The Pittsburgh Panthers are set to take on the SMU Mustangs in the 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl. The game is scheduled for Saturday, January 7th at 1:00 ET and will be televised nationally on ESPN. This will be the Panthers fourth straight postseason appearance. Pittsburgh will be looking for their third straight bowl win, as they knocked off Kentucky (Compass Bowl) and North Carolina (Car Care Bowl) the previous two seasons. SMU is headed to their third straight bowl game. The Mustangs crushed Nevada...
Read more about 2012 BBVA Compass Bowl Odds SMU at Houston Line - November 16, 2011The No. 11 Houston Cougars will look to remain one of the three unbeaten teams in college football when they host the SMU Mustangs this Saturday. The Cougars rolled 73-17 at Tulane to improve to 10-0 overall and 6-0 in Conference USA. The Mustangs lost 17-24 at Navy in their final non-conference matchup,dropping them to 6-4 overall and 4-2 inside the conference. Houston dominated SMU 45-20 last year, despite coming into the game as 8-point underdogs. Taking a look at the week 12 college football...
Read more about SMU at Houston Line 2011 SMU Football Predictions - July 1, 2011Head coach June Jones has already turned around this SMU football program in just three years on the job. It was a tough start as the Mustangs went 1-11 in 2008, but they had an incredible turnaround in 2009 when they finished 8-5 and reach a bowl game. Jones led SMU to the conference title game last year after winning the Conference USA West division. They would lose 7-17 to UCF, and go on to fall to Army 14-16 in the Armed Forces Bowl. With the most returning starters (18) in the conference, the...
Read more about 2011 SMU Football Predictions 2011 Conference USA Football Predictions - June 29, 2011The balance between the East and West divisions of Conference USA was pretty impressive heading into the 2010 season. They had split their games 20-20 and titles 2-2 over the previous four seasons since this conference went to two divisions. The East had the edge 10-8 last year, and also produced the best team in the UCF Knights as they beat the SMU Mustangs 17-7 in the title game. The Knights would go on to beat Georgia in the Liberty Bowl and finish #21 in the final polls, marking the first time...
Read more about 2011 Conference USA Football Predictions 2010 Armed Forces Bowl Lines - December 27, 2010Two programs on the rise square off in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl on December 30 at 12:00 EST. SMU (7-6) and Army (6-6) are two teams that have come a long way this year after several seasons of losing. The Black Knights have qualified for their first bowl game in 14 years. Head coach Rich Ellerson took over a team in 2008 that was 3-9 in each of its last three seasons and 30-108 since its last winning year in 1996. Now they have to face a Mustangs team that will be playing on their home field at...
Read more about 2010 Armed Forces Bowl Lines TCU at SMU - September 22, 2010No.4 Texas Christian is off to a hot start at 3-0 and will now head to Dallas, Texas to take on the Southern Methodist University Mustangs in a bid to retain the Iron Skillet at Gerald Ford Stadium under the lights on Friday, September 24 at 8:00 PM EST. The latest college football odds show the Horned Frogs –17 ½ points over the Mustangs with a total set for 53 points. TCU has held the Iron Skillet for three consecutive years and beat the Mustangs 39-14 just a year ago. The Mustangs last held...
Read more about TCU at SMU SMU at Texas Tech - September 2, 2010The Texas Tech Red Raiders will open the 2010 season at home agianst the SMU Mustangs on Sunday, as college football continues through Labor Day Weekend with the NFL not starting till next week. The last time these two teams met was in 2008, when the Red Raiders beat up on the Mustangs 43-7. Texas Tech finished the 2009 season 9-4, including a nice win over Michigan State in teh Alamo Bowl. The Red Raiders will have a much different look to them this season, as they bring in Tommy Tuberville to take...
Read more about SMU at Texas Tech 2010 SMU College Football Predictions - August 2, 2010It’s been a hard road for SMU going back to questionable decisions that led them to be banned from competition in 1987. Then in 2008 it looked like giving up on the program was the best decision after a dismal 1-11 record. But then something changed. Coach June Jones arrived and brought his run and gun offense with him. Results have started to show, as SMU finished 2009 with an 8-5 record that included going 6-2 in the conference, and a 45-10 victory over Nevada in the Hawaii bowl. It was their...
Read more about 2010 SMU College Football Predictions 2009 Hawaii Bowl Point Spread - December 22, 2009Check out more winning football picks at Betfirms! The Hawaii Bowl is scheduled to kick off in Honolulu Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. ET, where the Mustangs and Wolfpack will be ready to roll. Southern Methodist is the big story this year after pulling off one of the best turnarounds in the FBS. They went 1-11 last year to rebound under head coach June Jones to a 7-5 season in Conference USA. Nevada (8-4) was just as impressive, earning a second place finish in the WAC after starting the year...
Read more about 2009 Hawaii Bowl Point Spread 2009 SMU Mustangs NCAA Football Predictions - July 16, 2009It has been a miserable couple of years for the SMU Mustangs, as they have lost 17 consecutive games in Conference USA play. 2009 will mark the second year under head coach June Jones, and there are hopes that with 16 returning starters the Mustangs can once again be competitive in the West division. On offense the Mustangs bring back 8 starters from a year ago, but most importantly an experienced quarterback in sophomore Bo Levi Mitchell, who had his ups and downs in his freshman season. Mitchell...
Read more about 2009 SMU Mustangs NCAA Football Predictions SMU Texas Tech Predictions - September 9, 2008We are excited for week 3 college football action and one of the games on the plate will feature two of the best offensive minds in college football. Mike Leach’s Texas Tech Red Raiders will play host to June Jones’ SMU Mustangs on Saturday, September 13th at 7 PM EST. Jack Jones is ready to preview this game for you so you have a better chance at beating the college football odds. The current spread on this game over at Sportsbook.com shows Texas Tech favored by 36 points over SMU. Fast...
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