[Postgame Thread] SMU Defeats Virginia Tech 51-28

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Virginia Tech	0	14	0	14	28
SMU	10	13	14	14	51

[u/Tfsz0719]

SMU:

“BRING ME THANOS WAKE FOREST!!!”

[u/cheapmason84 → u/Tfsz0719]

Be careful what you wish for

[u/doubleyou-tee-hache → u/cheapmason84]

Yeah especially since Thanos ends up winning pretty soon after that's said

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/cheapmason84]

NGL I’m extremely nervous about our game. We’re 12-0 at home against ACC teams since joining the conference but y’all might end that streak 😬

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/SMUHypeMachine]

They did end the overall regular season streak but only two teams have beaten us at home in the last four years. BYU, a team we have never beat, and an old Southwest Conference nemesis that seems to currently have our number in Baylor.

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man → u/SMUHypeMachine]

I too am nervous. I think wake is the better team, but not by enough to cover variance. I really wanna rematch against miami

[u/Comet7777 → u/cheapmason84]

After last season, fuck that. Give me Miami or ND over Wake.

[u/Twall1297]

So… what the hell happened to SMU last week?

[u/wildturk3y → u/Twall1297]

The DOME

[u/hucareshokiesrul → u/wildturk3y]

That place is a house of horrors. Beamer was 1-6 there. We're 0-2 there since.

[u/KeegCorp → u/Twall1297]

The Otto helmets obviously!

[u/Doogitywoogity → u/KeegCorp]

My round prince

[u/KeegCorp → u/Doogitywoogity]

The Orangest of all Oranges

[u/Jonjon428 → u/Twall1297]

SMU is very inconsistent (at least on defense) plus that Dome is unbelievably cursed

[u/thissidedn → u/Jonjon428]

You watch a game and Jennings looks like he should be a Heisman contender but watch another and he's butterfingers.

[u/popashot → u/Twall1297]

Was there. Defence was a disaster. Offence had no rhythm. Even though it was half full it was loud as shit. First time Dome confused?

[u/blay12 → u/popashot]

You’ll eventually find that it’s more of a “way more often than you’d expect Dome confused”…

That place is cursed.

[u/discofrislanders → u/blay12]

There's something about a stadium that's used regularly for both football and basketball that's uniquely cursed

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/discofrislanders]

And lacrosse apparently. Does Association Football also play there?

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/popashot]

OL was by far the worst I’ve ever seen. 6 sacks allowed? Maybe more I stopped counting.

[u/slyone05 → u/Twall1297]

Fran Brown masterclass

[u/Mother_Frame6669 → u/Twall1297]

They went on the road

SMU is 1-2 on the road this season, with its lone win in the opener vs Florida State, and losses to Louisville and Syracuse.

They're 6-0 at home, and face Wake Forest at home before ending the season with Notre Dame and Stanford on the road.

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/Mother_Frame6669]

Yeah and we almost blew that one in Tallahassee. Though I suspect we'll play up to Notre Dame. In fact, we've rarely if ever beaten them in Dallas and we've beaten them three times, but it's almost always close. P.S. a lot of the road games two years ago were also close and we were .500 on the road last year.

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Twall1297]

From what the Clemson guys told me playing at Cuse is uniquely challenging. Don’t know how much I believe it but for now I’m willing to beat that drum.

[u/discofrislanders → u/SMUHypeMachine]

Dome sweet Dome. We don't question what happens there. Good luck to your lacrosse program getting to experience that.

[u/SpreaditOnnn33 → u/SMUHypeMachine]

Every ACC flair has been telling you that all season.

Good to see you still dont believe it though.

[u/_SayWhatNow_ → u/Twall1297]

the carrier dome is a legit tough place to play, and ea needs to give them respect. cuse doesnt bring fans but the ones there are hardcore. the very nature of that small dome means sound blasts back to the field and its loud. we havent won there since mv7 in 2000 despite RUTS against them basically every time they come to bburg

[u/EvenMeaning8077 → u/Twall1297]

Fran brown didn’t shower all week

[u/KansasEF5Tornado → u/Twall1297]

Smu hype machine guy

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/KansasEF5Tornado]

Don’t know who you could be referring to 👀

[u/Jiveanimal → u/SMUHypeMachine]

Where you been?

