Congrats to the Mustangs
Ok, ok, a losing season is not reason for celebration at most colleges.
SMU is not most colleges.
I won’t get into how the NCAA screwed up, or how other schools have done worse, or any of that that just tires me out.
What I will say is how proud I am that they closed out the season with 3 consecutive wins, to finish the season 5-6. If not for a heartbreaking loss to Marshall earlier in the year… they would have gone to a bowl.
This, my friends, is something to be proud of. This year signaled the second best year that SMU has had since they have been back from the Death Penalty, and coach Phil Bennett has them headed in the right direction. And the vast majority of these players are coming back for next year. All of this happened in a year that they stepped up to a tougher conference.
The good news (and the bad news) is that now, the standard has been set. The goal next year must be for SMU to go to their first bowl in 20 years.
I think think that they can do it.