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SMU has been crushed by UCF, TCU, NTS and MI by and average of 25-20

Wins are close over Tulane and Navy and a thumping of Houston Baptist.

Navy is down this year.

UC 31
SMU 17

Well, predicting a loss every week finally failed.

UC 37
SMU 13

34-13 UC

Bearcats 35
SMU 24

UC 41
SMU 14

UC 27
Future Elmer's glue 10

I'm not as bullish on our offense after the second half at Temple, but I can't imagine SMU is quite as good defensively as the Owls. Is the crowd a factor in Dallas? The road adds a different dynamic and I'm wondering if the officials are now conditioned to look for opportunities to penalize our defense? This one is closer than we'd like but a win none the less...
UC 27
SMU 24

UC- 31
SMU- 17

Uc 27
Smu 23

UC 28
Death Penalty U 17

UC 35
SMU 23

UC 35
SMU 17

Not perfect but take care of business

UC 38
SMU 20


I don't take a lot from the Temple game. G. Collins has been scheming against some of the most talented offenses in the game during his stint at a couple SEC schools. We're not going to face that type of challenge at SMU. I think we win comfortably.




mc

(10-24-2018 08:41 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  I'm not as bullish on our offense after the second half at Temple, but I can't imagine SMU is quite as good defensively as the Owls. Is the crowd a factor in Dallas? The road adds a different dynamic and I'm wondering if the officials are now conditioned to look for opportunities to penalize our defense? This one is closer than we'd like but a win none the less...
UC 27
SMU 24

The "crowd" will be about as much a "factor" in Dallas as it was in Philly... Probably a few less Bearcat fans in the house (just because of distance) but Temple, Tulane, Tulsa, USF, and SMU all draw flies.

I'm still sick about last week. Conventional Wisdom says that the loss to Temple might be a "wake up call." But conventional wisdom would have also said that the "Bye Week" was good to improve weaknesses and heal-up some minor injuries.

I called this as a "win" before the season, so I'll stick with that prediction, but I'm worried.

UC- 28
SMoo-24

Nothing would surprise me at this point.

UC 21
SMU 13

Bearcats 24
SMU 14

UC 24
SMU 17

Reggie Taylor 37, Eric Dickerson 21

Bearcats 28
Ponys 20

Last week (and this week) are rough for us Bearcat fans. But not as bad as losing 49-20 to Purdue!

Bearcat football has 611 wins overall - tied with Kentucky and Arizona at 49th! Purdue jumped ahead
last week to 612 wins. Bearcats are favored by 8 points to Smu and the Wildcats, Wildcats, and Boilers
are all favored to lose!

BTW, Temple's QB Russo said that the tying TD pass was set up by a pick, which is still kind of illegal. The officiating was so bad I thought the Bearcats were playing a Big-Ten team.