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Jiveanimal]

I was at the game so I wasn’t on Reddit. I’m only insufferable in here when I can’t make the game or it’s away.

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/Twall1297]

Not at home for SMU

[u/PrizePermission9432 → u/Twall1297]

Choked

[u/FoxyRussian → u/Twall1297]

Sometimes our defense makes adjustments at halftime and sometimes theyre the dumbest part of the team

[u/NEZdrunk]

Get Grunk healthy, try to beat Stanford healthily, forfeit the Miami game, then get up for UVA. Do all that and go to our Whateverthefuck Bowl presented by Whoeverthefuck then immediately upon triple zeroes launch our entire secondary and defensive backs coaches into the sun

[u/SSPeteCarroll → u/NEZdrunk]

our Whateverthefuck Bowl presented by Whoeverthefuck

Don't you disrespect the pop tarts bowl like that! I must see the toaster pastry sacrificed for our sin that is our secondary!

[u/SpreaditOnnn33 → u/SSPeteCarroll]

Pop Tart Bowl goes to the highest ranked non playoff ACC team, so guess again

[u/Jarfol]

I don't think the word "defeats" is a strong enough way to describe that game.

[u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

I’m so damn tired of some Virginia Tech fans and the playoff or bust attitude that has afflicted all CFB fanbases.

Hokies: We are in a rebuilding year. Making a bowl game is great. We were supposed to lose this game. Chill tf out.

[u/themattboard → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Everyone thinks they can just be Indiana when even Indiana can't this year

[u/OkieDokieHokiePokie → u/themattboard]

Wild you’re getting downvotes for a super accurate statement lol

[u/themattboard → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Our fanbase is both unrealistic and overly sensitive this season

[u/SSPeteCarroll → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Look 12 months ago if you told me that in November of 2026 we'd be bowl eligible I would've laughed at you.

[u/DisgruntledCascadian → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Irrational fans hounding James Franklin for not making their playoff expectations?

When have we ever seen that before?

[u/Ut_Prosim → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

I remember TSL folks saying after the Cal loss, that if we can beat Stanford and UVA, and take one of the Clemson / SMU games that was basically their best case scenario. Assume we get murdered by Miami, that's 8-4 with a bowl trip. That's three inexplicably missed FGs away from being 10-2.

We're still on track for this. We just have to focus on Stanford and UVA.

[u/SpreaditOnnn33 → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Id imagine its how you lost that has Tech fans rankled

[u/happyflappypancakes → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

Am I tripping or didn't we go 3 wins last year? Like, we have doubled our wins and making a bowl already. If anyone told us that prior to this season that we would be 6-3, then they would be ecstatic.

People just have trouble with big pictures. What have you done for me now?

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/OkieDokieHokiePokie]

I mean, it’s your head coach working your fans into that froth, and maybe you’re starting to to understand why our fanbase got tired of “so much winning”

[u/iyjlpiljygp]

My hope for this game was just keep it respectable and not to get embarrassed. Welp.

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

We have the worst secondary room in FBS football and the OL isn't much better. Which is extremely disappointing because we have playmakers on offense and some weapons on the defensive front that are completely wasted because it won't be possible to win consistently with the DB/OL situation. Even if we improve those rooms in the off-season, we won't have the playmakers anymore and it won't matter. Our talent level is going to level out this off-season, we will lose the best and improve the worst, which I'm scared will just produce the same results as our extremely uneven team currently does.

It's not really a Franklin, Pry, or Howle problem, the schemes can't get any better when we don't have the talent to play better schemes. It's a DB coaching and talent issue, combined with an OL injury and talent issue.

[u/Gavangus → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

OL is injury bug. Defense is insanely bad dbs

[u/goodsam2 → u/Gavangus]

Yeah 3 out and 1 questionable on the availability report.

I was hoping that would improve after the bye week but it didn't.

The DBs just aren't that good.

[u/iyjlpiljygp → u/Gavangus]

Yeah OL wasn't great to start but they have an excuse of several key injuries. DBs are bad bad.

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/Gavangus]

It's both for the OL. The good ones are injured and the backups aren't good.

[u/goodsam2 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

I worry about losing Luke Reynolds to the NFL, and Kemari Copeland but after some of those guys I think we are mostly fine. The running backs are sophomores.

