A 20-point loss isn’t normally a building block, but the SMU Mustangs learned a lot about themselves in a 45-20 loss to No. 19 Michigan Saturday in Ann Arbor.
“I thought we took a big step forward today as a program,” SMU head coach Sonny Dykes said. “I was really proud of our players and I thought they played really, really hard. I thought we played tough and I don’t think our guys were intimidated at all. I thought we played really physical football.”
SMU came into the game as big underdogs, but they didn’t play like it in the early part of the first half.