Michael ‏@mike_williams52 2h2 hours ago

SMU came by earlier for me and my boys @ZaihHarris

2015 Kimball DB Antoine Stephens released his top three and left SMU out. He is considering Baylor, Texas Tech and Oklahoma

Today was the first day of rush and I talked with a bunch of the potential new members about Chad Morris, who came to speak to them today before rush rounds. They said he was encouraging all of the students to apply for internships with the team and to support them in other ways. He also encouraged people to try to walk on to the team and implied he wanted them to take the team out and party with them. It was a mixed response from the students, some thought Morris was really cool and others thought he seemed a little awkward or uncomfortable speaking in public.

Nathan takes a look at three SMU football targets.

Scouting Reports

Missed this one over the weekend, but massive Coppell offensive lineman Jordan Murray committed to San Diego State. He held an SMU offer.

Tyler has tonight's Quick Take

Tyler and I are providing live updates for the game. Follow us on Twitter too: @TJoe_Sweet

Sense no one mentioned this I thought I would post it.

Welcome to the Hilltop Mark Smith!

WFAA Link

I am confused, so somebody intelligent about roster building give me some help.

A football team starts at least 5 offensive linemen and 3 defensive lineman, and on defense rotates lineman. That means you need at least 11 capable lineman available for every game. As to wideouts, there can be as many as 5 on the field at one time, but usually 3, maybe 4. So you need no more than 6 wideouts to play a spread system, maybe 7.

Given those numbers, why do we recruit and sign 2X the number of WR's compared to linemen? We have ONE lineman recruit as of now and 4 WR's and we are still offering WR's. This makes no sense to me. Somebody please enlighten me.

Tyler has your preview of tonight's big game.

Preview

SMU #80, program value of $29 million.

Texas #3, value of $972 million
A&M #17, value of $382 million
Tech #25, value of $289 million
TCU #53, value of $111 million
Baylor #61, value of $94 million
Houston #79, value of $29.05 million
SMU #80, value of $28.7 million

Looks like the ranking values stable cash flows (among other things). That said, Baylor and TCU's intrinsic value should start increasing by significant amounts if they can keep it up. The full list on the WSJ also shows annual revenue.

I'm not sure about this year, but at least today we're apparently not very good

Nathan has a scouting report on Temple's sparkplug, power forward and Texas transfer Jaylen Bond.

Bond

From College Basketball Talk..

NBC Sports Link

Tyler John Tyler DB Isaac Warren has kept SMU in his top two, considering the Mustangs and Arizona State:
https://rivals.yahoo.com/rutgers/football/recruiting/player-Isaac-Warren-156946

3-star Desoto WR Kevin Thomas, currently committed to Kansas with an SMU offer:

kevin Thomas #1 ‏@StickyHands_1 4m4 minutes ago

SMU THIS WEEKEND

Chad Morris‏@coachchadmorris 4h4 hours ago

Great meeting today with #PonyUpTempo

Someone on PonyFans says he didn't make grades. Any truth? Or just another rumor?

I take a look at the state of the AAC after this weekend.

Power Rankings

Nikki has today's Quick Take

"Smile at da haters, hope u see me clear" posted at 8:30am. Anybody have an interpretation?
This post was edited on 1/11 10:40 AM by PonySnob

I spoke with three-star wide receiver Isaiah Graham about his new SMU offer.

Graham

Nikki will be providing live updates today from the SMU-Central Florida game at 1pm! Follow her on Twitter too: @NikkiChavanelle

I preview SMU's game against Central Florida today:

Preview