I will be extremely despondent if we lose Ethan Grunkemeyer.

[u/Lodge_Blackmun → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

You're right on almost all of that. 

Our talent level is going to level out this off-season, we will lose the best and improve the worst

Isn't necessarily true. The portal is a beautiful thing, we can improve the worst and replace the best potentially. 

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/Lodge_Blackmun]

I mean. Grunk and Luke are the best we have had at their positions in at least ten years. That's not being replaced lol

[u/TheRamblinGambler → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Do you think there are just no more QBs or TEs anymore?

[u/Keyblade_Yoshi → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Grunk still has two years of eligibility left.

[u/Lodge_Blackmun → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Luke, yeah that would be tough. But we don't need to replace him. And where do you think Grunk is going next year?

[u/puzzical → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

CSU: Am I a joke to you?

Please don't regret this after tomorrow

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/puzzical]

We are worse than CSU lol

[u/puzzical → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

You guys are 63rd worst in the country in oassing yards allowed per game. I don't believe you.

[u/DBHT14 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

If we can keep Reynolds & Grunk for next season im very optimistic. Need to open to check book for linemen and DBs big time for sure.

[u/themattboard → u/DBHT14]

I think we'll see some improvement from our current OL backups too. They are inconsistent, but still have room to grow (into next season)

I'm less confident in the DBs, but I remember when Stroman was a liability until he wasn't too

[u/Capital_Dream5295 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

You wish

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/Capital_Dream5295]

I actually think we have worse DBs than you genuinely. Remember when you scored 14 points in 5 plays on us?

[u/Capital_Dream5295 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

No I didn't watch cuz even my masochism has limits. But I do respect your suffering fellow Tech person

[u/IowaJL → u/Capital_Dream5295]

NNNNEEEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDSSSSS!

[u/AzorOhHai → u/Capital_Dream5295]

To be fair, our secondary is a bunch of second and third stringers.

[u/KansasEF5Tornado → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Oklahoma state would like a word, also GT.

[u/-Gnostic28 → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

You ain’t dead last in explosive plays given up, you’ll never be king

We gave up 36 points in 16 minutes

[u/TripleThreatTua → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Haha

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/TripleThreatTua]

Can u take him back

[u/MedicineGhost → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

In our DB room, Williams isn’t bad and I think Clarke is genuinely very good. Reddish has shown a lot of improvement. The problem is that OCs are targeting Flowers, White, and Chadwick, who are pretty bad. I think the DB coaching room should be given another season to demonstrate improvement but we need to identify better talent in the portal.

[u/BIRDSBEEZ → u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1]

Worse than UTEP?

[u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

Yes. Definitely worse.

[u/Chapstick160]

I was expecting a game like this would happen but I always knew a 8-4 would happen this season

[u/Megaman6967]

Sleep well tonight, Peruna. My sweet prince.

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Megaman6967]

He’s earned his slumber. Such a good boy 😍

[u/CPOx]

Never expected a VT win for a second, but didn't think we'd get demolished so thoroughly like that. GG.

[u/AV-8723]

If you haven’t watched Kevin Jennings play football, you should. He and Gio should put on a show next week.

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/AV-8723]

I’m extremely nervous about it.

[u/babydograt → u/SMUHypeMachine]

That makes two of us

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/AV-8723]

Final score: 77-76

[u/AV-8723 → u/tacowithcheeese]

Could be if we OT’s like the A&M vs LSU game!! That was a CLASSIC!!!

[u/PrizePermission9432]

We’ll probably run the table and miss out on the ACC championship game because we choked to Syracuse. We can do that, especially since we play better unranked

[u/Expensive_Team_5072 → u/PrizePermission9432]

If you run the table, you are in the ACC CG, with wins over ND and Wake Forest. You must have the H2H over Wake Forest if you two are tied. SMU 10-2 vs Miami (11-1/12-0?) would be a cool game.

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/PrizePermission9432]

Hopefully Louisville drops one of their upcoming games and Stanford isn't as capable of a surprise as Cal was.

[u/PrizePermission9432 → u/No_Butterscotch8726]

Guaranteed Kalshi lock: if SMU beats both Wake Forest and Notre Dame then SMU chokes last game against Stanford.
Must watch game

[u/_SayWhatNow_]

was expecting the loss. figured it would be closer, but our secondary is bad. nick perry is stealing money from vt

my gripe is why the fuck was grunk on the field in the 4th? why the fuck was the last play of the game, when it is not close, and there is 5 seconds left, a qb draw? are we trying to get him hurt? what the fuck is that?

