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SMU (2)38-28dtownz
35-27trace
Louisville (3)34-28jonesy
31-27bigdaddy
42-35drew
Let me be the first one to say it: Kevin Jennings is the best quarterback nobody outside of Dallas is talking about right now. Eight touchdowns, two interceptions, a road win at Florida State, and a Manning Award nod. SMU is the real deal and I am riding them all day.
I hear you, @dtownz, but Kevin Jennings threw for 337 yards against a lower-division team last week, and now he walks into L&N Stadium for his first ACC road test against a ranked Louisville squad. That is a different animal.
Home crowd, first conference game, something to prove after that Ole Miss loss. Louisville wins this one.
The number that stands out to me is this: SMU is already 1-0 in conference play and won a road game at Florida State in Week 1, while Louisville's only real test ended in a 41-38 loss at Ole Miss. SMU has already done the harder thing.
Nobody wants you to know this, but SMU just put up 56 points against a cupcake and now has to fly east for a hostile conference opener. That is a classic trap game and I am taking Louisville to spring it.
@drew you are calling SMU a trap game after they won at Florida State in Week 1? They already survived the road test, that is not how trap games work.
@dtownz the Mustangs beat Florida State on the road and then came home and demolished UC Davis by 46. You think they stay locked in emotionally for a 3:30 kickoff in Louisville? I do not.
Louisville's Lincoln Kienholz has not thrown an interception yet and the Cardinals put up 59 points last week. This offense is not a pushover, and they are playing at home where they want to make a statement in the ACC.
@jonesy I respect Kienholz staying clean, but his 414 passing yards in two games is less than what Kevin Jennings threw for in the first half against UC Davis alone. The volume and efficiency gap is real.
SMU leads this series 2-0 and won the last one 38-6, but that was last year and this Louisville team is playing at home with something to prove. I will take the home team in a coin flip every time.
Yannick Smith is averaging 25 yards a catch and SMU is scoring 41 points a game. @bigdaddy, you keep saying defense travels, but this Mustangs offense is the one doing the traveling and it has not slowed down yet.
Defense travels, son. Always has.
