DYNAMIC: SMU's Wide Receivers Could ELEVATE The Mustangs' Offense
- ### Top Actionable Intel
- SMU's WR room is described as dynamic because it checks multiple role boxes: vertical speed, middle-of-field chain movers, jump-ball size, RPO/slant options, and run-after-catch ability.
- The offense does not need one Jeremiah Smith-type superstar if Rhett Lashlee can keep creating open throws and Kevin Jennings takes the expected next step.
- SMU's College Football Playoff margin is thin because the schedule is not strong enough to absorb many mistakes. The host thinks SMU probably needs either one total loss or an undefeated ACC regular season with a possible ACC-title-game loss.
- Beating Notre Dame would be the resume-changing result that gives SMU real playoff cushion.
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SNUBBED: Kevin Jennings Excluded from On3 Top 100—Can SMU’s Star PROVE He Belongs?
- Top Betting/Intel Takeaways
- SMU QB Kevin Jennings being left off On3's Top 100 was framed as fair rather than disrespect: the host sees him as roughly QB12-15 nationally until he proves he can protect the ball.
- Jennings' main market-relevant issue is turnovers: the host cited back-to-back seasons with 11 and 13 interceptions, and said that is the reason national evaluators can leave him behind cleaner quarterbacks.
- The host still sees Jennings' ceiling as playoff-caliber if he cuts the giveaways; the upside case is that another year in the system, better health, and improved OL continuity push him into top-100 level play.
- SMU LT/RT PJ Williams was ranked No. 76 in On3's Top 100, which the host treated as external validation that SMU has a high-end tackle anchoring the offense.
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