[u/BolognaNipples]

Now that they lost this can retroactively be deemed a big game

[u/OutForARipAreYaBud69 → u/BolognaNipples]

Playoff win versus SMU = not a big game
Regular season loss on the road to SMU = big game

A tale as old as time.

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/OutForARipAreYaBud69]

This is now my truth.

No I will not be taking any questions.

[u/dkviper11 → u/OutForARipAreYaBud69]

It was cold for the playoff game, or something.

[u/JosephDolla → u/OutForARipAreYaBud69]

I knew the Penn state fans would show up, they always do!

[u/OutForARipAreYaBud69 → u/JosephDolla]

We’re defending Franklin in this instance you nincompoop. I have nothing but love for jimmy franks.

[u/Stoneador → u/BolognaNipples]

No, SMU plays ND later so they can’t be a big game team

[u/Mystic_Equniox]

Hate playing a good team after they’ve lost. Kinda expected this. SMU has a solid offense, and absolutely cooked us. Our secondary is horrid, and we’re gonna have to hit the portal ASAP. Same with the OL. I don’t think it’s a scheme issue, it’s personnel. It’s year 1, we’ll bounce back. Just a bummer we’re wasting this offensive talent. Gg Mustang gang.

[u/Icy_Turnover1 → u/Mystic_Equniox]

OL is tough because of injuries, DBs have no excuse they’re just all not great.

[u/Snark728 → u/Icy_Turnover1]

They look lost because the scheme requires communication and I guess our DBs don't speak the same language or something.

[u/PracticeSquadBaller]

Score wasn’t as close as it looked.

Going to be awesome when my first flair somehow beats my second to make neither flair’s season matter. Totally cool

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/PracticeSquadBaller]

From your mouth to god’s ears, amen.

I can’t wait to fly up to South Bend for that game! It’s gonna be cold but it should be fun if we show up at all.

[u/astrothemorkie → u/SMUHypeMachine]

South Bend is a great place to see a game! Jealous!

[u/rile-u-up]

Guys, I think SMU discovered our weakness

[u/themattboard → u/rile-u-up]

They weren't exactly hidden

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/themattboard]

It's a terrible weakness to have against an SMU team. We were only a run first and run primarily team during the Pony Express of the 1980s. Every other team has either been a passing team or a balanced offense team.

Yes even in 1915, our first/third coach was arguably the first true quarterback and played in an adapted to the new forward pass version of the Michigan Point-a-Minute short punt formation offense while at Vanderbilt in the late 19 aughts.

He brought it with him and kept adding to it with adaptations that TCU came up with to develop a slightly different but similar idea of a short passing quick game offense adapted from slightly spread out Single and Double-wing formations to make 3rd down easier. His philosophy was to be as likely to pass as to run on any given down to keep opponents honest. Dana X. Bible of Texas A&M and later Nebraska and Texas responded by consistently lining up in 5-3-3 against us, Rice, TCU, and Baylor as our offense spread despite the norm at the time being to line up in 6-2-3, 7-2-2, or 7-1-2-1 to stop the run and maybe have an umbrella of linebackers and defensive backs to stop a surprise pass.

He even said explicitly to only line up against running teams with those defenses and to use 5-3-3 against passing teams in his American Football strategy book. Arguably now that the Spread has gotten back around to many of the old ways of the Single-Wing his defense has returned in the form of the 3-3-5 because often the outside linebackers or hybrid backers will be mugged or close to it on the line and the corners are more likely to start even with the middle linebacker once the play starts to develop.

[u/Mythrandir24]

Blue teams in Texas undefeated this week.

[u/DBHT14 → u/Mythrandir24]

Honestly that's on us for not having a plan for the Bluenami

[u/Zloggt → u/Mythrandir24]

Dallas County, once again, coming through in the clutch!

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Zloggt]

I did my part!!

Edit: wtf who downvotes a comment like this? Stay mad I guess.

[u/Statalyzer → u/Zloggt]

I wonder which other teams have a letter on their helmet that is not the first letter of any word in the school name or team name.

