SMU Pitt BBVA Compass Bowl

[slick1ru2]

I was thinking of the teams coming to the Big East, besides Boise St, that Temple may be the one that has the best success. However, one of three bowl games from last season still available to watch on ESPN3.com via the Xbox app is the BBVA Compass Bowl, SMU vs Pitt. For those that think the teams coming in don't deserve to be in the Big East, SMU dominates Pitt in this game. Yes, Pitt only had 4 full time coaches in the game, but SMU looked like the BCS team and Pitt, the non-BCS team. June Jones has done a great job with the SMU program. Watching this game, after the garbage that has happened, makes me feel glad that Pitt is departing, getting spanked by an incoming team so decisively.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_BBVA_Compass_Bowl

[Joe]

That same SMU team got their **** kicked by Tulsa and So Miss. They are a team on the rise, but let's not overvalue the team as it stands. Pitt is on its 4th head coach in a year...

[slick1ru2]

SMU also beat #10 TCU last year. And that So Miss team beat #6 Houston and ended the year #19.

Edited June 13, 2012 by slick1ru2

[Joe]

Yeah. It's not that they lost to them. It's that they lost to them by 24 points. Then waltzed out the next week and lost by 30+ to tulsa. on top of that lost by 30+ to a very average Texas A&M squad and a very good Hoston team,

They're a decent team, on the rise, but far from a quality BCS squad. Quality BCS teams don't lose by 30 points three times in a year.

[slick1ru2]

SMU also lost their number 1 rusher and was using a converted lineman as an RB the last 1/3 of last year. And I wouldn't characterized last year's Texas A&M team as "very average". Not with the schedule they had and scores against ranked teams. 1 point loss to #7 Okl St, 4 point loss to #18 Ark, 3 point loss to #17 KSU in OT, 2 point loss to #25 Texas.

Edited June 13, 2012 by slick1ru2

[Joe]

June Jones doesn't run the ball!

Regardless of what you believe 7-6 Texas A&M to be, SMU lost by 30+ points three times.

[bulls phanatic]

Jones took Hawaii to a BCS bowl game. Pretty impressive. Watch out for them

[slick1ru2]

June Jones was running the ball until their RB who avg 6 yards/carry got a toe injury. And yeah, 7-6 with an "A" schedule is a good team. USF would have maybe had 1 win with that same schedule. Conversely, Texas A&M with USF's schedule most likely would have won the Big East.

Edited June 13, 2012 by slick1ru2

[Paisa el Toro]

And USF got wrecked by that same Pitt team last year. What an embarrasing game to watch, and to add insult to injury, I watched it in 3D at Muvico.

[charsibb]

And USF got wrecked by that same Pitt team last year. What an embarrasing game to watch, and to add insult to injury, I watched it in 3D at Muvico.

I watched it in person. Very painful...