Kevin Jennings and No. 13 SMU ride a seven-game winning streak into their game at Virginia this weekend. One more and the Mustangs are in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. SMU despite being 9-1 might need to win the ACC title to earn an automatic bid into the expanded College Football Playoff.
SMU’s Jennings is making a name for himself with the Mustangs one win away from the ACC title game |
“I mean, Coach Saban talks about him every week, so it’s making it hard for him to be slept on,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said this week. Still, that didn’t stop him from dreaming about Jennings’ ceiling next year, after spending an offseason as the starter. Not bad for a player ranked 215th best in the state of Texas by recruiting site 247Sports coming out of high school.
“If we were to play today, obviously, AC would run out there first,” Elliott said Tuesday, referring to Colandrea. “I think that, yes, he wants three throws back, but I still think that he reserves the right to have an opportunity to show how he’s going to respond.
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