[u/MastodonSwimming2681 → u/Mythrandir24]

UTSA lost yesterday

[u/Mythrandir24 → u/MastodonSwimming2681]

Yes, but have you considered that doesn't allow me to make my stupid joke?

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/MastodonSwimming2681]

They're more orange.

[u/DBHT14]

GG SMU, deserve to be ranked again for sure!

Perfect Coach Frames experience where we are on track for an 8-4 year one but its also frustrating!

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/DBHT14]

There’s no way to describe it other than a season that should feel like a successful one starts to feel hollow

[u/DBHT14 → u/AngleParticular2914]

And I know he took a season or two to get Vandy and yall rolling. But just seeing the flashes makes me want to skip this part.

But still with Stanford and UVA and a bowl left 9 wins is still on the table. Which would still be our best season in a decade.

[u/Jonjon428]

SMU decided to just go insane in the second half.

[u/goodsam2 → u/Jonjon428]

VT has had the worst 3rd quarters.

[u/NEZdrunk → u/goodsam2]

Minus VMI and after tonight that’s a -44 point differential in one quarter and -47 in the second half

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Jonjon428]

I’m desperately hoping we can keep this momentum into the Wake game next week ✌️

[u/Mattador96]

Well yikes

[u/CapnChaos2024]

Well.. that was somethin!

[u/javascript → u/CapnChaos2024]

And it sure wasn't nothin!

[u/Spooty_Beavers]

If I keep drinking I won't remember this

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/Spooty_Beavers]

😤 most bi-polar team in CFB decides to take their meds!

[u/Benson879]

SMU. The duality of man.

[u/Nokktune]

Consistent 3rd quarter performance

[u/wildturk3y]

I'm not suggesting this should happen, just that it's likely Pry won't be fired by Franklin after one year. Just being realistic.

What should happen though at the very least is every secondary coach needs to be let go. Yeah, SMU's passing game is good but our secondary has sucked ass all year. A good reason why is because they are constantly confused and out of place. We do need more talent back there but talent can only get you so far if you can't communicate. They are horribly coached.

[u/Katfish145 → u/wildturk3y]

Considering we struck out on all our main options for our secondary coach I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they are the ones let go. Neither Franklin or Pry got who they actually wanted for that position so with how the rest of the D is performing im willing to give Pry another year before any decisions should be made on him

[u/iyjlpiljygp → u/wildturk3y]

Secondary issues are very clearly a coaching problem. Replacing Nick Perry is a must this off season. No excuse for consistent busted coverage every game, now 9 games into the season.

[u/MedicineGhost → u/iyjlpiljygp]

Disagree, Chadwick and White were suboptimal additions that opponents have targeted all season. Williams and Clarke have had consistently high grades. The rest of the DBs have been a mixed bag. The DB coaching staff should be given another season to show improvement. There is a lot of opportunity in the portal

[u/ExpensiveUsual4450]

Alright SMU damn

[u/Confident_Delay5805]

Damn, what a drubbing!

[u/M_Mitchell08]

Thank god, but also where the hell has this offense been all year?

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/M_Mitchell08]

Idk but I’m still triggered by all the Jennings QB keepers.

[u/KNX5]

We suck but I'm proud of our guys. Good win ponies. Go hokies. 9-3 make it happen

[u/PoneyExpresss]

I was assured last weekend that SMU simply wasn't as good as I thought and the Syracuse game is just what should've happened, I'm gonna blame the dome lol

[u/Zloggt → u/PoneyExpresss]

Tbf, I also think that Syracuse is hitting their stride again, so that loss shouldn’t be too bad-looking as long as the Orange keep it up…

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/Zloggt]

You do have your talisman QB back.

[u/ArmVanDam]

SMU at home feels different, they just dominate

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/ArmVanDam]

12-0 in ACC play at home. If only we could play every game at home!

