What I saw from SMU yesterday

[Arkstfan]

First thing Buchele is poised. Legit P5 QB. Threw only two bad balls all day. Pick came off a tip. 

AState played a soft zone and he chewed it up. Officials and I disagree on what holding is. Had decent pressure on him at times but he would step away from it rather than run away when he could. He fumbled on a sack in the end zone and Ponies were fortunate to only give up 2 instead of 7. 

SMU didn’t mount much of an effective pass rush until late. New OL coach at AState rotated fewer players than guy he replaced and it started showing late.  

AState’s QB from Rowlett TX posted very similar numbers to Buchele in his first ever start. Buchele had completed about 8 passes at UT for every pass Bonner had attempted at AState coming in. Red Wolves have no real depth at QB and avoided running him. AState offense is from the Fedora tree so unusual to see so few carries by a QB. My sense of the run of play is the Ponies are vulnerable to a QB who will tuck and run some.  One turnover he lost the handle after the center snapped the ball to the surprise of the other 10 players.

SMU RB maintains good leg churn for bit extra after contact. 

SMU’s deep snapping on placekicks and punts was poor. If their punter was a couple inches shorter they give up a TD or safety on a sailed snap  

Had a goal line stand SMU got nothing on. Stuffed running  WR drop and one poorly thrown ball  

The d back who was a RB at UCLA saved a touchdown after getting beat. Threw it in another gear hauled ass and made diving deflection of a pass. One of the most athletic plays I’ve ever seen in person  

I thought they looked better than when we saw them Morris’ last year  

If you can get some pressure and don’t always go soft zone when bringing heat and QB adds some run threat you should be fine 

[untjim1995]

I fully expect this game to look like our game against them back in 2007, in dodge’s first year, where it was just a shootout, but whichever defense made a stand or got a turnover would win the game. I think it’ll be that kind of game...

[meaniegreenie]

24 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

I fully expect this game to look like our game against them back in 2007, in dodge’s first year, where it was just a shootout, but whichever defense made a stand or got a turnover would win the game. I think it’ll be that kind of game...

I hope we score on every possession, but use plenty of clock doing it too.

[Arkstfan]

13 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

I hope we score on every possession, but use plenty of clock doing it too.

Rank fan speculation on my part but a slow tempo may throw them off. We had several delays for reviews with each team losing a guy to targeting and two long injury breaks including an SMU player carted off. SMU seemed more disrupted by the goofy pace. 

[PlummMeanGreen]

Again, Arkstfan, so sorry to hear of your Coach’s tragic loss of his wife.  

I read somewhere that he had another emergency & was not at last night’s game?

[Arkstfan]

56 minutes ago, PlummMeanGreen said:

Again, Arkstfan, so sorry to hear of your Coach’s tragic loss of his wife.  

I read somewhere that he had another emergency & was not at last night’s game?

My understanding is his father's health is deteriorating rapidly. He was not present Saturday and the talk seems to exceed knowledge (small town America) I've heard conflicting claims that he was with his father vs he took the family away from Jonesboro for a family only activity to do something Wendy had wanted to do because he did not want to disrupt the week. 

All I know with confidence is his father is in very bad health and he was not in town yesterday.

Kudos to SMU. They wore decals with Wendy's initials and Dykes attended the funeral.

[Travis]

Thanks for the info. I still wish ASU was with us in CUSA. 

[97and03]

11 hours ago, untjim1995 said:

I fully expect this game to look like our game against them back in 2007, in dodge’s first year, where it was just a shootout, but whichever defense made a stand or got a turnover would win the game. I think it’ll be that kind of game...

I think our defense is better than that. It was frustrating to watch us give up so many points but I am not ready to compare this defense to Dodge years . That is simply asinine. 

My guess before the season started is that we would give up around 30 a game. I think if we give up 30-36 against SMUt then we probably win the game. 

[Harry]

Dodge comparisons on GMG =