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Deion Sanders Jr. is standing out for the SMU Mustangs

SMU Mustangs slot receiver Deion Sanders Jr stood out during the spring practice period. Sanders Jr. said that with the help of a good attitude and familiar coaching faces, he has found a way to excel. Please click here to read this story. The post Deion Sanders Jr. is standing out for the SMU Mustangs appeared first on Players View.
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17 days ago  |  Discuss

The American Preview: Garrett Gilbert gets one last ride with the Mustangs

It wasn't supposed to end this way. (Photo: USA Today Sports) Ask college football recruiting nuts for some of the most baffling disappointments they can recall, and the name Garrett Gilbert is almost bound to come up. Gilbert arrived at Texas in 2009 with every accolade imaginable from his stint as quarterback of Lake Travis High School, including being named the national...
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

Bengals Select SMU DE Margus Hunt (Rd.2, No.53)

With the 53rd overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, the Bengals select SMU DE Margus Hunt. Hunt is a tremendously gifted athlete who possesses great speed, agility and explosiveness. This was fully on display during the 2013 NFL combine, but a big question arises when we compare his play during actual football games as opposed to his workout in Indianapolis. Hunt flashes great speed...
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29 days ago  |  Discuss

Former SMU star Margus Hunt learned how to play football on Madden, in Estonia

Former SMU star defensive end Margus Hunt is a champion Estonian track athlete who learned how to play football on Madden.
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April 24, 2013  |  Discuss

NFL Draft Bust Watch: SMU’s Margus Hunt

Continuing on with our series of pieces highlighting available players in the upcoming NFL Draft who might be over-hyped, today we take a look at a defensive end prospect from Southern Methodist University. MARGUS HUNT, DEFENSIVE END, SMU If the NFL Combine didn’t exist, Margus Hunt might not vulnerable to becoming a bust. Quite simply, nobody paid attention to the 6’8, 280...
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April 12, 2013  |  Discuss

Elder – Margus Hunt Evaluation

Margus Hunt/SMU:   Skills/Attributes: Raw, athletic freak who flashes great things but has a long way to go to become a complete player. Still learning how to use his hands and doesn’t show very good pop with punches. Struggles to shed blocks, especially in the run game where he doesn’t have space to operate in. [...]
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March 30, 2013  |  Discuss

SMU duo is building foundation

One of the most intriguing relationships in college basketball is developing in one of the most unlikely spots. The beginning of March is about hashing out the No. 1 seeds and the possible Cinderellas, and Southern Methodist University is neither. You are not considered a nationally relevant basketball team when March sees you at 214th in RPI and next to last in a mediocre conference...
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March 11, 2013  |  Discuss

SMU to Have Prettiest Safety in College Football

Myles Crosby, a senior safety at Colleyville Heritage High in Texas, could be jet setting around the world next season making a small boat load of cash as the No. 11 male model in the world. His day could be filled posing with some of the hottest women on the planet, often in provocative positions. Instead he is going to be sweating his pretty little face off under the hot...
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February 07, 2013  |  Discuss

2013 NFL Draft: Zach Line, Hero Of Southern Methodist University

SMU was the second-smallest school in the Southwest Conference, and one of the smallest in Division I-A, with a total enrollment of just over 9,000 students in 1986.After attempts to recruit top high school players using contemptible methods, SMU was placed on probation five times between 1974 and 1985, and had been slapped with probation seven times overall -- more than any other...
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November 30, 2012  |  Discuss

Lack of offense dooms SMU against Aggies

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas Thanks to a gallant effort by the defense, SMU kept Texas A&M off the scoreboard until the middle of the second quarter Saturday. The problem was, the SMU offense never came close to getting into the end zone. Eventually the SMU defense buckled and Texas A&M ran away with a 48-3 win at Ford Stadium. "If we had answered anything early offensively...
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September 15, 2012  |  Discuss

SMU produces 10 turnovers in win over SFA

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas For the first 10 minutes of the game, Stephen F. Austin was dominating SMU. Then SMU's Margus Hunt came up with a record-setting field goal block and the offense got traction behind the running of Zach Line. But most of all in Saturday's 52-0 win, an SMU defense that was the worst in the nation in turnover margin last season produced 10 turnovers...
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September 09, 2012  |  Discuss

Mustangs hope loss to Baylor will lead to wins

DALLAS, Texas SMU's season opener at Baylor had a familiar, although not enjoyable, feeling to it. The Mustangs opened on the road in a primetime matchup against a Big 12 opponent. Last year, it was a 46-14 loss to Texas A&M. Veteran starting quarterback Kyle Padron, who has since transferred, was benched after throwing interceptions on SMU's first two possessions....
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September 08, 2012  |  Discuss

Line ready to cap SMU career in grand fashion

Zach Line is about to enter his senior season at SMU and like the rest of the Mustangs' senior class, his goal for 2012 is a simple one. Not only do Line and his fellow seniors want to win the Conference USA title after falling just short in 2010, but they also want to cap off their collegiate careers by helping guide the Ponies to a fourth straight bowl game, a streak that many...
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August 17, 2012  |  Discuss

SMU’s Uchenna Nwabuike says prostitute whom he never paid robbed his home

Three Southern Methodist University football players were recently the targets of a home burglary, yet they are the ones who could find themselves in trouble. According to CBS 11 News in Dallas, three SMU players returned to their off-campus home on April 28 to find that someone had stolen roughly $3,000 worth of electronics. One of the players, linebacker Uchenna Nwabuike, told...
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July 27, 2012  |  1 Comment

SMU Scores Only 28 Points In Loss To UAB

That's right, the SMU Mustangs couldn't get out of the 20's Wednesday night as UAB defeating the Mustangs 47-28.It's the lowest scoring output ever in a Conference USA game.SMU couldn't hit the broad side of a barn against UAB converting on 8 of 46 shots and shooting 17 percent. No Mustang scored in double figures, Robert Nyakundi led the Mustangs with nine points...
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February 16, 2012  |  Discuss
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