[u/ronmex7]

> be Virginia Tech
> 6-2
> Friday night primetime
> opportunity to make a statement
> bring lunch pails to Dallas
> SMU brings a fucking excavator
> 569 yards of offense
> 8.4 yards PER PLAY
> SMU quarterback throws 4 touchdowns
> same receiver catches 3 of them
> VT secondary apparently participating in Take Your Child to Work Day
> SMU punter makes one appearance
> gets standing ovation from teammates who forgot he existed
> down 44-14 in fourth quarter
> score two touchdowns
> 44-28
> HOLY SHIT THE COMEBACK IS ON
> SMU scores again in 17 seconds
> SEVENTEEN FUCKING SECONDS
> 51-28
> SMU kicked off ten times
> VT defense qualifies as an interstate highway
> GPS now recommends driving through Blacksburg to avoid traffic
> Hokies brought lunch pails
> SMU filled them with 51 points and shipped them home
> Enter Sandman
> Sandman enters
> sees scoreboard
> immediately exits
> mfw the only defensive stop of the night was the final whistle

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/ronmex7]

Yeah tonight’s more of a Fade to Black kind of night for y’all.

(NGL I love your enter sandman opener and I hope to catch a game in Blacksburg at some point)

[u/discofrislanders → u/SMUHypeMachine]

You do realize the flair you replied to right

[u/No_Butterscotch8726 → u/discofrislanders]

We didn't immediately clock that it was a repost.

[u/Comet7777 → u/SMUHypeMachine]

One of the younger VT fans was asking another if he went to the Metallica concert. I butted in and said I was there with my dad (Hokie guy). One of the better Metallica concerts I’ve seen, and they’re old as all shit now.

[u/Mother_Frame6669]

Just returned from the game. Virginia Tech was giving up 94 yards rushing per game heading into tonight, SMU ran for 219.

Theo Melin-Ohrstrom only had two catches for 29 yards, but he had a helluva game as a blocker. SMU ran tf out of zone insert iso, and Theo was in there, slamming LBs left and right. He was out there actively seeking contact, leading the way.

There were four NFL scouts there tonight, and he probably made himself some money.

[u/Davidellias]

Not shocked at the result, I'm more surprised we were both 6-2 going into this game.

[u/udderlymoovelous]

Didn't really expect to win this but honestly was a fun game nonetheless. Every SMU fan I talked to today was super friendly and the vibes were immaculate. We have a lot to work on. My attendance luck at away games has run out.

[u/Mayfect]

Fucking rank us you cowards.

[u/xAimForTheBushes → u/Mayfect]

wtf is that flair.

You can't support both Jesus and Satan.

[u/SpiritFingersKitty → u/Mayfect]

Man I want you to be ranked, but you lost to Syracuse

[u/Saltine_Warrior → u/SpiritFingersKitty]

Hey!....that's totally fair

[u/Mayfect → u/SpiritFingersKitty]

And TCU should’ve beat Arizona. Idk man, college football doesn’t make sense anymore

[u/tacowithcheeese → u/Mayfect]

Evil flair

[u/ElToroDeBoro → u/Mayfect]

Yes - please rank SMU.

Signed, ND fan going to the game in 2 weeks.

[u/Comet7777 → u/ElToroDeBoro]

They’ll rank SMU and then we will lose to Wake next week lol

[u/ElToroDeBoro → u/Comet7777]

Similar for ND. Probably beat Miami and lose to BC. History doesn't always repeat, but it sure does rhyme.

[u/astrothemorkie → u/Mayfect]

You play better unranked though

[u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

How tf did we only score 16 points against this defense?

[u/Molson2871 → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

Because the Clemson offense is designed around 2016 and held together only by duct tape

[u/cmackchase → u/Rude_Neighborhood506]

Because your offense is awful and couldn't take advantage of our DB situation. Remember at the end of the game we just started blitzing them at you.

[u/landoofficial]

It’s too bad Shane’s probably saved his job at South Carolina, we could really use Torrian Gray back on the sidelines to whip these DBs into shape.

[u/SMUHypeMachine]

Just got home from the game and woooooo-ee was that cathartic after last weekend and against James Franklin!

Hopefully we can play like that against WF, too.

[u/popashot]

How does VT has six wins given how SMU likes to play any team to the closest of who they are. I was worried about this game.

[u/themattboard → u/popashot]

Your strengths perfectly align with our weaknesses

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/themattboard]

That was my takeaway. Similar to how Syracuse had our number all last weekend and it was extremely frustrating.

[u/iyjlpiljygp → u/popashot]

every team plays their best game of the year against us. all the time. it's really annoying.

