MEMPHIS — Before the loss had even settled, before the questions were even asked, and before anyone could truly process the walk-off kickoff return for a touchdown, Sonny Dykes was already talking about the road ahead.
In the back room of TDECU Stadium, where No. 19 SMU had just lost 44-37 to Houston for its first defeat of the season, Dykes did not need a prompt to address the elephant in the room.
“I just talked to [the team]. I told them we can’t let one loss become two,” Dykes said.
It was a clear reference to SMU’s tendency in the last two seasons to lose one game and precipitously drop out of contention from there.