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The Dukes visit the Ponies - can JMU pull off the upset?

SMU is 1-2. Lost badly to Baylor and TCU. Beat a winless North Texas team by 18.

JMU is 3-0, with wins over Morehead, Lehigh and Albany.

JMU is averaging 51 points a game. SMU gave up 56 points to both Baylor and TCU.

I will be there! SMU is one of my alma maters and I have family history with SMU too.
SMU is beginning to do well now that Chad Morris is there. But it's his first season so he has a weaker team than if he had a roster full of his recruits.

June Jones tanked the roster by not recruiting. He would not even go a few miles down the road to have a relationship with the high school coaches and football players looking for recruits in one of the nation's hotbeds of DFW! He would go golfing in Hawaii and collect $ 2 Million. He would not adjust his scheme to his players. I think most of the roster has players who did not have 1 FBS offer credit to JJ. So it's mostly like an FCS team.

SMU has made improvements in their new up tempo offense each week. Chad Morris is like me, one of those kids who watched in person the Pony Express.
The defense, well, come on defense! They run a 4-2-5 that's said to be more like Oklahoma State's than TCU's.
SMU has never quit in a game this year. They were just about tied with Baylor at the half.
At TCU they got close in the 4th because they kept fighting. TCU has had a lot of injuries and some legal things go on recently.

If you are coming to the game visit the Boulevard and know that there is a clear bag policy before entering the stadium.

Death Penalty vs Death Row

Hope the Dukes enjoy their cash grab after their buyout. They need a pick-me-up after a rough week.

Dallas media:

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-SMU gets 1st down on opening play then JMU forces 4th down.
JMU opening drive right down field 66 yds, TD. 7-0 JMU..

Teams traded punts then SMU drives with long pass & scores TD. 7-7 4:34 1st.

TD JMU. JMU 17, SMU 7 early 2nd qtr. On ESPN3 btw..

Last JMU possession of 1st half and 1st of 2nd half Lee has thrown picks, both of which led to SMU TDs. SMU 21, JMU 17 13:40 left 3rd..

Vad Lee 40 yd TD run.
SMU fumble, JMU FG

JMU 27, SMU 21, 6 min left 3rd qtr.

SMU 50+ yd FG

Vad Lee 55 yd TD pass to Brandon Ravenel.

JMU 34, SMU 24, 3 min left 3rd..

SMU 29 yd TD pass

JMU 34, SMU 31, 1:42 left 3rd.

Track meet. Whoever has last wins..

Keep it going JMU

TD JMU! Vad Lee 27 yd run then 52 yd TD pass to Dean Cheatham.

JMU 41, SMU 31, 12:30 left 4th..

Lee already over 200 passing AND 200 rushing..

JMU drives down field, Lee throws pick in endzone.

SMU drives & scores TD, then gets onside kick, driving...

Looks like JMU gave this one away

SMU another TD 2+ min eft

JMU now driving, 2nd & 9 on SMU 31, 42 seconds..

1st down on SMU 17, 35 seconds left, SMU 45, JMU 41

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JMU 48, SMU 45, 27 seconds left....

JMU takes it length of field!

Final JMU 48, SMU 45!

JMU 729 yds of offense. Lee 276 rushing yds, school record..

Death Row beats Death Penalty

Congrats Dukes

93henfan wrote:Death Row beats Death Penalty

Whatever. The Pye Penalty etc. did more to hurt the program than the DP.

BDKJMU wrote:Final JMU 48, SMU 45!

JMU 729 yds of offense. Lee 276 rushing yds, school record..

Yeah, as y'all can see, SMU is just an FCS level team. June Jones would not recruit so there is a poor level of talent for a team in FBS.
There were other problems too. Even though the SMU defense is not talented enough to play at that level the DC did a bad job. A number of fans want him gone.

Most of us think that hiring Chad Morris is the best and most serious attempt at building a winning team for SMU since what happened in 1987.