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Check-out the Epoch Wines segment after the locker room celebration on the video above. STRONG case for Wine Makers mascot!

SMU fans are saying the attendance will be down some due to the extreme heat:

Hottest part of the day (3pm kick), near-100 degrees, and even hotter in the Student Section/Mustang Band sunny side. Largest SMU Freshman class will get a wake-up call to Texas heat.

28K announced but eyeball test says 22K with a balls hot day.

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The "OPPONENT PREVIEW: Mustangs host UC-Davis in 2026 home opener" thread on the SMU fan forum site is an outstanding summary of the Aggies. It's better than what we generally see written up locally.

https://www.ponyfans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=96093&sid=84dfe164b2fed9952c3a75bbdbb6928a

Great write-up on their board.

I wonder if we negotiated the payout before SMU joined the ACC. Payout is in line with non-Power 4, and even some with big boys

https://herosports.com/2026-fcs-vs-fbs-payouts-bzbz/

Write up is great, one of the comments labels Ken O'Brien as forgettable. I don't know if I remember Don Meredith or Josh McCown all that much. I'd argue we've had as many NFL caliber QBs as SMU has in the past 4 decades, just not so much the rest of positional players.

Payout is poor. If I remember correctly payout for the CAL 2009 game was $ 300,000 plus the revenue of 5,000 tickets for us to sell. Less expensive to travel and more fan interaction. Hoping the Ags beat the Ponies!!!!

True. That was pretty much the only slight....pretty lame one at that. O'Brien was 24th pick overall and threw for 25,000 yards over his career. Way more than McCown in 6 less seasons. Meredith was mostly forgotten 58 years ago.

Davis announced the SMU game January, 2025. SMU was coming off a season in which they lost the ACC conference championship game.
Most FCS vs FBS games match nearby teams, so there is more local fan interest. Ultimately i think payout is related to attractiveness of the game.

Hero Sports has an article that list every FCS over FBS (and 1AA over 1A) going all the way back to 1979:

https://herosports.com/football-every-fcs-over-fbs-win-bzbz/

exas heat is much like Central Valley heat. Not humid like here in the Carolinas.

. Well as of now the dewpoint is the same in Dallas as in the Raleigh, NC area (65). 100 degrees vs. 95 here. Kind of reminds me of the bear at the Tulsa game. That was epic with the win there. SMU is much better.

How about DII over D1 (UOP, Stanford).