Wrap-up
Season Report Posted: May 17, 2010 22:08
Sun Bowl
Brian Rogers throws two TD passes to TE Brandon Mills to send the Mustangs (10-4) out on a good note for the offseason.
Season: Mills is named Mackey Award winner as nation's top tight end and is named first-team All-American. He sets career highs with 81 catches and 10 TDs.
Rogers passes for 3,381 yards and 25 TDs against 10 INTs.
Bobby Martin leads the rushers with 906 yards and 12 scores; David Miller is second with 643 yards.
Ben Humphrey makes All-American with 11 sacks, giving him a school-record 34 for his career.
MLB J.J. Rooney leads gets 93 tackles
Monsters of the Southwest
Season Report Posted: May 07, 2010 21:51
Last season: 13-1 overall, 8-0 Big 12 (champions)
Key returnees: TB Bobby Martin, TE Brandon Mills, WR Mark Houston, MLB J.J. Rooney, CB Jake Cleveland, SS Maurice Robinson, LE Ben Humphrey, DT Bill Norton and OLB D.J. Seal
Key losses: QB Brandon Owens, TB Danny Richardson, G Keith Gaddis, WR Timmy Nixon, RE Jason Jensen, DT Andre Higgins
Why they'll win: The best defensive line in school history (47 combined sacks last season) gets senior tackle Cameron Wood (99 overall) moving up to replace the departed Jensen and three five-star freshman beasts, including Texans Thomas Gates and Arthur Weeks, pushing for playing time. The linebackers and defensive backs are all 90-plus rated, led by all-American Robinson.
Why they'll lose: Owens, who passed for 7,600 yards in his career, will be tough to replace. Sophomore scrambler Ricky Miles gets the first shot at running the offense. Coach Nibble will use more rollouts to accomodate his legs. If Miles can't cut it, the offense, which has four sophs and freshmen on the line, will be in trouble.
Notable: Mills led the team with 70 receptions last season ... Soph WR Brandon Ward could be the breakout star of the offense after a pair of 10-plus-catch games late in the season. ... This is Nibble's fastest defense ever, with the slowest players, the tackles, running 4.8-second 40s. ... The Mustangs, whose late-season loss to Ohio State paved the way for Wisconsin to win the national title, play the Badgers at Madison.
No. 2 Georgia Tech 37, SMU 32
Game Report Posted: May 09, 2010 13:44
Key player: Tech's Jason Clark stops David Miller on a swing pass at the Tech 1-yard line with 20 seconds to go to end SMU's comeback attempt.
The skinny: Clark had 23 tackles for the Jackets, who got two INT returns for TDs and a kickoff return for a score. ... Brian Rogers passes for 364 yards and two TDs for SMU, but those INTs ...
SMU 48, Baylor 10
Game Report Posted: May 10, 2010 22:11
Key player: Brandon Mills catches 10 passes for 97 yards and two scores, keeping drives going while the rushing offense struggles for the second straight game without TB Bobby Martin (concussion).
The skinny: Brian Rogers hits 21 of 33 passes for 210, using Mills and TB David Miller on swing routes against a heavily blitzing Bears defense. ... The Mustangs defense has a second straight good effort after lousy games against Wisconsin and Georgia Tech.
SMU 49, Missouri 0
Game Report Posted: May 11, 2010 21:25
Key player: Offensive line. The front wall gouges out 345 yards' worth of running room for the backs, including 127 yards by Bobby Martin, who is back after pussing out for 2 1/2 games because of a headache. Backup David Miller runs for 109 and third stringer Nathan King gets 97.
The skinny: Oh, yeah, and the defense pitches its second straight shutout. DE Ben Humphrey gets nine tackles, including two sacks for a season total of seven. ... The good teams on SMU's schedule shredded their defense, but the Mustangs are killing the scrub teams, so Coach Nibble doesn't feel like quite so much the jerk for talking up the defense before the season.
SMU 52, Oklahoma State 10
Game Report Posted: May 12, 2010 21:45
Key player: Hard to go with anyone but Brian Rogers, who threw a school-record seven touchdown passes. He hit 20 of 29 passes for 342 yards.
The skinny: The Mustangs started with their usual pound-it running game, but Owens kept hitting and hitting ... Brandon Ward took a slant from the slot for a 91-yard TD reception during run-up-the-score time in the fourth quarter. ... The defense's streak of scoreless quarters ended at 10, with the Cowboys scoring all 10 points in the first quarter.
SMU 41, K-State 0
Game Report Posted: May 13, 2010 20:59
Key player: Josh Snyder picks off a hitch pass and returns it 40 yards to the 2-yard line, setting up Bobby Martin's run for the first score of the game.
The skinny: After having gone all wimpy against the two good teams on the schedule, the defense does the really honorable thing and makes itself look good by torturing the lousy teams ... like K-State. The Wildcats get only 189 yards total offense.
Recruiting: Mustangs take time out from loading up on defensive recruits to get two big-time runners: Will Gold and Tyler Lane.
Colorado 24, SMU 21
Game Report Posted: May 14, 2010 21:38
Key player: Brandon Owens throws an INT and takes a sack for a safety in the fourth quarter as the Buffaloes (5-6) storm back from a 21-10 deficit in the second half to officially end any hopes the Mustangs (9-3) had of getting back into the national title hunt.
The skinny: Colorado's Tyler Peck can't hit a bull in the ass with the ball in the first half, but turns into Peyton Manning in the fourth quarter against the nation's No. 5 scoring defense. He passes for more than 300 yards and three scores. Enjoy the Sun Bowl, Mustangs.