The Mustangs are gearing up for the second season under head coach Rhett Lashlee’s. SMU finished 7-6 in the 2022-2023 season, and appeared in the New Mexico Bowl against BYU. SMU opens the 2023 college football season at home against Louisiana Tech at 11 a.m. CT on Sept. 2. The Mustangs are looking to continue the momentum they’ve built the last few seasons.
On Saturday SMU held an open scrimmage to media and former SMU football alumni to watch their practice. Head Coach Rhett Lashlee spoke with the media stating, “offense is looking great! But, we are still not game day ready. I’m really looking forward to seeing what these guys do and how they progress over the next three weeks come September 2nd.” Lashlee also said, “I like our team. I like the makeup of our team. I like the talent on our team. Adversity’s going to come with injuries and all kinds of other things. We’ll have to overcome that just like everybody else does.”
Speaking of adversity and overcoming injuries, cornerback Jahari Rogers says the defense overcoming their adversity and the change he has seen from spring ball to now is day and night. Rogers, ”the D-line are monsters now. They were so underrated and they took all the comments from last season and really listened to our coaches, put in the hard, extra work and really stepped it up.
On Saturday SMU held an open scrimmage to media and former SMU football alumni to watch their practice. Head Coach Rhett Lashlee spoke with the media stating, “offense is looking great! But, we are still not game day ready. I’m really looking forward to seeing what these guys do and how they progress over the next three weeks come September 2nd.” Lashlee also said, “I like our team. I like the makeup of our team. I like the talent on our team. Adversity’s going to come with injuries and all kinds of other things. We’ll have to overcome that just like everybody else does.”
Speaking of adversity and overcoming injuries, cornerback Jahari Rogers says the defense overcoming their adversity and the change he has seen from spring ball to now is day and night. Rogers, ”the D-line are monsters now. They were so underrated and they took all the comments from last season and really listened to our coaches, put in the hard, extra work and really stepped it up.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - We're here at the SMU practice field
00:07 for the first scrimmage of the 2023 season.
00:10 The Mustangs are getting ready to take
00:11 on Louisiana Tech September 2nd.
00:14 Head coach, Brett Lashley commented
00:16 that he's really excited to see what is going to happen
00:18 over the next three weeks offensively.
00:21 Things are looking great,
00:22 but he really wants to see what happens
00:24 over the next five days.
00:25 And that's a wrap from the scrimmage
00:27 for all things SMU football and DQ10 sport updates.
00:30 Stay tuned every Wednesday and Thursday nights,
00:32 channel 15 on Spectrum cable.
00:34 I'm Maria Turner and you've just been credentialed.
00:36 (electronic music)