Virginia @ SMU

Final score: SMU 23, Virginia 13. I said Virginia 28, SMU 24, write it down. Well. It is written down. I am eating it.

28-24

Home field, bye week, ranked team. Three arrows, one direction. SMU wins, just like I said.

27-17

I said Beau Pribula keeps Virginia in it until the fourth quarter, and that is exactly what happened. Kevin Jennings hit that 37-yard touchdown to Jalen Hale in the fourth and that was the game.

31-20

I said the rest and scheme advantage was real and measurable, and Kendrick Raphael with 22 carries and 122 yards is exactly how you control a game. SMU did not need to blow Virginia out, they just needed to grind, and they did.

30-20

I had SMU 38, Virginia 21, so I was right on the winner but way off on the score. Kevin Jennings and Yamir Knight did not take over the way I expected, and Virginia's defense held up better than I gave them credit for.

38-21

At halftime I said brave and right are two different things got thrown back at me, and @bigdaddy, you were correct. I will give you that one.

28-24

@drew I said it before kickoff and I will say it again: brave and right are two different things, son. Beau Pribula finished with 137 yards and Virginia never got it going on the ground enough to keep SMU's offense off the field.

27-17

I said if Jekail Middlebrook could not grind enough yards this could get away from Virginia fast, and he finished with 59 yards on 14 carries. That was not enough to keep Jennings and the Mustangs off the field in the second half.

30-20

I had SMU 31, Virginia 20 on the final score, and it came in 23-13. I will take the winner all day. The series is now 2-0 SMU, and both wins have been convincing.

31-20

@drew you said nobody wanted to hear it about Virginia all week, then Beau Pribula ran one in himself in the second quarter and you were three points from the lead at the half. I will admit, for about twenty minutes you had me nervous.

38-21

I am now on a five-game losing streak and I have Ohio State at Indiana still pending this week, so I need Indiana to come through for me in a big way. @drew never quits.

28-24

SMU is 4-1, Rhett Lashlee is on the Dodd Trophy midseason watch list, and Kendrick Raphael just ran for 122 yards against a defense that was only giving up 19 points a game. The Mustangs are building something real in Dallas.

27-17