If you get on the website and say you are interested in investing they will send you a password. Inside the investor section is a pdf with the script for the first few scenes. You will laugh.

Merry Christmas.

I spoke with Bryce Jones about his recruitment and early SMU interst.

Jones

Let's go get him

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Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 29s29 seconds ago

Duke transfer Semi Ojeleye has cut his list to Illinois, Creighton, Washington, SMU, Oregon, and Wisconsin, source told @CBSSports.

Yesterday 2015 San Angelo Central defensive end Eli Howard de-committed from UNT. This comes a week after SMU offered Howard. A source told me that there is a good chance Howard could pull the trigger on SMU in the near future so something to keep an eye out for, possibly as soon as this week. Also, please please please keep this information on this board and away from other sites so that my staff and I can keep any competitive advantage we have on this story

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Eli-Howard-168020

Be prepared for a long conference season and some close calls if we don't win out right !!

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/confer

Nathan takes a look at three targets of Larry Brown and the SMU coaching staff.

Scouting Report

RS Freshman linebacker Cameron Hampton is transferring to Lamar University. He was a 3 star coming out of HS with offers from Clemson and Ok St. I wonder if we pursued him at all...

Y'all see this shit? What a f*cking coward and a fraud. Said he wanted to quit after the last bowl game.

Skip to about the 6 minute mark.

http://www.sportshawaii.com/sh/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=46613

I'll be driving down to San Diego on Saturday to watch and talk with Barefield at the Under Armor Holiday Classic as well as his Centennial teammates Ike Anigbogu and Jalen Hill, who both hold SMU offers. Prime Prep and five-star 2016 shooting guard Terrance Ferguson will also be at the tournament and I will try to talk with him as well.

https://rivals.yahoo.com/video/recruiting-basketball/Tarkanian-Classic-Sedrick-Barefield-1131630

I think SMU is back on the top of the list after its win against Michigan in Markus Kennedy's season debut.

Power Rankings

Nathan has today's quick take.

Quick Take

SMU has offered Spring 2015 running back Xavier Jones

Andy Katz @ESPNAndyKatz · 17m 17 minutes ago



SMU w/huge resume win at Michigan. Yes Michigan is struggling. But it's a road win vs. power 5. Mustangs can be judged w/Kennedy now, too.

Andy Katz[/B] @ESPNAndyKatz · 11m 11 minutes ago



True road wins have historically meant more to the selection committee. That's why SMU and VCU are big winners so far today.

Gu[/B] @BenBornReadySMU · 14m 14 minutes ago



Yesssuhhh big road win! #PonyUp

And SMU commit Jarrey Foster was excited with the final score:
https://twitter.com/jfo_umm/status/546378984036921345

Nathan and I will be providing live updates here and on Twitter. Give us a follow at @NathanBaldwin17

I really don't see this happening.

For one, it sounds like he needs a lot of help on his finals (papers) to even get a passing grade. And if the word about him being ineligible from the summer is accurate that just demonstrates how many hurdles are in play.

So look at it like this...
If he passes his exam/papers

If he has a cumulative GPA to be declared eligible

If the History department chair to sign off on his tests/grades etc (this is conjecture)

Then MAYBE he's eligible.

Looks like he can't even play against UIC tonight and wasn't at practice Tuesday. What more do you need to know?

For me, if you're saying IF more than twice for something good to happen, then forget it. He was put in the wrong major (maybe that's the coaching staff's fault or his) and this was too overwhelming for him given his academic deficiencies.

Part of me is upset with him. Most of me is upset with SMU for not doing everything it could to not let this happen. We promised this kid we would do everything in our power to keep him eligible knowing what we knew about his academic struggles. We didn't deliver. We screwed up. We failed him.

Fortunately, the AAC looks like a big yawner of a league so it could still be won without him.

I hope I'm wrong but that's just my take after reading everything.

This season has all of the appeal of getting stuck to flypaper. IMO nothing has changed after Indiana. This team doesn't work well together. It's a mess. Too many 6-4 and 6-8 guys with no proven point guard and really no legit low post enforcer on offense and defense.

I could see this going like 18-12.
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I've got trending stocks from SMU's win over Michigan.

Trending Stocks

This is just me being old and lame, but curious what FOE stands for?

Today is JUCO signing day, I think. Any idea if Ray Crockett is still committed to SMU and signing today?

J. C. Chalk is a 2016 3 star TE at Argyle HS. He committed to Clemson earlier this year and Morris was his recruiter. Wonder if Morris will attempt to flip him to SMU once we get hard into 2016 recruiting.

The biggest game of SMU's non-conference slate is here as SMU travels to Michigan to take on the Wolverines. Nathan has your preview here.

Preview

I take a look at Michigan's top draft prospect and leading scorer Caris LeVert.

LeVert