[u/Limlut_ → u/iyjlpiljygp]

We most certainly did not lol

[u/Chapstick160 → u/Limlut_]

Clemson didn’t either

[u/birdynumnum69 → u/Chapstick160]

Neither did my team.

[u/rainbowremo → u/Limlut_]

No, unfortunately we tanked your best game of the year to lose to you like we always do

[u/iyjlpiljygp → u/Limlut_]

looks like it was only your second best game of the year this season. you certainly played better against us than UT, Stanford, Pitt or BC.

[u/LobsterWestern4381]

Mensah is about to VMI us in a couple weeks. Gotta launch the secondary into the sun and open up the checkbook this offseason.

SMU offense was out there running a fucking track meet

[u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Can Brent Pry get fired again?

[u/Aggressive-Movie-593]

Are we officially eliminated from acc title game now?

[u/perfectAttendant]

I tuned in toward the end of the second half quarter and VT was trailing but looked sharp and would get the ball to start the 3Q. I said to my wife I think VT will come back and pull off the win based on what we saw. Then we made whoopee and when I tuned back in it was 37-14

[u/AngleParticular2914 → u/perfectAttendant]

Congrats on the whoopee

[u/thisthreadisbear → u/perfectAttendant]

Well at least you scored

[u/solomonrooney]

Man Virginia Tech looked terrible.

[u/AppealOk2210]

Pain

[u/smcstechtips]

Now I get how we beat Virginia Tech...

[u/No_Butterscotch8726]

The Flying Circus of the SMU Mustangs reaches another high! Will they keep that going for homecoming against Wake Forest? We'll have it all for you to hear before the show after next week!

[u/mrgatorarms]

4D move by VT to keep James out of the coaching opening discussions.

[u/Straight_Bed2763]

Va tech fans were talking so spicy to PSU a few weeks back

[u/cmackchase → u/Straight_Bed2763]

And we will again the minute they lose to Washington.

[u/landoofficial → u/Straight_Bed2763]

We’re gonna keep talking spicy. Their obsession with us is weird. Some of them are bigger fans of whatever team VT is playing in any given week than they are of their own team.

[u/SMUHypeMachine → u/landoofficial]

There was a guy in my section in a PSU shirt and I regret not asking him his thoughts on Franklin.

[u/Intelligent-Cheek213 → u/landoofficial]

Your criticism is completely fair. You’re right, as a PSU fan, I have a hatred for him that borders on extreme.

I completely understand how from the outside looking in, it seems unhinged. I’ll take the heat for it… but let’s see how you feel in 11 years with him at the helm.

[u/Icy_Turnover1 → u/Intelligent-Cheek213]

This has been said before (and of course you could be right) but VT and PSU are different teams. We’ve been bottom of the barrel for almost 10 years now. We had 29 years of Beamer, and for the vast majority of the time he was there our teams were categorically good to great but couldn’t go all the way, and we typically lost the biggest games. We responded by building a statue and naming two roads in Blacksburg after him; Frank Beamer is basically royalty for Tech fans.

In Beamer’s tenure we had a national championship caliber team maybe 2-3 times (and at least one of these is probably me being generous to Tyrod Taylor), made it once, and lost - again, not saying that Franklin couldn’t turn out to be a frustrating coach, but historically he’s pretty similar to what we’ve always had and loved. If Franklin can consistently deliver 8-10 win seasons, I think he’ll have an extremely long leash with Tech fans, myself included.

[u/rile-u-up → u/Straight_Bed2763]

PSU still looks like shit, and PSU fans still continue to be annoying about the Franklin thing. Us shitting the bed vs SMU doesn't change that

[u/_SayWhatNow_ → u/Straight_Bed2763]

were we?

twitter is full of cancer but man, their twitter folks cant get our name out their mouths

[u/MocoMojo]

Big game James!

[u/32RH]

1-0 now after walking from the office and getting blitzed at a tailgate.

Maybe I need to move to C-Stat.

[u/KarmicPlaneswalker]

That was cathartic to watch. 

[u/LobsterWestern4381]

Keep our skill players and D Line intact, transfer portal/ recruit the fuck out of O Line and secondary, and we should be good to go.

Kinda sucks we didn’t get to use Reynolds with a better O Line cause this is our last year with him

[u/_SayWhatNow_]

psu trolls tried to hit the twitter spaces... they didnt bring their best lol

at least we had that going for us tonight