10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the SMU Mustangs. Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football - SMU Mustangs News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/ssh McNeal scores twice as SMU beats Rice 31-28 (AP) Shawnbrey McNeal rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns to lift SMU to a 31-28 win over Rice Saturday afternoon. The Mustangs (5-4, 4-1 Conference USA) blocked three kicks. After Sterling Moore blocked one as time expired in the first half, Bryan McCann returned the ball 74 yards for a score, giving SMU a 21-20 halftime lead. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:48:42 PST ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaaf,article,ap-200911070082.rrbssh.recap:1 Walking 7,068 yards in Kraft's shoes (Rivals.com) FREE: Nationally ranked SMU junior golfer Kelly Kraft was flying high entering the Baylor Intercollegiate last... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:37:00 PST ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,rivals:20050301:ncaaf,article,rivals-333961:1 Southern Methodist Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

   It's a refreshing, albeit unfamiliar, sound around SMU this time of year.

   The talk is of bowls.

   That's right, a team that won one game last year has a real chance of reaching the program's first bowl game since 1984.

   With the record at 4-4, two more wins are needed to get to bowl eligibility. But 6-6 is no guarantee of anything.

   "The thing in the back of my head is ... we've got to go seven," wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders said this week. "You never know. The only thing we can control is getting seven wins, and then we're for sure in a bowl game."

   Win No. 5 should come this week, at home, against winless Rice, which beat the Mustangs, 56-27, last season, which seems like more than just a...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:15:26 PST ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaaf,article,teamreports-2009-ncaaf-ssh:1 AP SMU and frosh QB gets past Tulsa 27-13 (AP) Tulsa's Charles Opeseyitan runs into the endzone ahead of SMU defender Sterling Moore for a second quarter touchdown during an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009.

Freshman quarterback Kyle Padron threw for 354 yards, turning two broken plays into scoring passes, in his first career start to lead SMU to a 27-13 victory over Tulsa on Saturday. Padron, who came off the bench a week ago, completed 20 of 30 passes for the Mustangs (4-4, 3-1 C-USA) . Padron broke a 7-7 tie in the third quarter when he scrambled and found running back Shawnbrey McNeal in the flat.


]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:11:44 PDT ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,ap:20050301:ncaaf,article,ap-200910310107.sshttt.recap:1 Padron shines in collegiate debut! (Rivals.com) TULSA, Okla.(AP) Freshman quarterback Kyle Padron threw for 354 yards, turning two broken plays into scoring... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:22:00 PDT ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,rivals:20050301:ncaaf,article,rivals-332837:1 Brian breaks down Tulsa (Rivals.com) A lot of SMU fans are left wondering how their team is going to perform this upcoming weekend against Tulsa. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:00 PDT ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,rivals:20050301:ncaaf,article,rivals-332385:1 SMU offers 2011 running back (Rivals.com) BREAKING NEWS: The Mustangs are looking ahead and have extended their next 2011 offer. This junior running back... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:53:00 PDT ncaaf urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,rivals:20050301:ncaaf,article,rivals-331995:1 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:48:42 PST