Despite all the fireworks on offense, the SMU Mustangs walked off the field Saturday night in Dallas with another bitter reminder of how slim the margins of error are for victory. Their 48-45 double-overtime loss to Baylor wasn’t a matter of talent. It was about execution, composure, and closing. Head coach Rhett Lashlee knows it, too. He seems so focused on his Week 3 game against Missouri State , Lashlee apparently forgot which conference their next opponent belongs to. MO State, a first-year FBS team now in Conference USA, may have a home crowd advantage that the Mustangs will have to contend with.
Rhett Lashlee probably didn’t even realize it, but he slipped up when calling Missouri State a “power four, power five” program when they’re a G5 team instead. “Missouri State, Ryan