does that tell you? Meanwhile we’ve evidently been improving our recruiting every year, have a system in place and have the best QB in the state of TX. 

My expectation is Seth Littrell will beat SMU. Anything less should be considered a severe disappointment from this coaching staff. 

But I’m not worried. 

I agree with what you're saying, but that’s a huge leap from what Rob typed out.

[TheColonyEagle]

4 hours ago, greenminer said:

I agree with what you're saying, but that’s a huge leap from what Rob typed out.

I don’t know......

I’ve read a lot of Rob’s posts over the years....

🙂