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SMU's Lashlee hopes Mustangs' mistake-filled performance won't affect future playoff consideration
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Rhett Lashlee knows deep down that this SMU team deserved a spot in the College Football Playoff, even if the Mustangs didn’t show it Saturday. SMU's coach also knows his team’s mistake-filled performance in Happy Valley, where it fell 38-10 to No. 6...
Former walk-on DeLuca provides early spark, Penn State drills SMU 38-10 in CFP; Boise State up next
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — In a time of incessant change, Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca is a throwback. The former walk-on's team might be one too. DeLuca was guaranteed nothing when he arrived on campus nearly four years ago without the promise of a...
Playoff QBs include a hometown recruit, a prep title rematch and some 1-year hired guns
Kevin Jennings wasn't even the player that Rhett Lashlee was going to watch when he went to his first Texas high school playoff game a week after becoming SMU's coach. Three years later, Jennings is the only quarterback starting for his hometown team in the debut of the expanded...
SMU eyes validation, Penn State eyes a breakthrough in College Football Playoff opener
This is not about validation exactly. Still, it kind of is. For SMU and Penn State both. And each side knows it. When the 11th-seeded Mustangs (11-2) walk into wintry Beaver Stadium on Saturday to meet the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (11-2) in the first round of the...
College Football Playoff picks: SMU, Clemson, Vols, Hoosiers beware as CFP opens on campus
Welcome to the new-look postseason, where the path to the national championship begins at campus sites for eight of the 12 teams in the College Football Playoff. Bundle up, buttercup. Snow showers are forecast to give way to cloudy skies...
Coaches question timing of transfer portal window as they prepare for College Football Playoff
SMU coach Rhett Lashlee took a moment while preparing his team for the College Football Playoff to address the ever-growing concern over the open transfer portal window. His problem isn't with players wanting to transfer. Rather, Lashlee's issue, one shared with other coaches, is the...
No. 18 Clemson beats No. 8 SMU 34-31 on last-second field goal for ACC title, berth in the CFP
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cade Klubnik sat in his car for more than hour last Saturday crying following Clemson's loss to rival South Carolina, figuring his team's chances of reaching the College Football Playoff were over. My how things can change. A few hours later...
No. 8 SMU falls short in comeback bid in the ACC title game. Now the Mustangs await CFP fate
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — SMU's magical first run through the Atlantic Coast Conference included an unbeaten regular-season record and a spot Saturday night in the league championship game. It ended with a painful final-play loss after a terrific comeback. And now the eighth-ranked...
No. 18 Clemson needs to slow down SMU QB Kevin Jennings to win 9th ACC title game, secure CFP spot
No. 18 Clemson (9-3, 7-1 ACC, No. 17 CFP) vs. No. 8 Southern Methodist (11-1, 8-0, No. 11) at Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, 8 p.m. EST (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: SMU by 2 1/2. Series record: First meeting. What’s at stake? SMU faces...
No. 8 SMU looks to complete unbeaten run through ACC in conference title game vs. No. 18 Clemson
SMU had no problems handling the jump to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now the No. 8 Mustangs (11-1, 8-0, No. 8 CFP) look to complete an unbeaten run through the ACC in their inaugural season when they face perennial conference power Clemson on Saturday night at Bank of America...
